Santiago.– Security cameras captured the moment when several robbers shot and killed a 19-year-old during an assault on a grocery store in the Villa Olímpica sector, south of Santiago, an event that has caused consternation in the community and is being actively investigated by the National Police. The victim was identified as Cheifry Escarramán Vargas, […]
Santo Domingo.- Members of the Cyber Police Area Directorate, in the province of La Romana, arrested a man accused of making unrecognized purchases with a bank card stolen from a citizen on January 29, 2026, for an amount exceeding RD$400,000.00, in six commercial establishments in that demarcation. The detainee was identified as "Oscar Osvaldo López […]
They consider it a forceful message against the gangs that dominate a large part of the territory Santo Domingo.- Faced with the arrival this Wednesday of United States warships to Haiti, deputies from the Dominican Republic supported the measure, amid the offensive against gangs and the persistent political instability affecting that country. Congressman Ignacio Aracena, […]
United Arab Emirates.- Within the framework of his official agenda in the United Arab Emirates, President Luis Abinader held a close and special meeting with Dominican citizens residing in that country, with whom he discussed their experience abroad, their projects, and the development that the nation is experiencing. “I always like to share and feel […]
SANTO DOMINGO – The governments of the Dominican Republic and Mongolia have formalized a visa waiver agreement that will allow citizens of both countries to travel without the need for this document. According to diplomatic note DU/TI-051162, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX), the measure applies to holders of ordinary, diplomatic and official […]
CONSTANZA. – La Patrulla del Monte celebrated with resounding success, last weekend, the sixth edition of the rally “El Triángulo”, an event that brought together more than 500 competitors and left a significant impact on tourism and the economy of the northern region of the country. You may be interested in:r:INEFI inaugurates the first Community […]
The commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), Roger Goodell, has assured that the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is aware that the Super Bowl is a platform that promotes unity. «He understands that the Super Bowl platform serves to unite people with their creativity and talent and that he must take advantage of this […]
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican president, Luis Abinader, received this Thursday players from the Leones del Escogido, champions of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, whom he urged to compete with "patriotism" as representatives of the country in the Caribbean Series to be held from February 1 to 7 in Jalisco, Mexico. The ruler handed the […]
Bayaguana, Monte Plata.– The president of the Bayaguana Sports Union, Isaac Ogando, acknowledged the contributions made by Charlie Mariotti, candidate for the presidential candidacy of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), to the strengthening of the municipality of Bayaguana and the province of Monte Plata, underlining his constant support for sports and community initiatives for several […]
Madrid, Spain.– Within the framework of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), the president of the Organizing Committee of the Central American and Caribbean Games, José Monegro, stated that the integration of sports and major events into the national tourism strategy consolidates the Dominican Republic as a comprehensive, competitive, and diversified destination. You may be interested […]
ChatGPT surprised thousands of users this Tuesday, February 3, by presenting failures in its operation, without prior notice. High error rates are occurring in adjustment jobs. "And we have identified that users are experiencing high levels of error in the affected services," OpenAI wrote on its website. "We have identified the problem and applied the […]
Los Ángeles.- Los dos gigantes tecnológicos Meta y YouTube enfrentan esta semana un histórico juicio en el estado de California por acusaciones de que sus plataformas alimentan una crisis de adicción juvenil. The trial will take place in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and marks the first time the companies will present their case […]
New York.- The tech giant Microsoft presented this Monday Maia 200, the second generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) chip with which it seeks to reduce dependence on Nvidia and compete against those of Google and Amazon in the cloud. This new model has been presented two years after its first version, the Maia 100, […]
New York.- Billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, one of the most ruthless figures in Silicon Valley and the new 'czar' of the media in the United States, managed to become the guardian of the algorithm of the renewed American TikTok. Ellison, who is 81 years old and lives on the Hawaiian island of Lanai […]
New York.- Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced this Wednesday that it plans to launch a network of 5,408 satellites by the end of 2027 to provide high-speed internet service to governments, data centers and companies. The satellite network, called TeraWave, is designed to offer "symmetrical data speeds of up […]
