President Abinader donates entire salary to 18 social and community foundations

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader has donated his full annual salary of RD$6,012,000, covering the period from June 2024 to June 2025, to 18 social and community-based organizations across the Dominican Republic. The funds were directed...

Dominican Republic cuts homicide rate to 8.3, now second safest in Latin America, President says

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader announced today that the Dominican Republic’s homicide rate has fallen from 13.79 per 100,000 inhabitants in June 2023 to 8.3 in July 2025, according to the latest Inside Crime report. This decline places...

Abinader denies Sinaloa Cartel presence in the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- During his weekly press briefing La Semanal con la Prensa, President Luis Abinader firmly denied that the Sinaloa Cartel—or any major criminal organization—is operating in the Dominican Republic. He emphasized that the government...

Abinader to meet Hipólito Mejía as part of national dialogue on Haitian crisis

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader will meet with former President Hipólito Mejía this Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Mejía’s residence, continuing a series of consultations with national leaders aimed at addressing the crisis in Haiti and its...

Government spending in the Dominican Republic: Where taxpayer money goes

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar holds video briefing with Latin American counterparts

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 9 (ANI/TPS): Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Wednesday held a political-security briefing via Zoom call with the foreign ministers of Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The Deputy Foreign Minister of the...

World News | Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar Holds Video Briefing with Latin American Counterparts

Tel Aviv [Israel], July 9 (ANI/TPS): Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Wednesday held a political-security briefing via Zoom call with the foreign ministers of Paraguay, Panama, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The Deputy Foreign Minister of the...

Freedom of expression returns to center of legislative debate in Dominican Republic

Lawmakers in the Dominican Republic are considering a new law on freedom of expression that has divided journalists and lawyers. Some sectors of Dominican society say the proposed legislation is necessary to regulate the role of digital platforms...

President Abinader says Haiti is more than a simple migratory problem for the DR

The security and social burden of Haiti continues to weigh heavily on the Dominican Republic. During the weekly La Semanal press conference on 7 July 2025, President Luis Abinader emphasized that the situation in Haiti has evolved beyond a simple...

Dominican Republic: Sunday with a lot of heat and rain

Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Institute of Meteorology (Indomet) announced hot temperatures and high wind chills for this Sunday, due to the presence of Saharan dust, as well as a trough at different levels of the troposphere, in addition to the...

Sinaloa operating in the DR? DEA and DR government says the members left the country

Interpol, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Attorney General Office (PGR) and the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) are investigating the operation of Mexican criminals in the Dominican Republic. Local media has been following...

Flesh-eating pests are coming. US plans to counter them by releasing millions of flies from planes

Picture this: Hundreds of millions of flies being dropped from planes. It sounds incredulous — almost like something from a horror movie. But, in fact, the US government actually plans on breeding flies and then dropping them from aircraft in...

Industry & Commerce Minister Ito Bisono says talks ongoing with US on tariffs

Amidst new tariff decisions by the Donald Trump administration in the United States, Industry & Commerce Minister Víctor (Ito) Bisonó, told Hoy that the government has open the communication with US trade authorities to safeguard the country’s...

Papua New Guinea: Response to Prime Minister’s Statement on Porgera Mine

As the Chairman of the Porgera Landowners Association (PLA), I am compelled to respond to the recent statement by Prime Minister James Marape on the achievements of New Porgera Limited (NPL) in the first quarter of 2025. While the Prime Minister...

Foreign military officers gather in Emporia to discuss veterans issues

Foreign military officers gathered alongside members of the American Legion Post 5 in Emporia to listen to a presentation about the treatment of veterans, enjoy a meal, and mingle amongst each other and exchange conversation and different...

New Jersey Consul and JCE President meet to optimize services for Dominicans abroad

Santo Domingo.- The Consul General of the Dominican Republic in New Jersey, José Santana, met with Central Electoral Board (JCE) President Román Jáquez Liranzo to strengthen coordination between both institutions and improve access to services for...

Dominican Republic and Ecuador sign pact to boost trust in digital transactions

Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic and Ecuador have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening legal security and trust in digital transactions through the mutual recognition of electronic signatures. The agreement was...

Experts debate the impact of U.S. tariff policy on the Dominican Republic.

Panel on credit risk in financial institutions due to new tariffs. External Source Since April 5, 2025, President Donald Trump has imposed 10% tariffs on Dominican products imported into the United States. Although this measure could have a direct...

David Bellver believes soccer will displace baseball as the national sport in the Dominican Republic.

“In at least five years, soccer will become the king of sports in the Dominican Republic,” Bellver stated with conviction. He highlighted what he describes as the rapid and surprising growth of soccer in the country, citing the most recent...

How a single overdose in Vermont unraveled an empire of heroin

Local News A man’s death after using “Flow” in a small Vermont city exposed a drug operation that spanned continents and sent a New York prosecutor on a heartbreaking journey. U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York via The...