Santo Domingo.- At the request of the Public Ministry, a court of the National District imposed three months of preventive detention, as a coercive measure, in two of four processes against a Dominican deported from the United States, linked to the death of at least four people in different violent events. The Judicial Office of […]
Santo Domingo. – The Emergency Operations Center (COE) indicated this Monday that it maintains one province on red alert, 21 provinces and the National District on yellow alert, while five provinces remain on green alert, due to the incidence of a trough that maintains unstable atmospheric conditions over a large part of the national territory. […]
Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) declared a red alert for the National District and Santo Domingo province due to the heavy rains caused by the incidence of a trough combined with a frontal system that affects a large part of the national territory. Since the afternoon hours of this Monday, Greater Santo Domingo […]
Por Daniel Reyes Bonao, Monseñor Nouel. – Intensas lluvias acompañadas de granizadas se registraron en distintos sectores de la provincia Monseñor Nouel, generando preocupación entre los residentes y provocando condiciones de riesgo en varias comunidades. Ante esta situación, las autoridades mantienen la provincia en alerta amarilla, debido a la posibilidad de crecidas de ríos, riachuelos […]
San Francisco de Macorís, provincia Duarte .- En medio de denuncias por supuestas irregularidades administrativas y alegados actos de corrupción, fue destituido el director del Departamento Provincial Duarte del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Carmelo Polanco Palmer. La información sobre la destitución del funcionario se conoció en círculos internos el pasado 25 de […]
LIMA, PERU — The Dominican Badminton Team signed an outstanding performance by winning the silver medal at the Pan American Air Badminton Championship, a result that secured their qualification for the next World Championship of the discipline. You may be interested in: Asencio, a surprising absence from Real Madrid's Champions League return list The Quisqueyan […]
SANTO DOMINGO. — The Dominican Karate Federation announced the holding of the Karate Qualifying Championship towards the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, an event that will take place from April 16 to 18 at the Fencing Pavilion of the Olympic Center. You may be interested in:McIlroy revalidates the green jacket and conquers his second […]
Augusta, EE.UU. — El norirlandés Rory McIlroy volvió a imponer su jerarquía en el Masters de Augusta al proclamarse campeón por segundo año consecutivo, tras resistir la presión de sus rivales en una dramática jornada final. Te puede interesar: McIlroy pierde ventaja y comparte liderato con Cameron Young en Augusta McIlroy cerró el torneo con […]
AUGUSTA, EE.UU.— El norirlandés Rory McIlroy vio esfumarse una ventaja histórica en el Masters de Augusta y terminó la tercera ronda empatado en el liderato con el estadounidense Cameron Young, en un torneo que quedó completamente abierto de cara a la jornada final. Te puede interesar: Rafael Nadal vive el Masters de Augusta como aficionado […]
Santo Domingo.– La delegación de México reafirmó su supremacía regional durante la primera jornada del clasificatorio de taekwondo hacia los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Santo Domingo 2026, celebrada este jueves en el Pabellón de Esgrima del Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte. Te puede interesar:Baltimore pierde a su as: Zach Eflin se somete a cirugía […]
The AP-7 highway in Spain has become the first national laboratory where the maximum speed will no longer be a fixed figure, but rather a variable managed by intelligence This will be a significant change in traffic management and road safety, where the traditional speed limits of 120 km/h become flexible, adjusting in real time […]
Moscú.- El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, llega 20 años más tarde que la China comunista a la hora de censurar internet, por lo que se ve obligado a tomar medidas más radicales para garantizar el control absoluto de la red por medio de un nuevo telón de acero digital. Mientras en el cortafuegos chino la […]
Miami (EE.UU.).- La misión Artemis II de la NASA reingresará a la Tierra con una trayectoria más directa que la que tomó Artemis I para reducir las posibilidades de que el escudo térmico sufra daños que pongan en peligro a los cuatro astronautas. "Estamos utilizando un perfil de entrada elevado. La duración de la entrada […]
Miami.- Los cuatro astronautas de Artemis II que hicieron historia esta semana al alcanzar la órbita lunar en más de medio siglo se enfrentan este viernes al reingreso a la Tierra, una maniobra tan crítica como el despegue, con una caída a una velocidad 45 veces mayor que la de un avión y temperaturas que […]
Miami.- El administrador de la NASA, Jared Isaacman, reportó este jueves que van "bien" los cuatro astronautas de Artemis II mientras orbitan la Tierra, un paso que deben cumplir antes de evaluar si continúan con su viaje hacia la Luna o abortan la misión. "Los astronautas de Artemis II lo están haciendo genial. La nave […]
