Wake the books: A Dominican literary reckoning
Opinion October 27, 2025 | 6:01 am
Are we ready to catalyze the book industry in the Dominican Republic and place our cultures at the center of the Caribbean’s literary stage?
Atabey, mother of waters before God
North Coast October 11, 2025 | 8:36 am
Sosua — In 1492, when the Spanish arrived, she was here. No one brought her. Atabey was the suprem[...]Cuba today: Fidel Castro’s unfulfilled legacy
Opinion August 13, 2025 | 5:53 pm
On the 99th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s birth, the commemoration reads less like a tribute and more like a reckoning. What once anchored a mythology of resilience and sacrifice now exposes a bitte[...]He was just two: The short, silent goodbye of Isaías Duvelson
Opinion August 2, 2025 | 11:38 am
By Dominican Today
Published: August 2, 2025The naked truth: Cuba’s collapsing safety net and the rise of homelessness
Opinion July 23, 2025 | 11:10 pm
When Cuba’s Minister of Labor, Marta Elena Feitó, insisted that “in Cuba, there are no beggars” during a live parliamentary session on July 17, she didn’t merely deny a growing social ill[...]Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean
Opinion June 23, 2025 | 7:44 pm
By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without[...]Reinventing patient experience: Plaza de la Salud’s new management study model
Health June 22, 2025 | 8:21 pm
After years of observing and moving through the halls of Plaza de la Salud Hospital in Santo Domingo, I have arrived at several conclusions that may prove useful to enhance healthcare services for our[...]Cabo Rojo was DR’s missed opportunity for innovation — But it’s not too late
Digital Nomad June 10, 2025 | 6:21 pm
The Dominican Republic just made a billion-dollar bet on tourism… and forgot to invite the future. When the government handed over the Cabo Rojo development project to Grupo Punt[...]Influencers, “sinvergüencers,” “fakevergüencers,” and other figures in tourism promotion
Opinion May 30, 2025 | 10:29 pm
We’ve been hearing the word “influencer” for years. In many ways, the term has been democratized: it used to describe traditional media or internet celebrities, [...]
Influencers, “sinvergüencers”, “fakevergüencers” y demás personajes de la promoción turística
Opinion May 30, 2025 | 10:19 pm
Llevamos años escuchando la palabra “influencer”. Podríamos decir que el término se ha democratizado: primero eran celebridades de medios tradicionales e internet y luego cualquier persona que [...]Haiti and the Dominican Republic: a reality that cannot be ignored
Opinion May 26, 2025 | 11:59 am
By Doctor Ramon Ceballo Amid the growing humanitarian and security crisis in Haiti, it is important to dismantle certain false narratives that some sectors attempt to impose, especially in internat[...]Traffic solutions: a collective effort
Opinion May 19, 2025 | 2:24 pm
I usually stick to political or electoral topics, but there are issues we're all experiencing due to the rapid development of Santo Domingo and the entire country. These [...]
One month on: beneath the rubble of the Jet Set tragedy, grief’s echoes still resonate
Local May 8, 2025 | 10:14 am
Santo Domingo.- Just one month ago today, the Dominican Republic awoke to the unimaginable – the catastrophic collapse of the iconic Jet Set nightclub. What transpired that fateful night on A[...]Are we finally breaking the status quo in Dominican literature?
Opinion May 5, 2025 | 11:23 pm
After these long weeks, I've been pondering whether we are truly beginning to break free from the statu quo of Dominican literature – whether we are genuinely [...]
Sound measures against illegal Haitian migration
Opinion May 3, 2025 | 10:12 am
I have always said that the leader who has shown the most concern for the problem of illegal Haitian migration in the Dominican Republic has been President Luis Abinade[...]
The silence after the beat: a scale of sorrow
Opinion April 14, 2025 | 11:26 pm
In the Dominican Republic, the contagious pulse of merengue and the lively atmosphere of nightclubs are integral to our culture. These are the spaces where we celebrate l[...]
After the Jet Set tragedy: what grief demands of us as a society
Opinion April 11, 2025 | 12:51 pm
The tragedy that occurred at the Jet Set nightclub has left an entire nation in mourning. With 221 lives lost and 189 rescued, according to the COE (Emergency Operations [...]
Is it time for the expansion of Caribbean literature?
Opinion March 8, 2025 | 11:36 pm
The positioning of Caribbean literature has long presented a challenge for our countries. We ask ourselves time and again, why does our literature struggle to expand?[...]
Brotherhood of ink and rhythm: A chronicle of Alexéi Tellerías
Opinion March 4, 2025 | 12:24 pm
I met Alexéi Tellerías through words. Before seeing his presence on a stage or feeling the cadence of his voice in a performance, it was ink that united us. In the days[...]
An entire society in decline
Opinion February 8, 2025 | 8:08 am
American society, which until a few years ago was held up to us as a model to follow and emulate by the other nations of the world due to its supposed respect for institutions, democracy, human rights[...]
