Duarte. – A young man lost his life after receiving an electric shock while performing work, in an event that occurred in circumstances that have not yet been clarified by the authorities. The victim was identified as Kelvin Junior Paredes, whose death has caused deep sorrow among family, friends, and community residents. According to preliminary […]
Santo Domingo Este. – The Instituto Técnico Superior Comunitario (ITSC) achieved the maximum score of 100 out of 100 in the Public Procurement Monitoring System (SISCOMPRAS), corresponding to the first quarter of 2026, positioning itself among the institutions with the best performance in the management of purchases of the Dominican State. The SISCOMPRAS, a tool […]
Santo Domingo, RD. – The director of the National Lottery issued a statement in which he explains his position regarding the process of regularization of betting shops in the country, promoted by the government of President Luis Abinader. In the document, the official highlighted that the process is backed by an Advisory Council made up […]
Mayor Carolina Mejía assures that the Malecón Deportivo is a commitment to urban reactivation and quality of life, by reconnecting the city with the sea Santo Domingo. – President Luis Abinader and the mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejía inaugurated this Thursday the Malecón Deportivo, an intervention of almost two kilometers of the southern […]
Santo Domingo.- The mayor of the National District, Carolina Mejía, led together with the President of the Republic Luis Abinader, the inauguration of the Malecón Deportivo with a speech focused on the recovery of historically ignored spaces of the capital's coastline. During the event, she highlighted that the intervention of this section of the malecón […]
The former footballer and 1994 Ballon d'Or winner, Hristo Stoichkov, will be present in the country Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Football Federation, through its Technical Development and Compliance Department and the Education and Training Department, announces the beginning of the training of the FIFA Football for Schools (F4S) program, which will take place on April […]
Madrid, Spain. – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaffirmed that transgender athletes will be able to participate in the Olympic Games, as long as they meet the classification criteria, although they must compete in the category corresponding to their biological sex. You may be interested in:The referee of the Copa del Rey final will wear […]
Santo Domingo.- The National District Basketball Association (Abadina) announced this Thursday the 40th Women's Superior Basketball Tournament (TBSF Distrito 2026), which is scheduled to begin on Friday, May 22nd of this year and for the Seaboard Cup. The dedication fell upon the legendary political leader Doña Milagros Ortiz Bosch, general director of Governmental Ethics and […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – With the participation of athletes from more than 20 countries, the Karate Qualifying Championship begins this Thursday, which will award 144 places for the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. You may be interested in: Minister Kelvin Cruz delivers RD$178 million more to the COD for athlete preparation The […]
Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic is preparing to host one of the most innovative events in its history: the Bike Kite Fest 2026, a proposal that fuses sport, music, and culture into a unique experience. You may be interested in:Luis Polonia Jr. takes over as general manager of the Dominican team for Santo Domingo 2026 […]
Madrid .- NASA's new plans, which involve establishing a permanent base on the Moon and putting the future Gateway orbital station on hold, have a direct impact on Europe and introduce "concern and uncertainty", at least in the short term. Countries and industry have already sat down to evaluate the new scenario. And the fact […]
Washington.- The U.S. delegation that traveled to Cuba last April asked the Cuban government to allow internet to be brought to the island through Starlink satellites, from SpaceX, a company owned by magnate Elon Musk. A senior State Department official explained to EFE this Tuesday that this initiative would allow internet connection, currently under state […]
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On a remote island in northern Norway, archaeologists made a discovery that challenges everything that was known about the history of the Vikings. Under the burial mound of Herlaugshaugen, in Leka, a team of researchers found 29 iron rivets and wooden remains that, according to radiocarbon analyses, date back to the year 700 AD. The […]
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 […]
New York .- The United States Department of Justice accused a soldier this Thursday of using classified information about the capture of the deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, to make bets with which he won about 400,000 dollars. The soldier, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38 years old, participated in the planning and execution of […]
Tecoluca.- Hundreds of alleged leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS13) gang in El Salvador continued to face this Thursday the fourth day of an unprecedented hearing in which more than 400 gang members are being tried from the Cecot, the mega-prison emblem of Nayib Bukele's "war" against these gangs, which opened to the press for […]
Bogotá .- The Hercules C-130 aircraft of the Colombian Aerospace Force (FAC) that crashed on March 23 in Puerto Leguízamo, in the Amazonian department of Putumayo, leaving 69 uniformed personnel dead, collided with three trees four seconds after takeoff, which caused it to lose power, according to the preliminary report released this Thursday. "The impact […]
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On board the papal plane.- Pope Leo XIV reiterated that the Church does not agree with the formal blessing of homosexual couples or those in irregular situations, but stressed that all people can receive a blessing, when answering journalists on the return flight from his tour of Africa. The media present on board the flight […]
A historic edition that unites beauty and social legacy for the benefit of "La Casa del Autismo" Santo Domingo. - Elegance, history, and social commitment will come together next Thursday, July 30, 2026, in one of the most transcendental and anticipated nights of the year, with the Miss Dominican Republic Universe national beauty contest. Dominican […]
International Writing.- Taylor Swift is the most listened-to artist in the history of Spotify, with Bad Bunny in second place, while 'Blinding Lights', by The Weeknd, and 'Un Verano Sin Ti' by Bad Bunny, lead the song and album charts, respectively, according to a statement made public this Thursday by the company. It's the first […]
Santo Domingo, R.D. – The artist Axel Thomas concludes with positive results his most recent promotional tour through the United States and the Dominican Republic, a key stage that allowed him to strengthen his media presence, connect with new audiences, and reaffirm his identity within the music industry. During his time in the United States, […]
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David Bisbal releases today “Vivir así es morir de amor”, his new single and presentation letter for his next studio album. It is a careful reinterpretation of the immortal classic by Camilo Sesto, with which the artist inaugurates an artistic stage marked by elegance and a more sophisticated sound. Error en el proceso de traducción […]