Caracas .- A total of 4,919 people have been arrested in Venezuela this year, reported the director of the Scientific, Criminal, and Criminalistic Investigations Corps (CICPC), Douglas Rico, according to a note published this Tuesday by the Ministry of Interior, which does not specify the crimes of those arrested. In his Telegram channel, the State […]
Bogotá.- The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, warned this Monday that mayors who do not promote adjustments in property tax rates may be removed from office, one week after protests and blockades in the department of Santander (east) over the increase in cadastral valuations. "Mayors who do not present the agreement initiatives, disrupt public order […]
Caracas.- La líder opositora de Venezuela y nobel de la paz 2025, María Corina Machado, aseguró este domingo que los venezolanos están listos para participar en unas nuevas elecciones que permitan la transición hacia la democracia y reiteró que pronto volverá a su país. "Hoy estamos listos para avanzar porque no hay otra sociedad en […]
Puerto Príncipe.- La Policía Nacional (PNH) y el Ministerio de Cultura y Comunicación (MCC) haitianos anunciaron este domingo la apertura de una investigación para determinar las circunstancias en las que murieron al menos 30 personas el sábado en el monumento histórico Ciudadela Henri, cerca de Cap-Haïtien (norte, la segunda ciudad del país). De acuerdo a […]
Puerto Príncipe.- Al menos 30 personas fallecieron este sábado en el interior de la Ciudadela Henri, fortaleza declarada Patrimonio Mundial de la Unesco y uno de los monumentos más emblemáticos de Haití, ubicada a unos 25 kilómetros de Cap-Haitien, la segunda ciudad más importante del país, en el norte del territorio. Los primeros informes indicaron […]
Santo Domingo, RD. – Just hours before the official premiere of the new project from Alofoke Media Group, Planeta Alofoke, social media hasn't stopped, with messages and videos from platform fans reacting to the first mission carried out this Monday, in which some of the confirmed participants had to complete challenges assigned by the production. […]
Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. - El nombrado astro de la música latina, Chayanne, cantante y bailarín puertorriqueño, demostró una vez más ante el público dominicano su grandeza, encanto y carisma con su actuación del sábado por la noche en el Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal de Santo Domingo, luego de siete años de su última presentación […]
Miami, FL.- La legendaria agrupación colombiana Grupo Niche presenta “Realidad-Es”, su nuevo lanzamiento musical: una canción que se atreve a mirar la vida tal como es, sin maquillajes ni discursos vacíos. Con una letra reflexiva y provocadora, el tema propone una mirada crítica sobre las verdades que muchas veces damos por sentadas y sobre las […]
El tema, acompañado del video musical filmado en su natal República Dominicana, ya está disponible en todas las plataformas digitales El artista urbano Amenazzy presenta hoy su nuevo sencillo “Una Vibra”, disponible en todas las plataformas digitales junto a su video musical oficial, grabado en la República Dominicana. Te puede interesar: Chayanne llega emocionado a […]
Santo Domingo, RD.- El artista puertorriqueño Chayanne arribó a la República Dominicana, donde fue recibido por miembros de la prensa a su llegada por el Aeropuerto Internacional de Las Américas, marcando su regreso al país tras siete años de ausencia. Durante su encuentro con los medios, el intérprete adelantó detalles de su estadía en Santo […]
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 […]
La Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) reiteró a las Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (MIPYMES), contribuyentes no clasificados y profesionales liberales que el próximo 15 de mayo de 2026 vence el plazo para acogerse a la Facturación Electrónica, conforme a lo establecido en la Ley núm. 32-23. En ese sentido, la institución llamó a […]
Bruselas.- Los ministros de Economía y Comercio de España, Alemania, Italia, Portugal y Austria, pidieron a la Comisión Europea a través de una carta publicada este sábado un impuesto a los beneficios de las energéticas para distribuir «de manera equitativa» las consecuencias de la guerra en Oriente Medio. «El conflicto en Oriente Medio ha provocado […]
Nueva York.- El precio medio de la gasolina en Estados Unidos superó este jueves los 4,08 dólares por galón (3,78 litros) por primera vez desde agosto de 2022. Según datos de la asociación automovilística AAA, el promedio nacional se situó en 4,081 dólares, lo que supone más de un 30 % de crecimiento desde que […]
Boca Chica, Santo Domingo.- El presidente del Sindicato de Trabajadores Playeros de Boca Chica, Juan Gracia Sosa Pérez, informó este miércoles que el precio del pescado en esa playa oscilará entre RD$500 y RD$700 durante el asueto de Semana Santa, dependiendo del tamaño de la pieza. Sosa Pérez explicó que uno de los temas abordados […]
