Santo Domingo Este. The Judicial Office of Permanent Attention of Santo Domingo Este ordered 12 months of preventive prison against Ángel del Pino Cuya, a Peruvian citizen accused of causing a false bomb alarm at the Las Américas International Airport (AILA). The coercive measure must be fulfilled at the Las Parras Correction and Rehabilitation Center, […]

Writing.- The Public Ministry requested 12 months of preventive detention against the Peruvian citizen Ángel del Pino Cuya, accused of generating a false air security alarm that forced the temporary suspension of operations at Las Américas International Airport (AILA). The event, which occurred on January 6, activated the terminal's emergency protocols. As a result of […]

Santo Domingo.– The judges of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeals of the National District retired to deliberate after concluding the hearing in which they heard the appeals filed by seven of the defendants in the judicial process for alleged irregularities in the National Health Insurance (Senasa). The court, composed of magistrates […]

Santo Domingo.- The Senatorial Office of the National District reported this Wednesday that the Gadiel Fund, which is usually allocated to social causes, was used in the care, attention, and accompaniment of children and adolescents diagnosed with HIV and AIDS. According to what Senator Omar Fernández posted on social media, RD$1,059,000 pesos will be dedicated […]

Santiago.– Security cameras captured the moment when several robbers shot and killed a 19-year-old during an assault on a grocery store in the Villa Olímpica sector, south of Santiago, an event that has caused consternation in the community and is being actively investigated by the National Police. The victim was identified as Cheifry Escarramán Vargas, […]

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 […]

Madrid, Spain.– Within the framework of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), the president of the Organizing Committee of the Central American and Caribbean Games, José Monegro, stated that the integration of sports and major events into the national tourism strategy consolidates the Dominican Republic as a comprehensive, competitive, and diversified destination. You may be interested […]

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 […]

New York.- The tech giant Microsoft presented this Monday Maia 200, the second generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) chip with which it seeks to reduce dependence on Nvidia and compete against those of Google and Amazon in the cloud. This new model has been presented two years after its first version, the Maia 100, […]

New York.- Billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, one of the most ruthless figures in Silicon Valley and the new 'czar' of the media in the United States, managed to become the guardian of the algorithm of the renewed American TikTok. Ellison, who is 81 years old and lives on the Hawaiian island of Lanai […]

The U.S. President, Donald Trump, has stated this Thursday that he is "very close" to ending the war in Sudan. "I am working hard to end that war. We are very close to achieving it. It will be number nine", declared the president. In the past, Trump had already pledged to end the conflict in […]

Washington.- Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured Republican representatives this Thursday that she has no problem making a televised public statement before Congress about her links to the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Her message, which she posted on her X account, comes a few days after she and her husband, former President […]

Rio de Janeiro.- The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, stated this Thursday that he asked his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to let the Venezuelans solve their own problems. "I told Trump that those who have to solve Venezuela's problems are the Venezuelans. I don't know if Delcy (Rodríguez, the interim president of […]

Predicts that the export volume of flowers for Valentine's Day will increase from 37,000 tons in 2025 to approximately 39,000. Quito.- Every year, when Valentine's Day approaches, the activity in the flower farms of Ecuador accelerates to transport millions of roses from the cold Andes to a multitude of countries where they will become a […]

Washington.- El presidente de El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, acudió este jueves al Desayuno de Oración Nacional, un foro celebrado en Washington donde el mandatario estadounidense, Donald Trump, ofreció un discurso para los asistentes. Fuentes salvadoreñas confirmaron a EFE la presencia de Bukele, estrecho aliado de Trump, en el evento, cuya asistencia no había sido anunciada […]

Madrid.- The song 'Rosas' by La Oreja de Van Gogh has become the first song by a Spanish group to surpass one billion streams on Spotify, according to its record label this Thursday. The merit is greater if you consider that the song was released in 2003 as part of the album 'Lo que te […]

During Michael Flores' interview on this Wednesday's broadcast on Alofoke Radio Show the communicator and panelist Vincent Carmona, known as Dotol Nastra, exploded against the Puerto Rican announcer Jorge Pabon “El Molusco”, after the latter called him a “sycophant” of Santiago Matías. The confrontation arose when the interview that Michael Flores gave to Molusco was […]

Santo Domingo, DR - Puerto Rican singer Michael Flores made his stance on his sentimental life clear during an interview tonight, on Alofoke Radio Show where he was directly questioned about who he felt better treated with: if with his ex-partner known as Titi or with the Dominican urban artist La Perversa. The question was […]

Santo Domingo, RD.- Alofoke Radio Show once again made history in digital communication by reaching over 1.1 million devices connected simultaneously, during the exclusive interview with the emerging Puerto Rican artist Michael Flores, once again consolidating itself as one of the platforms with the greatest impact in Latin streaming. The interview was led by Santiago […]

We're only in the first few weeks of 2026 and we already have one of the most surprising relationships of the year: Kim Kardashian and Lewis Hamilton. Although several sources claim that everything is "very casual" and that they maintain a friends with benefits type dynamic, the truth is that the story between the two […]

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. […]

Santo Domingo - Dominican Republic participated in the 1st Ministerial Meeting on Critical Minerals convened by the U.S. Government, held in Washington, where the country projected itself as a player within the global strategy to strengthen and diversify supply chains. The official delegation was headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Álvarez, and comprised […]

Santo Domingo.- The National Institute for Consumer Protection (Pro Consumidor) said today that it activated a special inspection operation nationwide, with the aim of monitoring the offers, promotions and prices announced by businesses on the occasion of the celebration of Valentine's Day, and to avoid misleading practices that affect citizens. The executive director of Pro […]

Santo Domingo. – The economy of the Dominican Republic could register in 2026 a growth between 3.6% and 4.5%, mainly conditioned by investment in capital works, the boost of the mortgage market and the recovery of the housing sector, which has experienced a significant slowdown during the last three years. The projection was presented during […]

The Dominican Republic and the United States are making progress in building integrated, resilient, and competitive supply chains. This is due to the competitive advantages, macroeconomic stability, and favorable investment climate offered by the country, as highlighted by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), Eduardo -Yayo- Sanz Lovatón, during his participation in the […]

Santo Domingo.- Economist Daniel Toribio warned that the Dominican Republic closed 2025 with a worrying turn compared to Central America: it went from leading the regional growth to lagging behind, while food inflation continued to strongly pressure low-income households. Toribio pointed out that, according to the comparative performance, in 2025 several countries in the region […]

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 […]

London.- A two-year-old boy from Manchester has broken two Guinness World Records for billiards by performing two tricks that no one had done before at such a young age. Jude Owens performed a first trick, called "pool bank shot" at two years and 302 days old and another called "snooker double pot" at two years […]

Santo Domingo.– This Monday, January 26th, the Dominican Republic commemorates the 213th anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, Father of the Nation and main ideologue of National Independence, whose thought and sacrifice laid the foundations of the Republic proclaimed on February 27, 1844. Juan Pablo Duarte was born on January 26, 1813, in […]

Santo Domingo, RD.– The agency OK Casting announced the celebration of the second edition of the OK Casting Award, which will be held in virtual format on January 31, 2026, consolidating itself as a platform for promotion, training and visibility for acting talents in audiovisual productions of television and cinema in the Dominican Republic. The […]

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 […]