Luis Abinader

Santo Domingo.- The Anti-Crisis Plan proposal presented last week by the Dominican Government contemplates measures aimed at protecting families, supporting those who produce and preserving the country's economic stability in the face of the challenges that the international crisis continues to generate. This was highlighted in his weekly summary by the director of the Directorate of Government Strategy and Communication (Diecom), Félix Reyna, who explained that the initiative will be submitted…

Santo Domingo.-The National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi) has begun the renovation of the basketball courts of the Comprehensive Care Center for Adolescents in Conflict with the Criminal Law “Ciudad del Niño”, located on the Hato Nuevo highway, as the first step in a series of supports aimed at young people deprived of liberty who receive care in that facility. This intervention represents the beginning of a support program aimed at strengthening sports and training spaces within the …

Santo Domingo.-The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) launched the Nobaci Health Sector System, an innovative technological platform designed to strengthen internal control in public hospitals, as part of the actions ordered by President Luis Abinader to raise the levels of transparency, efficiency and risk-based management within the national hospital network. The initiative was presented by the Comptroller General of the Republic, Geraldo Espinosa Pérez, during an event in which he hig…

Santiago de los Caballeros.-The Ministry of Housing, Habitat and Buildings (Mivhed) is developing a portfolio of projects in Santiago that exceeds RD 4.4 billion in investment, focused on expanding access to decent housing, strengthening service infrastructure and improving the living conditions of thousands of families in the province. During his participation in the Council of Ministers headed by President Luis Abinader, Minister Víctor “Ito” Bisonó presented the progress of the main initiati…

Santo Domingo.–The Dominican Electric Transmission Company (ETED) reported that this Tuesday, June 16, it will carry out preventive replacement of structures and technical optimization on the 69 kV Bonao II – La Vega transmission line. These actions are part of the ongoing major infrastructure maintenance plan, aimed at strengthening the reliability of the network, preventing unforeseen events and guaranteeing safe and efficient high-voltage energy transportation in the northern part of the coun…

Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM), Yayo Sanz Lovatón, announced this Monday that he will propose a reform to the Hydrocarbons Law no. 112-00, to modernize the market and regulate the consumption of fossil fuels and petroleum derivatives in the Dominican Republic in accordance with new times. “We have to review that law, we have to reform it,” Yayo emphasized, while pledging to push said modification to the National Congress, from the MICM. Through Law 112-00, …

Santiago.– The Minister of Health, Víctor Atallah, highlighted the progress made in the province of Santiago between the years 2020 and 2026, which have allowed it to be consolidated as a national reference in preventive public health, thanks to the strengthening of the health stewardship, the expansion of prevention actions and the direct protection of hundreds of thousands of citizens. During the Council of Ministers held this Sunday in Santiago, and headed by President Luis Abinader, the hea…

Santo Domingo.–The Ministry of Health, the National Health Service and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held a strategic coordination meeting and the celebration of the Regional Learning Event of the Regional Initiative for the Elimination of Malaria (IREM), a space that brought together health authorities, international organizations, cooperating partners and representatives of nine countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, in which they strengthened their technical and financial c…

Santo Domingo Este.-The National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi), under the leadership of its executive director, Alberto Rodríguez Mella, announced the launch of the “Battle of the Promotions”, a historic tournament that brings together senior high school students (formerly 4th year of high school) from Santo Domingo Este, marking an unprecedented milestone in the history of Dominican school sports. Sports and entertainment during the holidays Director Alberto Rodríguez was emphatic i…

La Altagracia.- The keynote speech by chefs Francisco Alabat and José María Calonge, from the Balearic Islands Hospitality School, highlighted the value of proactive hospitality and service excellence as pillars of culinary innovation in the tourism sector. The masterclass “The Magic of Hospitality Service” was held with the purpose of strengthening academic cooperation and the exchange of knowledge in the areas of hospitality, gastronomy and tourist services. Calonge showed the participants a…

