With almost 38% of the votes counted, figures from the Dominican Republic's central electoral board show that Luis Abinader is in the lead with 59.24%, followed by three-time former President Leonel Fernandez with 26.97%. Luis Abinader, the very popular incumbent and anti-corruption campaigner of the Dominican
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) specialists have called the recently concluded 2023 hurricane season as one of the most tumultuous on record. With a staggering tally of 20 named storms, including seven hurricanes, three of which reached the formidable status of major hurricanes, this
ASSOCIATED PRESS (BY MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA AND DÁNICA COTO) —Dominican authorities announced late Friday that they are pursuing a criminal case against a plastics company based on evidence found during an investigation into a powerful explosion this week that killed at least 31 people. Police and the Public Ministry issued a
Doctor Alejandro Cambiaso, president of the Dominican Association of Health Tourism (ADTS), and Amelia Reyes Mora, president of AF Comunicación Estratégica, announced the celebration of the most important medical tourism event in Central America and the Caribbean, the "VI International Health and Wellness Tourism Congress,"
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader and Minister of Tourism, David Collado, received the recognition granted by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for ranking as the number one country in tourism recovery. Abinader said that the income generated by the tourism sector reached US$5,700 million. “When we came
In a bid to reduce the number of migrants, drugs, weapons and contraband coming in Dominican Republic, its government has begun construction of a border wall with Haiti, causing controversy among neighboring nations in the Caribbean. The Guardian reported that the concrete barrier will span half
The situation in Haiti has not been getting any better, and Dominican Republic is one to know. Many rich Haitians are now seeking visas to come to the neighboring Caribbean nation, the Dominican Today reported. Violence instigated by local gang groups has caused terror among Haitians. Most
Two Caribbean nations are still in the United Kingdom's (UK) Red List of countries to avoid travelling to due to high risk of COVID-19 infection. Haiti and the Dominican Republic are among seven countries are still in the UK's Red List, Loop News has reported. The
Parents' citizenship status hindered most naturalisation Around 750 people born and raised in the Dominican Republic were naturalised as part of the national government's efforts to provide nationality solutions for people born and raised in the country. This move was highly commended by the UN Refugee Agency
JetBlue announced the addition of more than half a dozen new routes across the Caribbean region beginning November 2020. The expansion includes new flights from Newark International Airport to six Caribbean countries namely Aruba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Sint Maarten, The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos as
