Dominican Today is the first and only English-language newspaper in the Dominican Republic based out of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Spanish is the main language in the Dominican Republic. This newspaper was released on March 23, 2005 and is owned by Portal Alta Technologia also known as PATRD and was founded by Avishai who is a native of Israel who also created the Dominican web-design company Merit Designs. Since the publishing of the website, they have gotten to 500,000 web views a month and more than 1,500,000 page views. Dominican Today is linked through hundreds of different websites throughout the Dominican Republic. Dominican Today says, "We pride ourselves on keeping our content free of influence of personal, government or corporate interests.
Dominican Today covers all topics like local news, economy, sports, world, tourism, opinion, people, health, north coast, expats' corner, and Bavaro and Punta Cana News. By law the Dominican Republic requires the freedom of speech and press and this is apparent through there website. The Dominican Republic is a presidential democratic republic but is said to have the tendencies of conservatives. According to the Constitution of the Dominican Republic "every person may, without being subject to prior censorship, freely state his or her thinking by the written word or by any other means of expression, either graphic or oral."
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This past Saturday, there was a solar eclipse that was seen all around the world. The solar eclipse was seen in the Dominican Republic for a little over three hours. Santo Domingo has The Museum of Natural Sciences where they allowed locals to come watch the solar eclipse through telescopes and other devices at the museum. "We were giving explanations to people about th8is annular solar eclipse, and everyone who enjoyed it did so with the recommended protection measures," Leon added, reiterating that, contrary to the partial solar eclipse of 2017, this time, the weather conditions were "magnificent" to enjoy it." "An eclipse occurs when one astronomical object totally or partially hides another. From Earth, we can see solar and lunar eclipses. In the first case, the Moon obscures the solar disk, and in the second, the Moon intervenes in the shadow that the Earth casts in space. In an annular eclipse like today's, the Moon does not cover the Sun's disk, although their centers are well aligned, and the result is a bright orange ring surrounding the lunar disk." The eclipse was seen starting on the coast of the northwestern United States then through to Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
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"Haiti has temporarily closed its border crossings, halting the partial reopening of commercial exchanges ordered by the Dominican government nearly a month after the crisis between the two nations over the Masacre River's waters." In an effort to improve the situation, Dominican officials temporarily unlocked the Dajabon border, granting access to the Provisional Commercial Corridors (CCP) for Haitians in search of essential supplies. Trade remained at a minimum, as some Haitian enterprises reportedly aimed to hinder the resumption of interactions with Dominicans. The border situation has caused an issue for Haitian citizens who are living in the Dominican Republic because they cannot get to basic necessities. "The Dominican Foreign Minister, Roberto Alvarez, is set to present the canal dispute case to the OAS, aiming to inform member countries about the situation along the border and foster objective opinions on the matter."
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"A group of 11 Dominicans who traveled to Israel from New York for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Turkey have found themselves stranded in Israel due to the ongoing conflict in the region. The group includes four individuals with American residences, which has complicated their situation as they have sought assistance from both the Dominican consulate in Israel and the US embassy. While the seven Dominicans with the US citizenship have options to return to New York, they have chosen to stay in Israel to support the fours who are still waiting for help. The stranded individuals range in age from 65 to 80 years old. Nancy Coten, one of the stranded Dominicans, explained that they have been actively searching for ways to leave Israel, including applying for visas to Greece and looking for available flights to countries where they can travel without a visa. Congressman Adriano Espaillat's office has been assisting them in their efforts. The group had arrived in Israel on October 7 for their pilgrimage, unaware of the conflict that would erupt. They were initially informed that everything was calm, but the situation escalated suddenly, leading to the cancellation of their scheduled flight to Turkey. Nancy Coten expressed her concern for her mother, who is hypertensive, diabetic, and has a heart condition, making her vulnerable in the current situation. The group has described their journey as exhausting and stressful, especially for the older adults with health conditions among them. Congressman Espaillat has been coordinating their departure and exploring various options, including crossing the Jordanian border. They are also looking for flights to Dubai as an alternative in case they cannot obtain visas to Greece. In the meantime, the group will have to spend another night at the airport in Israel."
These are just a few examples of what you see on Dominican Today News Website. Dominican Today News does a great job of strictly stating the facts with freedom of speech without straying too far out of the lines. They say what they need to say without sugar coating anything. Dominican Today covers a large amount of topics like local news, economy, sports, world, tourism, opinion, people, health, north coast, expats' corner, and Bavaro and Punta Cana News. This news website is a great example of an English-language newspaper in a different country that well informs its audience.
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