The Dominican Association of University Rectors (ADRU) has raised important questions regarding the current legislative process that seeks to bring together the ministries of Education (Minerd) and ...

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Day of Our Lady of High Grace, the patroness of the Dominican Republic, and many thousands of the faithful will be traveling from all points of the country to visit ...

Jose Manuel Armenteros Rius passed away on Saturday, 18 January 2025. His family was preparing his 100th birthday on 26 March. He was working on an expanded version of his life memoirs. He had lots to ...

President Luis Abinader issued Decree 10-15 dated 15 January 2025 that designates the name of the poet Rene del Risco Bermudez to the Telecommunications Cultural Center located at Isabel la Catolica ...

The Acting Committee for the Pact on Animals, led by the executives of the Listin Diario, has announced a massive effort to spay and neuter as many of the dogs and cats that live on the streets as ...

DR1 News will not be updated on Tuesday, 21 January 2025, a national holiday that commemorates the Day of the Virgin of High Grace (Virgen de la Altagracia). The celebrations of the Roman Catholic ...

Castillo, a seasoned diplomat, currently serves as the Dominican ambassador to Mexico. She is a lawyer with studies at Unibe (Santo Domingo, with two masters degrees from Columbia University in New ...

The Tax Agency (DGII) has announced an update to the exempt amounts applicable to the real estate property tax (IPI) and the new ceiling for classifying low-cost housing, reflecting the corresponding ...

Claudia Pellerano is the new president of the Dominican Association of Free Zones (Adozona). During the inaugural session, she said the goal is to reach a record-breaking US$10 billion in exports by ...

Marco Rubio during the US Senate confirmation hearing for his nomination as US Secretary of State spoke with praise about the Dominican Republic. US Senator Tim Kaine had urged Rubio to give more ...

Minister of Public Works Deligne Ascención on 15 January 2025 provided details of how the ministry has invested the funds generated from the renegotiated concession contract with Aeropuertos ...

Dominican proposals for use of sargassum were included in the beneficiaries of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) funding through the IDB lab. The selected proposals come from Barbados, Belize, ...