2025 in the Dominican Republic
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Events in the year 2025 in the Dominican Republic.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 17 – Four people drown off the coast of Punta Cana amid rough conditions.[1]
March
[edit]- March 6 – Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki[2]
April
[edit]- April 6 – The Dominican Republic significantly tightens border controls and migration enforcement along its border with Haiti, as announced by President Abinader.[3][4]
- April 8 – Jet Set nightclub roof collapse: At least 232 people are killed in the collapse of the roof at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.[5]
May
[edit]June
[edit]- June 26 – A court in Puerto Plata convicts baseball player Wander Franco of sexually abusing a minor and sentences him to a suspended two-year prison term.[7]
July
[edit]- July 11 – A boat carrying migrants headed for Puerto Rico sinks off the Dominican coast, killing four people and leaving 20 others missing.[8][9]
- July 28 – Around 1.5 tons of cocaine are seized from the coast of Pedernales, resulting in the arrest of four people including a Colombian national.[10]
August
[edit]- August 18 – One person drowns at Caleta Beach in La Romana amid dangerous swimming conditions caused by Hurricane Erin.[11]
- August 28 – Nine people, including a former prosecutor, are sentenced to up to 10 years' imprisonment for erasing the criminal records of thousands of convicted individuals from 2017 to 2023.[12]
September
[edit]- 10 September – Five suspected gang members are shot dead by police in disputed circumstances in Santiago de los Caballeros.[13] Eleven police officers are arrested on 30 September as part of an investigation into the killings.[14]
- 21 September – Authorities announce the seizure of 377 packages of cocaine from a speedboat destroyed by the US Navy in an anti-narcotics operation off Beata Island.[15]
October
[edit]- 20 October – A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hits San José de Ocoa Province, injuring 12 people.[16]
- 21 October – Eighty miners are rescued following a collapse at the Cerro de Maimón Mine.[17]
- 28 October – At least four people are killed nationwide in adverse weather conditions caused by Hurricane Melissa.[18]
November
[edit]- 11 November – A shutdown of generation units at the San Pedro de Macorís and Quisqueya Power Plants causes a nationwide blackout.[19]
- 19 November – The Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic strikes down as discriminatory a ban on gay sex in the Dominican Republic National Police and the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic.[20]
- 26 November – President Abinader authorizes the United States to temporarily refuel aircraft and transport equipment and technical personnel at restricted areas within the San Isidro Air Base and Las Américas International Airport as part of its anti-narcotics operations.[21]
December
[edit]- 15 December – A judge sentences seven former government officials to over a year in preventative detention in a US$250 million corruption case involving the National Health Insurance agency.[22]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[23]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 21 January – Our Lady of High Grace
- 26 January – Duarte's Birthday
- 27 February – Independence Day
- 18 April – Good Friday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 5 May – Labour Day
- 5 June – Corpus Christi
- 16 August – Restoration Day
- 24 September – Our Lady of Mercy
- 3 November – Constitution Day
- 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths
[edit]- 8 April – Notable individuals killed in the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse:
- Tony Blanco, 44, baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama DeNA BayStars, Orix Buffaloes)[24]
- Nelsy Cruz, 42, politician, governor of Monte Cristi Province (since 2020)[25]
- Octavio Dotel, 51, baseball player (Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets)[26]
- Rubby Pérez, 69, merengue singer[27]
- 12 August – Antonio Isa Conde, 85, politician, minister of energy and mines (2015–2020).[28]
- 26 August – Franklin Domínguez, 94, playwright, theater director, and actor (Ratman, The Lost City).[29]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Four tourists drowned off the eastern coast of the Dominican Republic and two others were rescued". Associated Press. January 20, 2025. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
- ^ "American linked to missing student spotted on beach with investigators in Punta Cana". NBC News. March 17, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic reinforces border security, migration controls towards Haiti". Reuters. April 7, 2025. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic boosts security on border with crisis-ridden Haiti". Al Jazeera. Retrieved September 6, 2025.
- ^ Adames, Martin (April 15, 2025). "The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic". AP News. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
- ^ "5 killed in Dominican border town in a suspected drug trafficking case". AP News. May 20, 2025. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ^ "Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco convicted of sexually abusing a child and gets a suspended sentence". AP News. June 27, 2025. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- ^ "At least 4 dead, 20 missing after boat sinks off Dominican Republic". Al Jazeera. July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
- ^ "Boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of the Dominican Republic killing at least 4 people". Associated Press. July 12, 2025. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican authorities chase a boat for more than 12 hours and net 1½ tons of coke". AP News. July 30, 2025. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
- ^ Díaz, Jazmín (August 19, 2025). "Hombre muere ahogado en playa de La Romana en medio de alertas por huracán Erin" (in Spanish). N Digital. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
- ^ "A former Dominican prosecutor and 8 others are sentenced in a scheme to erase criminal records". AP News. August 29, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican activists decry extrajudicial killings after police fatally shoot 5 suspects". AP News. September 12, 2025. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican authorities arrest 11 police officers in a rare move following the killing of 5 suspects". AP News. October 2, 2025. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic says it seized cocaine that was on speedboat destroyed by US Navy". AP News. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
- ^ "Estudiantes se desmayan tras temblor en Sabana Larga, Ocoa". Listin Diario (in Spanish). October 21, 2025. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
- ^ "Crews rescue 80 miners trapped in the Dominican Republic with no injuries or deaths reported". AP News. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ ""Melissa" toca tierra en Jamaica como huracán categoría 5". El Dia (in Spanish). October 28, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
- ^ "Full blackout hits the Dominican Republic as crews scramble to restore power". AP News. November 12, 2025. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic court strikes down gay sex ban in the police and armed forces". AP News. November 21, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic grants US access to restricted areas for its deadly fight against drugs". AP News. Retrieved November 27, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican judge orders prison for 7 accused in $250 million government corruption scheme". Associated Press. December 15, 2025. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ G, Rafael Zapata (April 8, 2025). "El expelotero Tony Blanco también falleció en desplome de Jet Set". El Nuevo Diario.
- ^ "¿Quién era Nelsy Cruz, la gobernadora que murió tras la tragedia en Santo Domingo?". El Espectador. April 8, 2025. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
- ^ "Octavio Dotel dies from injuries in Dominican Republic nightclub tragedy". USA Today. April 9, 2025.
- ^ "Dominican Republic nightclub collapse kills 113". BBC News. April 9, 2025.
- ^ "Fallece Antonio Isa Conde, dirigente empresarial y exministro de Energía". Diario Libre (in Spanish). August 12, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ Garcia, Adalgisa Aquino (August 26, 2025). "Fallece Franklin Domínguez, dramaturgo dominicano" (in Spanish). Retrieved August 26, 2025.
