Santo Domingo.– In the framework of the thirtieth edition of the National Youth Award, authorities, nominees and artists agreed on highlighting the talent, preparation and values that characterize Dominican youth, emphasizing the award as a platform that drives the development and future of the country. Senator Gustavo Lara pointed out that the recognition of young […]
A teenager lost her life on the morning of this Saturday after receiving an electric shock while allegedly using her cell phone connected to the power outlet, in the municipal district La Otra Banda, municipality Higüey, province La Altagracia. The incident occurred at kilometer 5 of the La Otra Banda–Higüey highway, near a workshop located […]
Santo Domingo.– Upon arrival at the thirtieth edition of the National Youth Award, the Minister of Youth, Carlos Valdez, highlighted the importance of this award as a platform that has served as an impetus for young people who today hold key positions in the political, business and cultural life of the Dominican Republic. Valdez pointed […]
Santo Domingo.- The National Council for Children and Adolescents (CONANI) categorically denied that institution collaborators, aboard official vehicles, are intercepting families in the vicinity of educational centers to detain children. The clarification arises after the circulation on social media of messages denouncing an alleged situation in which an unknown person, in a vehicle labeled with […]
Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Traffic and Ground Transportation Safety (Digesett) reported that this Saturday morning it has carried out 50 inspections, achieving the retention of 43 motorcycles, whose drivers were caught running red lights at different intersections in the National District. The General Directorate stated in a statement that this infraction is "highly […]
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican president, Luis Abinader, received this Thursday players from the Leones del Escogido, champions of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, whom he urged to compete with "patriotism" as representatives of the country in the Caribbean Series to be held from February 1 to 7 in Jalisco, Mexico. The ruler handed the […]
Bayaguana, Monte Plata.– The president of the Bayaguana Sports Union, Isaac Ogando, acknowledged the contributions made by Charlie Mariotti, candidate for the presidential candidacy of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), to the strengthening of the municipality of Bayaguana and the province of Monte Plata, underlining his constant support for sports and community initiatives for several […]
Madrid, Spain.– Within the framework of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR), the president of the Organizing Committee of the Central American and Caribbean Games, José Monegro, stated that the integration of sports and major events into the national tourism strategy consolidates the Dominican Republic as a comprehensive, competitive, and diversified destination. You may be interested […]
Santiago.– The Águilas Cibaeñas team called the decision by the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) to annul the game they won last Friday against the Toros del Este surprising and disproportionate, after the latter team requested the confiscation of the game alleging a supposed violation of the limit of imported players allowed on the roster. […]
Santo Domingo. – The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, guaranteed that the Dominican Republic will have all sports facilities ready “100%” before the inauguration of the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, assuring that the country is working with record time and with a planning that avoids last-minute improvisations. During the balance offered […]
Los Ángeles.- Los dos gigantes tecnológicos Meta y YouTube enfrentan esta semana un histórico juicio en el estado de California por acusaciones de que sus plataformas alimentan una crisis de adicción juvenil. The trial will take place in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and marks the first time the companies will present their case […]
New York.- The tech giant Microsoft presented this Monday Maia 200, the second generation of its artificial intelligence (AI) chip with which it seeks to reduce dependence on Nvidia and compete against those of Google and Amazon in the cloud. This new model has been presented two years after its first version, the Maia 100, […]
New York.- Billionaire Larry Ellison, co-founder of Oracle, one of the most ruthless figures in Silicon Valley and the new 'czar' of the media in the United States, managed to become the guardian of the algorithm of the renewed American TikTok. Ellison, who is 81 years old and lives on the Hawaiian island of Lanai […]
New York.- Blue Origin, the space company of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced this Wednesday that it plans to launch a network of 5,408 satellites by the end of 2027 to provide high-speed internet service to governments, data centers and companies. The satellite network, called TeraWave, is designed to offer "symmetrical data speeds of up […]
Santa Cruz de Tenerife.- An international team of astronomers, with participation from the University of La Laguna (ULL) and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has captured for the first time the details of the "adolescence" of planetary systems, an era that has been surrounded by mystery for a long time. The study, called […]
VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES.– A winter storm impacting the state of Virginia on the night of this Saturday is battering several cities with intense cold, strong winds, high waves, and snowfall, causing dangerous conditions for the population. As a preventive measure, various companies have suspended their work throughout the weekend, while many citizens have chosen not […]
A young Russian woman had to be hospitalized after suffering complications as a result of popping a pimple on her forehead, reports the Telegram news channel Shot. After the pustule burst, the 28-year-old woman, originally from the city of Kotlas, Arkhangelsk province (northwest of the country), began to show swelling on her forehead. Only after […]
The new head of the US diplomatic mission to Venezuela, Laura Dogu, arrived this Saturday in the South American country to advance the restoration of bilateral relations, suspended in 2019. "I have just arrived in Venezuela. My team and I are ready to work", wrote on the X account of the North American nation's External […]
