The Dominican Republic He returned to his usual routine after the holiday of Easter weekwith congested transit in the capital, reopene offices and newly active classrooms. However, the day left more than a simple return to the daily rhythm: it also left a balance of 23 people killed from the afternoon of Holy Thursday until 6:00 in the morning yesterday, according to the Emergency Operations Center (COE) in its last bulletin.
According to the three reports of the COE, until 6:00 in the morning of Sunday of Resurrection 166 were recorded Traffic accidents And most, specifically 145, were caused by Motorcycles.
Road behavior during the major week reflects a persistent trend: the country continues to occupy the second world place in Deaths by Traffic accidents per capita. Despite preventive campaigns and safety operations, the figures re -highlight the structural challenges in mobility, especially during displacement peaks such as holy days.
Return to the city
On Sunday afternoon, from early hours, long lines of vehicles in the main access roads to the capital. Highways such as the Americas, Duarte and November 6 were crowded with travelers who returned after several days of rest in tourist destinations, rivers and beaches. For many, the Easter week It has gone from being a time of reflection to a high season for leisure and recreation.
The seven words
However, the liturgical acts They do not disappear. The Religious ceremonies They congregated the faithful in the temples. The worship of the cross, the viacrucis and the traditional sermon of the seven words, were present on Good Friday. The reflections on the latest expressions of Christ on the cross marked one of the most solemn moments of the Catholic calendar. An obvious contrast with the bustle of coastal and rural areas, where the holiday was different.
Resurrection
That contrast was repeated on Sunday of Resurrectiondate that commemorates the triumph of the life About death.
While some communities celebrated the Eucharist With songs of happiness and liturgies, in other spaces the end of a recreational getaway was lived.
The Holy Week of 2025 was marked not only by the usual mass flow of vacationers to the beaches and towns of the interior, and accidents on the roads, but also by the continuity of the tragedy of the Jet Set, whose sequelae felt even in holy days.
With the death of one more victim during the holiday, the number of deaths by the collapse of the ceiling in the iconic capital disco rose to 232 people, becoming one of the worst civil catastrophes in the recent history of the country.
The case continued to generate shock and occupying headlines, while social networks amplified versions, contents and speculation, moving largely the religious sense of the moment.
