The late President Antonio Guzman chose Victor Cabral Amiama to be his first Secretary of Tourism (1978-1981). Previously, tourism had a low participation in the economy, in a land where sugar and ...

The “Paint Your City” program, financed by the InterAmerican Development Bank is yet another component in the overall plan to make the Colonial City as attractive as possible. The program enables the ...

“President Luis Abinader has tasked us with making steady progress in the modernization of the country, and this radar demonstrates that commitment in action,” stated Minister Paliza. “With this new ...

Featured the luxury tourism segments, with the participation of Aman, Four Seasons and St. Regis brands, with properties in the DR. Also mentioned are up and coming destinations such as Santiago, ...

Juan Dolio Beach, less than 40 minutes from Santo Domingo or La Romana, is the center of two Norceca competitions back-to-back. The first, from 15 to 19 May, concluded with wins of Mexican men and ...

Vice President Raquel Peña traveled to Rome, Italy to represent the Dominican people in the inaugural events of Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, 18 May 2025 in the Vatican See.

After years of planning, the Banco de Desarrollo y Exportaciones (Bandex) has secured the green light from the National District Council to develop a real estate complex on the land surrounding the ...

All week long, the Dominican press, television, and radio news programs were occupied by the coverage of the Wednesday, 14 May 2025 meeting of the four Presidents, three former Presidents, Leonel ...

The Dominican Republic’s economy generated a net increase of 176,581 employed individuals over the 12 months ending in March 2025, according to preliminary findings from the Central Bank of the ...

Today, after 14 years of public education receiving 4% of the yearly budget, a total of over RD$2 trillion or more than US$40 billion, the results are very poor. 60% of the money has gone to improve ...

Historically speaking, Santo Domingo was the name of the capital ever since Bartolome Colón founded it way back in 1498, to honor the founder of the Dominican religious order. In the 1930s, 40s, and ...

The seizure represents the largest quantity of suspected marijuana ever confiscated at the Dominican-Haitian border and took placed as a consequence of the stepped up surveillance and monitoring in ...