The National Police reported the arrest of three men identified as alleged participants in a violent event that occurred on March 9 in the La Vieja Barquita sector, Sabana Perdida, in Santo Domingo Norte, where a woman was killed by a gunshot wound and five other people were injured in the same way. The detainees […]
Santo Domingo.– A section of George Washington Avenue, on the Malecón of Santo Domingo, will remain closed from this weekend due to the celebration of the National Carnival Parade, the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic informed. Authorities indicated that the closure will begin on Friday at 10:00 p.m. on the section between Avenida […]
Santo Domingo. – President Luis Abinader had a relaxed moment during the graduation ceremony of the Oportunidad 14-24 program, dancing merengue with several students who were participating in an artistic presentation prepared for the event. The scene took place in the midst of a cultural intervention organized by the graduating students themselves, who encouraged the […]
Santiago. – Remains under medical observation in a health center in Santiago de los Caballeros, one of the two agents of the General Directorate of Traffic and Ground Transportation Safety (Digesett) who were injured during an altercation with a woman and two men, following an inspection for illegal parking in the vicinity of the Cibao […]
Santo Domingo.– At only 24 years old, Ana María Sierra managed to turn a story marked by poverty, violence, and early motherhood into an example of personal achievement, graduating this Saturday as a barber through the Oportunidad 14-24 program. Sierra, a single mother of three children, became the only woman to graduate from the men's […]
Punta Cana.- The final of the Dominican Republic Open Copa Cap Cana (ATP Challenger 175 category), which was being played between Italian tennis player Mattia Bellucci and Argentine Mariano Navone, has been temporarily suspended due to the high temperatures recorded during the day. Given the conditions of extreme heat, the match referee and tournament organizers […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – Dominican world champion Carlos Adames, known as “El Caballo Bronco” (The Bronco Horse), will defend his middleweight title (160 pounds) sanctioned by the World Boxing Council against American Austin Williams, on March 21st at the Caribe Royale Resort, in Orlando, Florida. You may be interested in:Kelvin Cruz doubles economic contribution to TBS […]
The Atlanta Braves player will lose his season salary and will not be able to participate in the World Baseball Classic United States - Atlanta Braves designated hitter Jurickson Profar has been suspended for 162 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the second time in the last year, sources told ESPN. You […]
Boca Chica.- The New York Yankees academy for Latin America proudly celebrated a new high school graduation ceremony, in an event held at its Boca Chica facilities that reaffirms the organization's commitment to the comprehensive training of its prospects and collaborators. The graduation, led by Joel Lithgow, director of the Yankees academy for Latin America, […]
SANTO DOMINGO, RD. – The president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, Garibaldy Bautista, held a meeting with a delegation from the national and international water skiing community to learn about concerns related to the preparation of this discipline for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. You may be interested in:Gilberto Soriano is […]
Vienna.- 'Online' fraud already accounts for the majority of scams and artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating its expansion, while many states are not prepared to stop a crime with which organized crime earns billions of dollars, warns the UN on the eve of a summit in Vienna on this phenomenon. "At this moment, fraud, and […]
New York.- The dating app Tinder announced that it will incorporate more artificial intelligence (AI) into its platform to create 'more personalized' matches and make smarter recommendations to users. In a statement, the company announced this Friday that it launched its Chemistry pilot function in the United States and Canada, based on artificial intelligence, which […]
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader informed, during his accountability, a series of strategic agreements with global technology companies that consolidate the Dominican Republic as a key destination for the economy of the future, innovation and high value-added investment. As part of the vision of sustainable growth and productive diversification, the president highlighted the signing of […]
New York, Feb 26 (EFE).- Instagram has announced that "next week" it will begin to notify parents if their teenage child "attempts to repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm" on its social network, according to its parent company, Meta, announced this Thursday. You may be interested in: Keys to the Seedance phenomenon, […]
Beijing.- A year after DeepSeek shook the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry with its 'chatbot', China returns to the center of the technological debate with the hyperrealistic videos of Seedance 2.0, ByteDance's video tool that opens a new battle in the sector and rekindles the controversy over copyright in Hollywood. Since its launch this month, […]