Port-au-Prince,.- The United States Embassy in Haiti stated this Wednesday that it supports "the leadership of Prime Minister (Alix Didier) Fils-Aimé in building a strong, prosperous, and free Haiti" in the face of the expiration of the mandate of the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) on February 7. Also, the US embassy also reported, in a […]
Jerusalem.- The Gaza Ministry of Health announced in a statement that the Israeli authorities, through the Red Cross, returned a total of 54 bodies of Palestinians and 66 boxes with human remains and organs to the enclave this Wednesday. "Recently, 54 martyrs' bodies and 66 boxes with human remains and organs arrived at the Al-Shifa […]
A 9-year-old boy suffered serious injuries after participating in a recent social media trend. On the morning of January 20th, Caleb Chabolla was getting ready to go to school when he tried to heat the trendy toy, the NeeDoh Nice Cube by Schylling, in the microwave to test what he had been told, according to Loyola Medicine […]
Miami (USA).- A US judge sentenced Ryan Routh to life in prison this Wednesday for attempting to kill Donald Trump on a golf course in Florida in 2024, the second assassination attempt on the Republican while he was a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Routh, Martin Roth's lawyer warned that he will […]
Washington.- United States carried out five attacks against multiple targets of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Syria between January 27 and February 2, according to what was reported this Wednesday by the United States Central Command (Centcom). The Centcom forces located and destroyed with 50 precision munitions launched from aircraft, helicopters and drones, […]
Santo Domingo, DR - The Association of Art Journalists (Acroarte) announced this Tuesday the nominees for the 41st edition of the Soberano Awards, an award expected by the Dominican artistic class, which celebrates being considered year after year in the categories of cinema, classical music, popular music, and communication. However, as happens every year, beyond […]
SANTO DOMINGO – Dominican singer-songwriter Diego Jaar enthusiastically receives his third nomination for the Soberano Awards 2026 in the "Solo Artist" category, solidifying a stage of artistic maturity and deep connection with his audience. After a 2025 marked by milestones in the popularity charts, Jaar reaffirms his position as one of the most authentic and […]
Santo Domingo, RD - After a prolonged rivalry that escalated to the courts and was recently definitively archived, businessman Santiago Matías (Alofoke) and communicator Isaura Taveras gave public signs of reconciliation by holding a live telephone conversation during Alofoke Radio Show, where both agreed on the need to turn the page and leave the differences […]
Santo Domingo. From the language of documentary cinema, RD Positiva bursts into the public debate with a work that bets less on closed answers and more on the necessary questions. "The Great Opportunity," which will premiere next Sunday at the Eduardo Brito National Theater, at 8:30 pm, is presented as an audiovisual exercise of memory, […]
Santo Domingo, RD - Digital content creator and urban music interpreter Angélica Gutiérrez, better known as La Gigi, has been one of the big surprises in the announcement of the nominations for the 41st edition of the Soberano Awards. La Gigi, one of the most outstanding participants of the first season of the reality show, […]
A country can ignite from a chat: WhatsApp sets the agenda before the media. A single forward surpasses any headline. In the digital age, the real information crisis doesn't ignite in the newsrooms of a media outlet, nor on the front pages of newspapers: it begins in a simple WhatsApp chat. Before any media outlet […]
In the Dominican Republic, presidents don't fall because of the opposition. They fall because of something more intimate and devastating: their own family. When corruption shares the same last name as the presidential band, it ceases to be a case and becomes a sentence. It's not a contract that is judged: it's the entire credibility […]
In 2015, an internal crisis within the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) forced the leadership of that organization to promote a constitutional reform to enable President Danilo Medina, who had been elected in 2012 through a constitution that prohibited consecutive re-election. Medina was eligible to try to return in 2020, that is, after a period, a […]
For days, Leonardo Aguilera has been the target of a campaign as evidently coordinated as it is poorly executed. Defamation, slander, and half-truths circulate on networks and certain media with suspicious synchronicity. Who's sending them? Who's biting their nails? The formula is old: fabricate scandals where they don't exist, repeat lies until they seem like […]
In 2025, live news streaming via YouTube on smart TVs leaves traditional television behind and transforms news consumption in the Dominican Republic.By: Pavel De Camps Vargas Who's dominating your home screen today? It's not traditional television. In the Dominican Republic, YouTube has taken over the television in this 2025, redefining the map of news consumption. […]
