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Santo Domingo. – The electricity distribution company Edeeste reported that the works involving partial interruptions in the VIMEO1 and VIMEO3 circuits, which were scheduled for this Friday, September 5, were suspended, at the request of the Office for the Reordering of Transportation (Opret).
The work had been planned with a view to improving the quality of the electrical service, but after the request of the body in charge of transport infrastructure, it was decided to postpone them.
Nationals
ASODEMU rejects merger of the Ministries of Education
Santo Domingo.- The University Employees Association (ASODEMU) called on government authorities to act with prudence regarding the proposal to merge the Ministry of Education (MINERD) with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT), considering that it is an initiative that must be widely studied and agreed upon. José Rosario, president of ASODEMU, maintained […]
Henry Molina reaffirms that judicial independence is based on the Constitution and the laws
Santo Domingo.- The president judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) Henry Molina assured that judicial independence, far from being a privilege of judges, is a guarantee of citizenship, understanding that a strong Judiciary is not legitimized by the popularity of its decisions, but by fidelity to the Constitution and the laws. "When a […]
Santiago City Council designates Los Jardines street in honor of jurist Américo Espinal Hued
Santiago. – The Santiago City Council, through the Council of Aldermen, approved the designation of 13th street in the Los Jardines sector with the name of doctor Américo Espinal Hued, in recognition of his outstanding legal, political and academic career, as well as his contributions to the democratic institutionalism of the country. The decision was […]
Edeeste removes irregular transformer in properties linked to Alfonso Soriano in San Pedro de Macorís
Santo Domingo.- The Empresa Distribuidora de Electricidad del Este (Edeeste) reported that it dismantled an exclusive transformer that had been irregularly installed to supply energy to several properties linked to former Major League player Alfonso Soriano, in the municipality of Quisqueya, province of San Pedro de Macorís. According to the distributor, Soriano had maintained for […]
Neurologist states that "Santiago Hazim is clearly stable" and supports preventive detention
Santo Domingo.- Through the social network TikTok, the doctor Zaida Luciano, a specialist in neurology, explained that Santiago Hazim is "clearly stable" and does not present a risk of "sudden death" Luciano explained, in an audiovisual of 1 minute and 49 seconds, that multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system attacks the […]
Sports
May 2025 left indelible marks on American sport
Sports Writing (EFE).— The month of May 2025 was marked as one of the most intense and memorable on the sports calendar in America, with historic comebacks, absolute consecrations and world-class protagonists such as Carlo Ancelotti, Álex Palou, Shohei Ohtani, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, as well as the teams Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. You […]
Adolis García agrees to one-year contract with the Phillies
PHILADELPHIA.- The Philadelphia Phillies reached an agreement for one season and $10 million with free agent outfielder Adolis García, as confirmed by a source to MLB.com. The club has not yet made the official announcement of the deal, which was initially reported by journalist Francys Romero. You may be interested inr: Soto returns to wear […]
Johan Rojas responds to boos and avoids controversy over statements about Lidom umpires
Santo Domingo.- The Giants of Cibao outfielder, Johan Rojas, spoke after last night's game and reacted to the boos he received from the Tigres del Licey fans, assuring that he is not affected and that, on the contrary, he takes it as an additional motivation on the field. “Well, I never… I haven't been the […]
Champions League: Real Madrid and Villarreal defeats and Athletic draw
Madrid (EFE).- Manchester City took the victory from the Bernabéu, in the sixth matchday of the Champions League group stage, after coming back from the initial goal by Brazilian Rodrygo Goes in the 28th minute thanks to goals by English Nico O’Rilley in the 35th and Norwegian Erling Haaland in the 43rd, from a penalty. […]
Johan Rojas is heavily booed after his criticism of the Lidom umpires
Santo Domingo.– The outfielder for the Gigantes del Cibao, Johan Rojas, was received this Wednesday with strong boos from the blue fans at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, in the first match of the francomacorisano team against the Tigres del Licey after his controversial statements of last December 3. Licey fans reacted with loud whistles […]
Technology
OpenAI denies responsibility for a young man's suicide after interacting with ChatGPT
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New York .- The technology OpenAI has denied being responsible for the suicide of a 16-year-old who took his own life after interacting with ChatGPT for months, and has attributed his case to an "improper use" of the tool. "The injuries and damages alleged by the plaintiffs were caused or contributed (…) by the misuse, […]
NASA launches three missions to map the heliosphere and study the solar wind
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Miami (USA).- NASA launched three missions into space this Wednesday that seek to map the heliosphere, the layer that surrounds and protects the solar system, to critically monitor space weather and to study how the Earth's upper atmosphere responds to the solar wind. The three missions took off from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Nvidia: From Video Games to the World's Summit as a Colossus of Artificial Intelligence
