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Two Canadian nationals are killed and 18 others are injured in a bus crash near Cumayasa, La Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic.
2026-03-1

A judge in the Dominican Republic sentences seven former government officials to over a year in preventative detention in a US$250 million corruption case involving the health ministry.
2025-12-15

The Dominican Republic permits the United States to use the Las Américas International Airport in Punta Caucedo, Santo Domingo, and the San Isidro Air Base to support Operation Southern Spear targeting alleged drug traffickers linked by the U.S. to Venezuelan authorities.
2025-11-26

The Dominican Republic experiences a rare countrywide blackout, which officials blame on a failure in the power transmission grid.
2025-11-11

The Dominican Republic postpones the Summit of the Americas until next year, citing regional tensions following U.S. military operations near Venezuela and storm damage in several participating countries.
2025-11-3

At least four people are killed in Haiti and the Dominican Republic by Tropical Storm Melissa.
2025-10-24

Five people are killed, including one perpetrator, in two cases of filicide in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2025-08-24

At least 124 people, including Dominican politician Nelsy Cruz and former Major League Baseball players Tony Blanco and Octavio Dotel, are killed and 160 others are injured when the roof of a nightclub collapses during a performance by merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who is among the dead, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
2025-04-8

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits near the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, with no damage reported.
2025-02-25

One person is killed and four others are injured when a Learjet 35A aircraft veers off the runway and crashes into a Gulfstream G200 aircraft at Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States.
2025-02-10