Santo Domingo. – The economy of the Dominican Republic could register in 2026 a growth between 3.6% and 4.5%, mainly conditioned by investment in capital works, the boost of the mortgage market and the recovery of the housing sector, which has experienced a significant slowdown during the last three years. The projection was presented during […]
The Dominican Republic and the United States are making progress in building integrated, resilient, and competitive supply chains. This is due to the competitive advantages, macroeconomic stability, and favorable investment climate offered by the country, as highlighted by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), Eduardo -Yayo- Sanz Lovatón, during his participation in the […]
Santo Domingo.- Economist Daniel Toribio warned that the Dominican Republic closed 2025 with a worrying turn compared to Central America: it went from leading the regional growth to lagging behind, while food inflation continued to strongly pressure low-income households. Toribio pointed out that, according to the comparative performance, in 2025 several countries in the region […]
Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported this Sunday that, according to preliminary figures, foreign direct investment (FDI) reached 5,032.3 million U.S. dollars at the end of 2025, which represented an increase of 509.1 million, 11.3% more, compared to 2024. By sector, half of the FDI revenue went to the tourism […]
Santo Domingo.- Mass consumption fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and propane gas, will maintain their prices for the week of January 31 to February 6, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM) reported this Friday. Premium gasoline will remain at 290.10 pesos per gallon and regular at RD$272.50 per gallon. You may be interested […]
Santo Domingo.- The Brisas de las Colinas housing project has sparked considerable interest in the real estate market, registering more than 300 interested clients and securing more than 100 reservations in a single day, which allowed the complete sale of its first stage and the immediate start of the commercialization of the second phase, with […]
Santiago.– The Ministry of Culture announced this Wednesday the main guidelines of the Cibao Regional Book and Culture Fair, conceived as a space to celebrate reading, thought, and the cultural richness of the north of the country, with the participation of the 14 provinces of the region. The first fair edition will be held on April […]
London.- A two-year-old boy from Manchester has broken two Guinness World Records for billiards by performing two tricks that no one had done before at such a young age. Jude Owens performed a first trick, called "pool bank shot" at two years and 302 days old and another called "snooker double pot" at two years […]
Santo Domingo.– This Monday, January 26th, the Dominican Republic commemorates the 213th anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, Father of the Nation and main ideologue of National Independence, whose thought and sacrifice laid the foundations of the Republic proclaimed on February 27, 1844. Juan Pablo Duarte was born on January 26, 1813, in […]
Santo Domingo, RD.– The agency OK Casting announced the celebration of the second edition of the OK Casting Award, which will be held in virtual format on January 31, 2026, consolidating itself as a platform for promotion, training and visibility for acting talents in audiovisual productions of television and cinema in the Dominican Republic. The […]
If anything has been highlighted by the prolonged Haitian crisis, it is the historical debt that the Dominican Republic has with its own border. The provinces that guard that line of more than 390 kilometers not only face the direct consequences of the collapse of the Haitian state, but have also been, for decades, forgotten […]
Without a doubt, the tourism sector represents one of the greatest successes of the governments of President Luis Abinader, an area that he already knew well before his arrival at the Presidency of the Republic, due to his experience as a local businessman. Since his swearing-in in August 2020, the Tourism Cabinet was implemented, coordinated […]
This July 4th, the United States commemorates the 249th anniversary of its independence, a date that marks the beginning of a nation forged in the fight for freedom, civil rights, and self-determination. Since then, this feat has been celebrated in multiple cultural expressions that exalt patriotic pride and the sense of national belonging. However, on […]
Today we proudly and gratefully celebrate the fourth anniversary of De Último Minuto, a project that was born with the firm conviction of transforming the way information is reported in the Dominican Republic. In these four years, we have witnessed —and been protagonists— of a revolution in digital journalism, marked by immediacy, technological innovation, and […]
On the eve of celebrating the fourth anniversary of De Último Minuto, we reaffirm our commitment to innovation, technology and, above all, to you: our readers. We are driven by the constant desire to evolve, to do things differently and to keep up with the times. Therefore, today we present two new products that will […]
Caracas.- The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, announced this Friday three new ministerial changes in the areas of Transportation, Ecosocialism and Communication, eleven days after assuming the leadership of the Executive after the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US forces.
