institutional strengthening

Santo Domingo. - The Alcoholic Beverage Control Directorate (COBA), a department of the Ministry of the Interior and Police, exceeded the established business supervision goal by 163% during 2025, by carrying out 266,937 supervisions and regulating 56,487 establishments throughout the national territory. These results consolidate a comprehensive strategy that combines prevention, guidance, supervision and institutional modernization to strengthen citizen coexistence and compliance with the rules…

Santo Domingo.- The Minister of the Interior and Police, Faride Raful, stated this Monday that any police officer who acts contrary to the law must answer for their actions, reiterating that no member of the institution is above the law. During the weekly meeting of the Citizen Security Task Force, headed by Vice President Raquel Peña, the official maintained that the transformation of the National Police constitutes one of the main institutional strengthening processes promoted by the Governme…

According to the report presented by the Minister of Communication and Media, Patrick Muyaya, the Head of State instructed the Government, under the coordination of the Prime Minister, to immediately apply the texts governing the IGT, in particular by strengthening its administrative and financial autonomy and finalizing its organization. The Minister of Employment and Labor, in collaboration with his colleagues from the Budget, the Civil Service, Finance as well as the other services concerned…

In connection with the launch of the monitoring process, Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency Akmal Burkhanov met with Ivan Presnyakov, Head of the Monitoring Team at the OECD Secretariat. The parties discussed the effective organization of the process. The monitoring is being conducted by experts from the OECD, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank, as well as Ukraine, Latvia and Lithuania. The assessment analyzes the work carried out in 2025 across…

Santo Domingo.–President Luis Abinader reaffirmed this Friday his commitment to strengthening the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Comptroller General of the Republic, as part of the actions aimed at raising the levels of transparency, prevention of irregularities and controlling the use of State resources. During a visit to the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR), President Luis Abinader learned about the institutional strengthening of the Anti-Fraud Unit, whose new organizational structure expand…

Santo Domingo.- In compliance with the mandate conferred by Law 16-26, which authorizes payment to State contractors and creates a commission to review claims arising from works carried out with or without a formal contract, the first work session was held in which a protocol for the application of the aforementioned legislation was approved and In this way, honor commitments to third parties that meet established requirements. The approval was adopted by the commission established by law, whic…