Santo Domingo.– Pastor Ezequiel Molina Rosario warned that those who have wielded power, including rulers, legislators, judges, and authorities, will have to answer for corruption, injustice, and betrayal of public trust, recalling that, although human justice fails, there is a divine tribunal from which no one will escape. The warning was made during the central […]
Santo Domingo.– The evangelist Ezequiel Molina Jr. affirmed that The Battle of Faith is celebrated this Thursday under a clear manifestation of God's mercy, despite the rains and limitations presented during the development of the activity, held at the Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium. When approached by the press, Molina Jr. highlighted the massive attendance and […]
Santo Domingo, RD.– The Presidential Commission for Support to Neighborhood Development (CPADB), chaired by Rolfi Rojas Guzmán, presented the achievements between January and November 2025, as part of its programs to support communities in vulnerable situations throughout the country. During this period, the CPADB benefited 124,714 families through initiatives focused on health, food, education, housing, […]
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican government claims to have reduced neonatal mortality by 16% during 2025, as a result of the actions implemented by the National Health Service (SNS) to strengthen care for mothers and their newborns. According to the Epidemiological Bulletin of Week 51, issued by the Epidemiology Directorate (DIEPI), 294 fewer neonatal deaths were […]
Las Terrenas, Samaná, RD. – A woman was found dead inside a residence located in the sector Caño Seco, of the municipality of Las Terrenas, province Samaná, a fact that has generated consternation among the residents of the area. The deceased was identified as Betania Rodríguez Siriaco, 40 years old, originally from the municipality of […]
WASHINGTON (EFE).– There is a before and after Tiger Woods in the history of golf. As he turns 50 this Tuesday, the American celebrates a career that revolutionized the sport, expanded its global reach and turned it into an unprecedented cultural phenomenon, although also marked by injuries, personal scandals and a high physical cost. You […]
Paris.- The police officer who received a donation of 60,300 euros from Kylian Mbappé for his work protecting the French national team during the 2022 World Cup has been sanctioned with early retirement, 'Le Monde' reported this Tuesday. However, the newspaper pointed out that this 57-year-old riot officer, known as 'Momo' and who has been […]
São Paulo.- Isabelle Marciniak, who was the Brazilian youth rhythmic gymnastics champion in 2021 and was a young promise of the discipline, died on Wednesday at the age of 18, reported the Paranaense Gymnastics Federation. Marciniak died from Hodgkin's disease, a type of cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, according to the federation, cited by […]
SANTO DOMINGO.– The 2025 season of world golf was defined by great feats, established figures, and the emergence of new talents. The dominance of American Scottie Scheffler, the historic Grand Slam of Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy, and the dramatic victory of Europe over the United States in the Ryder Cup were some of the milestones […]
SANTO DOMINGO.– The Águilas Cibaeñas, leaders of the regular season standings, opened this Wednesday the Re-entry Draft of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) by selecting as their first pick infielder Cristhian Adames, belonging to the Tigres del Licey. You may be interested in:Adames moves from Licey to Águilas as the first pick of […]
Beijing.- China declared this Thursday that the dispute over the operation of the TikTok video application in the US must be resolved "through cooperation" and "in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations". The spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce, He Yongqian, spoke out after information emerged about the platform's agreements with three investors to create […]
Science Writing- An Ariane 6 rocket from the European Space Agency (ESA) has taken off from the spaceport in French Guiana with two new satellites on board that will join the Galileo constellation and provide greater robustness to the European navigation program, which serves more than half of the world's population. At 5:01 (GMT), as […]
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, […]
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 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. […]
The Swiss government has declared five days of national mourning following the devastating fire that occurred in a bar in the alpine town of Crans-Montana, local media report. The President of the Swiss Confederation, Guy Parmelin, announced that flags will fly at half-mast in the capital, Bern, during this period. Parmelin expressed that "a tragedy […]
Jerusalem.- A woman and her young son died this Thursday in a fire that broke out in tent camps housing displaced people in the center of the Gaza Strip, the Civil Defense of the Palestinian enclave reported. In a statement, this emergency service indicates that they recovered the bodies of these two people and that […]