New York.- The Israeli army estimates that the war against Iran that began alongside the United States on February 28th could last up to three to six more weeks, because we still have thousands of targets ahead of us, said the military spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to CNN. “We are prepared, in […]
Tokyo.- A senior official of the Japanese ruling party said on Sunday that Tokyo does not rule out sending warships to defend the Strait of Hormuz, as requested by US President Donald Trump, but made it clear that the country must consider the possibility with "caution". "Legally, we do not rule out the possibility of […]
Lima.- The Peruvian presidential candidate Napoleon Becerra, who was one of the 36 aspirants to the head of state in the general elections next April in Peru, died in a traffic accident while heading to fulfill a proselytizing activity in the south of the country, sources from his party and official media reported this Sunday. […]
U.S. President Donald Trump denounced that the leader of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, does not want to reach a peace agreement to end his conflict with Russia. “I am surprised that Zelensky does not want to reach an agreement,” the US president stated in an interview for NBC News, while highlighting that the president of Russia, […]
The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, warned that there will be no impunity for the people who led protests and acts of vandalism amid the unrest generated by the prolonged blackouts affecting the country. Through a message posted on his social media, the president acknowledged that the population's discontent due to the electrical interruptions is […]
"The Sinners" leads the list with 16 nominations USA - The film industry is experiencing this Sunday, March 15 one of its most important celebrations with the 98th edition of the 2026 Oscars, which brings together the main figures of the seventh art to recognize the best productions of the last year. The gala takes […]
The television network Univision is in conversations to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, with the aim of avoiding a lawsuit that could lead to a claim for up to 200 million dollars in the United States. The negotiations revolve around a possible public retraction of the accusations spread in a […]
Madrid,.- Actress Gemma Cuervo (Barcelona, 1934) has died this Saturday in Madrid at the age of 91, after more than six decades dedicated to cinema, theater and television, according to family sources. The same sources have reported that the wake will open this Sunday, March 15, at the Tanatorio de la Paz in the Madrid […]
The tragedy strikes the Dominican announcer based in New York, Mildre Aquino, known as "La Makina," after her husband, Máximo Polanco de Jesús, died in a fire in a traffic accident that occurred on March 9th. According to preliminary information, Polanco allegedly was hit by another vehicle, which caused both cars to catch fire. The […]
Dominican influencer Litzy Berlina surprised her followers by announcing that she is expecting her second baby. The news was shared through her social media, where she published several photographs taken on the beach to announce the new stage she is experiencing. In the message that accompanied the images, Berlina expressed her joy at becoming a […]
Although the Central Electoral Board has not officially kicked off the presidential pre-campaign for 2028, the Dominican political scene shows unequivocal signs of early activation. The main parties are moving as if the contest were underway, multiplying events, refining speeches and appealing to polls to legitimize positions, in a context where public opinion is beginning […]
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 […]
Caracas.- The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, informed this Saturday of the entry of 300 million dollars to a recently created fund for "social protection" from an "extraordinary sale" of fuel oil, a fuel derived from petroleum. In an act broadcast by the state channel Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), the Chavista leader assured that […]
New York.- The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced this Friday that it will begin releasing oil from its strategic reserve at the end of next week, with a first phase of 86 million barrels of crude oil. In a statement, the DOE notes that it has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for […]
Washington.- The United States Treasury Department announced this Thursday that it will temporarily authorize countries to purchase Russian oil that is in transit, in order to contain the escalation of crude oil prices, caused by the war in Iran. The Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, announced the measure on his X account and estimated […]
Washington.- U.S. President Donald Trump is evaluating "additional options" to contain gasoline prices, which have been affected by the blockades resulting from the war in Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, a route through which approximately one-fifth of the world's oil circulates. "The president and his energy team are closely monitoring the markets, speaking with […]
Oil prices fell this Monday in electronic trading after the close after US President Donald Trump stated that the war in Iran is "practically over". Around 19:45 GMT, the price of a barrel of Brent, the international benchmark, fell 5.20% to $87.87 compared to the closing price a few minutes earlier. The West Texas Intermediate […]
