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Debt restructure in focus as Tropical Battery graduates to main market
Jamaica Observer
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August 20, 2025
Tropical Battery has moved to the JSE Main Market while working to restructure debt and expand renewable energy projects. TROPICAL Battery Company Limited graduated to the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market this week, but the milestone comes...
The Dominican Republic Targets a Co-Production Axis With Chile
Variety
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August 19, 2025
Among the multiple panels taking place at the Santiago Film Festival’s (Sanfic) industry space, Santiago Industria, is one on the Dominican Republic, which boasts two key incentives that have powered up local and international productions in the...
Dominican Republic defends unborn in new penal code
Aleteia
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August 19, 2025
Around 60 percent of Dominicans identify as Catholic, and legislators framed the decision as both a constitutional duty and a reflection of national identity. On July 31, 2025, the Dominican Republic’s Chamber of Deputies voted overwhelmingly— 159...
Santo Domingo to host Regional Dialogue on Food and Water Security
Dominican Today
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External source Santo Domingo.- Santo Domingo will host the Regional Dialogue on “Food and Water Security: A Hand-in-Hand Agenda” on August 21, 2025, bringing together SICA, FAO, the governments of the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Brazil,...
Rainieri pushes plan to raise tourist spending in Dominican Republic
Dominican Today
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August 19, 2025
Santo Domingo.- Frank Rainieri, chairman of the Puntacana Group, has launched an initiative to boost tourist spending in the Dominican Republic from an average of US$172 to US$300 per night within five years. He argues that such an increase would...
World Emblem boosts supply chain with Dominican Republic factory
Just Style
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August 19, 2025
This development in the Dominican Republic represents a key step in World Emblem’s nearshoring strategy, which includes relocating a portion of its production closer to the US. Located within the Tamboril Free Trade Zone of Santiago de los...
Dominican Republic: Total Ban on Abortion Remains
FSSPX.NEWS
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This was a highly anticipated reform. In this country, which shares the island of Hispaniola with the Republic of Haiti, the Catholic faith is professed by approximately 60% of the 11.5 million inhabitants, and Protestants represent 19%. By the...
Dominican Republic tenders up to 600 MW solar, wind with mandatory storage
pv-magazine
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August 19, 2025
The Superintendency of Electricity (SIE) has approved Resolution SIE-092-2025-LCE, establishing the technical and regulatory basis for a tender for up to 600 MW of new solar and wind generation capacity. The electricity generated will be bought by...
St. Regis Cap Cana Brings Family-Friendly Seaside Luxury to the Dominican Republic
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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August 19, 2025
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. A long-awaited five-star getaway has finally arrived in the Caribbean. Nearly five years after...
Ketel Marte responds to trade rumors. What he said
AZ Central - Arizona
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Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte apologized for his absence after the All-Star break, addressing teammate concerns. Despite trade rumors, Marte is expected to remain with the Diamondbacks for the foreseeable future. Diamondbacks second...
Britain will be battered by wind and rain next week as Hurricane Erin blows across the Atlantic after 24C Bank Holiday weekend
Daily Mail
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August 19, 2025
Hurricane Erin is set to move across the Atlantic - bringing wind and rain to Britain at the start of next week following a sunny 24C Bank Holiday weekend, forecasters say. The major category 3 hurricane is currently 675 miles southwest of Bermuda...
‘Reckless and Unorganized’ tariffs are hurting small businesses in Georgia, says Senator Warnock
The Atlanta Voice - Georgia
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August 19, 2025
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Meet Miches, The Punta Cana Alternative Shaking Up Travel To The Dominican Republic
Forbes
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Playa Esmeralda in Miches, Dominican Republic. getty The Dominican Republic didn't invent the all-inclusive vacation, but it certainly perfected it. Springing from the soft white sands of Bávaro Beach in Punta Cana, lines of oversized...
Tourism in the Dominican Republic Is Reaching New Heights
Caribbean Journal
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August 18, 2025
From the bustling streets of Santo Domingo to the white sands of Bávaro Beach and the cool mountain breezes of Jarabacoa, the Dominican Republic is drawing more travelers than ever before. In the first seven months of 2025, the country welcomed...
Rising baseball prospect Gustavo Talmare, 14, dies by drowning in Dominican Republic
Daily Mail
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August 18, 2025
By ALEX RASKIN, US SPORT NEWS EDITOR Published: 14:01 EDT, 18 August 2025 | Updated: 14:35 EDT, 18 August 2025 Gustavo Talmare, a 14-year-old baseball prospect at one of the Dominican Republic's top academies, has died from drowning at a lagoon...
Over 6,000 new businesses created through one-stop formalization window
DR1
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More than 6,000 new businesses have been created in the Dominican Republic so far this year through the country’s One-Stop Window for Business Formalization, according to the Dominican Federation of Chambers of Commerce (Fedocámaras). The...
Collado: Dominican Republic welcomed record 863,000 air tourists in July
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Tourism Minister David Collado reported that Dominican tourism reached a record high in July with the arrival of 863,000 air visitors, consolidating its position as the best month in the history of the sector. “July was the best...
Seven Killed In Shooting At Billiard Hall In Ecuador’s Santo Domingo Amid Rising Gang Violence
Free Press Journal
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August 18, 2025
Seven people were killed in a shooting that occurred in the northwestern Ecuadorian province of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas. | X @ICR360 Quito: Seven people were killed in a shooting that occurred in the northwestern Ecuadorian province of...
Dominican Republic and Bolivia Maintain Business Rapprochement
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 15, 2025
To that end, the conference “Connecting Bolivia and the Dominican Republic” was held, led by the Vice Minister of Bilateral Foreign Policy, Francisco Caraballo. “We consider this mission a firm step toward a common agenda of economic cooperation...
Defense Minister meets UN Secretary General’s special representative for Haiti in Santo Domingo, Blackwater contracted
DR1
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Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre met with Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General’s special representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at the Ministry of...