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Most visited protected areas in the Dominican Republic
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Cotubanamá National Park, home to the renowned Saona Island, topped the list of most visited protected areas in the Dominican Republic last year, according to data released by the Ministry of the Environment. The park attracted a...
iciHaiti - FLASH : The Dominican Government strengthens surveillance and defense measures at the border
Haiti Libre
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July 2, 2025
iciHaiti - FLASH : The Dominican Government strengthens surveillance and defense measures at the border 02/07/2025 10:04:45 On Monday, June 30, 2025, during his weekly press briefing, President Luis Abinader announced that the Dominican Government...
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco gets suspended sentence in Dominican Republic after child sex abuse conviction
The Times of India
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Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco gets suspended sentence in Dominican Republic after child sex abuse conviction (Image via Getty) Wander Franco, the former shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, has found guilty of sexual abuse against a minor in...
Abinader enacts law to modernize hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader has enacted Law 37-25, updating Article 4 of the 1956 Law 45-32 to align the country’s hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation policies with the Dominican Constitution and the evolving needs of the energy...
Senate to draft special law to regulate Uber workers
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The special Senate committee overseeing labor reform has decided to exclude digital platform workers—such as those employed by Uber and Pedidos Ya—from the upcoming amendments to the Labor Code. Instead, these workers will be...
88 Earthquakes Strike Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic; No East Coast Tsunami Threat
Weatherboy
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June 26, 2025
The dots on this map reflect the epicenter of every earthquake over the last 7 days, with white dots being the oldest and orange dots being the newest. Image: USGS The area around Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic have been exceptionally busy...
Federal government plans to air-drop sterile flies over Texas to fight flesh-eating maggots
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
Buck Wehrbein, NCBA President and rancher, sounds the alarm on the return of the screwworm and urges action from Mexico while crediting strong pressure from the Trump administration and Secretary Rollins for recent progress. NEWYou can now listen...
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic
MARCA
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June 26, 2025
Actualizado 26/06/2025 - 16:45 CDT Wander Franco, the suspended shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic on Thursday but avoided jail time after receiving a two-year suspended...
Forbes Global Properties Expands to the Dominican Republic
RIS Media - Connecticut
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June 26, 2025
Forbes Global Properties has announced the addition of Dominican Republic Forbes Global Properties to its curated network of local brokerages. Founded by Caribbean real estate and hospitality leader Abelardo Melgen, the firm will exclusively...
WestJet’s 7 New Winter Routes Include No New Flights To The US
Simple Flying
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July 8, 2025
WestJet has unveiled its winter schedule, which is available for booking starting July 14. However, despite announcing seven new routes and five new destinations during the upcoming season, none of the new connections are to the United States....
Foreign Minister Álvarez calls for urgent UN action in Haiti
Dominican Today
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New York.- Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez urged the United Nations Security Council to take urgent, coherent, and bold action in response to the worsening crisis in Haiti. In a recent address, he emphasized the need to strengthen the...
Baseball prodigy Wander Franco found guilty of sexually abusing minor in Dominican Republic court
The Economic Times
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June 27, 2025
Former Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been found guilty of sexually abusing a minor by a Dominican court, marking a significant fall from grace for the 24-year-old MLB star once heralded as one of baseball’s brightest young talents....
Letter: Some veterans waited decades for parade
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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July 8, 2025
Veterans of WWII and conflicts in Korea, the Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Panama, Grenada, Bosnia, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and others greatly appreciated the June 14 military parade in Washington. There was once a time when a military parade...
Eight countries competing in men's world softball finals
SaskToday.ca
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The WBSC says it’s a chance for the public to see some of the greatest softball in the world. PRINCE ALBERT — Eight teams from nations around the world are in Prince Albert for the 18th WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Finals 2025, six-day...
Haitian family fights back in Port-au-Prince land dispute case
Haitian Times
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July 8, 2025
Overview: Daphna Surin, a Haitian woman living in the Dominican Republic, is raising the alarm over the “arbitrary arrest” of four family members and two neighbors, detained for nearly two months amid a land dispute in a Port-au-Prince suburb. The...
Dominican Republic and Spain launch satellite project to bridge digital gap
Dominican Today
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Madrid.- In a move to expand digital access and reduce inequality, the Dominican Republic signed a collaboration agreement with the Government of Spain and Spanish satellite operator Hispasat to explore the country’s participation in a shared...
What happened to the pirate “President of Texas?
Mount Pleasant Tribune - Texas
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July 2, 2025
Jean Lafitte’s last rival left Galveston on Jul. 8, 1817 leaving the self-proclaimed “President” of Texas in complete control of the island. Whether the famous pirate really made that outlandish claim after setting up shop on the Texas coast in...
Dominican Republic expresses interest in growing cacao in Guyana
Stabroek News
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June 23, 2025
Having determined that there is a lucrative international market for cacao, the Dominican Republic (DR) wants to partner with Guyana to grow the crop here, according to that country’s Ambassador Ernesto Torres. “The DR has presented a proposal to...
AmChamDR president highlights Customs reforms under Yayo Sanz Lovatón’s leadership
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Francesca Rainieri, president of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AmChamDR) and chair of the National Trade Facilitation Committee (CNFC), praised the leadership of Customs Director General Eduardo “Yayo”...
‘The ground shook’: drone attacks help Haitian government wrest control of capital from criminal gangs
The Guardian
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July 2, 2025
The earth beneath Jimmy Antoine’s apartment shuddered and for a split second he feared another natural disaster had struck, like the 2010 cataclysm that brought Port-au-Prince to its knees. “The ground shook like it does during an earthquake. You...