For the third time, teaching continues to be suspended at UASD

  • aplicacion - banner 728px

Santo Domingo. – The teaching stoppage at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) continues for the third time, following the strike called by the Federation of Professors' Associations (Faprouasd).

The pickets are a response to a conflict with authorities of the educational institution, after President Editrudis Beltrán applied a 15% salary increase, despite the fact that the University Council had approved 30% for active professors, retirees, administrative employees and student collaborators.

In the spotlight

  • aplicacion - banner 300px

  • banner altices 300x250 junio 2025

Explore more

Tragedy in Hoover: Journalist Christina Chambers and Husband Die in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Hoover, Alabama – Sports journalist Christina Chambers, 36, and her husband, Johnny Rimes, were found dead in their Hoover residence in an apparent murder-suicide case, local police reported. Both had gunshot wounds. The couple's three-year-old son was found unharmed and placed in the care of relatives. Authorities confirmed that there is no threat to the […]

Arajet reaches 3 million passengers since its inception and closes November with record figures

Santo Domingo. – Arajet reached the milestone of three million passengers transported since the beginning of its operations in September 2022, consolidating its rapid growth in the continental air market. This achievement coincides with one of the most successful months in the airline's short history. According to official data published on the Civil Aviation Board […]

The president of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, raises the minimum wage by 20% and ends the fuel subsidy

La Paz .- Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz announced this Wednesday a 20% increase in the national minimum wage, from 2,750 to 3,300 Bolivianos (395 to 474 dollars) and declared the "economic, financial, energy and social emergency" because, he said, the country cannot continue "functioning with rules from the last 20 years". Paz withdraws the subsidy […]

U.S. attacks a new 'narco-boat' in the Pacific

The U.S. Southern Command reported this Wednesday that it has carried out a "kinetic lethal" attack against an alleged narco boat operated, according to Washington, by "a designated terrorist organization" in international waters. The action resulted in the death of the four crew members. "Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was traveling on a known drug […]

Fossil bee nests discovered in the jaws of prehistoric mammals in the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo. — Researchers have found in a cave in the south of the Dominican Republic fossilized bee nests built inside the jaws of prehistoric mammals, a behavior never before documented in science. The study, published in the journal *Royal Society Open Science* and led by paleontologist Lázaro Viñola López of the Field Museum of […]

Trump announces that over a million U.S. military personnel will receive a $1,776 bonus

Washington.- U.S. President Donald Trump announced this Wednesday in a televised speech to the nation that he will grant 1,450,000 members of the Armed Forces a «special bonus» worth 1,776 dollars, a symbolic figure that refers to the year the country was founded. Criticisms of migrants and the previous political system On the other hand, […]