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Dominican Republic renews call for UNESCO to declare sargassum a regional environmental emergency
Dominican Today
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June 30, 2025
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic’s Permanent Delegation to UNESCO has once again called on the international community to recognize the growing sargassum invasion in the Caribbean as an environmental, economic, and public health emergency....
Dominican Republic leads Caribbean in egg exports
Dominican Today
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Pexel image Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic has emerged as the Caribbean leader in proportional egg exports, dedicating 20.73% of its egg production—about 820 million units—to international trade, according to the Datos Productivos Latam...
Proindustria signals provinces with high potential for industry
DR1
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The Dominican Republic has 24 industrial manufacturing free zones, most in the interior provinces, and the industrial district located in West Santo Domingo. These areas play an important part in the economic development of each region. This...
Government launches RD$100 million fund to modernize agricultural irrigation systems
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Agricultural Bank of the Dominican Republic (Bagrícola) and the National Irrigation Technology Directorate (TNR) have launched a call for proposals offering non-reimbursable funds of up to 35% for agricultural producers in San...
Dominican Republic surges late to defeat El Salvador
FIBA Basketball
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SANTIAGO (Chile) – The Dominican Republic came from behind and pulled off a narrow 61-59 win over El Salvador in its Group A debut of the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025. The Caribbean squad rallied from an 11-point deficit (57-46) with less than a...
INFOTEP trains 2.7 million, driving employment and innovation across the Dominican Republic
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Under President Luis Abinader’s administration, the Dominican Republic’s National Institute for Technical–Professional Training (INFOTEP) has trained over 2.7 million people, fueling job creation, innovation and local development,...
How is the Dominican Republic-Haiti border? The Migration Policy Observatory is monitoring the situation.
Dominican Today
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Pedernales. As part of its institutional mission to ensure the transparency and effectiveness of the State’s migration policies, the Migration Policy Observatory (OPM) conducted an extensive monitoring tour of the border area from Pedernales to...
Dominican Republic hosts Caribbean leaders to honor Cocolo contributions
Dominican Today
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June 27, 2025
Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) announced that on the evening of Friday, June 27, foreign ministers and senior officials from several Caribbean nations will arrive in the Dominican Republic to participate in events honoring...
Medical tourism ranks among the Dominican Republic’s most important economic sectors
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic is expanding its global reputation beyond sun and beaches, positioning itself as a growing health and wellness tourism hub. The medical tourism sector now generates over US$1.3 billion annually, making it one...
Dominican Republic leads preparations for 10th Summit of the Americas in Punta Cana
Dominican Today
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June 26, 2025
Antigua and Barbuda.- Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez chaired the first ministerial meeting of the Summit Implementation Review Group (SIRG) in Antigua and Barbuda, marking a key step in preparations for the 10th Summit of the Americas, which the...
Too scared to go to hospital: the pregnant women in Dominican Republic dying because of deportation fears
The Guardian
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June 27, 2025
About an hour after giving birth on the floor of her one-room shack in the Dominican Republic, Lourdia Jean Pierre, 32, started gasping for breath. Her husband, Ronald Jean, knew something was seriously wrong, and shouted for help from the...
FL Technics acquires Job Air Technic
Aircraft Interiors International
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June 30, 2025
FL Technics, a global aviation maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) company, has agreed to acquire Job Air Technic, a Czech Republic-based MRO provider. The acquisition includes a 17,000 square-metre MRO facility at Leoš Janáček Airport Ostrava...
Investments that dare to solve the crisis of food insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Crises of food insecurity are, in effect, crises of financing. Despite the growing needs of the most vulnerable to food insecurity and malnutrition, and the critical role that agrifood systems play in the economies of most low- and lower...
Dominican Republic: Economic activity growth gains momentum in May
FocusEconomics
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June 26, 2025
Latest reading: Economic activity grew 3.2% compared to the same month a year earlier in May, which was above April’s 1.7% increase. According to preliminary data, the improvement was driven by stronger growth in the manufacturing sector and a...
FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025 – Team Profile: Dominican Republic
FIBA Basketball
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MIAMI (United States) – The Dominican Republic claimed its first silver medal in 22 years—and fifth overall—at the 2024 Centrobasket Women’s Championship, delivering an excellent performance. However, one of the key players from that tournament,...
Dominican Republic and Honduras sign agreement to boost postal cooperation
Dominican Today
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June 25, 2025
Composition with variety of stamps with place for text and postmarks on rectangular postal envelope flat vector illustration Honduras.- The Dominican Postal Institute (Inposdom) and the Honduran Postal Company (Honducor) have signed a bilateral...
Dominican Embassy unveils mural in Kingston celebrating 60 years of Dominican–Jamaican relations
Dominican Today
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Kingston, Jamaica.- The Embassy of the Dominican Republic in Jamaica has inaugurated a vibrant mural in the heart of Kingston’s arts district, symbolizing the deepening cultural and diplomatic ties between the two Caribbean nations. The unveiling...
Celebrating the Cocolo heritage
DR1
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Top diplomatic and government officials from the Caribbean were here for the Ministry of Foreign Relations’ tribute to the English-speaking intra-Caribbean migration, the “Cocolo heritage” in the Dominican Republic. The industrious migrants from...
Corona Heiress’ Family Office Prepares for $8B Succession
Wealth Management
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June 30, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- Lea en español. Maria Asuncion Aramburuzabala was thrown into crisis three decades ago when her father died before finalizing plans to pass on one of Latin America’s biggest fortunes. She had to juggle raising two young sons with...
Dominican Republic produces over 8 billion cigars annually
Dominican Today
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June 23, 2025
Santiago de los Caballeros.- The Dominican Republic remains the world’s top exporter of premium cigars, producing over 8.4 billion cigars each year, according to Iván Hernández Guzmán, director of the Dominican Tobacco Institute (Intabaco). Of...