Santo Domingo.- The Fourth Instruction Court of the National District confirmed this Thursday the validation of the medical license granted to former senator Rafael Calderón after receiving the corresponding report from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif). Magistrate Altagracia Ramírez, presiding judge of the court, reported that the medical examiner appointed by the court […]
Santo Domingo.- The Public Ministry arrested, along with the National Police, a married couple considered among the "dangerous" members of a network dedicated to kidnapping and money laundering. Tairi Vásquez Severino and her partner Jhan Carlos Rivera Martínez were arrested by the Specialized Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor's Office of […]
Santo Domingo.– Since the beginning of 2024 to the present, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) has made several announcements and adjustments regarding the process of renewal and printing of the new identity and electoral card of the Dominican Republic, a key project that has experienced changes in its original schedule. On January 4, 2024, the […]
SANTO DOMINGO.– Lady González, of Venezuelan nationality, made an urgent call to the authorities to request support for her nephew, who is three years old, who suffers from leukemia and is receiving chemotherapy treatment at the Robert Reid Cabral Pediatric Hospital. González explained that the minor has been admitted for about a month and a […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – The director of RD Vial, Hostos Rizik Lugo, announced the start of the National Road Lighting Program, an initiative that seeks to reinforce security on the country's main highways and guarantee safer transit for all citizens. Rizik Lugo explained that the program's main objective is to improve nighttime visibility, reduce traffic accidents, […]
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Athletes Commission of the Dominican Olympic Committee concluded this Tuesday the First Athletes Forum “Vision beyond the goal”, which was held for two days at the Olympic Hostel with the participation of about 200 athletes from different disciplines. You may be interested in:Detroit and RD: tickets available from today; here are the prices […]
Sports Writing (EFE).— The month of May 2025 was marked as one of the most intense and memorable on the sports calendar in America, with historic comebacks, absolute consecrations and world-class protagonists such as Carlo Ancelotti, Álex Palou, Shohei Ohtani, Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, as well as the teams Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers. You […]
PHILADELPHIA.- The Philadelphia Phillies reached an agreement for one season and $10 million with free agent outfielder Adolis García, as confirmed by a source to MLB.com. The club has not yet made the official announcement of the deal, which was initially reported by journalist Francys Romero. You may be interested inr: Soto returns to wear […]
Santo Domingo.- The Giants of Cibao outfielder, Johan Rojas, spoke after last night's game and reacted to the boos he received from the Tigres del Licey fans, assuring that he is not affected and that, on the contrary, he takes it as an additional motivation on the field. “Well, I never… I haven't been the […]
Madrid (EFE).- Manchester City took the victory from the Bernabéu, in the sixth matchday of the Champions League group stage, after coming back from the initial goal by Brazilian Rodrygo Goes in the 28th minute thanks to goals by English Nico O’Rilley in the 35th and Norwegian Erling Haaland in the 43rd, from a penalty. […]
Science Writing- An Ariane 6 rocket from the European Space Agency (ESA) has taken off from the spaceport in French Guiana with two new satellites on board that will join the Galileo constellation and provide greater robustness to the European navigation program, which serves more than half of the world's population. At 5:01 (GMT), as […]
New York .- The technology OpenAI has denied being responsible for the suicide of a 16-year-old who took his own life after interacting with ChatGPT for months, and has attributed his case to an "improper use" of the tool. "The injuries and damages alleged by the plaintiffs were caused or contributed (…) by the misuse, […]
Miami (USA).- NASA launched three missions into space this Wednesday that seek to map the heliosphere, the layer that surrounds and protects the solar system, to critically monitor space weather and to study how the Earth's upper atmosphere responds to the solar wind. The three missions took off from Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 […]
Nvidia is no longer just a graphics card manufacturer. The company founded in 1993 by Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, and Curtis Priem, which was born with the vision of bringing 3D graphics to video games, has become the most valuable company on the planet, surpassing Apple and Microsoft with a capitalization of around $4.3 trillion. […]
New York.- Apple equips its AirPods with live translation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German thanks to its new operating system, iOS 26, which launches this Monday on compatible devices. Starting today, the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods 4 with noise cancellation, paired with iPhones compatible with Apple Intelligence - Apple's artificial intelligence - […]
