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1 week ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
DR1 News will not be published on Thursday, 19 June 2025 on occasion of the religious holiday Corpus Christi. The holiday falls on a Thursday and thus for those who can take the day off, a long weekend is created. News over the weekend will be compiled for the Monday, 23 June 2025 issue.
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1 week ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
The Central Bank announced on Monday, 16 June 2025 it will be injecting RD$81 billion into the monetary system to foster favorable monetary conditions and invigorate economic activity.
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1 week ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
The Brazil-Caribbean Summit that took place 13 and 14 June 2025 in Brasilia concluded with a significant pledge of US$290 million for Haiti and renewed promises of international support for the beleaguered Caribbean nation. Haiti’s deepening economic, political, social, and humanitarian crisis was a central focus of the discussions.
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1 week ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
María Isabel Castillo Báez, the newly appointed ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the United States, officially presented her credentials to President Donald J. Trump in a formal ceremony held in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, 11 June 2025.
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1 week ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
The movie is called “”Air Cocaine” and revolves around a real cocaine bust in Punta Cana back in 2013. Two French pilots in a private jet carrying 26 suitcases raised suspicions with Customs agents at the Punta Cana airport. The question was simple: Who needs 26 suitcases for a 48-hour stay at Punta Cana? And so began one of the strangest and now cinematic drug cases on file.
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2 weeks ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
After completing a busy agenda in France, President Luis Abinader is scheduled to travel to Brasilia, Brazil on 12 June 2025 to attend the Brazil-Caribbean Summit hosted by Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday and Saturday, 13-14 June. The Dominican Republic and Cuba are the two invited countries to the Brazilian summit that groups the 15 countries that are members of the Caricom Community (Caricom), mostly the English-speaking Caribbean and Haiti.
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2 weeks ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
After attending the 3rd UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France, President Luis Abinader traveled to Geneva, Switzerland to participate in activities of the World Trade Organization. President Abinader was accompanied by First Lady Raquel Arbaje. In Geneva he met with the director general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The Presidency reported that she commended the DR for its achievements in economic management and diversification.
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2 weeks ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
Traveling to Geneva after attending the 3rd UN Oceans Conference in Nice, France, President Luis Abinader received a prestigious recognition on 11 June 2025 during the 113th International Labor Organization (ILO) Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, highlighting his unwavering commitment to the rights, dignity, and welfare of the nation’s workforce.
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2 weeks ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
The Office for Transport Reorganization (Opret) in charge of the Santo Domingo Metro announced on 10 June 2025 the completion of the full railway track installation for the new Line 2C, a 7.3-kilometer extension that includes an elevated viaduct, an underground tunnel, and an operational tail section housing the train turnaround system.
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2 weeks ago | 
dr1.com | Dolores Vicioso
Two months after the 8 April 2025 collapse of the roof of the very popular tropical music JetSet Club, the government designated Onesvie (The National Office for Seismic Assessment and Vulnerability of Infrastructure and Buildings) sent its report on the happening and possible causes to the Attorney General Office that is carrying out the investigations in the case. At least 236 persons who that evening were attending a Rubby Perez merengue concert are reported dead in the tragedy.