Local April 14, 2025 | 10:32 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader extended his congratulations to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa following his runoff election win with 56.13% of the vote.[...]Dominican Army seizes nearly 7 million smuggled cigarettes in Montecristi
Local April 14, 2025 | 10:00 am
Montecristi.- The Dominican Republic Army (ERD) intercepted a major cigarette smuggling operation in Copey, Guayubín, Montecristi province, seizing a total of 6,796,000 illicit cigar[...]Leonel Fernández mourns death of Mario Vargas Llosa
Local April 14, 2025 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Former Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández expressed deep sorrow on Saturday over the death of acclaimed Peruvian writer and Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llo[...]NYC Mayor Eric Adams to visit Santo Domingo to honor victims of Jet Set tragedy
Local April 14, 2025 | 8:00 am
Santo Domingo.- New York City Mayor Eric Adams will travel to Santo Domingo this Monday, April 14, to express solidarity with the victims of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy, where a roo[...]Bridge collapses in La Vega
Local April 13, 2025 | 11:00 am
La Vega - A speed bump bridge connecting several communities in the Bayacanes sector in La Vega collapsed on Friday, April 11, due to the intense rains tha[...]
Pope Francis prays for victims of Dominican Republic nightclub tragedy on Palm Sunday
Local April 13, 2025 | 10:14 am
Vatican City.- Pope Francis, continuing his return to public appearances following a recent respiratory infection, unexpectedly addressed the faithful in[...]
COE issues alert for 14 provinces
Local April 13, 2025 | 9:00 am
The Emergency Operations Center, COE places 02 provinces on Red alert, 09 on yellow and maintains 03 on green due to the incidence of a trough over most of the Dominican territory. You can read: Aler[...]Authorities execute preventive plan for Easter 2025
Local April 13, 2025 | 8:31 am
In an effort to guarantee security during Holy Week 2025, the Ministry of the Interior and Police and the Civil Defense presented the "Preventive[...]41-year-old Costa Rican woman is the 226th victim of collapse in the Jet Set
Local April 13, 2025 | 8:00 am
A 41-year-old woman is the 226th victim of the tragedy that occurred early Tuesday morning at the Jet Set, while merenguero Rubby Pérez was animating a party. The information was released by the N[...]Tourism, free trade zones and the urgency of moving forward with fewer immigrants
Local April 12, 2025 | 11:24 am
In a world that is crackling with tariff-based exchanges of "shots" with the possibility of causing severe damage to third parties, in the Dominican Republic the government is trying to use two fundam[...]Another injured woman from Jet Set center tragedy dies
Local April 12, 2025 | 11:00 am
Santo Domingo — Another of those injured in the collapse of the Jet Set discotheque died last night at the Hospital Traumatológico Darío Contreras of a cardiorespiratory arrest, r[...]Jet Set: 50 years of history and a sad ending
Local April 12, 2025 | 10:30 am
Santo Domingo — The Jet Set discotheque, founded in 1973 by Grecia López in Santo Domingo, began as a restaurant-discotheque and quickly established itself as a benchmark for nig[...]Jalao Restaurant, linked to Jet Set owner, shuts doors amid tragedy investigation
Local April 12, 2025 | 9:47 am
Santo Domingo.- Jalao, a popular restaurant located in the Colonial City of Santo Domingo, has announced a temporary closure of its operations. The rest[...]
Diseases under surveillance show a decreasing trend
Health April 12, 2025 | 9:00 am
In its bulletin corresponding to Epidemiological Week Number 13, the Directorate of Epidemiology (DIEPI) shows that most diseases under special surveillance maintain a downward trend. Among these h[...]Experts explain possible causes of Jet Set roof collapse
Local April 12, 2025 | 8:00 am
Santo Domingo — In the wake of the tragedy that occurred in the early morning of Tuesday, April 8, at the Jet Set nightclub, several hypotheses have been put forward as to the possi[...]Update on the search for Ronaldy Calderón
Local April 12, 2025 | 7:00 am
Jarabacoa — The National Police informs that search, rescue, and investigation work continues in Manabao, Jarabacoa, and surrounding areas in the case of the child Ronaldy Calderón[...]“Aren’t we mourning too?”: Families of deceased Jet Set employees voice outrage over lack of recognition
Local April 11, 2025 | 4:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- Amidst the national outpouring of grief following the devastating collapse of the Jet Set nightclub, a stark disparity in the treatment o[...]
