The initiative brought together more than 20 governmental institutions that offered various services to the community. Las Galeras, Samaná. – The Social Inclusion Day “Primero Tú”, coordinated by the General Directorate of Strategic and Special Projects of the Presidency (PROPEEP), arrived in the municipal district of Las Galeras, bringing solutions, assistance, and opportunities to hundreds […]
Santo Domingo.- A few days before the celebration of Mother's Day in the Dominican Republic, the country's cemeteries are already preparing to receive hundreds of families who will visit the graves of their loved ones, in a tradition that is kept alive every year among Dominicans. In the National Cemetery, the National District City Hall […]
Has been residing in the Dominican Republic for over 30 years Santiago.- A Chinese national requested urgent help this Friday from the embassy of his country to be able to return to China, after denouncing that he lives in extreme poverty conditions, going hungry and facing serious health problems in the municipal district of Santiago […]
Santo Domingo.- The recent confirmation by former presidential candidate Gonzalo Castillo that the United States Government has reinstated a 10-year visa has sparked interest and questions in various sectors of public opinion about the scope and meaning of that decision. Castillo publicly informed that he received his US visa again and thanked President Donald Trump […]
The Judicial Council confirmed a general increase of 30% for most positions —20% in 2026 and 10% in 2027— and adjustments between 35% and 50% for jurisdictional support staff. This is the most significant increase for the judiciary since 2017. The announcement was made during a meeting with representatives of judges and judicial officers, in […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras. – The United States U-17 women's national team maintained its undefeated record in the Pan American Cup by defeating the Dominican Republic three sets to zero this Thursday, in a match corresponding to Group A of the tournament being held at the Jorge Galeano Gymnasium in Tegucigalpa. You may be interested in:Puerto Rico […]
TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS — In an intense match that lasted almost two hours, the defending champions of Puerto Rico defeated the Dominican Republic 3-2 (16-25, 25-21, 26-28, 25-20 and 15-8) this Wednesday during the second day of the U-17 Women's Pan American Cup, held at the Jorge Galeano Gymnasium in Tegucigalpa. The exciting match, corresponding to […]
Santo Domingo.– The Banco de Reservas de la República Dominicana announced its official support for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, through a strategic alliance with the Organizing Committee of the sporting event that will bring together athletes from across the region from July 24 to August 8, 2026. You may be […]
Santo Domingo, RD.– The Dominican Republic's women's sabre team continues to raise its competitive level in preparation for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, following its participation in important international events held in Peru and France. The national team comprised of Heyddys Ysabel Valentín, Rossy Félix Lara, Maiber De la Cruz, and […]
SANTO DOMINGO. The selections from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico were victorious in the first date of the Caribbean Women's Handball Cup being held at the Table Tennis Pavilion of Parque del Este, qualifying for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. The Dominican team decisively defeated their Costa Rican counterparts by […]
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The NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has revealed with unprecedented precision the structure of NGC 3137, a spiral galaxy located 53 million light-years away. This observation, built from six different color bands, offers a key perspective to understand the development and life cycle of stars. According to NASA, NGC 3137 is located in the […]
New York.- The tech giant Apple agreed to pay 250 million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit in the United States that accused the company of misleading advertising by exaggerating the artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities of its iPhone 15 and 16 devices. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in San Francisco, alleged that […]
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New York. – Reyna Cáceres, a 23-year-old Dominican woman, was shot in the left eye early Thursday morning in the University Heights section of The Bronx. According to reports from the New York Police Department (NYPD), the incident occurred around 12:10 a.m. on Thursday, May 28, in front of the Aqueduct Lands Playground, located on […]
New York.- Governor Kathy Hochul will sign a battery of laws this Friday aimed at protecting the immigrant community and curbing the "flagrant abuse of power" of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the state. The regulations will limit the interventions of these agents in so-called "sensitive places", such as schools, churches, courts, and […]
Bogotá.- Around 15,000 observers, both national and international, will accompany the first round of the presidential elections next Sunday in Colombia, a deployment that the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Cristian Quiroz, described this Friday as the most extensive in the country's history. "For the first time in history, the National Electoral Council […]
Washington.- The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, met this Friday in Washington with the Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Ishaq Dar, mediator in the negotiations with Iran, before the American president, Donald Trump, makes his decision on the agreement with Tehran. "The Secretary thanked the Minister for the constructive role that Pakistan continues to […]
Washington.- The President of the United States, Donald Trump, criticized this Friday former First Lady Jill Biden for not having helped her husband, Joe Biden, when he believed that he was suffering a "stroke" during the 2024 presidential debate. The Republican's words come after the former first lady revealed in an interview that, upon seeing […]
Communicator Gabi Desangles reacted publicly after learning of the sentence that condemns Tamara Martínez to three months in prison for defamation and insult against her, a decision issued by the Second Chamber of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the National District. Through her Instagram stories, Desangles expressed her gratitude to […]
Miami.- Dominican rapper J Noa releases “ANTISISTEMA”, transforming the frustration, pressure, and contradictions of the music industry into a direct declaration about identity, conviction, and permanence.Built from a raw narrative, “ANTISISTEMA” talks about trying to grow within the industry without losing control of who you are in the process. In bars like “I didn't send […]
