Santo Domingo.- The Minister of the Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings, Ito Bisonó, launched this Tuesday the Social Housing Construction and Habitat Rehabilitation Project in the Doña Julia sector, an integral intervention that will directly impact the quality of life of the families of this municipality. During a tour of the community, the minister […]

Santo Domingo.- The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, reported this Tuesday that the complaints that have circulated in a national media about alleged irregular charges for political purposes to employees of the Special Fund for Agricultural Development (FEDA), an entity headed by Hecmilio Galván, are under investigation. When referring to the case, the president […]

San Cristóbal, R.D.– The Chamber of Commerce and Production of San Cristóbal, the Diagnostic Center of San Cristóbal (CEDISANC) and the National Council of Disability (CONADIS) held a medical operation this Tuesday in the Central Park of San Cristóbal, for the benefit of the entire population that attended. The health day took place as part […]

Monte Plata. – Two men were injured during a violent confrontation that occurred in the El Callejón sector, of the municipal district Los Botados of the municipality of Yamasá, after a discussion originated in a game of dominoes. The most seriously injured person was identified as Yunior, a resident of the La Javilla sector, who […]

Santo Domingo. – In recent years, several deaths have been recorded linked to incidents that occurred in elevated areas of the Ágora Mall shopping center, situations that have generated consternation and concern among the citizenry. The most recent case occurred this Monday, when a woman lost her life after an incident in the parking tower […]

Paris.- The Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, questioned for her gender and gold in the 66-kilo category at the Paris Olympic Games, stated that she has undergone hormonal treatments to lower her "natural" testosterone level and that she will take the necessary tests for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. "We all have different genetics, different hormone […]

CONSTANZA. – La Patrulla del Monte celebrated with resounding success, last weekend, the sixth edition of the rally “El Triángulo”, an event that brought together more than 500 competitors and left a significant impact on tourism and the economy of the northern region of the country. You may be interested in:r:INEFI inaugurates the first Community […]

The commissioner of the National Football League (NFL), Roger Goodell, has assured that the Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny is aware that the Super Bowl is a platform that promotes unity. «He understands that the Super Bowl platform serves to unite people with their creativity and talent and that he must take advantage of this […]

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican president, Luis Abinader, received this Thursday players from the Leones del Escogido, champions of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, whom he urged to compete with "patriotism" as representatives of the country in the Caribbean Series to be held from February 1 to 7 in Jalisco, Mexico. The ruler handed the […]

Bayaguana, Monte Plata.– The president of the Bayaguana Sports Union, Isaac Ogando, acknowledged the contributions made by Charlie Mariotti, candidate for the presidential candidacy of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), to the strengthening of the municipality of Bayaguana and the province of Monte Plata, underlining his constant support for sports and community initiatives for several […]

Brussels.- The Chinese platform TikTok said this Friday that the investigation carried out by the European Commission, which concludes that this social network has an "addictive" design for its users, is based on "a categorically false and totally unfounded description". "We will take all necessary measures to challenge these findings by all means at our […]

Roblox has taken a key step in the evolution of video game creation platforms with the launch of its 4D Creation feature. This tool, powered by artificial intelligence, allows users to generate interactive and functional objects simply by describing what they want in natural language. The new feature, currently available in beta, represents a significant […]

Granada (Spain).- An international team of scientists found that artificial intelligence (AI) continues to make mistakes when answering questions that require conceptual reasoning and not mere internet searches, which reveals that it still does not equal human thought in complex academic tasks. As detailed this Thursday in a statement by the University of Granada (UGR), […]

ChatGPT surprised thousands of users this Tuesday, February 3, by presenting failures in its operation, without prior notice.  High error rates are occurring in adjustment jobs. "And we have identified that users are experiencing high levels of error in the affected services," OpenAI wrote on its website. "We have identified the problem and applied the […]

Los Ángeles.- Los dos gigantes tecnológicos Meta y YouTube enfrentan esta semana un histórico juicio en el estado de California por acusaciones de que sus plataformas alimentan una crisis de adicción juvenil. The trial will take place in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and marks the first time the companies will present their case […]

U.S. forces at Al-Udeid, Qatar, the largest U.S. base in the Middle East, installed missiles on truck launchers as tensions with Iran intensified since January, according to the analysis of satellite images, which means they could be moved more quickly. The decision to keep the Patriot missiles Patriot on mobile trucks instead of semi-static launch […]

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, reiterated this Tuesday that he plans to launch ground attacks against targets in Latin America and the Caribbean that his country links to drug trafficking. "If we attack them on land, they go to the boats. So we attack the boats first. Now there are no boats. Now we are […]

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has reiterated his confidence that Iran wants to reach an agreement with Washington. "I think they want to reach an agreement. I think they would be foolish if they didn't want to," he told journalist Larry Kudlow in an interview. When asked if an agreement with the Iranian Government would […]

