The Abinader administration has named three ministers of Education. The first, Roberto Fulcar, was a known activist from the Dominican Public School Teachers Association (ADP). He was removed on 3 ...

The Nicaraguan government has decided to shutter its embassy in Santo Domingo, the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Mirex) confirmed on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, marking a sharp escalation in ...

The seizure of 74,100 rounds of ammunition concealed inside eight truck engines at the Haina Oriental port terminal marks the largest single-operation confiscation of its kind carried out by the ...

As part of ongoing efforts to step up operational intelligence and strike against narcotics trafficking, agents of the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) and prosecutors from the Public Prosecutor’s ...

The National Council of the Magistracy (CNM) concluded its performance evaluation of seven sitting Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) magistrates on 8 September 2026, confirming five judges for an ...

Driven by ongoing measures under the national anti-crisis package, the Dominican Republic’s Tax Agency (DGII) brought in RD$671.87 billion during the first eight months of 2026, marking an RD$8.55 ...

The Dominican Republic placed as the third-worst-performing country in Latin America in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results released by the Organisation for ...

The Dominican Republic, given its location on the Caribbean tectonic plate, and eyeing the events in Venezuela, where the ground is still shaking, and over in Colombia, and off the coast of Mexico and ...

European Union Ambassador, Raúl Fuentes Milani and Minister Victor O. Bisono Haza / MIREX The Dominican government and the European Union (EU) have signed a Joint Declaration expressing their shared ...

In South Vietnam, on the evening of 5 September 2026, the representative of the Dominican Republic, 24-year old Joheirry Mola Dominguez was crowned the 73rd Miss World. The pageant marked the 75th ...

President Luis Abinader appointed Victor Livio Enmanuel Cedeño Brea the new Superintendent of Banks by Decree 606-26. He replaces Alejandro Fernandez Whipple who had been in the position since August ...

A street surveillance video has enabled the identifying of a man now accused of attempted robbery of the bag of a woman on a street in Evaristo Morales. The woman is the wife of Dominican ambassador ...