Washington.- The United States Government included this Thursday 29 ships and their management companies on its sanctions list for their alleged participation in the so-called "ghost fleet" of Iran, accused of transporting Iranian crude oil and petroleum products through deceptive maritime practices to evade international sanctions and channel revenue to Tehran. The U.S. Treasury Department's […]
Bogotá,.- Former Colombian ministers Ricardo Bonilla (Finance) and Luis Fernando Velasco (Interior) were sent this Thursday to preventive detention by a judge of the Superior Court of Bogotá, for their participation in the corruption scandal of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD). Bonilla and Velasco thus become the two highest-ranking former officials of […]
Beijing (EFE).- The Chinese Government conveyed this Thursday its "support for Venezuela's request for an urgent meeting of the Security Council of the United Nations Organization (UN)" following the blockade announced by US President Donald Trump against the South American country. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated today at a press conference that "it […]
Mexico City.- The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, showed this Thursday her willingness to convene American countries and other continents to seek a "peaceful" solution to any conflict in Venezuela and the region, while reiterating the importance of opposing any "intervention" and "interference". In her daily press conference, Sheinbaum maintained that the Mexican stance responds […]
Miami (USA).- An airplane crashed this Thursday at the Statesville Regional Airport, in Iredell County (North Carolina), leaving several fatalities, confirmed the sheriff's office. The aircraft, a Cessna C550, crashed around 10:15 local time (15:15 GMT) for reasons that are still under investigation. So far, the authorities have not specified how many people were on […]
Santo Domingo, RD.- This Thursday, the long-awaited fifth season of "Emily in Paris", the followed and successful Netflix series, premiered amidst the euphoria of millions of fans, in a new edition where the American marketing executive Emily faces professional and sentimental challenges while learning to navigate a new city: Rome. After being appointed head of […]
Santo Domingo. – The renowned maestro Amaury Sánchez will stage the Rock Sinfónico concert on Saturday, December 20th at 8:30 pm, in the Carlos Piantini Hall of the Eduardo Brito National Theater. The proposal will feature the participation of the Santo Domingo Philharmonic under his direction, to offer a night that will fuse the power […]
The Puerto Rican rapper, writer, and filmmaker René Pérez Joglar, known worldwide as Residente, returns to the Sundance Film Festival in 2026 with Frank & Louis, marking his second participation in the event as an actor. The project represents another step in the artist's evolution towards acting, directing, and audiovisual production. The film, directed by […]
Santo Domingo, RD.- When Mariah Carey says “It’s time”, everyone understands that Christmas has arrived. 30 years have passed since she released “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, and the song is not only still alive: every December it generates a huge movement again, almost as if it were a business that activates itself. […]
Santo Domingo, RD - The renowned Dominican urban artist Emanuel Herrera, better known as El Alfa "El Jefe", celebrates his 35th birthday this Thursday surrounded by his family; wife and children, in a stage marked by great professional achievements and personal reflections, including his announced definitive retirement from music. The interpreter of international hits like […]
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. […]
"I am a tolerant and democratic president, but everything has a limit... We will continue to govern for the people and, for that reason, I say to all pre-candidates and their coordinators: proselitizing acts to officials are not allowed. If they want to campaign, they must leave their positions." Thus spoke the head of state, […]
Santo Domingo.- The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) approved the granting of two loans to the Dominican Republic, totaling 566 million dollars, aimed at enhancing water security in the capital and the province of Santo Domingo, and modernizing the penitentiary system. The initiatives respond to strategic national priorities and will improve […]
Santo Domingo,.- The Central Bank stated this Monday that there are 5,149,829 people employed in the country, for a year-on-year increase of 2.4%, equivalent to 119,965 net employed compared to the July-September 2024 period. The employment rate, that is, the ratio between the total employed and the working-age population, stood at 63.1% for July-September 2025, […]
As a grim, somber, scandalous, extremely serious, cruel to the extreme case, a kind of collective frenzy and collective holocaust, the permanent attention judge Rigoberto Sena Ferreras, qualified the case of the multimillion-dollar fraud in the National Health Insurance (SENASA). "When one goes to the State to drain its institutions, it constitutes an act of […]
Santo Domingo,.- The Government decided today to maintain the prices of gasoline, diesel and propane gas for the week of December 13 to 19, for which, it assured, allocated a subsidy of 227.4 million pesos. In that order, premium gasoline will remain at 290.10 per gallon, while regular gasoline will be at RD$272.50 per gallon. […]
Former US President Bill Clinton traveled to Jamaica with Rolando González Bunster, President and CEO of InterEnergy Group, to see firsthand the damage caused by Hurricane Melissa, the most severe weather event to have impacted the country in its recent history, and the reconstruction progress led by the energy company in key areas of the […]
