Las Terrenas. – With a prominent participation of entrepreneurs, media, and representatives of the real estate sector, the official press conference of the 1st Las Terrenas Real Estate Festival was held, an unprecedented event that promises to mark a before and after in the projection of this destination as an epicenter of investment and development […]
Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader issued Decrees 236-26 and 285-26, which aim to continue actions for the integral development in the economic and social areas of the residents and communities of the province of San Juan. Following the creation of the Plan for the Economic Development of the San Juan province (San Juan Plan) in […]
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Municipal League (LMD), together with the National Institute of Transit and Terrestrial Transportation (INTRANT) and the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu), with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT) and the National Institute of Technical Professional Training (Infotep), inaugurated the Congress “Municipality and Road Safety: For […]
Santo Domingo.– A man accused of involvement in an assault on a 72-year-old woman died on Saturday afternoon after a confrontation with National Police officers during an operation in the municipal district of Pantoja. The deceased was identified as Jorge Junior Pérez Encarnación, 26 years old, a resident of Santo Domingo Oeste, who was wanted […]
San Francisco de Macorís, R.D. – A large military contingent was deployed this Sunday in this city, with the aim of reinforcing patrol and prevention efforts, in the face of the 24-hour strike called by the collective of popular organizations. Hundreds of vehicles and agents arrived at the Duarte fortress of the 7th Infantry Brigade […]
LONDON. – Ethiopian Tigst Assefa made history again this Sunday by conquering the women's division of the London Marathon with a new world record of 2 hours, 15 minutes and 41 seconds. You may be interested in: MIVHED inaugurates modern Volleyball Practice Pavilion with capacity for more than 1,200 people Assefa, who already held the […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – With the celebration of three matches, this Monday begins the Caribbean Handball Cup, a qualifying event for the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, in the renovated Table Tennis Pavilion of Parque del Este. You may be interested in: Brazil dominates and is crowned champion in the South American Youth […]
United States. The NBA playoffs continue to deliver intense emotions after a day in which the Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder, and New York Knicks set the pace in their respective first-round series. You may be interested in:Tatum and Brown propel Celtics over Sixers and take the lead in the series Orlando took a 2-1 […]
The former footballer and 1994 Ballon d'Or winner, Hristo Stoichkov, will be present in the country Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Football Federation, through its Technical Development and Compliance Department and the Education and Training Department, announces the beginning of the training of the FIFA Football for Schools (F4S) program, which will take place on April […]
Madrid, Spain. – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reaffirmed that transgender athletes will be able to participate in the Olympic Games, as long as they meet the classification criteria, although they must compete in the category corresponding to their biological sex. You may be interested in:The referee of the Copa del Rey final will wear […]
Madrid .- NASA's new plans, which involve establishing a permanent base on the Moon and putting the future Gateway orbital station on hold, have a direct impact on Europe and introduce "concern and uncertainty", at least in the short term. Countries and industry have already sat down to evaluate the new scenario. And the fact […]
Washington.- The U.S. delegation that traveled to Cuba last April asked the Cuban government to allow internet to be brought to the island through Starlink satellites, from SpaceX, a company owned by magnate Elon Musk. A senior State Department official explained to EFE this Tuesday that this initiative would allow internet connection, currently under state […]
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On a remote island in northern Norway, archaeologists made a discovery that challenges everything that was known about the history of the Vikings. Under the burial mound of Herlaugshaugen, in Leka, a team of researchers found 29 iron rivets and wooden remains that, according to radiocarbon analyses, date back to the year 700 AD. The […]
The AP-7 highway in Spain has become the first national laboratory where the maximum speed will no longer be a fixed figure, but rather a variable managed by intelligence This will be a significant change in traffic management and road safety, where the traditional speed limits of 120 km/h become flexible, adjusting in real time […]
United Nations.- Iran's ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, accused the United States on Monday of acting as "pirates" and "terrorists" with the naval blockade ordered by US President Donald Trump. «The United States is acting like pirates and terrorists who attack merchant ships through coercion and intimidation, kidnapping the crew, confiscating the ship […]
New York.- The recent ICE arrest in New York of a Guatemalan citizen who went to a police station to report crimes has generated a new controversy over cooperation between local and federal authorities. Julio Ipina Hernandez, 34 years old, contacted the Putnam County Sheriff's office to offer information about sexual abuse and drug trafficking […]
Washington.- United States First Lady Melania Trump publicly requested that the ABC network take action against host Jimmy Kimmel, after considering a recent monologue aired on his late-night show offensive. According to international reports, Trump called the comedian's statements "hateful" and asserted that their content contributes to social division in the country. In that regard, […]
TOKYO.– A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the island of Hokkaido, in northern Japan, during the early hours of this Monday, on a day marked by concern about the possibility of a larger-scale seismic event in the Pacific region. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of about 80 kilometers, according to reports from the Japan […]
Jerusalem.- Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid and former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett presented this Sunday Together, the party resulting from the merger of their center and center-right formations, respectively, and which aims to oust Benjamin Netanyahu from the government in the general elections this fall. Bennett, the favorite candidate in the polls and who already […]
Santo Domingo.- The significance of the projects awarded in the Brugal Believes in Its People Awards is valued in the short documentary "The Power of Believing", which gathers inspiring testimonies from the protagonists and shows the scope of their impact. The piece features the voice of the renowned Freddy Ginebra, founder of the Brugal Cree […]