Brazil.- A 4-year-old boy is in stable condition after surviving a fall from the tenth floor of the building where he resides in the city of Ribeirão Preto, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, report local media. Brenno Fernandes Girdziauckas, who suffers from nonverbal autism, underwent surgery and remains in the intensive care unit of a regional hospital, […]
Caracas.- The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) of Venezuela announced this Wednesday that it destroyed aircraft number 40 linked to drug trafficking during a year-end operation in the state of Apure (southwest), bordering Colombia, and assured that it intended to "violate territorial sovereignty". The FANB dealt "a new blow to the drug trafficking structures," said […]
Caracas.- The Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, said on Tuesday that "fake news" about his "noble" country Venezuela is being broadcast in the United States, at a time when Washington maintains a military deployment in the Caribbean under the argument of combating drug trafficking that, he claims, originates from the oil-producing country. "Everything they say is […]
The Dominican urban music interpreter La Perversa begins the year 2026 with a significant boost in her artistic career, being selected as the protagonist of the new music video for the song “Mi Lokita”, also known as “Lokita por mí”, performed by Romeo Santos and Prince Royce. The announcement was made through a joint publication […]
Paramount Global confirmed this December 31, 2025 the definitive closure of five of its most emblematic channels: MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live, ending an era that revolutionized the way the world discovered and consumed music. The blackout is not just a business move, but the decline of a cultural phenomenon that marked entire generations, from […]
Santo Domingo. – The businessman and media producer Santiago Matías (Alofoke) announced an alliance with the international network Univision to present the first live special New Year's program, which will be broadcast this Sunday, January 11, starting at 8:00 p.m. The special, titled “La Casa de Alofoke 2: The After Party”, promises to offer the […]
Santo Domingo.– The businessman and producer Santiago Matías (Alofoke) shared a list of personal and professional goals for the year 2026, in which he mixes purposes of spiritual growth, health, travel, entrepreneurship and personal decisions. Among his first goals, Matías highlighted his intention to visit the church more frequently and maintain a half-hour cardiovascular exercise […]
Colombian singer J Balvin and Puerto Rican rapper Residente met again publicly, a fact that has been interpreted by many as a sign of rapprochement after several years of estrangement, starring in one of the most commented confrontations in urban music. The image was shared this Wednesday, December 31st, by J Balvin himself on his […]
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 […]
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. […]
"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, […]
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican government affirmed that the main economic results of 2025 consolidated the Dominican Republic as one of the most productive and reliable economies in the region, driven by the sustained growth of exports, a historic performance of free zones, the expansion of formal employment and record levels of foreign direct investment. According […]
Santo Domingo.- Economist Haivanjoe Ng Cortiñas predicted this Monday that 2026 will mark a turning point in the fiscal and financial dynamics of the Dominican Republic, because it will be the year in which debt service will reach its greatest pressure, shifting the debate from the stock - how much is owed - to the […]
The banking entity stands out in the High Financial Inclusion category, in the first edition of the national ranking of the Superintendency of Banks. Santo Domingo.- Banco BHD obtained Gold in the first Financial Inclusion Ranking 2025, conducted by the Superintendency of Banks (SB), reaffirming its leadership for its inclusive practices. BHD achieved the high […]
Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic announced this Tuesday that it is maintaining its monetary policy interest rate (MPR) at 5.25% per annum, after taking into consideration the levels of global uncertainty and recent inflationary pressures, mainly associated with the impact of climatic phenomena on food prices. In a statement, the Dominican […]
Philip Morris Dominicana recognized the leadership of President Luis Abinader and the progress of the Dominican Republic in combating illicit trade, following the publication of the Illicit Trade Index 2025, which positions the country among the least vulnerable in Latin America to this phenomenon. The Dominican Republic advanced to 50th place out of 188 countries […]