Nvidia is no longer just a graphics card manufacturer. The company founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, which was born with the vision of bringing 3D graphics to video games, has become the most valuable company on the planet, surpassing Apple and Microsoft with a capitalization of around $4.3 trillion. […]
Apple equips its AirPods with translation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German
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New York.- Apple equips its AirPods with live translation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German thanks to its new operating system, iOS 26, which launches this Monday on compatible devices. Starting today, the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 with noise cancellation, paired with iPhones compatible with Apple Intelligence - Apple's artificial intelligence - […]
84% of teenage girls in Spain fear that AI will use their photos to create fake sexual content
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Madrid.- Teenagers have integrated AI into their daily lives, whether for studies or as a confidant in personal matters, although the majority also express reservations, including the use of images to create fake sexual content, according to 84% of them and 76% of them. These are some of the data revealed by the 'Así somos' […]
International
Donald Trump ordered a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Navy ever assembled in the history of South America. This will only grow, and the shock for them will be like they have never seen before, until they […]
The White House chief of staff claims Trump has an "alcoholic personality"
Washington.- The White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, stated in a report published this Tuesday that the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has an "alcoholic personality" because he works with the idea that "there is nothing he cannot do". In a series of conversations held over the past year with Vanity Fair […]
Trump wants to destroy boats until Maduro surrenders, says his chief of staff
Washington.- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, wants to continue destroying vessels supposedly loaded with drugs in the Caribbean until the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, "surrenders", said the White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, in an interview published this Tuesday. Since September, a strong U.S. military deployment has destroyed about twenty boats […]
Mexico to analyze fentanyl implications as a "weapon of mass destruction" in the U.S.
Mexico City.- The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, assured this Tuesday that her Government "will analyze the implications" of the executive order signed on Monday by US President Donald Trump to declare fentanyl as a "weapon of mass destruction". "On the one hand, we are going to analyze it. Second, the issue of consumption cannot […]
Chaves will not attend Congress for the vote on his impeachment in Costa Rica
San José.- The President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, ruled out his attendance this Tuesday at the Congress, where it is planned that the deputies will hold a special session to vote on a request for disqualification against him presented by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal for alleged interference in political-electoral matters. "President Rodrigo Chaves Robles […]
Entertainment
The Oscars abandon traditional television and move to YouTube in 2029
In a surprising turn, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that, starting in 2029, the Oscars will no longer be broadcast on ABC, ending more than 60 years of traditional television broadcasting. Instead, the ceremony will be broadcast on YouTube, becoming the first major awards gala to completely abandon conventional television. […]
Yesenia Then shares a powerful message in “We Worship Together at Christmas”
Santo Domingo.- Under the premise “Who is ready to give their love to God?”, pastor and lecturer Yesenia Then shared a powerful message directed to all attendees of the event “We Worship Together at Christmas”, held in the Herrera sector. During his intervention, Then cited the biblical passage from Isaiah 42:7: "You will open the […]
Reconocidos has everything ready for the big concert “We Adore Together at Christmas”
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Recognized platform announced that everything is ready for the big concert "We Adore Together at Christmas", which will be held this December 16th starting at 5:00 p.m. on Isabela Aguiar Avenue, Herrera sector. The event, which is completely free, is designed as a meeting space for the whole family, a night in […]
The End-of-Year Dance Party: 12 hours of merengue to say goodbye to 2025
The New Year's Eve Bailazo returns with a grand celebration: 12 uninterrupted hours of music, merengue, and party to bid farewell to 2025 and welcome 2026 to the rhythm of accordion, güira, and tambora. The event will bring together prominent figures of traditional, typical, and Christmas merengue in a night that promises to be unforgettable. […]
Yandel will present his "Symphonic" show in Altos de Chavón in February
Santo Domingo. – After more than two decades marking the history of urban music, Yandel, reggaeton legend and one of the creators of the genre, will arrive in the Dominican Republic with his show “Yandel Sinfónico”, an innovative proposal that reinterprets his great hits accompanied by The National Symphony Orchestra live. The concert will be […]