Sánchez Ramírez.- The executive director of the National Health Service (SNS), Dr. Julio Landrón, inaugurated the new Mental Health Unit of the Inmaculada Concepción Hospital, in the municipality of Cotuí, Sánchez Ramírez province. During the inauguration and ribbon-cutting ceremony, Dr. Landrón highlighted that mental health constitutes one of the priority axes of the government headed by President Luis Abinader, due to the growing impact of mental disorders worldwide. "At least one member of…

Bahoruco.-The Dominican Government continues to expand access to electrical energy in rural communities, with investments that exceed RD 48.5 million in the Bahoruco province. As part of this effort, the Minister of Energy and Mines, Joel Santos, led the inauguration of the Rehabilitation and Extension of Electrical Networks project in the municipal district of Uvilla, El Jobo section, and the José Francisco Peña Gómez neighborhood, municipality of Tamayo, a work carried out with an investment …

Santiago de los Caballeros.–The Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, together with the Minister of Sports, Kelvin Cruz, delivered the new multipurpose roof of the Domingo Paulino Club (CDP), a work that strengthens the sports and recreational infrastructure of this province. The facility was built with an investment of RD 44,839,331.02 and covered an approximate intervention of 1,100 square meters, as part of the development and modernization program for sports facilities promoted by th…

Santo Domingo.-The General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Security (Digesett) launched the contraflow extension on Padre Castellanos Avenue, from Antonio Guzmán Street (14th Street), to the Quinto Centenario Express elevated, in an east-west direction, as part of the actions aimed at improving vehicular circulation during morning hours. This initiative aims to make mobility more efficient and faster in the morning hours, facilitating a more orderly and continuous flow of vehicle…

Santo Domingo.-The Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic (Minerd) reported that it concluded the actions that correspond to it in relation to the cases included in the scope of application of Law no. 16-26, which authorizes payment to State contractors and creates a commission to review claims derived from works executed with or without a formal contract, and formalized its referral to the Ministry of Finance and Economy for the continuation of the procedure provided for in said regula…

Santiago de los Caballeros.–The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, and the Vice President Raquel Peña led this Sunday the fifty-eighth Council of Ministers, held in the Botanical Garden of Santiago Professor Eugenio de Jesús Marcano Fondeur, in a work day in which the authorities reviewed the progress of the main projects and interventions promoted by the Government to strengthen the development of the province and the entire Northern region. During the work session, where First Lady Raq…

Santiago. – President Luis Abinaders held a meeting this Saturday with community leaders from the different municipalities and sectors of Santiago, with whom he reviewed the main works carried out by the Government in the province and listened to the priority needs of the communities. During the meeting, the president reviewed, together with community representatives, the progress of projects related to drinking water, road infrastructure, education, health, sports and citizen security, as part…

San José de las Matas.- After decades of waiting, President Luis Abinader inaugurated this Saturday the Carrizal–La Piedra–La Guázuma crossing highway, a work carried out by the Dominican Hydroelectric Generation Company (Egehid), which promotes agricultural production, improves family mobility and strengthens the ecotourism potential of the mountain communities of San José de las Matas, contributing to their economic and social development. The road intervention, with an investment of more tha…

Santiago.– Giving continuity to his commitment to quality public education, President Luis Abinaderinaugurated this Saturday the José Valentín Pérez Castro Basic School, in La Noriega, Santiago, and simultaneously opened another 27 classrooms for the initial level in different parts of the province, expanding the opportunities for access to adequate educational spaces for hundreds of students. The new educational infrastructure incorporates nine standard classrooms and one classroom for the ini…

Santo Domingo.– The Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre (ERD), received in his official office a delegation from the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), led by its deputy commander, Lieutenant General Evan Pettus, and by Sergeant Major Rafael Rodríguez, senior non-commissioned officer of the United States Southern Command and member of the United States Marine Corps. The meeting constituted a space of high strategic value to continue strengthening th…