{"id":168733,"date":"2026-10-09T04:56:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/kelvin-cruz-allocates-rd2-billion-to-boost-dominican-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T04:56:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:56:32","slug":"kelvin-cruz-allocates-rd2-billion-to-boost-dominican-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/kelvin-cruz-allocates-rd2-billion-to-boost-dominican-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Cruz allocates RD$2 billion to boost Dominican sports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Government to inject RD$2 billion into Dominican sports with recovered funds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Sports and Recreation (Miderec) has received a historic financial boost. The head of the ministry, Kelvin Cruz, announced that the Dominican Government will allocate RD$2 billion for the comprehensive strengthening of the national sports sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This significant budget allocation comes from resources recovered by the State following judicial processes related to acts of corruption from past administrations. The news was announced during a press conference led by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, who reaffirmed his commitment to the well-being of the youth and the athletic development of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investment priorities and scope<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As detailed by Kelvin Cruz, these funds will be integrated directly into the Ministry of Sports&#8217; budget with the strategic objective of addressing the most urgent needs and correcting the historical deficiencies that have limited the progress of various sports disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The allocation seeks to contribute to a more equitable distribution of resources destined for sports, as well as to improve support for the various disciplines and those who practice them.<\/p>\n<cite>Kelvin Cruz, Minister of Sports<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the official&#8217;s statements, this investment will focus on fundamental pillars for the advancement of Dominican sports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Infrastructure optimization:<\/strong> Improvement of physical conditions for sports practice throughout the national territory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Budgetary equity:<\/strong> Ensuring that resources reach all disciplines fairly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Athlete support:<\/strong> Strengthening direct backing for athletes, who represent the engine of the country&#8217;s competitive development.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Addressing sector demands:<\/strong> Responding effectively to the concerns raised by the various actors in the sports community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With this measure, the Government seeks to raise the standard of sports activities in the Dominican Republic, ensuring that sport becomes a tool for social cohesion and international success, taking advantage of resources that now return for the direct benefit of the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government to inject RD$2 billion into Dominican sports with recovered funds The Ministry of Sports and Recreation (Miderec) has received a historic financial boost. The head of the ministry, Kelvin Cruz, announced that the Dominican Government will allocate RD$2 billion for the comprehensive strengthening of the national sports sector. This significant budget allocation comes from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[4422,12872,654,493],"class_list":{"0":"post-168733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-budget","9":"tag-government","10":"tag-investment","11":"tag-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}