Santo Domingo.- The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, issued Decree No. 134-26, through which he appoints General Juan Hilario Guzmán Badía, P.N., as the new rector of the Police Education Institute (IPE). The General Juan Hilario Guzmán Badía, P.N. is a high-ranking officer of the National Police with a career linked to modernization and […]

Santo Domingo.– Professor Menegildo De La Rosa, president of the Juan Pablo Duarte Teaching Current and secretary of Communications and Public Relations of the Dominican Association of Teachers (ADP), reacted to President Luis Abinader's accountability speech on the progress of the Dominican education system, pointing out that it is necessary to rigorously analyze the figures […]

Santo Domingo. — Political leader Tomás Hernández Alberto stated that the fight against corruption has been a permanent line in the discourse and management of President Luis Abinader, assuring that this is one of the main differences with past administrations. During the special accountability broadcast of the newspaper De Último Minuto, Hernández Alberto recalled that […]

Gaspar Hernández, Espaillat. – The Minister of Housing, Habitat and Buildings, Ito Bisonó, moved this Friday to Gaspar Hernández to verify firsthand the damage caused by the intense rains and the overflow of the Joba River, a situation that has affected homes and part of the municipality's surroundings. The visit takes place at the instructions […]

Santo Domingo. - President Luis Abinader offered this Friday his sixth accountability before the National Assembly, with an approximate duration of 2 hours and 44 minutes (2:44:00), which makes it the most extensive of his entire administration. The speech of this 2026 had about 19,549 words, which, according to the average reading speed, translates to […]

SANTO DOMINGO.– Guatemalan Yesid Pira prevailed with authority in the demanding third mountain stage of the 47th National Independence Cycling Tour, held on the Santo Domingo–Rancho Arriba (San José de Ocoa) route, with a distance of 158 kilometers. You may be interested in:National Independence Cycling Tour: Wilmer Paredes wins the second stage; Cedeño retains the […]

SANTO DOMINGO. – Colombian Wilmer Paredes starred in an explosive finish to win the second stage of the 47th Vuelta Ciclística Independencia Nacional on Wednesday, while Dominican Danielky Cedeño retained the lead in the general classification. You may be interested in:National Independence Cycling Tour: Danielky Cedeño conquers the first stage in La Romana The stage […]

SANTO DOMINGO, R.D. – Within the framework of the celebrations for the Month of the Homeland, the National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI) organized this Tuesday a student march that brought together more than 600 high school students, from 30 educational centers in the National District. You may be interested in:Dominican Republic will host the […]

Washington. – Legendary boxers Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao will face each other again on September 19 in Las Vegas, United States, eleven years after starring in one of the most media-covered fights in the history of professional boxing. You may be interested in: Font wants to name Messi honorary president and have him […]

Santo Domingo. – Cap Cana Destination City and the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic announced the details of the second edition of the Dominican Republic Open – Cap Cana ATP Challenger 175, which will be held from March 9 to 15, 2026, reaffirming the country as a key point within the international professional […]

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader informed, during his accountability, a series of strategic agreements with global technology companies that consolidate the Dominican Republic as a key destination for the economy of the future, innovation and high value-added investment. As part of the vision of sustainable growth and productive diversification, the president highlighted the signing of […]

New York, Feb 26 (EFE).- Instagram has announced that "next week" it will begin to notify parents if their teenage child "attempts to repeatedly search for terms related to suicide or self-harm" on its social network, according to its parent company, Meta, announced this Thursday. You may be interested in: Keys to the Seedance phenomenon, […]

Beijing.- A year after DeepSeek shook the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry with its 'chatbot', China returns to the center of the technological debate with the hyperrealistic videos of Seedance 2.0, ByteDance's video tool that opens a new battle in the sector and rekindles the controversy over copyright in Hollywood. Since its launch this month, […]

Security in web browsers is more crucial than ever, as they have become one of the main targets of cybercriminals. Chrome, the most used browser worldwide, constantly faces attempts to exploit vulnerabilities, forcing Google to quickly release patches to protect its users. Recently, the company has released an emergency update that fixes the first zero-day vulnerability of […]

Santo Domingo.– HONOR positioned itself as the fastest-growing international smartphone manufacturer in 2025, recording an expansion of 55% in shipments during the first three quarters of the year, according to a report by the analysis firm Omdia. The study places the company as the most dynamic brand among the top 10 global sellers, driven by […]

The attacks by Israel and the United States this Saturday against Iran have caused at least 201 deaths and 747 injuries, according to a spokesperson for the Red Crescent confirmed to the official Iranian agency ISNA. The president of the Iranian Red Crescent, Pir Hossein Kolivand, assured that until 8:45 p.m. local time (5:15 p.m. […]

Castries.- The Caribbean Community (Caricom) concluded this Friday its three-day annual summit in Saint Kitts and Nevis with economic alliance agreements among its members, cooperation with the United States, and a determination to find solutions for the humanitarian crises in Cuba and Haiti. "This was an action conference," declared the current president of Caricom and […]

The acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, once again demanded an end to the economic blockade imposed by the U.S. against her country, calling to remember that it has significantly affected the local economy due to the restrictions on the hydrocarbon industries. "No more blockades against our country. The business sector has also been a […]

A Bolivian Air Force plane crashed this Friday in the city of El Alto, in the metropolitan area of La Paz, and local authorities requested emergency assistance to address the situation, according to reported by the Bolivian media outlet El Deber, while the number of victims and the causes of the accident had not yet […]

Caracas,.- A total of 133 Venezuelan migrants arrived this Friday in their country on a repatriation flight from the United States, reported the Ministry of Interior and Justice. In its Telegram channel, the institution detailed that, of the total, 100 are men, 28 are women, four are children and one is a teenager. You may […]

Santo Domingo Oeste. – With an impressive display of music, creativity, and folklore, the Herrera Carnival celebrated its forty-third edition, reaffirming itself as one of the most vibrant and anticipated cultural manifestations in the Dominican Republic. Joy overflowed in every corner of Isabel Aguiar Avenue, in which comparsas and traditional characters filled a cultural day […]

The tour also earned Shakira a Guinness record as the highest-grossing Latin tour in history Mexico City.- Shakira closed a round of 13 sold-out concerts at the Estadio GNP Seguros in Mexico City, before performing on March 1st at the Zócalo, the Plaza de la Constitución, considered the largest public square in the country. The […]

The Dominican film “ZUMECA” produced by Cacique Films and sponsored by Grupo SID, won two awards at the Slamdance Film Festival, achieving the Grand Jury Prize and Best Actress for Angela Cano. The film directed by the also actor David Maler premiered within the framework of this prestigious circuit, after entering the "Breakouts" section of […]

Santo Domingo, RD.- Businessman Santiago Matías publicly reacted to the statements of communicator Caro Brito about the new season of the program “Sin Filtro Radio Show”, a space she was previously a part of. The controversy arose after Brito expressed that she does not like the current stage of the project, generating a direct response […]

Miami, FL —. Dominican artist Damn Goldo presents “El Soberano”, a single with an Afro-Caribbean essence that marks the beginning of a new artistic stage and reaffirms his cultural identity at a key moment for the national conversation. The release serves as a prelude to his next EP, scheduled for the end of March 2026. […]

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 President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, expressed optimism this Friday about the country's economic future, announced that the Government will install a network of dry ports on the border with Haiti, and highlighted that the nation has a rare earth reserve of over 150 million tons. In his annual address on […]

Santo Domingo. — The political leader Tomás Hernández Alberto stated that in the Dominican Republic “nowadays you can buy more with the salary than what you could buy four years ago”, referring to the impact of salary increases compared to inflation, during the special broadcast of the newspaper De Último Minuto. Hernández Alberto explained that, […]

President Luis Abinader announced in his accountability report this Friday that the Dominican government signed a historic agreement with the American company LOD Holdings for the development of a commercial spaceport in Oviedo, in Pedernales. "Before May 2028, we are going to send a satellite or a rocket from Pedernales, so they believe it," the […]

Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic decided to maintain its interest rate at 5.25% annually, after analyzing the recent increase in "uncertainty" global in the commercial policy of the United States, as well as the "inflation" recorded in the supply of food prices. The Dominican Central Bank issued this Wednesday a document in which it reported that […]

The president of the Board of Directors of the National Commission for the Defense of Competition (ProCompetencia), María Elena Vásquez Taveras, urged the business community to approach the institution and learn about the tools available to address market distortions, unjustified barriers to trade, and practices that limit fair competition. He affirmed that, beyond sanctions, which […]

Bogotá, Colombia.- The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, inaugurated the Dominican stand at the tourism fair La Vitrina de ANATO, which began this Wednesday in Bogotá, Colombia and will run until Friday. Accompanied by businessmen, bankers, diplomats and other sector actors, Minister Collado cut the ribbon, after assuring that he will continue making his greatest […]

Madrid, Spain.- Dominican journalist Cristian Santana presented a new installment of his program Sabor de la Calle, this time broadcasting from the city of Madrid, where he toured some of the most emblematic gastronomic points of the Spanish capital, combining local tradition with the authentic flavor of the Dominican community abroad. During the tour, Santana […]

Miami, Florida. — In a context where artificial intelligence redefines competitiveness globally, Dominican Jack Mateo, developed a strategic agenda at the Miami Dade College (MDC), focused on training in AI applied to the business sector. The AI expert held a meeting with Pedro Santos, Executive Director of Emerging Technologies at MDC, in which initiatives aimed […]

Santo Domingo. – The General Directorate of Livestock, headed by its director, Abel Madera, made a solemn floral offering at the Altar de la Patria, as part of the commemorative acts of the 182nd anniversary of the National Independence. The ceremony was held in honor of the Founding Fathers: Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco del Rosario […]

A sleep specialist assures that intimacy before bed can promote a deeper and more restorative rest. According to the specialist, if a person has difficulty falling asleep, having sex before sleeping could help them relax and sleep better during the night. The benefit is not solely due to physical effort. When intimacy occurs with someone […]

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 […]