Do you think you know everything? Science and history continue to reveal surprising data that shows the world is full of mysteries and curiosities. These facts, supported by scientific research, can change the way we see reality. 1. Humans and bananas share part of their DNA Although it may sound strange, humans share some genes […]
Santo Domingo.– The Miss and Mister of Dominican Republic organization officially launched its concentration week, marking the beginning of a new stage in the country's beauty pageants. Alejandro Martínez, one of the event directors, reported that throughout the week the candidates will participate in various activities, including talent competition, "head to head" dynamics, interviews with […]
Bogotá, Colombia.- The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, inaugurated the Dominican stand at the tourism fair La Vitrina de ANATO, which began this Wednesday in Bogotá, Colombia and will run until Friday. Accompanied by businessmen, bankers, diplomats and other sector actors, Minister Collado cut the ribbon, after assuring that he will continue making his greatest […]
Madrid, Spain.- Dominican journalist Cristian Santana presented a new installment of his program Sabor de la Calle, this time broadcasting from the city of Madrid, where he toured some of the most emblematic gastronomic points of the Spanish capital, combining local tradition with the authentic flavor of the Dominican community abroad. During the tour, Santana […]
Miami, Florida. — In a context where artificial intelligence redefines competitiveness globally, Dominican Jack Mateo, developed a strategic agenda at the Miami Dade College (MDC), focused on training in AI applied to the business sector. The AI expert held a meeting with Pedro Santos, Executive Director of Emerging Technologies at MDC, in which initiatives aimed […]
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 […]
Gets ready to start his successful European tour
Santo Domingo, RD. — Venezuelan salsa singer Lemar presents his most recent musical release, “Para Siempre,” a salsa adaptation of the renowned song by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García, in an artistic exercise that honors the essence of the original song from a new sound.
Based in the Dominican Republic for several years and a former member of the Chiquito Team Band group, Lemar is committed to a respectful and emotional reinterpretation, taking the composition to a different rhythmic terrain without losing the lyrical depth that made the song a benchmark of contemporary Latin pop.
“Para Siempre” represents a bridge between two generations and musical styles, connecting the sensitivity of the ballad with the melodic force of romantic salsa, a genre that has marked the artist's career.
The performance video of the song is available on YouTube, where you can appreciate Lemar's impeccable staging, highlighting his interpretative strength and his emotional connection with the song.
With this release, Lemar reaffirms his interest in paying tribute to great compositions of Latin music, while continuing to build an artistic proposal that bets on nostalgia, emotion, and musical elegance.
The adaptation is now available on digital platforms and is part of the repertoire with which the artist seeks to continue connecting with new audiences in the region.
Touring Europe
Lemar is preparing for an ambitious tour of Europe, where he will visit several cities bringing his music to the continent's audience. With an already confirmed schedule, the artist reaffirms that 2026 will mark a key year in his international projection and artistic consolidation.
"The Sinners" leads the list with 16 nominations USA - The film industry is experiencing this Sunday, March 15 one of its most important celebrations with the 98th edition of the 2026 Oscars, which brings together the main figures of the seventh art to recognize the best productions of the last year. The gala takes […]
The television network Univision is in conversations to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, with the aim of avoiding a lawsuit that could lead to a claim for up to 200 million dollars in the United States. The negotiations revolve around a possible public retraction of the accusations spread in a […]
Madrid,.- Actress Gemma Cuervo (Barcelona, 1934) has died this Saturday in Madrid at the age of 91, after more than six decades dedicated to cinema, theater and television, according to family sources. The same sources have reported that the wake will open this Sunday, March 15, at the Tanatorio de la Paz in the Madrid […]
The tragedy strikes the Dominican announcer based in New York, Mildre Aquino, known as "La Makina," after her husband, Máximo Polanco de Jesús, died in a fire in a traffic accident that occurred on March 9th. According to preliminary information, Polanco allegedly was hit by another vehicle, which caused both cars to catch fire. The […]
Dominican influencer Litzy Berlina surprised her followers by announcing that she is expecting her second baby. The news was shared through her social media, where she published several photographs taken on the beach to announce the new stage she is experiencing. In the message that accompanied the images, Berlina expressed her joy at becoming a […]
Santo Domingo.– The Reserve Bank reiterated its commitment to promoting Dominican art and culture by announcing its participation as a sponsor of the 2026 edition of Premios Soberano, the main award that recognizes the talent and trajectory of the country's artists and communicators. The CEO of Banreservas, Dr. Leonardo Aguilera, stated that the support for […]
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