Agenda for the day: Friday, May 29, 2026

Santo Domingo.- The director of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Prosecution of Administrative Corruption (Pepca), Wilson Camacho, announced this Friday that the Public Ministry will appeal the non-suit orders issued by the Fourth Instruction Court of the National District in favor of several defendants in the Calamar case. After the hearing concluded, Camacho maintained […]

Santo Domingo.- The departure of the former presidential candidate of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Gonzalo Castillo, from the Palace of Justice of Ciudad Nueva, expressed their political support from his followers who chanted presidential slogans after learning of a favorable judicial decision. Outside the Fourth Court of Instruction of the National District, dozens of […]

Santo Domingo.- Former presidential candidate and former Minister of Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo, stated this Friday that he will seek the Presidency of the Republic in the 2028 elections, after the Fourth Instruction Court of the National District favored him with a dismissal in the Calamar case. Upon leaving the courtroom, Castillo thanked God for […]

The Judicial Branch issued nine months of preventive prison against Víctor Bravo, a 20-year-old Venezuelan citizen, for the alleged commission of the crime of qualified homicide in the degree of attempt to the detriment of a five-year-old girl. The incident occurred on May 25th on Los Topacios street, in the Lima district of San Martín de […]

Santo Domingo.- Judge Altagracia Ramírez, of the Fourth Instruction Court of the National District, ruled this Friday to dismiss the case in favor of the former Administrative Minister of the Presidency, José Ramón Peralta, concluding that the evidence provided by the Public Ministry is not sufficient to justify the opening of a trial on the […]

José María Balcázar took the oath this Thursday to Freddy Solano as the new head of the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE), replacing Óscar Fernández. The ceremony took place at the Government Palace and marked a new adjustment in the ministerial cabinet, amid the crisis of EsSalud, an entity that depends on the […]