Pantoja, Los Alcarrizos. – The Dominican government, through the Directorate of Strategic and Special Projects of the Presidency (Propeep), continued this Thursday the delivery of household goods to families affected by the floods caused by the trough of April 8 in the municipal districts of Pantoja and Palmarejo, in the municipality of Los Alcarrizos. During […]
Bayaguana, Monte Plata. – Two young people lost their lives on Wednesday afternoon after a tragic accident occurred in the community of Cocinero, on the road that connects the municipality of Bayaguana with Copey. The deceased were identified as Jhon Javier Gutiérrez Mejía and Yeison de León Otañe, both residents of Bayaguana. According to preliminary […]
Castañuelas, Montecristi. – A merchant was injured after being attacked inside his business in an event that has generated concern among the residents of this community in the northwest of the country. The incident occurred in a commercial establishment known as Supermercado Toribio, where, according to reports, a man nicknamed “Chito” entered the place and, […]
Santo Domingo Este.- The National Police reported the capture of a man identified as one of the alleged perpetrators of an assault against two students, which occurred in broad daylight and whose video was widely circulated on social media. This is Alex Méndez Batista, alias “Cacón”, 31 years old, who was arrested in the Ensanche […]
Santo Domingo.- At the request of the Public Ministry, a court of the National District imposed three months of preventive detention, as a coercive measure, in two of four processes against a Dominican deported from the United States, linked to the death of at least four people in different violent events. The Judicial Office of […]
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 […]
Santo Domingo.- The National District Basketball Association (Abadina) announced this Thursday the 40th Women's Superior Basketball Tournament (TBSF Distrito 2026), which is scheduled to begin on Friday, May 22nd of this year and for the Seaboard Cup. The dedication fell upon the legendary political leader Doña Milagros Ortiz Bosch, general director of Governmental Ethics and […]
SANTO DOMINGO. – With the participation of athletes from more than 20 countries, the Karate Qualifying Championship begins this Thursday, which will award 144 places for the XXV Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026. You may be interested in: Minister Kelvin Cruz delivers RD$178 million more to the COD for athlete preparation The […]
Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic is preparing to host one of the most innovative events in its history: the Bike Kite Fest 2026, a proposal that fuses sport, music, and culture into a unique experience. You may be interested in:Luis Polonia Jr. takes over as general manager of the Dominican team for Santo Domingo 2026 […]
LIMA, PERU — The Dominican Badminton Team signed an outstanding performance by winning the silver medal at the Pan American Air Badminton Championship, a result that secured their qualification for the next World Championship of the discipline. You may be interested in: Asencio, a surprising absence from Real Madrid's Champions League return list The Quisqueyan […]
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 […]
Moscú.- El presidente ruso, Vladímir Putin, llega 20 años más tarde que la China comunista a la hora de censurar internet, por lo que se ve obligado a tomar medidas más radicales para garantizar el control absoluto de la red por medio de un nuevo telón de acero digital. Mientras en el cortafuegos chino la […]
Miami (EE.UU.).- La misión Artemis II de la NASA reingresará a la Tierra con una trayectoria más directa que la que tomó Artemis I para reducir las posibilidades de que el escudo térmico sufra daños que pongan en peligro a los cuatro astronautas. "Estamos utilizando un perfil de entrada elevado. La duración de la entrada […]
Miami.- Los cuatro astronautas de Artemis II que hicieron historia esta semana al alcanzar la órbita lunar en más de medio siglo se enfrentan este viernes al reingreso a la Tierra, una maniobra tan crítica como el despegue, con una caída a una velocidad 45 veces mayor que la de un avión y temperaturas que […]
Caracas.- More than 5,000 Venezuelan migrants returned to their country during the first hundred days of the government of Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed as acting president after the capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3 by the United States, according to official figures released this Friday. «This logistical and human deployment guarantees the safe and […]
Panama City.- The Government of Panama regularized on-demand ground transportation services on digital platforms, such as Uber or Indrive, as "luxury taxis" to limit them as intermediaries by supervising fares, prohibiting the acquisition of vehicle fleets to operate them and establishing a special license for drivers, who must be Panamanians. The new regulations, through an […]
Buenos Aires.- The Government of the Argentine President, Javier Milei, authorized this Friday by decree the entry of United States troops into the South American country for the conduct of combined military exercises. The decision, signed by the president and published today in the Official Gazette, allows the entry of US Armed Forces personnel and […]
