00:00To keep you informed, Listín Diario, the newspaper of Dominicans, presents the most important news of the day.
00:07Front page news for Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
00:11President Luis Abinader declared yesterday that the current situation in the Dominican Republic goes beyond a simple immigration problem
00:19and that the current situation in Haiti is a very special one that has led the government to take extraordinary actions to contain the migration of undocumented Haitians.
00:28The early hours of Tuesday, April 8 of this year went from dancing, singing and enjoying good music to the tragedy that marked the country, the collapse of the roof of the jet-set nightclub.
00:39At 12.44 a.m., exactly three months ago, approximately 400 people were inside the capital's most popular nightclub, unaware that this would be the end of their lives.
00:50Just 24 hours after the implementation of the left-turn ban on Lope de Vega Avenue in Santo Domingo,
00:58the measure has already generated strong criticism among transportation union leaders.
01:03The need for places in greater Santo Domingo schools for the 2025 to 2026 school year has increased.
01:10Waiting lists are long in some centers, while others have extended the registration period.
01:15The Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Manuel Rodolfo Otero-Justo,
01:22spoke to Listine Diario about the importance of young people getting involved in the use of technology in agriculture
01:28and encouraging them to believe in the industry as youth are key to promoting generational change.
01:34Chinese merchants complained about the closure of at least 15 establishments without sufficient justification
01:42and called on their compatriots not to hire undocumented Haitians.
01:46Community members of the Maria Auxiliadora neighborhood are demanding the completion of repairs to the club of the same name,
01:53located in the 3rd District of the National District, whose precarious conditions were reported by this newspaper a year ago.
02:01For Listine Diario, voiceover and translation by Danny Leon.
02:05To keep you informed, Listine Diario, the newspaper of Dominicans, presented the most important news of the day.