Santo Domingo.– The United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Leah Francis Campos, led a ceremonial event at her official residence where, in addition to a blessing of the place, she presented the cultural collection “Art in Embassies”. The activity brought together prominent figures, including First Lady Raquel Arbaje and Vice President Raquel Peña, as […]
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The regulations stipulate that all searches for missing persons will be carried out under the presumption that the person is alive, regardless of the circumstances, date, place, or time of the event. Santo Domingo.– The Senate of the Republic approved in first reading the bill that creates the National Alert System (ALERTARD), an initiative that […]
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The project benefits residents of Rancho Viejo, Los Samanes, and the Canaan Project. La Vega, Rep Dom.- About 2,400 people will benefit from the start of the land titling project in Rancho Viejo, La Vega province, where the Government seeks to guarantee legal security and improve the living conditions of families who for years have […]
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LONDON. – Ethiopian Tigst Assefa made history again this Sunday by conquering the women's division of the London Marathon with a new world record of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 41 seconds. You may be interested in: MIVHED inaugurates modern Volleyball Practice Pavilion with capacity for more than 1,200 people Assefa, who already held the […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – With the celebration of three matches, this Monday begins the Caribbean Handball Cup, a qualifying event for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, in the renovated Table Tennis Pavilion of Parque del Este. You may be interested in: Brazil dominates and is crowned champion in the South American Youth […]
United States. The NBA playoffs continue to deliver intense emotions after a day in which the Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder, and New York Knicks set the pace in their respective first-round series. You may be interested in:Tatum and Brown propel Celtics over Sixers and take the lead in the series Orlando took a 2-1 […]
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 […]
Los Ángeles.- Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, said this Wednesday in the trial against OpenAI that he was “a fool” to fund the foundation of the technology company, which he sued for changing its initial non-profit mission. «I was a fool who provided them with free funding to create a ‘startup’… I […]
Miami.- The core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket arrived in Florida this Tuesday as part of the preparations for Artemis III, the NASA mission scheduled for 2027 and designed to test maneuvers in Earth orbit and lay the groundwork for the manned lunar landing that the agency plans for 2028. Following the […]
An incident involving an artificial intelligence agent has raised alarms about the risks of integrating these systems into critical infrastructures without adequate safeguards. PocketOS, a software development company for car rental companies, suffered an interruption of more than 30 hours after the agent Cursor, based on the Claude Opus 4.6 model from Anthropic, deleted the […]
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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 […]
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Guayaquil.- Nine provinces and four other municipalities in Ecuador will be under a new nighttime curfew from this Sunday, and for fifteen days, during which security forces will seek to intensify the fight against organized crime, which keeps the country at an unprecedented level of violence. This is the second time this year that President […]
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Error en el proceso de traducción «Several sources have informed us of an incursion across the northern border by Colombian guerrillas, driven by the Petro government,» Noboa stated on social media, who initiated the trade war with the neighboring country, considering that Colombia is not doing enough to prevent criminal organizations and the cocaine produced […]
A study by the Fraunhofer IIS Institute warns that prohibitive policies and the high tax burden on electronic cigarettes (vaping) have led to a boom in illicit trade in Europe, generating a multi-million dollar market and increasing risks to public health. The research concludes that these measures have not succeeded in reducing consumption, but have […]
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Santo Domingo, RD - Businessman Santiago Matías confessed on Tuesday night, during the primetime of Planeta Alofoke, the reason for the departure from the reality show of the urban music interpreter Dahiana Guzmán, better known as La Más Doll, one of the participants in the project. "La Más Doll had a family theme; also, she […]
Santo Domingo, RD.- The program Alofoke Radio Show, returned on the night of this Tuesday with a special broadcast in direct connection with the reality show Planeta Alofoke, achieving an audience that exceeded 2 million viewers in real time. This figure marks a significant milestone for the digital platform and reaffirms the convening power of […]
A musical proposal that honors its roots and fuses the tropical essence of merengue with modern sounds and current trends. Santo Domingo, R.D. – The urban artist Benjamín Kammer, artistically known as “BNYA”, continues to consolidate his ascending international career with the release of the merengue version of his successful single “Positivo”, a musical proposal […]
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 […]
Santo Domingo. – The Export and Investment Center of the Dominican Republic (ProDominicana), in conjunction with Banco Popular Dominicano and the Global Export Network (RGX), held the meeting “Export Competitiveness: How to diversify markets and compete globally”, a space aimed at strengthening the capabilities of the Dominican export sector in the face of the challenges […]
The Executive Directorate of National Irrigation Technology (TNR), the Agricultural Bank, and the National Council for the Regulation and Promotion of the Dairy Industry (Conaleche), opened the call for the Fund for the Promotion of Technology in the National Irrigation System (Fotesir), aimed at producers interested in receiving non-refundable bonuses of up to 70% to […]
