The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched a new Tourism Task Force during the Plenary Meeting of the Americas Business Dialogue (ABD). The ...

With 23 of 34 voting countries for the Executive Council of the United Nations Tourism voted yes to Shaikha Al Nowais as new Secretary-General from 2026. The position still needs to be confirmed by ...

Uber has partnered with Aerodom, the managing company at Las Americas International Airport (AILA – SDQ) and Sichala, the airport’s taxi company, to enhance mobility at AILA and provide a better ...

The Dominican Republic is a world leader in the business of wedding tourism. Statistics presented at the recent International Association of Destination Wedding Professionals indicated that the ...

Tensions escalated in the Dominican Republic’s northcentral Cotui region in Sanchez Ramirez province on 30 May 2025 with clashes between local residents and Dominican security forces. Community ...

After the airing of the El Informe con Alicia Ortega that revealed inappropriate conduct and alleged sexual harassment impacting several female gymnasts, the Gymnastics Federation (Fedogim) ordered ...

This past weekend, President Luis Abinader was able to provide property certificates to well over 800 person in 21 different sectors of West Santo Domingo and East Santo Domingo. The President told ...

The new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Surinamese Albert Ramdin, said he would take an “action-oriented” approach when dealing with beleaguered Haiti during his ...

Resolution 9-2025 authorizes the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to issue a single standard format effective 1 July 2025. This reform eliminates the previously available “extract” and “extensive” ...

The start of dialogue on the “Haitian Crisis and its Implications for the Dominican Republic” at the Economic and Social Council (CES) has been rescheduled for June 5th, from June 3rd.

The announcement was made after a successful meeting of the Americas Business Dialogue, hosted by the IADB and the Ministry of Foreign Relations in Santo Domingo. These talks brought together 70 ...

“Talking about natural disasters or natural risks is almost archaic,” Lagos stated. He explained that blaming nature is a way of shirking responsibility, noting that “it’s evidently a political way of ...