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World Chocolate Day 2025: 5 Benefits Of Eating Chocolate
Free Press Journal
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The love for chocolate is worldwide. There is hardly any individual who doesn’t love gooey chocolate. But this global obsession began in the 15th century when chocolate came to Europe. To celebrate this, World Chocolate Day is celebrated on July...
Dominican Republic produces over 8 billion cigars annually
Dominican Today
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June 23, 2025
Santiago de los Caballeros.- The Dominican Republic remains the world’s top exporter of premium cigars, producing over 8.4 billion cigars each year, according to Iván Hernández Guzmán, director of the Dominican Tobacco Institute (Intabaco). Of...
North Providence toddler killed in hit-and-run while visiting family in Dominican Republic
WJAR - Rhode Island
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A North Providence family is mourning the loss of a 2-year-old boy who was killed in a hit-and-run crash while visiting family in the Dominican Republic earlier this month. According to a GoFundMe page created by the mother’s employer, Eyren...
Dominican Republic expresses interest in growing cacao in Guyana
Stabroek News
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June 23, 2025
Having determined that there is a lucrative international market for cacao, the Dominican Republic (DR) wants to partner with Guyana to grow the crop here, according to that country’s Ambassador Ernesto Torres. “The DR has presented a proposal to...
Migration Directorate fines 25 companies for hiring undocumented workers
Dominican Today
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July 1, 2025
Santo Domingo.- The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) announced it has fined 25 companies for employing undocumented foreign workers, marking what it called a “historic precedent” in enforcing the country’s immigration laws. According to the...
Small businesses pay higher loan rates than car buyers in the DR
DR1
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Accessing credit continues to be a costly challenge for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or Mipymes in the Dominican Republic. Borrowing for a small business is much more costly than financing a new vehicle — despite a generally...
17 years after pivot to China, DR sees little gain amid deep trade imbalance
DR1
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After severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of the People’s Republic of China on 18 May 2018, trade between China and the Dominican Republic has indeed expanded—but with minimal benefits for the Caribbean nation. Diario Libre reports that...
Cracking down on Chinese businesses that violate labor laws
DR1
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A recent crackdown by the Dominican Ministry of Labor has unearthed over 300 labor violations across 13 businesses on Duarte Avenue in Santo Domingo, with Labor Minister Eddy Olivares Ortega specifically calling out foreign, particularly Chinese,...
Guatemalan authorities seize marijuana shipment bound for Dominican Republic
Dominican Today
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Guatemala.- Guatemalan security forces intercepted a shipment of 900 pounds of marijuana on Tuesday at the Santo Tomás de Castilla commercial port in Puerto Barrios, Izabal province, on the country’s Atlantic coast. The National Civil Police (PNC)...
In new bestsellers, Fox’s Jones on first responders, and E. Jean Carroll’s memoir
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 7, 2025
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 21, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of...
Royal Gold Acquires Sandstorm And Horizon In Bold Expansion Move
Benzinga
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Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD is making a decisive move to scale up in the precious metals streaming and royalty space through two simultaneous acquisitions, a $3.5 billion all-share merger with Sandstorm Gold Ltd. SAND and a $196 million cash deal for...
Arajet Launches New Daily Flights Between Santo Domingo and Newark
Caribbean Journal
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June 24, 2025
Dominican airline Arajet has officially launched new nonstop service between Santo Domingo and Newark, the first time in three decades that a Dominican airline has operated this connection. The inaugural flight, DM 2310, landed at Newark Liberty...
Collado highlights growth of Chilean tourism to the Dominican Republic
Dominican Today
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June 24, 2025
Santiago, Chile.- Tourism Minister David Collado celebrated the growing influx of Chilean tourists to the Dominican Republic, describing Chile as a key strategic market for the Caribbean nation. Speaking in Santiago, Chile, Collado met with over...
BVI and Dominican Republic reaffirm economic importance of Greater Caribbean
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 24, 2025
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) and the Dominican Republic (DR) have reaffirmed the economic importance of the Greater Caribbean region, emphasizing the need to boost economic dynamism and resilience through stronger regional cooperation. BVI...
Dominican Republic: Four fuel prices increase, others subsidized
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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June 21, 2025
This was informed by the vice-minister of Internal Commerce of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes, Ramón Pérez, who specified that the Executive allocated 214 million pesos (about three million 500 thousand dollars) to protect several...
Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Dominican Republic’s Coast
Times News Global
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June 24, 2025
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred off the Dominican Republic’s coast on Monday, June 23, 2025, at 10:45 PM local time, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake had a depth of...
Dominican Republic ranks third in Caribbean for medical tourism to Medellín
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- In 2024, the Dominican Republic became the third-largest Caribbean country sending patients to Medellín, Colombia, for medical tourism, drawn by the city’s high-quality specialized healthcare. According to the International Patient...
Dominican Republic leads region in foreign investment
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic has once again emerged as the top destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Central America and the Caribbean, maintaining its leadership for the third consecutive year, according to the UNCTAD World...
Macroeconomic report shows local resilience, yet flags financial warning signs
DR1
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Growth forecasts for 2025, initially pegged at a robust 4-5%, have been significantly downgraded. The Ministry of Economy and Central Bank reports for May 2025, are tempered outlooks for the nation’s economic performance in the current year. This...
Senator Omar Fernández warns of economic impact of Israel-Iran conflict on Dominican Republic
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Senator Omar Fernández has raised concerns about the potential economic fallout for the Dominican Republic from escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. He warned that a possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz—a key route for...