Dominican Republic earmarks US$2.17B for partnerships
Economy September 1, 2022 | 9:06 am
Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Public-Private Partnerships (APP) has channeled investment of RD$119.6 billion (US$2.17 billion) with 20 works received, of which four have been declared of [...]Former Dominican drug czar goes to max lockup
Local September 1, 2022 | 7:31 am
Santo Domingo.- Former president of the National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD), Félix Alburquerque, who was sentenced to one year in pretrial detention for the murder of communicator Manuel Dun[...]3,000 year old cemetery found in the Dominican Republic
Local August 31, 2022 | 4:30 pm
A team of archaeologists working on a project that seeks to identify the first inhabitants of the Dominican Republic reported the discovery of an ancient cemetery in the area known as El Francés, on [...]Bank of America: “Dominican Republic tourism has recovered its pre-pandemic level”
Tourism August 31, 2022 | 4:15 pm
The Bank of America Corporation praised tourism growth in the Dominican Republic, indicating that it has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, placing it as the star of the Dominican economy. In its Do[...]Dominican judge flip-flops in execution-style death case
Local August 31, 2022 | 12:21 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Permanent Attention judge, Juan Francisco Rodríguez Consoró, is currently hearing the request for pretrial detention against former Vice Admiral Félix Alburquerque Comprés, a[...]Dominicans among ‘caravan’ trekking through Mexico
Local August 31, 2022 | 10:25 am
Mexico.- A caravan with nearly 1,000 migrants, the seventh to form in southern Mexico in August alone, left early Tuesday morning from Tapachula, on the border with Guatemala, because the National Ins[...]Dominican-Haitian border has the highest number of movements
Local August 31, 2022 | 7:45 am
Santo Domingo.- Last year, the Dominican-Haitian border registered the highest number of movements in the Caribbean region, Central America and Mexico, according to the Displacement Tracking Matrix (D[...]Dominican surfer Brandon Sanford Viñas: “My love for the sea is stronger than ever”
Local August 30, 2022 | 1:31 pm
Santo Domingo, DR After dedicating part of his life being a servant of tourism as a guide for Dominicans and foreigners visiting Cabarete (municipal district of the municipality of Sosua, Puerto Plat[...]Central Bank: Dominican economy to grow 5.5%
Economy August 30, 2022 | 11:18 am
Santo Domingo.- The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic reported today that the Dominican economy registered an average growth of 5.5% January to July this year. In a press document, it reported[...]Dominican Republic deports 57K Haitians to July
Local August 30, 2022 | 8:28 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic has deported 57,000 Haitians during the first seven months of 2022, according to data from the General Directorate of Migration (DGM). Between January and July, [...]Dominican Republic Finance Ministry steal soars to US$545.5M
Local August 30, 2022 | 7:50 am
Santo Domingo.- In its request for authorization of financial information made before the Investigating Court of the National District, the Specialized Prosecutor for Administrative Corruption (Pepca)[...]Government will continue to adopt measures to lower the cost of the basic family basket in the Dominican Republic
Economy August 29, 2022 | 5:11 pm
President Luis Abinader announced that the government would continue to adopt measures to lower the cost of the basic family food basket in the Dominican Republic and increasingly facilitate access to[...]Almost US$ 1 billion in financing for the Dominican Republic
Economy August 29, 2022 | 5:02 pm
The IDB expects to approve six operations this year for an amount of $563 million contributed by the Bank and more than $375 million in co-financing from international cooperation development agencies[...]Gangs terrorize Haiti, stun Dominican businesses
World August 29, 2022 | 11:21 am
Santo Domingo.- More than 3,000 people displaced by the violence between armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, live in inhuman conditions in Plaza Hugo Chávez, in the face of the indif[...]Bill would ‘zone’ the Haiti-Dominican border
Local August 29, 2022 | 8:50 am
Santo Domingo.- A bill seeks to prevent foreigners or foreign legal entities from acquiring real estate in what would be called the "border security zone" and establishes that if these national compan[...]Dominicanisimo Night at the Award Ceremony
People August 29, 2022 | 8:17 am
A special night at the Dominicanisimo Award Ceremony, held in Lawrence Massachusetts, where successful Dominican people such as politicians, businessmen, artists, and community leaders meet to celebra[...]Dominican Republic awakes to a US$309M corruption scandal
Local August 29, 2022 | 7:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Several of the companies that had transferred credit to claim alleged public debts from the State for expropriation of land were incorporated into the National Office of Industrial Pro[...]Mavi Gök Aviation plans to open flight with Russian tourists to Dominican Republic
Tourism August 28, 2022 | 10:02 am
New Turkish airline Mavi Gök Aviation (MGA) plans to take Russian tourists from Moscow, Yekaterinburg, and Kazan to resorts in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Thailand via Anatolia. "We sell r[...]Haitianization is supported by low wages in the Dominican Republic
Local August 28, 2022 | 8:00 am
Santo Domingo, DR. The proposal of business leader Pedro Brache for the employer sector to voluntarily make a salary adjustment considering the inflation levels that the country has suffered in the l[...]Opportunities and barriers in access to medicines in the Dominican Republic analyzed
Local August 26, 2022 | 9:13 am
Various authorities gathered for the workshop: "Opportunities and Barriers for the implementation of Policies that favor access to medicines." This event aimed to examine policies that benefit Dominic[...]