President Luis Abinader is backing Mayor Carolina Mejia and her Integrated Santo Domingo Plan for Coordinated Urban Development.

President Luis Abinader is scheduled to swear in lawyer Luis Miguel de Camps as new minister of Education and engineer Eduardo Estrella as new minister of Public Works on 26 February 2025. There is ...

DR1 Forums remain open 24/7 for publishing updates. The news for the Independence Day long weekend that will happen now that Thursday is a holiday will be compiled for the Monday, 4 March issue.

In a landmark case, a Dominican Army officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a 7-year-old ...

As per the JCE chronology, the first IDs are expected to be issued this 2025 with the procedures completed in 2026. The new IDs will add new technologies to enhance personal identity and voting ...

Minister of Labor Eddy Olivares understands the 20% proposed by the President meets both groups half the way. He expects the National Wage Committee to decide the matter on Wednesday, 26 February. By ...

However, while the Latin EMBI began to be perceived as riskier since April 2024, standing at 410 basis points in February 2025, that of the Dominican Republic improved to reach 200 basis points in ...

Overall, the Gallup poll shows that President Abinader retains significant popular support due to his communication style, economic management, social programs, and infrastructure initiatives. While ...

The Minister of Interior and Police, Faride Raful, reported a slight increase in the accumulated homicide rate to date, reaching 7.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, up from 7.5 recorded the previous week, as ...

The Dominican Republic has made significant strides in its fight against money laundering, but gaps remain, according to ...

Yeni Berenice Reynoso Gomez was sworn in as the new Attorney General of the Dominican Republic by President Abinader at the Presidential Palace on 24 February 2025. She is a career prosecutor, having ...

Recently there were many protests when the CUED implemented new protocols that reduced the power service in areas where there were large pockets of people not paying for the service. Eventually, the ...