Dominican Republic struggles to contain rising tide of sargassum

Santo Domingo.- The growing arrival of sargassum on Dominican beaches has become a persistent problem for both tourists and the tourism industry, with nearly 20 million tons of the seaweed reaching the country’s shores so far this year. The...

Tropical Storm Melissa brings heavy rain, flood risk to Haiti and Dominican Republic

Overview: Tropical Storm Melissa brought heavy rain and flood warnings to Haiti and the Dominican Republic Wednesday. A hurricane watch is in effect for southern Haiti, and the storm is expected to strengthen as it moves through the northern...

Meliá and Grupo Puntacana unveil Meliá Bergantín Beach, a landmark project that reflects their commitment to the new tourism model in the Dominican Republic

Meliá Hotels International, in partnership with Grupo Puntacana, reinforces its commitment to the Dominican Republic's tourism sector with the joint development of Meliá Bergantín Beach. This project marks the beginning of a new chapter aimed at...

Catholic retreat highlights missionary work in Dominican Republic, Québec

Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Column A Jubilee year is celebrated every 25 years in the Catholic Church worldwide Linda Proulx with Mission Esperanza, left, chats with Sister Maude Renaud at the Jubilee Retreat in Cochrane, in the auditorium at...

‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Melissa hours from landfall in Jamaica

WFP Jamaica World Food Programme workers discuss the distribution of aid in a warehouse in Jamaica. This article is published in association with United Nations. Millions in Jamaica and across the Caribbean are bracing for massive impact from...

Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s strongest storm, heads to Cuba

Hurricane Melissa unleashed devastation in Jamaica as the strongest storm on record ever to hit the Caribbean island nation, and roared later on Wednesday into eastern Cuba, smashing the city of Santiago and flooding rural land. A Category 5 storm...

Flood kills dozens as 'strongest ever' hurricane rages on

Flooding from Hurricane Melissa has killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages, officials say. Jean Bertrand Subrème, mayor of the southern Haitian coastal...

Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba after leaving trail of destruction in Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa, which devastated Jamaica as the strongest storm ever recorded in the island nation's history, made landfall in Cuba early on Wednesday, battering its eastern coast with powerful winds, torrential rain, and life-threatening storm...

Death toll rises as Hurricane Melissa heads for third landfall over Bahamas

Hurricane Melissa is making its way toward the Bahamas after lashing over Cuba on Wednesday and carving a deadly path of destruction in Jamaica and Haiti. The made storm made its second landfall just after 3 a.m. Wednesday in eastern Cuba near the...

Videos: 7 dead, rooves blown off as unstoppable Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica

Hurricane Melissa roared toward Cuba's second-largest city, Santiago de Cuba, late on Tuesday after carving a deadly path through Jamaica as the strongest storm ever to strike the Caribbean island nation. The US National Hurricane Center has...

After battering Jamaica, Hurricane Melissa makes Cuba landfall

Hurricane Melissa, the strongest storm ever recorded in Jamaica, left a trail of destruction across the island before tearing into eastern Cuba on Wednesday, battering Santiago and inundating surrounding farmland. A Category 5 storm with sustained...

Dominican Government will review measures for Storm Melissa this Saturday

Santo Domingo.- The Government announced Friday that all measures taken in response to Tropical Storm Melissa, which is shaping up to become a hurricane in the coming hours, are in place. The director of the Emergency Operations Center (COE), Juan...

Dominican Republic eyes stronger ties with Korea in digital, energy, manufacturing sectors

The Dominican Republic has seen historic levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) under President Luis Abinader, and Biviana Riveiro, executive director of ProDominicana, says the country’s approach offers valuable lessons for Korea as it seeks...

Central Bank highlights DR continues to be a regional leader in foreign investment

Despite prevailing adverse global conditions, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by an accumulated 2.2% from January to September 2025. This is well below the 4-5% GDP growth that has been the normal for the Dominican Republic in the past....

Abinader highlights economic stability in the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- President Luis Abinader emphasized the Dominican Republic’s exchange rate stability, noting that the peso has experienced its lowest devaluation in the past five years since he took office in 2020, when the U.S. dollar traded at...

Crews rescue 80 miners trapped in the Dominican Republic with no injuries or deaths reported

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Crews in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday rescued 80 miners who became trapped after a mine partially collapsed. No one was injured or killed, according to the Civil Defense Agency. The miners became...

What to know about Hurricane Melissa: records, path and link to climate change

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in eastern Cuba as a Category 3 storm early Wednesday after bringing violent winds and heavy rainfall to Jamaica, where it made landfall as a Category 5 storm Tuesday. Authorities in Cuba evacuated more than 735,000...

Hurricane Melissa Batters Cuba After Leaving Trail of Destruction in Jamaica

Eastern Cuba reels under torrential rain and hurricane-force winds as Jamaicans emerge from shelters to confront record-breaking damage and widespread flooding. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Hurricane Melissa, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms...

Jamaica a ‘disaster zone’ after monster Melissa

News Laurel V Williams 3 Hrs Ago A man walks along the coastline in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, October 28. - AP Jamaican Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has declared the country a disaster area after Hurricane Melissa...

EUROCINE 2025 brings the best of European cinema to the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- EUROCINE 2025, the festival celebrating the best of contemporary European cinema, will take place from November 10 to 15 at Caribbean Cinemas in Galería 360. The event was presented at a media briefing organized by the European...