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 ...

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 ...

President Luis Abinader announced the appointment of new ambassadors to key diplomatic posts, as outlined in decree 20-25. The Ministry of Foreign Relations says the appointments align with the ...

The Dominican Republic has significantly expanded its ambulance fleet with the recent acquisition of 200 new vehicles and a donation of 120 from the Chinese government. This move represents a 25% ...

Barrick has secured all the permits for the construction of the second tailings dam to extend the life of the Pueblo Viejo gold mining operation in the northcentral province of Sanchez Ramirez. To ...

The government power utility head in the Dominican Republic, Celso Marranzini is encouraging businesses irregularly connected to the government power grid to go legit. The deal offered to them is a ...

Minister of Foreign Relations Roberto Alvarez called for an end to arms supply to Haiti and protested intent to include known criminals in the Haiti transition government. “The present measures are ...

President Luis Abinader issued Decree 10-15 dated 15 January 2025 that designates the name of the late advertising guru and poet Rene del Risco Bermudez to the Telecommunications Cultural Center ...

Opposition leaders Rafael Castillo of the Fuerza del Pueblo (FP) and Juan Ariel Jiménez of the Partido de la Liberación Dominicana (PLD) are urging President Luis Abinader to implement significant ...

President Luis Abinader joined thousands of Dominicans who made the pilgrimage to Higuey, in eastern La Altagracia province to celebrate the religious protector of the Dominican people. President ...

Nuria Piera shared the apparent modus operandi of the mafias that accumulate aggregate during the day for large trucks to pass in the evening to pick up the merchandise. The extraction is accomplished ...