Bruselas.- La Comisión Europea (CE) estimó este miércoles en 14.000 millones de euros el impacto en los precios de la energía que ha tenido el primer mes de guerra en Oriente Medio, y recomendó una serie de medidas para ahorrar combustible ante la perspectiva de que el conflicto se prolongue, como fomentar el transporte público […]
Madrid.- Un equipo internacional de investigadores ha comprobado cómo el entorno, tanto físico como social, puede contribuir a acelerar o a retrasar el envejecimiento del cerebro y determinar la edad biológica de este órgano. El trabajo ha demostrado que la edad biológica del cerebro puede acelerarse o retrasarse en función de factores de riesgo y […]
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They have identified 35 genes significantly associated with autism in the Latin American cohort The genes associated with the risk of autism are, to a large extent, the same in people of different ethnic origins, according to research whose conclusions are published this Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. In the last decade, scientists have […]
This day arrives with an intense energy that invites you to make important decisions and act with determination. The influence of the planets drives changes in work, money, and relationships, but also asks for prudence when communicating and signing agreements. ♈ Aries Today you will feel a strong impulse to advance towards your goals. Channel […]
Santiago.- The Jesus with the Children Volunteer announced on the afternoon of this Monday the celebration of the fourth edition of the walk “Heroes of the Heart”, a solidarity day that seeks to raise awareness about childhood cancer and raise funds for the treatments of children treated in the Hematology-Oncology Unit of the Dr. Arturo […]
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 […]
Santo Domingo.– With the arrival of Valentine's Day, businesses on Duarte Avenue and the traditional Flower Market are seeing an increase in sales, with flowers, decorative balloons, wines, and personalized mugs being the most in-demand items by consumers.
Dozens of people are visiting the stalls looking for the ideal gift to surprise their loved ones tomorrow, Saturday, February 14th.
Floral arrangements, especially those of imported red roses and daisies, top the list of preferences.
“Rose arrangements range from 2,500 to 4,000 pesos, depending on the size and presentation,” explained Enmmanuel, a flower vendor on Benito González Avenue, who highlighted that this year sales have shown a stable behavior compared to 2025 and that they intend to "wake up selling".
In addition to flowers, balloons with romantic messages and mugs with phrases alluding to love and friendship are part of the most acquired products.
Merchants say that many customers choose to combine several items to create more personalized gifts.
"I will buy my husband a perfume. This year I wanted to change things up a bit and have him smell nice," expressed Nicole.
The vendors consulted agreed that this year people have chosen to leave things for the "last minute", although they have taken advantage of offers and specials.
Santiago.- A young motorcyclist died this Tuesday afternoon after being run over by a truck and crushed on the head, in a traffic accident that occurred near the Yaque lodging, on the Circunvalación Sur avenue of this city. The victim was identified as Tiras Pie, 23 years old and of Haitian nationality, who died at […]
Madrid .- ‘Steal now to decrypt later’; is the new tactic that cybercriminals are already using, who would be stealing and ‘freezing’ large volumes of data that are encrypted and inaccessible, but that they do hope to be able to unravel in the future thanks to the development of new technologies, including quantum computing. Cybersecurity […]
Washington .- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Tuesday that negotiations with Iran in Pakistan to end the war could resume in the next two days. In a telephone interview with a special envoy from the newspaper New York Post in Islamabad, the Republican president recommended that the journalist remain in […]
Santo Domingo. – In an atmosphere of broad fellowship and exchange of information, the commission appointed by the Dominican Olympic Committee (COD) to follow up on the technical and administrative work of the Dominican Fencing Federation (Fedomes) officially delivered the report of the work carried out to the new executive committee of that entity, chaired […]
The CEOs of Banco Popular Dominicano and Banreservas, Messrs. Christopher Paniagua and Leonardo Aguilera, respectively, held an institutional meeting at the Popular Tower, aimed at strengthening their shared commitment to the economic, social, and environmental development of the country. During the meeting, the bank executives highlighted the importance of maintaining constant closeness with clients and […]
Santo Domingo.– The Government of the Dominican Republic will announce this Thursday a set of measures aimed at mitigating the economic effects derived from the war in the Middle East, after a process of dialogue and consensus with different national sectors. The information was provided by the president of the Association of Industries of the […]
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