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 […]
Within the framework of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2026, Franklin De La Cruz presented the Guía Empresarial RD platform, highlighting its impact on strengthening the business ecosystem and its role as a strategic bridge for generating business opportunities. The participation took place at the Barceló Bávaro Convention Center, where leaders from the tourism […]
Punta Cana.- The commercial director of Coral Hospitality Corp., Ramón Tejeda, informed that the company projects investments ranging from 80 to 90 million dollars in the development of new hotels in the Dominican Republic, strengthening its presence in key tourist destinations. Tejeda explained that the investment covers projects in Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, and Pedernales, […]
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Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic has set a historic precedent by reaching USD 1,448.6 million in exports during the month of March of this 2026, which represents a year-on-year increase of 20.7% and an absolute variation of USD 248.9 million compared to the same month of 2025, positioning itself as the highest value recorded in the analyzed period for national exports. The export rebound was mainly […]
Through Decree 197-26, the Executive Branch ordered the reactivation of the National Plan for the Regularization of lottery banks, points of sale, agencies, betting shops and other gambling operators, with the aim of completing the process of cleaning up, validating and formalizing the sector. The decision comes in response to the high volume of pending […]
The Down syndrome alters the development of the human brain before birth and now a team of researchers has created a molecular map that explains how, which could serve to develop therapeutic strategies in the future. A team of researchers led by Ecuadorian, Luis De la Torre-Ubieta, from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), has […]
Punta Cana. – Within the framework of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2026 tourism fair, the Hotel Santiago Curio Collection by Hilton presented its proposal to position Santiago and the Cibao region as an international tourist destination, betting on the diversification of the Dominican offer. Before tour operators from more than 20 issuing markets, […]
Huelva (Spain).- An international team of researchers from the University of Huelva (southern Spain), Agri Ibrahim Çeçen University (Turkey) and King Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia) has designed and validated the Toxic Personality Scale (TPS) to measure "toxic personality traits". This is, according to the study, published in the 'Psychology: Reflection and Criticism' journal, the first […]
The biggest creator event reaffirms its positioning with more than 2,000 attendees and an average of 50 exhibitors Santo Domingo. — With a projection of more than 2,000 attendees and the participation of more than 50 local and international exhibitors, the Latin American Content Creators Festival reaffirms its position as the event with the greatest […]
London.- The United Kingdom remembers this Tuesday the centenary of the birth of Elizabeth II, the queen who set the bar for the monarchy very high for her dedication to public service, her ability to adapt to the new times, her management of family crises and for acting as a symbol of stability and unity […]
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.- The Dominican State allocated more than RD$1,152 million pesos in food services for public employees between January 2024 and April 2026, according to an analysis based on public procurement processes.
This is about hundreds of contracts related to breakfasts, lunches, and dinners of a recurring nature, that is, the ordinary expenditure on food within the institutions.
In daily terms, this is equivalent to approximately RD$1.3 million pesos per day.
The expenditure is not distributed evenly. The Ministry of Interior and Police tops the list with more than RD$144 million, followed by the General Comptroller's Office of the Republic and the Ministry of Finance, both with amounts exceeding RD$80 million.
Also listed are the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes, the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation and the National Office of Industrial Property, with figures exceeding RD$70 million. Further down appears PROMESE/CAL, with more than RD$67 million in this type of contracting.
This expense occurs in a context where the State itself has mechanisms to provide food, State Economic Dining Halls, where a ration has been offered to the public at a low cost, around RD$10 pesos, through a scheme subsidized by the State.
This service has also been used by public institutions through agreements to provide lunches to their employees. There are documented cases in entities such as National Assets, the State Sugar Council and the IDOPPRIL, where employees receive food through this mechanism.
Despite the existence of this system, the analysis shows that multiple institutions continue to recurrently contract food services with private providers.
Santo Domingo.– A tense and violent incident occurred during the most recent broadcast of the reality show Planeta Alofoke, when the urban artist La Peversa, who was attending as a special guest, was involved in a physical fight with the also exponent La Más Doll. According to what happened on the show, La Peversa entered […]
Tehran.- Air defenses were activated tonight in Tehran, according to several Iranian media outlets that did not explain the reason. "Air defenses are active in Tehran," reported the state-run Tehran Times on X, which accompanied the message with a video showing the firing of defenses in the capital's sky. The Mehr agency, linked to the […]
After months of information exchange between institutions from at least three countries, the rear admiral of the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar), Fernando Farías Laguna, was detained in Argentina. The arrest was made on April 23, months after the man did not attend an arraignment in Mexico. As he had an Interpol red notice, he […]
Buenos Aires.- Argentina's ultraright-wing president, Javier Milei, stated this Thursday that he will seek reelection in the presidential elections that the South American country will hold in 2027. "I am going to introduce myself. Not only am I going to finish this term, but I will apply for another if I believe I did things […]
La Vega. – Supermercados Nacional opens its first store in Jarabacoa, thus consolidating its presence in the northern region of the country and reaffirming its commitment to being closer to its customers. Located on Federico Basilis Avenue, this new branch represents the brand's 23rd store, generating a total of 107 direct jobs and contributing to […]
Santo Domingo – The Dominican government highlighted the stability of the foreign exchange market, after the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic reported that the dollar rate for April 23rd is at RD$59.23 for buying and RD$59.86 for selling. Authorities indicated that this behavior reflects the strength of the country's macroeconomic fundamentals, amid an international […]
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