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 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.[3]
May
[edit]June
[edit]- June 26 – A court in Puerto Plata convicts baseballer Wander Franco of sexually abusing a minor and sentences him to a suspended two-year prison term.[5]
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.[6][7]
- 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.[8]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[9]
- 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)[10]
- Nelsy Cruz, 42, politician, governor of Monte Cristi Province (since 2020)[11]
- Octavio Dotel, 51, baseball player (Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Mets)[12]
- Rubby Pérez, 69, merengue singer[13]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