While in several countries the last hours of 2025 are still being counted, other nations are already celebrating the arrival of New Year 2026. Due to time zones, the change of year does not occur at the same time all over the world. Below, it is shown how 2026 advances from the first territories to […]
Lima.- More than 10,000 kilometers separate the tables of Peru and Italy, but at Christmas there is a common element on the tablecloth: the panetón or panettone, the sweet bread filled with raisins and candied fruits that is enjoyed on both sides of the Atlantic as a legacy of the migration of the European country […]
During the December holidays, tables are filled with traditional dishes such as turkey, ham, and punch. However, between gatherings, reheated meals, and long preparation days, the risks associated with food safety also increase, especially when food spends too much time out of refrigeration or is handled incorrectly. In fact, the Dominican Republic registers each year […]
Beijing.- A study published this month in the scientific journal Science of Food concludes that a diet with a moderate proportion of lard reduced the accumulation of body fat and inflammation levels in laboratory mice, compared to diets based on certain vegetable oils. The research, led by a team of Chinese scientists from the Hunan […]
The Christmas holidays are accompanied by copious meals, irregular schedules, increased alcohol consumption, and an increase in social and family stress. This can affect our night's rest, a fundamental aspect for physical and mental health. Pulmonologists offer recommendations for better sleep at Christmas. In the year SEPAR 2025-2026 of Sleep Respiratory Disorders (SRD), an initiative […]
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 […]
Baní. – With his characteristic humor and a heartwarming story, content creator Víctor Baujour, known as "Las Ocurrencias de Víctor", shared today with over 50 young people how his life took a positive turn thanks to the videos he started uploading to social media.
The meeting took place at the Perelló Cultural Center in Baní, as part of the seventh edition of the Empowered Youth Panel, considered the most important youth event and organized in commemoration of International Youth Day.
Baujour reported that his beginnings were not easy, but that perseverance led him to collaborate with international brands such as Adidas and McDonald's.
“Nunca pensé que un chiste grabado en mi casa me abriría puertas tan grandes. Si algo aprendí es que lo que hoy parece pequeño, mañana puede ser tu gran oportunidad”,
expresó.
Before the attentive gaze of those present, he motivated the young people not to be afraid to dream big.
"Don't wait for everything to be perfect to start. Start with what you have, the path will open up."
The Empowered Youth Panel brought together entrepreneurs, students, and social activists in a free discussion to exchange experiences and learn about programs that promote the training and development of the youth in the area.
The Dominican urban music interpreter La Perversa begins the year 2026 with a significant boost in her artistic career, being selected as the protagonist of the new music video for the song “Mi Lokita”, also known as “Lokita por mí”, performed by Romeo Santos and Prince Royce. The announcement was made through a joint publication […]
Paramount Global confirmed this December 31, 2025 the definitive closure of five of its most emblematic channels: MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live, ending an era that revolutionized the way the world discovered and consumed music. The blackout is not just a business move, but the decline of a cultural phenomenon that marked entire generations, from […]
Santo Domingo. – The businessman and media producer Santiago Matías (Alofoke) announced an alliance with the international network Univision to present the first live special New Year's program, which will be broadcast this Sunday, January 11, starting at 8:00 p.m. The special, titled “La Casa de Alofoke 2: The After Party”, promises to offer the […]
Santo Domingo.– The businessman and producer Santiago Matías (Alofoke) shared a list of personal and professional goals for the year 2026, in which he mixes purposes of spiritual growth, health, travel, entrepreneurship and personal decisions. Among his first goals, Matías highlighted his intention to visit the church more frequently and maintain a half-hour cardiovascular exercise […]
Colombian singer J Balvin and Puerto Rican rapper Residente met again publicly, a fact that has been interpreted by many as a sign of rapprochement after several years of estrangement, starring in one of the most commented confrontations in urban music. The image was shared this Wednesday, December 31st, by J Balvin himself on his […]
Santo Domingo. - – Not even the intense rain that has fallen during the last day of the year was an impediment for hundreds of people to gather at the traditional Drunk Rally, held in the San Juan Bosco sector, where Eudy El Invencible ignited the atmosphere with his contagious repertoire. The artist performed before […]
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