Dubai.- United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced this Tuesday its withdrawal from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the alliance OPEC+ due to the "disturbances in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz" starting May 1, 2026, reported the Emirati official news agency WAM. The agency indicated that this decision is driven "by […]
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Both institutions honor their 45-year career and the international impact of Dominican fashion Miami. — Renowned Dominican designer Giannina Azar was declared a “Distinguished Visitor” by Miami-Dade County, in the state of Florida, during an event in which she also presented a charity fashion show in support of a non-profit organization. The recognition was presented […]
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Punta Cana.– Crafts and local cultural expressions continue to gain space within Dominican tourism, as was evidenced during the development of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2026, fair organized by the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores) with the support of the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic. Event […]
The underwater heritage expert toured the site with Dominican authorities within the framework of international cooperation Puerto Plata.– The Turkish archaeologist Harun Özdaş, an internationally recognized specialist in underwater cultural heritage, toured the ruins of the historical site of La Isabela, on the north coast of the country, as part of a visit aimed at […]
Error en el proceso de traducción Error en el proceso de traducción Error en el proceso de traducción The restoration of coral reefs in the Caribbean has historically faced a fundamental contradiction: traditional techniques rely on the extraction of fragments from natural populations that are already in decline. This new center was designed to respond […]
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 […]
On April 8, 2025, the Dominican Republic experienced one of the most shocking tragedies in its history: the collapse of the roof of the Jet Set nightclub, which left a toll of 236 fatalities and more than 180 people injured.
The fateful dawn, which began with an overflow of joy and effusiveness from the hundreds of people who gathered at the place to enjoy a long-awaited party of the legendary merengue singer Rubby Pérez, ended in pain, suffering and tragedy. The event left incurable wounds in the families of the victims and in the soul, mind and heart of the survivors, who, more than two months after the disaster, continue to be marked by the trauma.
Well-known figures from the entertainment industry of the Dominican Republic managed to survive the tragedy. These are some of the voices that narrated to the world how surprising it was to witness the collapse.
Zulinka Pérez and Miguel Báez
Zulinka Pérez y Miguel Báez
Singer Zulinka Pérez, daughter of the legendary merengue singer Rubby Pérez, and her husband, Miguel Báez, survived the disaster by managing to leave the nightclub minutes after the collapse.
Zulinka and Miguel were on stage with Rubby and other members of the orchestra, resulting in severe injuries, especially Miguel, who is still recovering after one of his legs was affected.
Elianta Quintero
The journalist and news anchor for Telemicro, Elianta Quintero, was trapped in the rubble for almost an hour, according to reports, clinging to her faith and trying to remain calm. Quintero suffered facial contusions, body blows, and an immobilized hand, in addition to multiple stitches in her head from the blows caused by the debris. The journalist spoke publicly about how difficult and challenging the process has been. She assures that, beyond the physical ailments, the emotional pain feels the same or deeper.
Gaby Puch
Singer and songwriter Gaby Puché, former member of the merengue group Divas by Jiménez, survived after being trapped for more than three hours under two beams. Puché recounted in a shocking testimony on the program “Mujeres al Borde” a spiritual encounter with God, who revealed to her —according to what she shared— that she would come out alive from the place.
Lady Alvarez
Lady Álvarez
The entertainment communicator and editor of the newspaper De Último Minuto, Lady Álvarez, survived along with a friend after receiving two divine signals from God, which seconds before the collapse alerted her and prevented her from reaching her table. Álvarez suffered minor injuries to her cervical, lumbar area, and ankles. However, she has revealed that the greatest injury is in her soul, after witnessing the death of so many loved ones that morning.
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Santo Domingo, RD - Businessman Santiago Matías confessed on Tuesday night, during the primetime of Planeta Alofoke, the reason for the departure from the reality show of the urban music interpreter Dahiana Guzmán, better known as La Más Doll, one of the participants in the project. "La Más Doll had a family theme; also, she […]
Santo Domingo, RD.- The program Alofoke Radio Show, returned on the night of this Tuesday with a special broadcast in direct connection with the reality show Planeta Alofoke, achieving an audience that exceeded 2 million viewers in real time. This figure marks a significant milestone for the digital platform and reaffirms the convening power of […]
A musical proposal that honors its roots and fuses the tropical essence of merengue with modern sounds and current trends. Santo Domingo, R.D. – The urban artist Benjamín Kammer, artistically known as “BNYA”, continues to consolidate his ascending international career with the release of the merengue version of his successful single “Positivo”, a musical proposal […]
The official album of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ expands with the release of "Echo", a new collaboration between Daddy Yankee and Shenseea, published through SALXCO UAM and Def Jam Recordings. Co-produced and executive produced by multiple GRAMMY award winner Tainy, the track samples "Red & Black Light" by Ibrahim Maalouf, with additional production by […]
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