Washington.- The Donald Trump Administration has arrested 379,000 immigrants between January 20, 2025 and January 20, 2026, assured this Tuesday the interim director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Todd Lyons. In a hearing before the United States Congress, Lyons explained that among the detained immigrants "there are more than 7,000 alleged gang […]

Port-au-Prince.- The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (Binuh) and the Organization of American States (OAS) showed their support for the interim government during the transition process in Haiti this Monday, emphasizing their goal of combating insecurity in the country and achieving the holding of general elections. "Binuh encourages all stakeholders to support the Transition […]

Santo Domingo, RD - Merengue singer Sergio Vargas broke the silence and responded to the controversy generated after his comments during the tribute dedicated to Luis "El Terror" Días, sending an extensive message to the radio program "El Vacilón de la Mañana". In his intervention, the artist attributed the public outrage to a manipulation of […]

Washington.- Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show became the fourth most-watched in history, with an average of 128.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen data, surpassing this year's overall average and consolidating the artist as one of the main references who have performed on this stage. Nielsen, the company that measures television viewership in the United […]

Bogotá.- Singer Carlos Vives announced this Tuesday that after eight years without touring Colombia, he is returning to the stages of his country with the 'Tour al Sol', which will stop in six cities starting next September. This is how the singer from Santa Marta (north) explained it at an event held at the Bogotá […]

Santo Domingo, RD - After being declared a Distinguished Municipality of the city of Santo Domingo by the National District City Council, the typical merengue singer Blas Dario Fragoso, better known as El Blachy, expressed the emotion and pride he feels upon receiving this distinction from the mayor Carolina Mejía, a recognition that comes as […]

Santo Domingo, DN – Carolina Mejía led the declaration as Distinguished Municipality of the city of Santo Domingo to Blas Darío Fragoso “El Blachy”, recognizing in him a talent that represents thousands of young people born in neighborhoods of the capital. Speaking on behalf of the National District City Council, the municipal executive assured that […]

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 […]

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. […]

Caracas.- In Venezuela 38,610 new vehicles were sold last year, an increase of 119.9% compared to 2024, when 17,558 were sold, the sector reported this Tuesday, which predicts a growth of over 29% for 2026, with more than 50,000 units. From the total sold last year, 41% -16,030 vehicles- were assembled in the country, the […]

San Salvador.- The Government of El Salvador anticipates approximately $55 million in tourism revenue from the Central American residency of Colombian singer Shakira, which consists of five concerts in San Salvador, two of which took place this past weekend, according to official projections shared this Monday. The head of the Ministry of Tourism, Morena Valdez, […]

AES Dominicana, headed by its president Edwin De los Santos, received the United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Leah Campos, at the facilities of the AES Andrés energy complex, as part of an institutional agenda aimed at presenting the company's main investment projects in energy infrastructure, as well as the expansion of the natural […]

The prominent urban music interpreter Bad Bunny used his fame and the Super Bowl halftime stage to once again highlight the electrical crisis that plagues Puerto Rico before the world, by performing one of his songs on top of a power pole with several transformers that simulated having had a failure. For several decades, Puerto […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that establishes the imposition of additional tariffs on imports from nations that maintain trade relations with Iran, a measure that will take effect this Saturday, February 7th. "From the date this order enters into force, an additional 'ad valorem' tariff may be imposed —for example, of […]

Santo Domingo.- The trends —whether in fashion, social media, music, or lifestyle— are cultural phenomena that many people adopt, share, and reinvent. But what motivates people to follow them? Trends have become a dominant form of social and cultural interaction in the digital age. Through them, people share ideas, styles, opinions, and behaviors that multiply […]

Providence, Rhode Island. – Representing the Dominican National Police, under the direction of Major General Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta, Colonel Sonni Cepeda, Liaison of the institution in the United States based in the cities of Providence and New York, made a solemn floral offering to the bust of Juan Pablo Duarte, located in Roger Williams […]

Samaná.- The Samaná Tourist Cluster (CTS), the Association of Hotels and Tourism Companies of Samaná (AHETSA) announced the welcome concert for humpback whales called "To the Rhythm of the Bay", on February 14th at the Marina of Puerto Bahía Samaná at 6:00 PM, with the stellar participation of Maridalia Hernández, Adalgisa Pantaleón, Roger Zayas and […]

Santo Domingo.- The Brisas de las Colinas housing project has sparked considerable interest in the real estate market, registering more than 300 interested clients and securing more than 100 reservations in a single day, which allowed the complete sale of its first stage and the immediate start of the commercialization of the second phase, with […]

Santiago.– The Ministry of Culture announced this Wednesday the main guidelines of the Cibao Regional Book and Culture Fair, conceived as a space to celebrate reading, thought, and the cultural richness of the north of the country, with the participation of the 14 provinces of the region. The first fair edition will be held on April […]

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 […]