Rio de Janeiro.- Brazil now has a law regulating the shared custody of pets in cases of divorce or dissolution of a stable union, in order to guarantee the well-being of the animals and to organize the division of responsibilities between former partners. The rule, published this Friday in the Official Journal, will only apply […]
Miami (USA).- An American pilot sued the Government of Florida for renaming the Palm Beach International Airport, where the president has his Mar-a-Lago club, in honor of President Donald Trump, arguing that it creates "uncertainty" and possible "security risks" in the air. George W. Poncy, a local aviator licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), […]
Krakow (Poland).- The administrators of the stadium where the concert of the American rapper Kanye West, known as Ye, was to be held in Chorzów (Poland) have canceled the event this Friday, after the Government threatened to prevent the controversial artist from entering the country to prevent the celebration of the event. The owners of […]
Santo Domingo, RD. – Thursday night was marked by unexpected moments in the reality show “Planeta Alofoke”, after technical and electrical failures that affected the normal development of prime time. Everything happened when the broadcast, scheduled for 9:00 p.m., was delayed. Faced with the situation, businessman Santiago Matías, CEO of Alofoke Media Group, explained the […]
MIAMI.- Superstar Shakira, multiple GRAMMY® and Latin GRAMMY® award winner, and rising Colombian artist Beéle, released the video for their new song “ALGO TÚ”. Directed by Shakira and Jaume De Laiguana, the video shows Shakira and Beéle perfectly synchronized as they dance through the streets of Barranquilla, the hometown of both artists.One of the main […]
The artist also sealed a millionaire alliance with Rimas Entertainment to boost their global reach and growth in the industry The singer-songwriter and urban genre icon "Randy Nota Loca" continues to consolidate his career within Latin music with the release of “Blackout”, his most recent single with Dei V, released on April 9th. The song […]
Santo Domingo, RD. – Dominican Latin Grammy-nominated artist Tokischa has just released her highly anticipated debut album “Amor & Droga” (Love & Drugs), a 17-track project that positions itself as the most intimate of her career and marks a turning point both artistically and personally. This album was positioned as one of the most anticipated […]
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 […]
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 […]
La Dirección General de Impuestos Internos (DGII) reiteró a las Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (MIPYMES), contribuyentes no clasificados y profesionales liberales que el próximo 15 de mayo de 2026 vence el plazo para acogerse a la Facturación Electrónica, conforme a lo establecido en la Ley núm. 32-23. En ese sentido, la institución llamó a […]
Bruselas.- Los ministros de Economía y Comercio de España, Alemania, Italia, Portugal y Austria, pidieron a la Comisión Europea a través de una carta publicada este sábado un impuesto a los beneficios de las energéticas para distribuir «de manera equitativa» las consecuencias de la guerra en Oriente Medio. «El conflicto en Oriente Medio ha provocado […]
Nueva York.- El precio medio de la gasolina en Estados Unidos superó este jueves los 4,08 dólares por galón (3,78 litros) por primera vez desde agosto de 2022. Según datos de la asociación automovilística AAA, el promedio nacional se situó en 4,081 dólares, lo que supone más de un 30 % de crecimiento desde que […]
Madrid.- Un equipo internacional de investigadores ha comprobado cómo el entorno, tanto físico como social, puede contribuir a acelerar o a retrasar el envejecimiento del cerebro y determinar la edad biológica de este órgano. El trabajo ha demostrado que la edad biológica del cerebro puede acelerarse o retrasarse en función de factores de riesgo y […]
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They have identified 35 genes significantly associated with autism in the Latin American cohort The genes associated with the risk of autism are, to a large extent, the same in people of different ethnic origins, according to research whose conclusions are published this Monday in the journal Nature Medicine. In the last decade, scientists have […]
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Santiago.- The Jesus with the Children Volunteer announced on the afternoon of this Monday the celebration of the fourth edition of the walk “Heroes of the Heart”, a solidarity day that seeks to raise awareness about childhood cancer and raise funds for the treatments of children treated in the Hematology-Oncology Unit of the Dr. Arturo […]
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 […]
Miami.-The United States Central Command (Centcom) stated this Thursday that the US Armed Forces "are not blocking the Strait of Hormuz," but only ships leaving or heading to Iran, with at least 14 vessels diverted in the last three days.
