Merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who had been performing at a doomed nightclub in the Dominican Republic when its roof collapsed, was among the 98 people declared dead. He was 69 years old.

A roof collapse at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic has killed at least 184 people, authorities said late Wednesday, as emergency services prepared to move on from the rescue phase to ...

Dominican Republic rescue workers have ended the search for survivors of a nightclub roof collapse as the death toll surpassed 180 in the Caribbean nation’s worst disaster in decades.

Justice has been slow in coming to the Dominican Republic. Of the several thousand members of Trujillo’s dread S.I.M. (Military Intelligence Service), only a handful are under arrest; ...

The incident happened at 12:34 a.m. Tuesday, during a concert by the Dominican merengue singer Rubby Pérez, according to the police. The roof collapsed within seconds, police said.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Dozens of people are dead, including a former MLB pitcher, after a roof collapsed at a Dominican Republic nightclub. Another 160 were hurt in the collapse ...

AT least 124 people have died after a ceiling collapsed at a nightclub during a concert in the Dominican Republic. More bodies are expected to be found later today as the operation to reach people … ...

Rescue workers search for survivors at the Jet Set nightclub after its roof collapsed during a concert in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, early Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Noticias SIN via AP) AP By ...

Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career, was among the dead after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in his native Dominican Republic where he was attending a concert.

In 2013, he pitched on the Dominican Republic team that won the World Baseball Classic with an 8-0 record. Dotel finished his major league career with 1,143 strikeouts in 951 innings, a ...

Dominican Republic – A former Houston Astros pitcher was amongst the 44 people who were killed when a roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic Tuesday morning.