The Family Integration Center (CIF) graduated more than 3,700 people during the year 2025, after completing training processes in 30 training areas. 17 technical courses and 11 workshops of human-social and family training were carried out, developed in coordination with public institutions, through the Center for the Promotion and Promotion of Non-Profit Associations and the Ministry […]
Punta Cana. - The hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts held a new edition of its traditional Local Agencies Awards, an event that took place on December 14th in the recently renovated Riu Palace Bávaro. The activity brought together more than 60 attendees, including representatives from travel agencies, business partners, and media, and aimed to […]
Santo Domingo.- The town hall of the municipal district of El Puerto, in San Pedro de Macorís, recognized doctor Ulrick Gaillard, founder and president of the North American organization Batey Relief Alliance (BRA), for his almost three decades of tireless humanitarian service in favor of the most vulnerable populations in the country. The distinction was […]
A single pair of used socks can contain between eight and nine million bacteria Microbiologist Primrose Freestone, from the University of Leicester, warned that not changing your socks every day not only increases foot odor, but could also pose a risk to overall health. In that sense, he explained that the prolonged use of socks […]
Gaining weight during Christmas seems almost an inevitable tradition. Abundant meals, sweets, drinks, and less physical activity fuel the feeling that the holidays leave lasting consequences on the scale. However, scientific evidence shows that the real impact is usually much less than what is believed. Various studies have analyzed how much weight people actually gain […]
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 […]
The Municipality of Sánchez, in its commitment to transparency and citizen participation, held an Extraordinary Open Council Session to address issues related to the Participatory Budget for the year 2026.
The meeting was chaired by the Council of Aldermen, under the direction of its president, councilman Antony Amparo, who highlighted the importance of collaboration between the authorities and the community to ensure an equitable distribution of municipal resources.
During the meeting, representatives from the different communities and districts of the municipality actively participated in the debate, contributing ideas and priorities for the execution of works and projects. The need to manage funds with equity and efficiency was emphasized, ensuring that investments benefit all sectors of Sánchez.
The municipal mayor was unable to be present due to unavoidable commitments that demanded his attention at that time. Nevertheless, his work team and the councilors ensured the continuity of the participatory process, aligned with the guidelines of his administration.
The City Hall reaffirms its commitment to maintain open dialogue spaces, where the voice of citizens is the central axis in decision-making. The agreements reached in this session will be integrated into the planning of the 2026 budget, prioritizing the integral development of the municipality.
By Daniel Reyes Bonao.– In an environment of fellowship and recognition, the Bonao Firefighters Aid Patronage, headed by its president Alex Sánchez, along with his team, offered a Christmas dinner to the men and women who make up the Fire Department of this municipality. During the activity, Colonel of the Firefighters, Modesto Espinal, expressed his […]
Apple Music has arrived in ChatGPT, allowing users to integrate both accounts and leverage artificial intelligence to find, discover, and explore music in a much more personalized and dynamic way. This functionality does not replace Apple's streaming service, but rather complements it by turning the chat into a direct access window to the extensive music […]
By Daniel Reyes Monseñor Nouel. – The Minister of Public Works and Communications, Eduardo Estrella, shared the traditional “Christmas Breeze” with community members of Bonao during a Christmas lunch held at the CURCE-UASD Bonao, in the province of Monseñor Nouel. The activity brought together representatives from different community sectors of Bonao, social leaders, local authorities, […]
United Nations.- The UN General Assembly elected this Thursday former Iraqi President Barham Ahmed Salih (2018-2022) as the new High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for a five-year term that will begin on January 1, 2026. Salih will replace the Italian Filippo Grandi, who has led UNHCR since 2016. Salih's appointment came at Guterres' proposal a […]
Data breaches pose a serious threat to privacy and security, as this confidential information can be used for reputational damage and blackmail.The adult content platform Pornhub is facing extortion after the 'hacker' group ShinyHunters allegedly stole the search and viewing histories of users of its Pornhub Premium service through a data leak from Mixpanel, reports […]
Washington.- ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of the popular video platform TikTok, has agreed to sell its U.S. operations to a holding company led by American investors in order to continue operating legally in the North American country, according to several media outlets that have had access to a company memorandum this Thursday. The memo […]
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