«The (aircraft carrier) USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits the Arabian Sea while the United States blocks the ports of Iran and the coast. U.S. forces are NOT blocking the Strait of Hormuz,» the military organization, based in Miami, stated on its social media.
More than 10,000 military personnel, 12 ships, and 100 aircraft are implementing this blockade to "ensure that no vessel violates the president's proclamation," Donald Trump, added Centcom.
The situation in the Strait of Hormuz
In a separate publication, Central Command reported that, after 72 hours of the operation, a total of 14 ships have turned around to "comply with the blockade under the order of US forces".
Hours earlier, the U.S. permanent representative to the UN, Mike Waltz, declared in the General Assembly that the Strait of Hormuz is too "valuable" to be closed despite President Trump ordering its blockade in response to Tehran's refusal to reopen it.
Mike Waltz, asesor de Seguridad Nacional de Trump, en una fotografía de archivo. EFE/EPA/SHAWN THEW / POOL
Although the two-week ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran was conditioned on the reopening of Hormuz, traffic has not returned to pre-war levels, which has lasted for more than a month and a half.
As a response, Trump ordered the U.S. Navy to block it as well and threatened to «immediately eliminate» any Iranian vessel that bypasses it.
Although the United States has blocked ships related to Iranian trade, at least three tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, the first full day of the US-imposed blockade against ships calling at Iranian ports, according to data from vessel monitoring platforms.
Fotografía de archivo de un barco navegando por el estrecho de Ormuz, visto desde Khasab, en la provincia de Musandam (Omán). EFE/EPA/ Ali Haider
The ships that have crossed the strait have departed from non-Iranian ports and the ships that the United States blocked left or were heading to Iranian ports.
Faced with the escalating international prices of oil and its derivatives, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM) announced that the Dominican Government will assume 100% of the increases in the local market, allocating RD$ 1,153.8 million to subsidize fuels during the week of April 18 to 24, 2026. This measure is part of […]
Amid the current global crisis, generated by the conflict in the Middle East, the concerns of the National Council of Private Enterprise (CONEP) do not revolve around the supply of raw materials, inputs, fuels, or energy, but rather the cost at which they can acquire these goods. This is because the countries from which Dominican […]
Santo Domingo.- In his final statements before the First Collegiate Tribunal of the National District, General Adán Cáceres Silvestre, the main defendant in the Coral case, maintained that five years after the start of the process, he still does not know with whom he allegedly associated to commit illicit acts. During his intervention, the former […]
Santo Domingo.- These are the most relevant activities scheduled for Friday, April 17, 2026 in the main cities of the Dominican Republic. Today's Agenda: 9:30 a.m. I Expo Fair Learn and Undertake PJS 2026. Location: Juana Saltitopa Polytechnic. 10:00 a.m. Press conference of the National Health Service. Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel. 5:00 p.m. Workshop for […]
Washington.- U.S. President Donald Trump led a meeting with workers in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday to defend his proposal to eliminate taxes on tips for hourly employees, as part of his strategy to reinforce support for the Republican Party ahead of the midterm elections in November. "Las Vegas is home to the largest concentration […]
Caracas.- The Venezuelan acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, reported this Thursday the resignation of the president of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), Laura Guerra, and announced that the position will be held by Luis Pérez, an appointment that comes two days after the United States lifted the sanctions imposed on the public banking system of […]
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