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Santiago. – The former president of the Republic, Hipólito Mejía, declared this weekend that he will firmly confront any internal competitor who obstructs the presidential candidacy of his daughter, Carolina Mejía, within the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), in the run-up to the 2028 elections.
During a political activity in Santiago, Mejía assured that his daughter has all the necessary conditions to assume the Presidency of the Republic, calling her an honest woman, with managerial capacity and a distinctive political charisma.Nationals
Hostos Rizik Lugo announces the start of the National Road Lighting Program
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, […]
New ID card will be more secure and will last up to 25 years, JCE assures
Santo Domingo.- The Central Electoral Board (JCE) clarified this Thursday the doubts that persisted in the citizenry about the delivery of the new identity and electoral card, confirming that the issuance and distribution process will begin on April 8 nationwide. The plenary session of the electoral body reported that, from that date, citizens will begin […]
Migration claims to have detained 2,052 undocumented Haitians in operations across the country
Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) reported this Thursday that it is already operating throughout the national territory, so in different operations carried out in the 32 provinces of the country, jointly with the Armed Forces and the National Police, 2,052 irregular immigrants were arrested. With the integration of this personnel, the DGM […]
Senate approves borrowing of more than RD$401 billion for the 2026 Budget
Santo Domingo.- The Senate of the Republic concluded this Thursday the legislative process of the bill that authorizes the Government to contract loans for a total amount of RD$401,767,814,730.00 during the year 2026. The initiative was known and approved by the upper house in less than 24 hours after having been received, after running the […]
Law approved declaring Cuevas del Pomier as the "Rupestrian Capital" of the DR
Santo Domingo.- The Senate of the Republic approved in second reading the bill that declares the anthropological reserve the Borbón or Pomier Caves as “Rock Art Capital of the Dominican Republic”. This legislative proposal, presented by the senator of the province of San Cristóbal, Gustavo Lara Salazar, aims to promote, worldwide, the cultural heritage of […]
Sports
Athlete Commission concludes its first forum "Vision beyond the goal"
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 […]
May 2025 left indelible marks on American sport
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 […]
Adolis García agrees to one-year contract with the Phillies
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 […]
Johan Rojas responds to boos and avoids controversy over statements about Lidom umpires
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 […]
Champions League: Real Madrid and Villarreal defeats and Athletic draw
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. […]
Technology
An Ariane 6 rocket launches two new Galileo system satellites from Guiana.
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 […]
OpenAI denies responsibility for a young man's suicide after interacting with ChatGPT
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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, […]
NASA launches three missions to map the heliosphere and study the solar wind
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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: From Video Games to the World's Summit as a Colossus of Artificial Intelligence
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. […]
Apple equips its AirPods with translation in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German
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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 - […]
International
The US sanctions 29 vessels for transporting Iranian crude oil and derivatives
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 […]
Jail ordered for two former Petro ministers for involvement in corruption scandal
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 […]
China supports Venezuela's request for an urgent UN Security Council meeting
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 offers to lead a call to seek a "peaceful" solution to the tension between the U.S. and Venezuela
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 […]
A plane crash at North Carolina airport leaves several dead
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 […]
Entertainment
Resident continues his transition to cinema with Frank & Louis, his new project at Sundance
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 […]
Three decades later, the queen of Christmas is still the same: Mariah Carey
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. […]
El Alfa celebrates this Thursday its 35 years and thanks his wife for her unconditional support
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 […]
The woman captured by Coldplay's camera with her boss finally breaks the silence
The Human Resources director of the company Astronomer, Kristin Cabot, who was caught in July dancing with the former CEO of this firm, Andy Byron, by the 'kisscam' at the concert of the British band Coldplay, broke the silence, alleging that the two were not in romantic relationships. Cabot, 53, remained silent for months, but […]
Spanish actor and filmmaker Eduardo Casanova announces he has HIV
Madrid.- Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter Eduardo Casanova, 34, announced this Thursday that he has HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), and explained that he is breaking "this silence so unpleasant and painful after many, many years". "Despite the fear and uncertainty, today I feel deeply happy," said Casanova in a message posted on social media, because […]
Opinion
When corruption is not protected by the presidential band
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 […]
We have a permanent constitutional back and forth
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 […]
When the slander is coordinated and clumsy
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 […]
The TV changed in DR
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. […]
¿To govern or campaign? Abinader made it difficult
"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, […]
Economy
Dominican Republic to receive $566 million in loans from CAF
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 […]
The country registers 5,149,829 formal and informal jobs, states the Central Bank
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, […]
Judge considered the Senasa case as treason and a collective holocaust
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 […]
Gasoline, diesel, and LPG will maintain their prices during the coming week.
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. […]
Clinton and InterEnergy oversee Jamaica's energy recovery
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 […]
Style
Family Integration Center graduates over 3,700 people in 2025
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 […]
RIU Hotels & Resorts recognizes its main local agencies in DR
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 […]
Ulrick Gaillard is recognized for 28 years of humanitarian work in the Dominican Republic
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 […]
Microbiologist warns that not changing your socks daily could cause respiratory infections
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 […]
¡Inevitable! At Christmas, people gain an average of between 1 and 3 pounds, according to studies
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 […]
Editorial
Development for the border
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 […]
Tourism continues to grow
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 […]
The Independence of July 4th
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 […]
Four years reporting for you
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 […]
We are connected to the present, focused on the future
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 […]
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