ALTA EDICIÓN
Reporting with sources, original dates and verification limits.
Editorial cutoff: 2026-10-02 22:20 America/Santo_Domingo.
Punta Cana
IDAC reported a planned ILS-DME landing system procurement for Punta Cana airport, with RD$150 million budgeted in its procurement plan, not a verified disbursement. The information was released from Washington.
Punta Cana
RD Vial carried out signage work on the Otra Banda–Verón road in Vallejina following district requests. Mayor Alexander Rodríguez continues to ask the public works ministry to widen the road. A widening start date and contracting status were not verified; this does not establish their absence.
Punta Cana
Tourism Minister David Collado reported talks with Fabián Lombardo during FIT to increase Aerolíneas Argentinas flights to Punta Cana: five weekly in December 2026 and seven in January 2027.
Punta Cana
Environment authorities reported removing 73 structures at four locations in protected Hoyo Claro, Verón. The ministry describes the structures as illegal. Prosecutors, SENPA, the army and immigration authorities participated; monitoring was announced.
Punta Cana
The new policing model was presented October 2 in Higüey, near the Basilica. The announced deployment for seven eastern departments includes 990 trained and equipped officers, 84 quadrants and 39 corridors. The count covers the announced deployment across those seven departments; it does not specify how many officers are assigned to Punta Cana.
Punta Cana
The thirteenth BMCargo invitational took place at Corales, Puntacana Resort, September 24–26, with 360 players. Organizers announced RD$8,216,000 raised for Fundación Puntacana, Un Techo para mi País RD and LASO. César Rodríguez and Marcel Olivares won Overall Gross; Manuel Rivas and Gabriel Bobea won Overall Net.
Punta Cana
Alejandro Fernández performed September 26 at Bahía Príncipe Bávaro Resort. Local reporting describes roughly five thousand attendees and a show of about two and a half hours, featuring mariachi, rancheras, ballads and Latin pop. Production involved ABR Productions and Piñero.
