Dec 26, 2024 · It has been a wet Christmas for most of the Dominican Republic, but more so for the North Coast. The Presidency reported that the rains that have fallen on the North Coast in the past 50 days have been equivalent to those of an entire year. Making matters worse, the uninterrupted rains for more than five days caused major flooding as people prepared to celebrate the Christmas holidays in ...

Jan 16, 2025 · DGII adjusts exempt amounts for real estate tax and low-cost housing ceiling Dolores Vicioso Jan 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM 0 Comments

Jan 21, 2025 · Arajet announces that they are working to launch a first flight to the United States this spring. The first flight would be Santo Domingo (Las Americas International Airport) to New York on 16 April 2025, as reported in Listin Diario. The plan is to offer two daily frequencies from SDQ to New York, said Victor Pacheco, Arajet chief executive officer. The airline also seeks to start the Santo ...

Dec 18, 2024 · Raphael de España is booked for two performances at the National Theater in Santo Domingo on 11 and 12 March 2025. On Monday, 16 December 2024. it was known that he suffered a stroke when taping an episode for TVE’s popular program, “La Revuelta” He was rushed to a Madrid hospital and now is recovering. Emergency services confirmed that the 81-year-old singer was transported to the ...

Dec 12, 2024 · A blackout affected operations of the south terminal at Las Américas International Airport on Wednesday as of noon. Noticias SIN reported the blackout lasted about 1 hour and 40 minutes. According to Luis José López, Communications Director for Aerodom (Dominican Airports), the outage was caused by a short circuit. López explained that a sump pump, a device used to collect liquids ...

Jan 2, 2025 · The Gigantes del Cibao and the Toros del Este were eliminated as the regular season of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship came to a close on 29 December 2024. The Estrellas Orientales won the regular season with a record of 30 wins and 20 losses. The Aguilas Cibaeñas were...

Dec 18, 2024 · The Central Electoral Board (JCE) is starting 2025 with a key item on its agenda: the renewal of the national identity and voter ID cards. This follows the successful management of the February and May elections in 2024 and start of the second term of most of the JCE board members. The JCE in the Dominican Republic is responsible for organizing municipal and presidential elections and for the ...

Jan 2, 2025 · Lawyer and writer Federico Jovine Bermudez writes in Listin Diario that the Abinader administration’s Km 9 road improvements are a tale of broken promises and impunity. He recounts the many times that Minister of Public Works Deligne Ascención, or his deputies, have come forth to announce ...

Effective 15 January 2025, tolls at several of the leading roads in the Dominican Republic are going up significantly. These are the toll at Km 22 Las Americas Highway toll, near the Las Americas International Airport, that will increase from RD$60 to RD$100 effective 15 January. Other tolls increasing to RD$100 as of 15 January are: Km. 25 of the Duarte Highway 6 de Noviembre Highway Km 12 ...

Dec 26, 2024 · The Abinader administration leaves it up to the US government to appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) after it added a tax to US rice imports to protect Dominican production. The tax is a violation to the DR-CAFTA Treaty that had given local rice producers 20 years to be able to compete with rice producers from the United States. Local rice producers say US production is subsidized ...