Port-au-Prince.- The United States Embassy in Haiti, located in Port-au-Prince, issued a security alert this Saturday to "inform U.S. citizens that security operations are underway" north, northeast, and south of the embassy, and stated that "intense gunfire has been reported in the area." Furthermore, he indicated that U.S. government personnel have suspended all travel. You […]
Washington.- U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Saturday to withdraw the presence of federal agents in demonstrations in Minneapolis (Minnesota) and other Democratic cities, but promised that they will continue to defend facilities owned by the federal government. The order from the leader comes after the outrage generated in the country by the death of […]
The AI-assisted reinterpretation by 4AMTapes of Poeta Callejero's "Bonita Bonita" is the first known AI-powered song to enter any of Billboard's multi-metric Latin songs charts. It debuts at No. 16 on Hot Latin Pop Songs (dated January 31), driven primarily by streaming activity (390,000 official streams in the United States in the week ending January […]
The Bridgerton season 4 has already premiered, and a fact that fans noticed was the absence of two major characters during the first batch of episodes released this Thursday: Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey) and his wife Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley). Officially, both are missing in the first four episodes, a decision that the show addressed […]
SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican film Día Ocho was shortlisted for the next edition of the Platino Awards, a recognition that marks a new milestone for this production and confirms its formal entry into one of the most prestigious circuits of Ibero-American audiovisuals. The shortlist, announced within the official award process, implies that Día Ocho passed […]
Santo Domingo, RD - During an interview on the program Despierta América, from the Univisión network, the Dominican communicator Luz García publicly addressed the controversy in which she was involved with the businessman and producer Santiago Matías (Alofoke), after a series of comments generated on social media. When addressing the issue, García clarified that her […]
Santo Domingo, RD - Dominican bachata singer Dalvin Núñez, artistically known as Dalvin La Melodía, entered into a civil marriage with his partner, marking a new chapter in his personal life amidst the rise of his artistic career. The news was announced by the artist himself through his social media, where he shared images of […]
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 […]
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. […]
Santo Domingo.- Mass consumption fuels, such as gasoline, diesel and propane gas, will maintain their prices for the week of January 31 to February 6, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM) reported this Friday. Premium gasoline will remain at 290.10 pesos per gallon and regular at RD$272.50 per gallon. You may be interested […]
Berlin.- The euro was trading at 1.1899 dollars this Friday, below the barrier of 1.1900 dollars, on a day marked by negative employment data in Germany, the largest European economy, with 3,085,000 unemployed, the highest figure since 2014. The community currency was trading around 4:00 PM GMT at 1.1899 dollars, compared to 1.1926 dollars the […]
Washington.- The US President, Donald Trump, announced this Friday that he has nominated the American banker and economist Kevin Warsh to chair the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to replace Jerome Powell. "I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh" to chair the Federal Reserve, Trump said on the Truth […]
The Dominican Republic recorded a year-on-year increase of 3.74% in direct costs for housing construction at the end of 2025, driven by the rise in materials, labor, and services associated with the sector, according to the most recent report of the Housing Construction Direct Cost Index (ICDV), published by the National Statistics Office (ONE). According […]
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) described this Wednesday as "unusual" the government's decision to authorize the import of chicken to address the shortage and high price of the product, when that situation could have been avoided with "adequate" planning of national production. The purple party stated in a note that the crisis is […]
Santiago.– The Ministry of Culture announced this Wednesday the main guidelines of the Cibao Regional Book and Culture Fair, conceived as a space to celebrate reading, thought, and the cultural richness of the north of the country, with the participation of the 14 provinces of the region. The first fair edition will be held on April […]
London.- A two-year-old boy from Manchester has broken two Guinness World Records for billiards by performing two tricks that no one had done before at such a young age. Jude Owens performed a first trick, called "pool bank shot" at two years and 302 days old and another called "snooker double pot" at two years […]
Santo Domingo.– This Monday, January 26th, the Dominican Republic commemorates the 213th anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, Father of the Nation and main ideologue of National Independence, whose thought and sacrifice laid the foundations of the Republic proclaimed on February 27, 1844. Juan Pablo Duarte was born on January 26, 1813, in […]
Santo Domingo, RD.– The agency OK Casting announced the celebration of the second edition of the OK Casting Award, which will be held in virtual format on January 31, 2026, consolidating itself as a platform for promotion, training and visibility for acting talents in audiovisual productions of television and cinema in the Dominican Republic. The […]
Santo Domingo.– The National Gallery of Fine Arts inaugurated the exhibition “Miguel Tió: Beyond the Real”, the first exhibition of the year 2026 in this emblematic cultural space, which will remain open to the public until February 26th. During the opening ceremony, the general director of Fine Arts, Marianela Sallent, highlighted the relevance of the […]
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 […]
Bogotá.- The plane of the Colombian company Satena that disappeared this Wednesday in the department of Norte de Santander (bordering Venezuela) was found crashed with its 15 passengers dead, authorities confirmed.