Santo Domingo, RD - Judge Clara Luz Almonte, of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance of the National District, sentenced communicator Tamara Martínez to three months in prison this Wednesday, after finding her guilty of defamation and insult to the detriment of presenter Gabi Desangles. The sentence must be served at […]
French actor Pierre Deny died at the age of 69 after battling aggressive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that rapidly deteriorated his health in recent months. The information was confirmed by relatives of the interpreter through a statement released to international media. The artist's death occurred on May 25th, according to his relatives, […]
The Dominican capital will be the scene of a night dedicated to romanticism with the concert "Eternally Mom", an event that will bring together Danny Daniel and King Clave this May 31 at Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo. The show has been organized as a special tribute to mothers, betting on a selection of songs […]
In this tropical country, where even silences sweat politics, the Central Electoral Board has just discovered a wonderful medicine: banning polls to cure electoral anxiety. The fever isn't lowered, the thermometer is kept in a locked drawer and the patient is declared democratically stable. The JCE says it seeks equity, transparency, and order. Beautiful words. […]
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 […]
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and SMEs (MICM), and the Specialized Corps for the Control of Fuels and Merchandise Trade (CECCOM) closed the operations of two liquefied petroleum gas bottling plants, after detecting multiple non-compliances with the safety standards established in Resolution 201-17. The closure was carried out due to the absence of several critical […]
The Dominican Accreditation Body (ODAC) accredited the company MARIDOM as an inspection body in accordance with the NORDOM ISO/IEC 17020:2012 standard, a certification that strengthens the technical controls in the inspection of goods and provides greater reliability to the country's logistics chain. The accreditation validates MARIDOM's competence to inspect isotanks used in the transportation of […]
Seguros Reservas carried out the process corresponding to the Selection Procedure for Buyers and Disposal of Salvaged Vehicle Lots, developed under a structured scheme of transparency, objectivity, and institutional control, in accordance with the provisions of the Terms of Reference SR-SALV-001-2026. This contest constitutes the first process carried out by the institution under the modality […]
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The company paid RD 65 million dollars last year in taxes Santo Domingo. - The international hotel chain RIU Hotels & Resorts, which currently has a presence in 22 countries and records an annual turnover of 4 billion euros, is very clear about where it built its success in the American continent: the Dominican Republic. […]
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Higüey. – The bishop of the Diocese Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia, Jesús Castro Marte, led this Wednesday the presentation of the book “Strategic Plan La Altagracia 2030”, in an event held at the Museum of La Altagracia that was described as a historic event for the province. The activity was organized by the Bishopric […]
Both institutions honor their 45-year career and the international impact of Dominican fashion Miami. — Renowned Dominican designer Giannina Azar was declared a “Distinguished Visitor” by Miami-Dade County, in the state of Florida, during an event in which she also presented a charity fashion show in support of a non-profit organization. The recognition was presented […]
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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 […]
In 2025, the Republic of India became the second destination for Dominican exports, due to the gold shipments made to that nation.
India displaced traditional export destinations such as Haiti, Switzerland, and Puerto Rico.
This year, approximately US$1.515 billion has been exported to India, mostly of platinum and raw gold.
The total amount exported in 2025 represents a year-on-year growth of 146.1% and an absolute variation of US$899.5 million.
In 2024, the top five export destinations by volume were: United States, Haiti, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, and India.
In 2025, they are: United States, India, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Exports to the latter are also supported by platinum gold and raw gold, worth US$430.6 million so far this year.
India is currently the second-largest consumer of gold in the world. Gold jewelry is a symbol of status and wealth in Indian society, and is common at important events such as weddings and religious festivals. Despite fluctuations in prices, the demand for gold in India remains constant and stable.
Santiago.- The president of the National Central of Transport Workers (CNTT), Juan Marte, valued as positive the initiative of the Ministry of Interior and Police to organize and regulate the motorcycle sector in the Dominican Republic, although he warned that the State faces limitations of human and logistical resources to achieve effective results in the […]
Azua, Dominican Republic. – With the purpose of strengthening the skills of the educational staff of the Southern Axis, the Ministry of Education held a training workshop on the prevention of the use of psychoactive substances, with emphasis on the use of vaporizers, aimed at counselors, psychologists, teachers and administrative staff from different educational centers. […]
The Minister of Education, Luis Miguel De Camps led this Friday the mission “Defenders of Democracy”, a civic, artistic and formative experience through which the 100% Agents promoted reflection on the defense of democracy, freedom, historical memory and civic commitment. This mission is the fourth of the Agents at 100 volunteer program and is part […]
Bogotá, Colombia. – A little over a year before the 2026 presidential elections, the proposals of the possible candidates for the Casa de Nariño reflect markedly different visions on the course that Colombia should take in terms of security, economy, and social policies. Senator Paloma Valencia proposes an agenda focused on strengthening security, economic growth, […]
Palma.- Singer Aitana, French DJ David Guetta, and the bands Viva Suecia and The Prodigy will be some of the acts that will star in the ninth edition of the Mallorca Live Occident festival, from June 12 to 14. Along with them, other national figures such as Dani Fernández or Belén Aguilera will pass through […]
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.- Singer Pedro Luis Domínguez Quevedo, better known as Quevedo, will receive the Gold Medal of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on June 23, among other personalities and entities, on the occasion of the 548th anniversary of the city's founding. Although he was born in Madrid 24 years ago, Quevedo grew […]
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