Opinion
When corruption is not protected by the presidential band
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 […]
We have a permanent constitutional back and forth
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 […]
When the slander is coordinated and clumsy
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 […]
The TV changed in DR
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. […]
¿To govern or campaign? Abinader made it difficult
"I am a tolerant and democratic president, but everything has a limit... We will continue to govern for the people and, for that reason, I say to all pre-candidates and their coordinators: proselitizing acts to officials are not allowed. If they want to campaign, they must leave their positions." Thus spoke the head of state, […]
Economy
Dominican Republic to receive $566 million in loans from CAF
Santo Domingo.- The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) approved the granting of two loans to the Dominican Republic, totaling 566 million dollars, aimed at enhancing water security in the capital and the province of Santo Domingo, and modernizing the penitentiary system. The initiatives respond to strategic national priorities and will improve […]
The country registers 5,149,829 formal and informal jobs, states the Central Bank
Santo Domingo,.- The Central Bank stated this Monday that there are 5,149,829 people employed in the country, for a year-on-year increase of 2.4%, equivalent to 119,965 net employed compared to the July-September 2024 period. The employment rate, that is, the ratio between the total employed and the working-age population, stood at 63.1% for July-September 2025, […]
Judge considered the Senasa case as treason and a collective holocaust
As a grim, somber, scandalous, extremely serious, cruel to the extreme case, a kind of collective frenzy and collective holocaust, the permanent attention judge Rigoberto Sena Ferreras, qualified the case of the multimillion-dollar fraud in the National Health Insurance (SENASA). "When one goes to the State to drain its institutions, it constitutes an act of […]
Gasoline, diesel, and LPG will maintain their prices during the coming week.
Santo Domingo,.- The Government decided today to maintain the prices of gasoline, diesel and propane gas for the week of December 13 to 19, for which, it assured, allocated a subsidy of 227.4 million pesos. In that order, premium gasoline will remain at 290.10 per gallon, while regular gasoline will be at RD$272.50 per gallon. […]
Clinton and InterEnergy oversee Jamaica's energy recovery
Former US President Bill Clinton traveled to Jamaica with Rolando González Bunster, President and CEO of InterEnergy Group, to see firsthand the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, the most severe weather event to have impacted the country in its recent history, and the reconstruction progress led by the energy company in key areas of the […]
Style
From Christmas Village, values are promoted to strengthen family harmony
In the festive atmosphere that surrounds Villa Navidad, one of the most popular and anticipated spaces for Dominican families in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, a silent but deeply significant work is carried out: the promotion of values that strengthen coexistence, harmony in the home, and the protection of women. Amidst lights, music, and […]
The colors that will make your outfit capture attention in the autumn-winter 2025/2026 season
Santo Domingo.- Each season brings a different vibe and colors are the easiest way to feel it. Knowing which tones will be trending is not just to "look fashionable", but to inspire you, refresh your closet and give your style a twist without complicating your life. The autumn-winter 2025/2026 palette arrives with a mix designed […]
Robotic dogs with Musk, Bezos, and Picasso faces grab attention at Art Basel
Miami (USA).- The American digital artist Beeple unleashed a "pack" of robotic dogs at the Art Basel Miami Beach fair with hyperrealistic heads of tech magnates and art legends such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Mark Zuckerberg. The installation titled 'Regular Animals' captured attention at the fair that was inaugurated […]
Health Mi Luz opens a new branch in Plaza Caribbean and marks a milestone in integral well-being
San Francisco de Macorís, RD. – On December 2nd, the Health Mi Luz brand celebrated the official opening of its new branch in Plaza Caribbean, in an event that brought together authorities, strategic allies, influencers and figures from the social sphere, marking a significant step in its evolution as a platform for integral well-being. The […]
“Living Michelangelo” exhibition arrives in the country with immersive experience in the Plaza de la Cultura
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic has, since this month, one of the most innovative artistic exhibitions of the year: “Miguel Ángel Vivo”, an immersive exhibition that brings together the most emblematic works of the Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, including recreations of the Sistine Chapel, the David and the Moses. The exhibition will be available until […]
Editorial
Development for the border
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 […]
Tourism continues to grow
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 […]
The Independence of July 4th
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 […]
Four years reporting for you
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 […]
We are connected to the present, focused on the future
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 […]
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