In his Telegram account, Rodríguez reported on the appointment of Freddy Ñáñez, until now head of Communication and Information, as Minister for Ecosocialism, replacing Aníbal Coronado.
Coronado, for his part, was appointed the new Minister of Transportation, a position held by Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, whom Rodríguez thanked for his "commitment" and his "work".
Also, to fill the vacancy left by Ñáñez, the acting president announced the appointment of the philosopher Miguel Ángel Pérez Pirela as the new Minister of Communication and Information.
These designations are in addition to other previously announced ministerial and government changes, including the appointment of Captain Juan Escalona, a member of President Nicolás Maduro's security team, as Minister of the Office of the Presidency.
Rodríguez had also announced on January 6, three days after Maduro's capture, the appointment of former Central Bank President Calixto Ortega as the new vice president of economy.
Changes in the Military Leadership
That same day, he also dismissed Maduro's head of Security, Major General Javier Marcano Tábata, and appointed General Gustavo González López as commander of the Presidential Honor Guard and head of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM).
Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as acting president on January 5 before the National Assembly (AN, Parliament), which is headed by her brother, the deputy Jorge Rodríguez.
The Chavista leader assumed this role following an order from the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), after the capture of President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during the US attacks in Caracas and three other states.
Since then, the caretaker government has initiated an "exploratory" process to resume relations with the United States, has agreed to send millions of barrels of crude oil to the U.S. for commercialization, and has opened the oil industry to foreign investment with the support of the Republican Administration.
Miami.- Arizona authorities announced they have opened a criminal investigation into the disappearance of the mother of journalist Savannah Guthrie, co-host of NBC's TODAY morning show, after finding indications at the house that she did not leave of her own accord. Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos explained about a possible ransom request for Nancy Guthrie, […]
Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Justice, Antoliano Peralta, swore in the vice ministers of the Ministry of Justice and the general director of Penitentiary and Correctional Services, Roberto Santana, who was appointed by decree 14-26. While, according to Decree 30-26, Pedro Luis Montilla Castillo, Noelia Rivera Guevara, Noel Sued Canahuate, Juan Dionicio Rodríguez Restituyo and […]
Santo Domingo. – Carolina Mejía visited this Wednesday the constructions of the Mar Azul and Sol y Mar parks, in the continuation of the tours of the works that the Alcaldía del Distrito Nacional is developing. This is the follow-up to the works schedule, thanks to which Mejía has delivered 210 parks and plazas in […]
Santo Domingo.- These are the most relevant activities scheduled for Thursday, February 5, 2026 in the main cities of the Dominican Republic. Agenda: 12:00 a.m. Press conference of the Dominican Boxing Federation, to announce its position on the participation of boxers in the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. Location: Offices of the […]
The Banco de Reservas obtained the ISO 9001:2015 certification for the Macroprocess of Operational Excellence Management after a rigorous evaluation process that recognized the effectiveness, consistency, and maturity of the management system implemented by the financial institution. The accreditation was delivered by Ariel Espejo, director of the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR) in […]
The Dominican Association of the Electrical Industry (ADIE) announced the appointment of engineer José A. Rodríguez Silvestre as its new president, beginning a management aimed at continuing to provide technical and sustainable solutions for the strengthening of the Dominican electrical system, in close collaboration with state authorities. ADIE highlighted that this new stage will maintain […]
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