Puerto Plata, unstoppable in cruise ships: will attract 29 vessels in June
North Coast June 4, 2023 | 7:00 am
Puerto Plata, DR.- A total of 29 cruise ships will be arriving during June of this year to Puerto Plata through the tourist ports Amber Cove and Taino Bay, according to the calendar shared by the Nort[...]Arajet starts a new route between Santiago, Dominican Republic and Colombia
North Coast May 29, 2023 | 11:36 am
Santiago.- Minister of Tourism David Collado and Víctor Pacheco Méndez, CEO and founder of Arajet, jointly announced the official launch of the new Santiago-Medellín route on Monda[...]Adompretur Sosúa-Cabarete attends guided tour of the National Palace
North Coast May 27, 2023 | 5:35 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Tourism Press Association (Adompretur), Sosúa-Cabarete branch, participated on Friday in a guided tour of the National Palace, which was coordinated by the Secretary Gen[...]One of the six injured dies after receiving an electric shock from lightning in Santiago
North Coast May 26, 2023 | 9:36 am
Santiago.- Tragically, one of the individuals who was injured last Wednesday after being struck by lightning in the Los Guandules area of Villa Olímpica, south of Santiago de los Cab[...]International seminar on disaster preparedness held in Puerto Plata
North Coast May 24, 2023 | 2:48 pm
Puerto Plata.- Siglo XII Dominican Airports (Aerodom), the Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Companies of the North (Ashonorte), the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Ou[...]Larger cruise ships bring promising growth to Puerto Plata ports in the Dominican Republic
North Coast May 23, 2023 | 1:30 pm
Puerto Plata, DR.- Jeffrey Rannik, the president of Báez and Rannik shipping company, has highlighted the current trend of larger vessels arriving at the ports of Puerto Plata in the[...]Government announces competitive process to build Amber tourism route
North Coast May 20, 2023 | 12:00 pm
The General Directorate of Public-Private Partnerships (DGAPP) announced the start of the competitive process for the construction of the Amber Highway and for the operation and maintenance of the Nor[...]Puerto Plata airport reopens after completing renovation
North Coast May 18, 2023 | 3:33 pm
Puerto Plata, DR.- Siglo XXI Dominican Airports (Aerodom) has announced the reopening of Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata following the successful completion of the second phase[...]5.2 earthquake shakes the North region of the Dominican Republic
North Coast May 18, 2023 | 8:32 am
Puerto Plata.- On Thursday, May 18, the Cibaeños experienced a magnitude 5.2 earthquake that struck at dawn, as reported by the National Seismology Center. The epicenter of the tremo[...]Seven drug points dismantled in Northwest line following police intervention
North Coast May 10, 2023 | 1:56 pm
Valverde.- On Tuesday, the National Police's Northwest Regional Directorate intervened and dismantled seven points of sale and distribution of drugs across four provinces. Several Hai[...]Well-known landowner and wife found dead in Puerto Plata
North Coast May 7, 2023 | 7:41 am
The National Police found the lifeless bodies of the well-known landowner Generoso Pérez and his wife in Estero Hondo, Villa Isabela. The reports indicated that both were beaten to death by employ[...]Deterioration affects the Cibao Oscar Gobaira Arena
North Coast May 4, 2023 | 9:00 am
Santiago.- The Gran Arena del Cibao, a significant sports facility in the Dominican Republic, has shown signs of deterioration despite recent interventions by local authorities. The r[...]Elvis Martinez performs in front of more than 4,000 people in “The Bride of the Atlantic”
North Coast May 1, 2023 | 12:00 pm
A historic night for Puerto Plata and the people of Cibao I happened in the Amphitheater of Puerto Plata when the bachatero Elvis Martinez married "La novia del Atlántico" in front of more than 4 tho[...]Dominican Republic: Air traffic suspended at Puerto Plata airport for 10 days
North Coast May 1, 2023 | 10:05 am
Air traffic through the Gregorio Luperón International Airport of Puerto Plata will be suspended from May 8 to 17 to carry out the second and last phase of the repair and remodeling of runways 08 and[...]Extensive beach cleaning day conducted in Puerto Plata
North Coast April 25, 2023 | 4:52 pm
GBC Farmacias, the Raymond Rodríguez Foundation, the Municipal Mayor's Office, and the Clean Ocean Foundation carried out an extensive beach cleaning day on the coast of Puerto Plata in commemoration[...]Former Dominican President Hipólito defines the strike in Cibao as “nonsense”
North Coast April 24, 2023 | 1:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- A coalition of social organizations has called for a strike today to demand various demands, which former President Hipólito Mejía has dismissed as nonsense. Speakin[...]Towns of Cibao are militarized before the call to strike today
North Coast April 24, 2023 | 8:18 am
A military deployment arrived in cities like San Francisco de Macoris and Santiago on Sunday, with dozens of agents in Army vehicles and visible weapons, amidst a call for a strike in the Cibao region[...]Puerto Plata, a gastronomic offer that integrates traditional and international cuisine
North Coast April 22, 2023 | 11:33 am
Puerto Plata, the starting point of mass tourism in the Dominican Republic, has a varied gastronomic offer rooted in its oldest traditions and unique international offer. The most typical proposals[...]Earth tremor registered north of Miches
Local April 21, 2023 | 9:22 am
On Friday morning, the National Seismology Center of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) reported a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in the Dominican Republic. The earthquake's epicenter was loc[...]The earth shakes in María Trinidad Sánchez: magnitude 4.8
North Coast April 17, 2023 | 1:44 pm
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 occurred near the María Trinidad Sánchez province, shaking the Dominican Republic on Monday, April 17 at 12:54 p.m., as reported by the Seismological Institute [...]