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2025 in the Dominican Republic
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Events in the year 2025 in the Dominican Republic.
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Events
January
- January 17 – Four people drown off the coast of Punta Cana amid rough conditions.[1]
March
- March 6 – Disappearance of Sudiksha Konanki[2]
April
- 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
June
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
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Holidays
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- 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
- 8 April – Notable individuals killed in the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse:
- Tony Blanco, 44, baseball player (Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama DeNA BayStars, Orix Buffaloes)[19]
- Nelsy Cruz, 42, politician, governor of Monte Cristi Province (since 2020)[20]
- Octavio Dotel, 51, baseball player (Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets)[21]
- Rubby Pérez, 69, merengue singer[22]
- 12 August – Antonio Isa Conde, 85, politician, minister of energy and mines (2015–2020).[23]
- 26 August – Franklin Domínguez, 94, playwright, theater director, and actor (Ratman, The Lost City).[24]
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References
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