The Secretary of Citizen Security of Norte de Santander, George Quintero, confirmed to Noticias Caracol that the aircraft was found by farmers from the village of Curasica, in the municipality of Playa de Belén, who informed the authorities that they did not find any living person.
Colombian congressman Diógenes Quintero Amaya was one of the 15 people on board the plane, according to the representative's team.
Quintero Amaya was a representative to the Chamber for the Special Transitional Peace Constituency (Citrep) of the Catatumbo region and reached that seat in 2022 with the support of communities victimized by forced displacement in that area of the country.
What is known about the Satena plane that crashed in Colombia?
The aircraft took off from Camilo Daza airport, in Cúcuta, capital of Norte de Santander, towards Ocaña, but did not arrive at the scheduled time at the Aguas Claras airport in that city, the second in the department.
According to Satena, "flight NSE8849, which covered the Cúcuta-Ocaña route, took off around 11:42 am and was scheduled to land around 12:05 pm, reported its last contact with air traffic control at 11:54 am."
The plane is a US-made Beechcraft with registration HK4709 and a capacity for 19 passengers, which is operated by the company Searca, according to Satena.
"The Accident Investigation Directorate of the Civil Aeronautics (Aerocivil) reports that it is gathering information regarding the loss of communication with the aircraft HK4709 that covers the Cúcuta-Ocaña route with 13 passengers and two crew members," stated the Minister of Transport, María Fernanda Rojas, on her X account.
The flight between Cúcuta and Ocaña takes approximately 25 minutes and, according to the flight tracking platform Flightradar, the plane stopped communicating when flying through a mountainous area between the towns of Ábrego and La Playa, in Norte de Santander.
San Juan.- The president of the Puerto Rico Baseball Federation, José Quiles, said this Saturday that they are considering withdrawing the team from the 2026 World Baseball Classic, after several star players did not receive permission to participate in the tournament. "If our players are not going to participate, if we cannot participate on equal […]
Los ángeles .— Journalist Don Lemon was released on Friday after being arrested and charged with violating civil rights at the federal level for his coverage of a protest against immigration that disrupted a service in a Minnesota church. Lemon was arrested overnight in Los Angeles, while another independent journalist and two protesters were arrested […]
Washington.- The United States and Argentina are in advanced talks to close an agreement that would allow the Donald Trump administration, U.S. president, to deport immigrants from other countries to the South American nation. It's not the first time the US executive has resorted to deportation agreements with third countries, as this is one of […]
Blue Origin, the space exploration company founded by Jeff Bezos, announced on January 30th the temporary suspension of its space tourism flights aboard the suborbital rocket New Shepard. The company's new focus will be to accelerate the development of technologies and capabilities for manned missions to the Moon, in line with NASA 's plans to return and establish a stable […]
The CEO of the Piñero group states that she witnessed how her strategic vision is raising the standard of the sector Santo Domingo.- The president of Inverotel, an association that brings together the 16 Spanish families that own hotels in the country and Mexico, expressed her congratulations to the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, for […]
María Corina Machado, opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, assured on Friday that the general amnesty law proposed by the acting president Delcy Rodríguez was not celebrated by Venezuelans, although “it is already an irreversible and unstoppable path towards democracy and towards reconciliation” in Venezuela. During the talk 'Let's Talk About Venezuela' at the Hay Festival in Cartagena […]
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