{"id":32564,"date":"2026-04-16T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/?p=32564"},"modified":"2026-04-16T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T14:29:13","slug":"dominican-republic-dajabon-fire-abinader-criticism-cibao-fc-scheldeur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/dominican-republic-dajabon-fire-abinader-criticism-cibao-fc-scheldeur\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic: Dajab\u00f3n fire, political criticism and football developments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Fire at the Dajab\u00f3n binational market<\/h3>\n<p>A fire broke out on April 15, 2026, at the Dajab\u00f3n binational market, affecting several commercial stalls. According to available information, the blaze started in one unit before spreading rapidly to adjacent structures. Three units from the local fire department responded to the incident and managed to contain the flames, preventing further escalation. No casualties were reported. However, multiple vendors sustained significant material losses. The market serves as a key hub for trade between the Dominican Republic <a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/politica\/20260415\/opcion-democratica-considera-fallidos-dialogos-abinader-califica-propaganda-mediatica_901909.html\">and Haiti, regularly hosting merchants and buyers from both sides of the border.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica criticizes government dialogues<\/h3>\n<p>On the same day, the political party Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica publicly criticized the dialogues convened by President Luis Abinader as part of national consultation processes. The party referred to initiatives such as the \u201cDi\u00e1logo por las Reformas\u201d launched in 2021 and the \u201cPlan Meta 2036\u201d presented in 2024. According to the organization, these processes have not produced concrete outcomes nor effectively incorporated proposals from participating sectors. Its president, Jos\u00e9 Horacio Rodr\u00edguez, stated that the absence of a defined agenda and follow-up mechanisms limits the impact of these consultations. The party also referenced the regional<a href=\"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/dominican-republic-migration-rules-drug-seizures\/\"> context, noting that the situation in Haiti requires structured responses. <\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Junior Scheldeur\u2019s record with Cibao FC In sports<\/h3>\n<p>National media highlighted the trajectory of Junior Scheldeur, who has led Cibao FC since June 2024. Under his leadership, the team won the national league title in September 2024. The club also returned to the Concacaf Champions Cup, a competition it had not reached since 2018. Additionally, Cibao FC reached the final of the Caribbean Club Championship and recorded a draw against Mexican side Chivas de Guadalajara in international competition.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Soraya Ades.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire at the Dajab\u00f3n binational market A fire broke out on April 15, 2026, at the Dajab\u00f3n binational market, affecting several commercial stalls. According to available information, the blaze started in one unit before spreading rapidly to adjacent structures. Three units from the local fire department responded to the incident and managed to contain the flames, preventing further escalation. No casualties were reported. However, multiple vendors sustained significant material losses. The market serves as a key hub for trade between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, regularly hosting merchants and buyers from both sides of the border. Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica criticizes government dialogues On the same day, the political party Opci\u00f3n Democr\u00e1tica publicly criticized the dialogues convened by President Luis Abinader as part of national consultation processes. The party referred to initiatives such as the \u201cDi\u00e1logo por las Reformas\u201d launched in 2021 and the \u201cPlan Meta 2036\u201d presented in 2024. According to the organization, these processes have not produced concrete outcomes nor effectively incorporated proposals from participating sectors. Its president, Jos\u00e9 Horacio Rodr\u00edguez, stated that the absence of a defined agenda and follow-up mechanisms limits the impact of these consultations. The party also referenced the regional context, noting that the situation in Haiti requires structured responses. Junior Scheldeur\u2019s record with Cibao FC In sports National media highlighted the trajectory of Junior Scheldeur, who has led Cibao FC since June 2024. Under his leadership, the team won the national league title in September 2024. The club also returned to the Concacaf Champions Cup, a competition it had not reached since 2018. Additionally, Cibao FC reached the final of the Caribbean Club Championship and recorded a draw against Mexican side Chivas de Guadalajara in international competition. Soraya Ades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"4","parallax":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":"A fire at the border market, criticism of Luis Abinader and the performance of Cibao FC led by Junior Scheldeur"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3221],"tags":[4496,5524,5522,3546,5521,4716,3463,5525,4497,5523,4899],"class_list":["post-32564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dominican-republic","tag-border","tag-cibao-fc","tag-dajabon","tag-dominican-republic","tag-fire","tag-football","tag-haiti","tag-junior-scheldeur","tag-luis-abinader","tag-opcion-democratica","tag-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lequotidien509.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/an-53.webp?fit=1366%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32566,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32564\/revisions\/32566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lequotidien509.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}