The legislation aimed at changing, modifying and modernizing the Dominican Penal Code was returned to the Congress by President Luis Abinader along with 18 amendments. However, these suggestions by ...

A combination of a high-pressure (anticyclonic) system and a dense cloud of Saharan dust kept temperatures scorching across most of the Dominican Republic over the weekend. The Dominican Institute of ...

An eighty-year-old Dominican artisan with 17 children has officially received his jackpot of RD$30 million pesos from the International Dominican Electronic Lottery (Leidsa). On Tuesday, 14 July 2026, ...

Dominican Republic exports reached a record US$7.89 billion between January and June 2026, marking a 14.8% year-on-year growth, according to Biviana Riveiro Disla, the executive director of the Center ...

A preliminary report by the Dominican Republic’s Aviation Accident Investigation Commission (CIAA) has stopped short of establishing the definitive cause or assigning responsibility behind the 7 June ...

National District chief prosecutor Rosalba Ramos has clarified the strict legal conditions under which citizens can be detained by the National Police, emphasizing that not all detentions are lawful ...

Minister of Agriculture Francisco Oliverio Espaillat Bencosme has appointed a new coordinator for the country’s fruit fly monitoring program in the wake of a decision by the United States Department ...

Former Senator Adriano Sánchez Roa, who serves as the agriculture minister for the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), challenged the recent claims made by Minister of Agriculture Francisco Oliverio ...

The latest government push to repatriate tens of thousands of undocumented migrants also faces the reality of recidivism of those who have been deported. This reality is being addressed by a proposed ...

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 ...

Easter Week, known as Semana Santa, is the most significant and transformative week of the year in the Dominican Republic. It is simultaneously a period of intense religious devotion and the country’s ...

The Ministry of Energy and Mines has announced that in a landmark achievement for the Dominican Republic, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has granted the country the International ...