New York. — The businesswoman, publicist, and CEO of La Mundial Media, Ivón G. Espinosa, announced in an official statement the details of the expected participation of the “I Love Dembow” float in the Gran Parada Dominicana del Bronx, marking its second consecutive year within one of the most important cultural events of the Dominican […]
Santo Domingo, RD - This Sunday, the reality show Planeta Alofoke was full of unexpected moments, highlighting a dynamic in which the participants imitated each other as part of a collective activity. The proposal consisted of the contestants recreating their companions, generating an atmosphere of humor and surprise among the audience. During the dynamic, the […]
The passing of a close aunt of the singer Karol G has marked a moment of mourning in the personal life of the Colombian artist. The news, confirmed by family members on April 22, 2026, generating a wave of reactions among followers, who have expressed their solidarity in the face of the loss. According to […]
77,000 fanatics experience the global artist in real-time between the stadium and concert broadcast, while presenting the largest 360 stage, number 360, mounted at the Atanasio Girardot Stadium Medellín, Colombia. – Global artist Ryan Castro lived the most important moment of his career last Saturday, gathering 77,000 fans in Medellín with a historic sold-out show […]
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 […]
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 […]
Within the framework of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2026, Franklin De La Cruz presented the Guía Empresarial RD platform, highlighting its impact on strengthening the business ecosystem and its role as a strategic bridge for generating business opportunities. The participation took place at the Barceló Bávaro Convention Center, where leaders from the tourism […]
Punta Cana.- The commercial director of Coral Hospitality Corp., Ramón Tejeda, informed that the company projects investments ranging from 80 to 90 million dollars in the development of new hotels in the Dominican Republic, strengthening its presence in key tourist destinations. Tejeda explained that the investment covers projects in Punta Cana, Puerto Plata, and Pedernales, […]
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Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic has set a historic precedent by reaching USD 1,448.6 million in exports during the month of March of this 2026, which represents a year-on-year increase of 20.7% and an absolute variation of USD 248.9 million compared to the same month of 2025, positioning itself as the highest value recorded in the analyzed period for national exports. The export rebound was mainly […]
Through Decree 197-26, the Executive Branch ordered the reactivation of the National Plan for the Regularization of lottery banks, points of sale, agencies, betting shops and other gambling operators, with the aim of completing the process of cleaning up, validating and formalizing the sector. The decision comes in response to the high volume of pending […]
Punta Cana.– Crafts and local cultural expressions continue to gain space within Dominican tourism, as was evidenced during the development of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2026, fair organized by the Association of Hotels and Tourism of the Dominican Republic (Asonahores) with the support of the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic. Event […]
The underwater heritage expert toured the site with Dominican authorities within the framework of international cooperation Puerto Plata.– The Turkish archaeologist Harun Özdaş, an internationally recognized specialist in underwater cultural heritage, toured the ruins of the historical site of La Isabela, on the north coast of the country, as part of a visit aimed at […]
Error en el proceso de traducción Error en el proceso de traducción Error en el proceso de traducción The restoration of coral reefs in the Caribbean has historically faced a fundamental contradiction: traditional techniques rely on the extraction of fragments from natural populations that are already in decline. This new center was designed to respond […]
The Down syndrome alters the development of the human brain before birth and now a team of researchers has created a molecular map that explains how, which could serve to develop therapeutic strategies in the future. A team of researchers led by Ecuadorian, Luis De la Torre-Ubieta, from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), has […]
Punta Cana. – Within the framework of the Dominican Annual Tourism Exchange (DATE) 2026 tourism fair, the Hotel Santiago Curio Collection by Hilton presented its proposal to position Santiago and the Cibao region as an international tourist destination, betting on the diversification of the Dominican offer. Before tour operators from more than 20 issuing markets, […]
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.
Redacción América.- The presidents of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele; of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum; and of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, head the list of Latin American leaders best valued by citizens in April, while at the other end is the interim president of Peru, José María Balcázar. According to a survey by CB Consultora Opinión Pública, […]
Tarragona.- Aeronautical engineer Roger Lascorz (Reus, 1993) has been working at NASA since 2019 and will be a controller in the upcoming expeditions to the Moon, Artemis III and IV in 2027 and 2028, from the Mission Evaluation Room (MER) in Houston (United States). "I am responsible for the imaging systems of the Extravehicular Activity […]
Santo Domingo.- The head of the Presidential Security Corps (Cusep), Major General Jimmy Arias, reported that the person injured as a result of an accident with a vehicle from the presidential advance team this morning is receiving medical attention at the Bournigal Clinic in Puerto Plata, and the Government will assume all medical expenses, by […]
Los Angeles.- Taylor Swift has filed new trademark applications to protect her voice and image and thus protect herself from the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI), reported the law firm Gerben IP. The documents were filed on behalf of TAS Rights Management on April 24 and represent "a broader shift in how celebrities are […]
Santo Domingo. – Santiago Matías, CEO of Alofoke Media Group, publicly lashed out at Gallo The Producer, a former participant of the reality show Planeta Alofoke, whom he called a “coward and manipulator.” During his statements, Matías assured that, in a personal capacity, he considers the producer to be an "ungrateful" person, questioning his attitude […]
Santiago.- One month after the death of Angélica Geraldine Hernández, which occurred after undergoing a procedure at an aesthetic center, her family held a candle lighting ceremony this Monday in front of the Diosa clinic, in the Los Jardines Metropolitanos sector, to demand justice and answers from the authorities. During the demonstration, relatives demanded the […]
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