Santiago de Chile.- A dozen heads of State or Government have confirmed their attendance at the inauguration on March 11 of the president-elect of Chile, José Antonio Kast, including King Felipe VI of Spain or the rulers of Argentina, Javier Milei, and Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, official sources reported this Thursday. The 59-year-old ultra-Catholic former deputy […]

Santo Domingo.- The Senate President, Ricardo de los Santos, informed that the new legislature that begins this February 27 will have as its central axis the discussion and approval of projects considered fundamental for the institutional and social development of the country. "The Labor Code, the reform to the Social Security Law, the Water Law […]

Santo Domingo,.- President Luis Abinader received this Thursday the first issuance of the new driver's license, starting a new stage in the national licensing system, aimed at strengthening road safety, transparency and the technological modernization of the service. The new document was delivered by the executive director of the National Institute of Transit and Terrestrial […]

Santo Domingo.- The driver of a Honda Pilot SUV, gold in color and license plate G287324, who used sirens and emergency lights to travel through the Las Américas tunnel in the middle of heavy traffic, clarified that he was a firefighter attending an emergency situation. Adonis Cerda explained that he belongs to a rescue brigade […]

Santo Domingo.– A few hours before the accountability speech that President Luis Abinader will deliver this February 27 before the National Congress, various citizens expressed their expectations about the issues they consider priorities for the country. Among the main concerns is youth employment. Several young people consulted agreed that the president must announce concrete measures […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

New York.- The deposed Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, asked this Thursday through his lawyer, Barry Pollack, that the case for drug trafficking and corruption against him in the United States be dismissed after the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) denied him the license to pay for his defense with funds from Venezuela that he […]

New York.- Former U.S. Secretary of State and former First Lady Hillary Clinton insisted this Thursday that she never personally knew Jeffrey Epstein nor had any kind of connection or communication with him, and criticized her questioning today before a Congressional committee for being "repetitive and unproductive". "I never knew Jeffrey Epstein," Clinton reiterated in […]

Caracas.- Camilo Roso, former mayor of a municipality in the Venezuelan state of Táchira (west, bordering Colombia), was released this Thursday after serving more than five years in prison, where he was held accused of having helped then-deputy Juan Guaidó to leave Venezuela in 2019. "I am very grateful to my wife who was very […]

Mexico City.- Faced with the violent demonstrations due to the killing of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera, El Mencho, the Mexican Association of Insurance Institutions (AMIS) reported this Thursday that 631 vehicles were stolen throughout the country, with the state of Jalisco (west) being the most affected. The general […]

Port-au-Prince.- United States reaffirmed its support for the stability and security of Haiti during a meeting between the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the Haitian Prime Minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, within the framework of the meeting of heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom). "Secretary Rubio reiterated the importance of ensuring Haiti's […]

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. […]

Miami, FL. – Days after its release, POR SI MAÑANA NO ESTOY has established itself as a global force, with Omar Courtz achieving one of the biggest album debuts of the year, surpassing over 278 million combined streams just days after its release. The second debut project debuted at #1 on Spotify's Top Global Debut […]

The successful production debuted in Turkey and will premiere on Monday, March 2nd at 8:00 PM on the Dominican television station. The television station Color Visión announced the exclusive premiere in the Dominican Republic of the Turkish telenovela Golden Boy, a production that debuted in Turkey and that, after its international success, has been sold […]

Santo Domingo.- Content creator Naydhelyn Vidal, known as DJ Cocoo, officially received the latest generation gamer computer obtained during her participation in the “Live Extendido”, a digital dynamic produced by Alofoke Media Group. The young woman accepted the technological equipment as a reward within the challenge, a decision that marked her exit from the competition […]

On the night of this Wednesday, the digital program Alofoke Radio Show, led by Santiago Matías, Alofoke, connected more than 1.1 million devices simultaneously during the live broadcast. The feat was achieved in a fun dynamic that featured the special participation, at popular request, of the urban music interpreter La Más Doll, who with her […]

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.- 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 […]

Washington.- The ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that has forced the Government of President Donald Trump to not impose tariffs under an economic emergency law reverses the additional levies with which countries that supply crude oil to Cuba were penalized, although it does not prohibit future punishments and surrounds with uncertainty Washington's current pressure […]

41.8% of Dominicans expressed that the economic situation of their household has improved in recent months, according to the first Markestrategia survey conducted this year. While 31.5% state that their situation remains the same, 25.9% believe it has worsened, and only 0.8% responded that they do not know. "For you, the economic situation of your […]

Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reported this Friday that starting February 24th, the new 2000 pesos banknotes, year 2025, will be in circulation. These banknotes, whose manufacture was ordered through an international public tender in May 2025, contain the same security features as the 2000 pesos banknotes currently in circulation, […]

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 […]