News | Wednesday, April 16 2025
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00:00To keep you informed, Listín Diario, the newspaper of Dominicans, presents the most important news of the day.
00:07Cover stories for Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
00:11It only took two minutes for what was, at the time, considered the worst tragedy in the Dominican Republic to unfold.
00:18Dominicana de Aviación Flight 603 crashed into the Caribbean Sea
00:23after taking off from Las Americas International Airport en route to Carolina, Puerto Rico.
00:30The death toll was 102, 97 passengers and 5 crew members.
00:35The sea saved their voices.
00:37It was February 15, 1970. It was a Sunday afternoon.
00:42More than half a century has passed since that catastrophe.
00:46To be exact, 55 years and 2 months.
00:50The heartbreaking images still float in the country's collective memory.
00:53Reconstructing the truth amidst chaos, despair and pain is a difficult task that forensic doctors must perform
01:01to ensure the correct identity of a deceased person.
01:04The Civil Registry Officer for the 10th District of the National District, Sofia Ureña-Rodriguez,
01:10clarified yesterday that the information appearing on the death certificates of the victims of the Jet Set Nightclub collapse
01:17early Tuesday morning comes from information provided by the National Institute of Forensic Pathology
01:23and that the official does not have the authority to modify them.
01:27One week after the tragedy at the Jet Set Nightclub, which occurred last Tuesday, April 8th,
01:33the injured admitted to various medical centers in Santo Domingo are showing improvement
01:37and at least five remain in intensive care units, ICUs.
01:42The Dominican Republic reached a record number of arrivals during the first quarter of this year,
01:47receiving 33,487,716 visitors, representing a 4% increase compared to the same period in 2024
01:56and a 16% increase compared to 2023, reported Minister of Tourism David Collado.
02:02The flow of remittances received during March 2025 totaled US$1,110,3 million,
02:09representing a 20.0% increase compared to March 2024
02:14and a 21.2% increase compared to February 2025-2025,
02:20when US$917.0 million had been received.
02:25The Commission for the Oversight of Public Infrastructure in the Face of Climate Change
02:30is currently evaluating major road structures, including bridges and overpasses
02:34located in different areas of Santo Domingo, Santiago and San Pedro de Macorís.
02:39Senator Pedro Tineo filed a bill seeking to create the National System
02:44for the Supervision and Certification of Public and Private Works
02:47to guarantee the ongoing evaluation of infrastructure projects that are over 10 years old.
02:53For Listin Diario, voiceover and translation by Danny Leon.
02:56To keep you informed, Listin Diario, the newspaper of Dominicans,
03:00presented the most important news of the day.
03:03Listin Diario, the newspaper of Dominicans,