{"id":500314,"date":"2026-02-17T15:23:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/minister-of-sports-contributes-rd-1-3-million-for-boxing-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T15:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:23:32","slug":"minister-of-sports-contributes-rd-1-3-million-for-boxing-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/minister-of-sports-contributes-rd-1-3-million-for-boxing-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Sports contributes RD$ 1.3 million for Boxing Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"Santiago de los Caballeros. \u2013 The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, delivered one million 300 thousand pesos as a contribution from the Dominican Government for the 45th International Independence Boxing Cup, which is being held in this city.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/new-york-yankees-realizan-jornada-solidaria-y-benefician-a-mas-de-100-ninos-en-san-jose-de-ocoa\/\"> New York Yankees hold a charity event and benefit more than 100 children in San Jos\u00e9 de Ocoa<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nCruz reaffirmed his commitment to the development of national boxing during his participation in the inauguration of the event, held in the roofed area of the Club Cupes, in the Los Pepines sector.\n\nThe official highlighted the continued support of the Ministry of Sports for this traditional international event, while acknowledging the work of the sports and municipal authorities who have contributed to the strengthening of this discipline in the province of Santiago.\n\nCruz recalled that last year the Ministry supported the 44th edition with a contribution of one million pesos, as a sign of the institutional commitment to the development of boxing.\n\n\"More than the amount, what matters is the commitment. Boxing will not be orphaned. It has the Ministry of Sports here in Santiago, in the capital and throughout the Dominican Republic,\" said the minister.\n\nThe Sports headline also highlighted that nine countries are participating in this edition, which consolidates the Dominican Republic as a benchmark for boxing in the region.\n\n\"In the difficult times of Dominican sports, boxing has always been present. Today is the time for the Government and the Ministry of Sports to be present with boxing,\" he stated.\n\nThe ceremony was attended by the mayor of Santiago, Ulises Rodr\u00edguez; the president of the Dominican Olympic Committee, Garibaldi Bautista; the president of the Dominican Boxing Federation, Rub\u00e9n Garc\u00eda; the president of the Santiago Boxing Association, Miguel Mart\u00ednez; as well as municipal authorities, vice ministers and sports leaders.\n\nThe International Independence Boxing Cup is one of the most traditional events on the national sports calendar and brings together foreign delegations that raise the competitive level and strengthen sports exchange in the region.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago de los Caballeros. \u2013 The Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, delivered one million 300 thousand pesos as a contribution from the Dominican Government for the 45th International Independence Boxing Cup, which is being held in this city. You may be interested in: New York Yankees hold a charity event and benefit more than 100 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[611,40231,41186],"class_list":{"0":"post-500314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports","7":"tag-deultimominuto","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-theperiodicodelatruth"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Sports"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}