Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic ready to take on Jamaica’s tourism after Hurricane Melissa

The Dominican Republic has so far welcomed more than 8 million visitors from January to October

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic grants US access to restricted areas for its deadly fight against drugs

The president of the Dominican Republic says he has authorized the U.S. government to operate inside restricted areas in the Caribbean country to help in its fight against drug trafficking

The Independent UK

Full blackout hits the Dominican Republic as crews scramble to restore power

A rare blackout has hit the entire Dominican Republic, snarling traffic and paralyzing business in the country of nearly 11 million people

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Cleveland 's Luis Ortiz to appear in court over allegations he took bribes to rig pitches

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is due in court on charges accusing him and teammate Emmanuel Clase of taking bribes to help bettors in their native Dominican Republic win prop bets placed on pitches they threw

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a ‘catastrophic’ hurricane

The National Hurricane Center called the forecast extremely uncertain with significant changes possible

The Independent UK

Fentanyl Crisis Expanding Across Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic, According to International Reports

Puerto Rico's fatal overdoses tied to fentanyl outpace homicides, Costa Rica probes suspected pill labs after large tablet seizures, and the Dominican Republic surfaces in U.S. financial intelligence and indictments. The U.S. has escalated military and law-enforcement activity in nearby Caribbean waters, while Washington officials increasingly blame Venezuela's Maduro for…

Latin Times

Too scared to go to hospital: the pregnant women in Dominican Republic dying because of deportation fears

Haitian Lourda Jean Pierre died shortly after giving birth at home after seeing images of pregnant women and new mothers being rounded up in hospitals by immigration agents

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Rays SS Wander Franco Found Guilty for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Dominican Republic

His two-year prison sentence is suspended.

Sports Illustrated

Mexico 3–2 Dominican Republic: Player Ratings from El Tri's Concerning Gold Cup Opener

Mexico secured all three points in their Concacaf Gold Cup opener despite some scares against the Dominican Republic.

Sports Illustrated

Mexico vs. Dominican Republic: Preview, Predictions and Lineups

Full preview for Mexico vs. the Dominican Republic in the Concacaf Gold Cup including score predictions, team news, lineups and more.

Sports Illustrated

Mexico Predicted Lineup vs. Dominican Republic: Will El Tri Go Full Strength?

Predicting Mexico's national team lineup in their Gold Cup opener against the Dominican Republic.

Sports Illustrated

Teen girl testifies behind closed doors in Wander Franco trial in the Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has appeared in court in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl who testified behind closed doors

The Independent UK

For Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, ‘reproduction is like a death sentence’

On May 9, Lourdia Jean-Pierre, a 32-year-old Haitian migrant woman, died after giving birth in her rural home in El Ceibo, Dominican Republic. The cause of death was a postpartum hemorrhage, according to a news report in The Haitian Times.

The Conversation

Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Monday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Russia's foreign minister visits the Dominican Republic to strengthen economic and commercial ties

Russia expects to open its first embassy in the Dominican Republic as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov defined the Caribbean country as a “promising partner."

International Business Times

'Cruel Measure': Dominican Crackdown On Haitian Hospitals

Still in pain from giving birth, a Haitian mother carrying her newborn was helped onto a migration services bus in the Dominican Republic, joining a family member who was arrested when he visited her in hospital.

The Guardian - UK

Dominican Republic deports pregnant women in ‘inhumane’ migrant crackdown

More than 130 women and children who fled Haiti to seek healthcare rounded up in hospitals and sent back

The Independent UK

The owner of a Dominican nightclub whose roof collapsed, killing 232, speaks for the first time

The owner of a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic whose roof collapsed and killed 232 people this month said it had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed with plasterboard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic

The first known lawsuit has been filed against the owners of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed and killed 231 people in the Dominican Republic

The Independent UK

New York City's mayor visits the Dominican Republic after the deadly nightclub roof collapse

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is visiting the Dominican Republic to pay his respects to the 226 people who died last week when the roof of a legendary nightclub collapsed

The Independent UK

Death toll from Dominican club roof collapse rises to 225 after 4 die overnight

Health officials say four people hospitalized after being rescued from the rubble of a roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic died overnight

The Independent UK

A timeline of the roof collapse at an iconic Dominican club that killed 221

A roof collapse at the legendary Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo has plunged the Dominican Republic into mourning

Euronews

Emergency officials scramble to identify 184 victims of Dominican Republic nightclub disaster

The Jet Set club in Santo Domingo was packed with musicians, professional athletes, and government officials when dust began falling from the ceiling early on Tuesday.

Dynamite News

Death toll mounts to 184 in Dominican Republic Nightclub roof collapse

The incident took place in Santo Domingo on Tuesday during the performance by merengue singer Rubby Pérez. Read fourther on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Death toll from nightclub roof collapse hits 218 after Dominican Republic’s worst disaster in decades

At least eight of more than 20 hospitalised people remain in critical condition

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Major League Baseball

Concacaf Nations League

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

the Dominican Republic

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.