Banco Popular 1st Dominican bank among world’s top 1,000
Economy July 25, 2022 | 11:58 am
Santo Domingo.- The Banco Popular Dominicano reported that it remains the first Dominican bank in the list of the 1,000 best banks in the world, at a distance of 148 positions from its next closest Do[...]Dominican gun dealers scoff at import ban
Local July 25, 2022 | 10:27 am
Santo Domingo.- In four years, the Ministry of the Interior and Police issued 57 permits to import firearms, although a decree prohibits doing so. The entity does not know how many weapons have bee[...]Agency rates Dominican road carnage
Local July 25, 2022 | 9:57 am
Santo Domingo.- A study carried out by the International Highway Assessment Program (iRAP), a road safety rating agency, revealed that the probability of having an accident, resulting in death or seri[...]Sargasso SOS Dominican Republic beaches
Local July 25, 2022 | 7:21 am
Santo Domingo.- The situation of Sargasso seaweed in the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean region is "critical," according to José Reyes López, Vice Minister of Coastal and Marine Resources of th[...]Dominican Republic would be the sixth largest economy in Latin America
Local July 24, 2022 | 12:14 pm
The governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD), Héctor Valdez Albizu, revealed yesterday that "the nominal product would be at US$109,045.4 million in 2022 and would continue to gr[...]Lack of Russians impacts the Globalia hotel company in the Dominican Republic
Tourism July 23, 2022 | 1:06 pm
The impact of the war in Ukraine continues to complicate the recovery plans of Be Live Hotels, which is why the Globalia Group intends to put aside the idea of putting the company up for sale and gett[...]Large migratory flows to the Dominican Republic are predicted
Local July 22, 2022 | 2:45 pm
Santo Domingo, DR. The Superior Council of the Conference of the Central American Armed Forces (CFAC) warned about the situation of instability and insecurity in Haiti and pointed out that the crisis[...]Dominicans to get light bill relief
Economy July 22, 2022 | 12:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Superintendence of Electricity (SIE) announced yesterday that it will modify the resolution in which the transition rates for electricity service were established for the July-Sept[...]Another fossilized bug found in Dominican ambar
Local July 22, 2022 | 10:25 am
Santo Domingo.- The fossilized remains of a rare flower and a parasitic wasp more than 30 million years old were found in the La Búcara amber mine in the Cordillera Septentrional, near Santiago and P[...]Dominican corruption, 108 charged; 62 companies
Economy July 22, 2022 | 9:19 am
Santo Domingo.- The prosecution –Pepca- has charged 108 people and 61 companies through the Octopus, Coral, Medusa, and Lottery cases. As the investigations progressed in the different cases of c[...]Tax reform ‘inevitable’ in Dominican Republic
Economy July 22, 2022 | 7:39 am
Santo Domingo.- Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Miguel Ceara Hatton, assured that fiscal reform would be "inevitable" because the country spends more than it receives. For months[...]U.S. to support the Dominican Republic in energy transition
Economy July 21, 2022 | 3:35 pm
The United States pledged to support the Dominican Republic in the energy transition to eliminate its dependence on imported fossil fuels and increase the generation of clean energy with the organizat[...]Covid on a downtrend in Dominican Republic
Health July 21, 2022 | 7:47 am
Santo Domingo.- The General Director of Epidemiology, Ronald Skewes, said this Wednesday that the outlook for COVID-19 is showing a downward trend, with little recent increase in active cases. “T[...]Not-so-black Dominican-Haiti fuel market
Economy July 20, 2022 | 12:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- The transfer of fuel from the country to Haiti is influenced by the delay in the payment of the oil bill that that nation has with its fuel suppliers. To this situation is added a ris[...]US lawmakers condemn Dominican sugar industry
Local July 20, 2022 | 11:35 am
Washington.- The Chairman of the Ways and Means Commerce Subcommittee, Earl Blumenauer, Democrat from Oregon, and Congressman Dan Kildee, Democrat from Michigan and deputy leader of the House Democr[...]The US recognizes Dominicans’ efforts against human trafficking
Local July 20, 2022 | 9:32 am
Washington.- The Dominican Republic is making significant efforts to eliminate human trafficking and smuggling, according to a report presented today by the United States Department of State. In th[...]Power pact affects us all: Dominican industries say
Economy July 20, 2022 | 7:43 am
Santo Domingo.- Before the decision made by President Luis Abinader, to stop the increase in the rate contained in the Electric Pact, the executive vice president of the Association of Industries of t[...]Abinader says there will be no new increases in electricity until the economic circumstances of the Dominican Republic change
Local July 19, 2022 | 4:03 pm
Santo Domingo, DR President Luis Abinader expressed that the increase in electricity rates has been aggravated by the cost of fuel, including natural gas (the most used in generators) has tripled in [...]Dominican deputies stonewall anticorruption bill
Local July 19, 2022 | 12:10 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Chamber of Deputies is preparing to hear the Asset Forfeiture bill, already having against the caucus of the People's Force and the Christian Social Reformist Party (PRSC), who war[...]Dominican inmates scoff at cellphone ban
Local July 19, 2022 | 10:50 am
Santo Domingo.- The accusation of the Medusa case has revealed the unwillingness of the authorities to block cell phone signals from prisons, which has allowed criminal networks to continue operating [...]