Dominican Republic

Punta Cana International Airport has been named one of the 10 most improved airports in the world for 2025 by Skytrax, the global authority on airport quality, and it is the only airport in Latin America and the Caribbean to make the prestigious lis

The #HaitianosRD collective has urged the government to cease what it describes as "racial hate speech" that stigmatizes immigrants, violates labor rights, and fuels xenophobic violence in the Dominican Republic

The handing over of the land for the construction of the Ciudad de los Animales, a project promoted and managed for over 3 years by the Fundación LASO, has been approved by President Corona and will be granted at first in San Luis, Santo Domingo province

Ambassador Larissa Veloz officially assumed the role of Permanent Delegate of the Dominican Republic to UNESCO, strengthening the country's commitment to education, culture and science on the global stage

Dominican students Mia Alejandra Rodríguez Santos and Ana Margarita Sabillón Méndez from Saint George School won at the Harvard Speech and Debate Tournament in the “Junior Varsity International” category

Farmers in Hato Mayor asked President Luis Abinader and National Police Director Ramón Antonio Guzmán Peralta to address the growing wave of cattle thefts affecting the livestock sector

The Modern Revolutionary Party celebrated its 10th anniversary on Saturday with President Luis Abinader leading the commemoration by appealing for unity and the priority of ideas over individualism

As part of the 2025 patronal festival 'La Altagracia', a 'Rice, Sea and Land' dish for over 2.000 participants has been cooked in Pedernales to set a national record and celebrate Dominican gastronomy and cultural traditions

Business unions express concern over Senate approval of an amendment to the Integrated Management and Co-Processing of Solid Waste Act, saying there was no adequate public consultation and fair representation in discussions by the productive sectors

The Dominican government, through the Ministry of Energy and Mines, signed a memorandum of understanding with the French Development Agency to launch a three-year technical cooperation programme to support a sustainable and equitable energy transition

In the first 11 months of this year, the country recorded 154 maternal deaths, of which 82 correspond to Dominican mothers and 72 to Haitian mothers, -19% compared to the same period in 2023

Punta Cana International Airport, the country's busiest air terminal accounting for 70% of arrivals, with an average of 4,8 million passengers per year, expects an 8% increase in traveller arrivals by 2025