Remittances: Dominican Republic’s weapon against poverty
Economy June 28, 2021 | 7:45 am
Santo Domingo.- -The Dominican Republic is the country in the Central American region with the highest growth in the arrival of remittances in the first quarter of 2021, income that has an impact on r[...]The “Stay at Home” subsidy for March is ready, Govt. says
Local April 1, 2021 | 2:10 pm
Santo Domingo.– The Government deposited the payment of the Stay at Home program for March, the institution Progresando con Solidaridad (Prosoli) reported. The subsidy, an emergency aid created i[...]68.9% of Dominican Republic’s population barely got by
Poverty March 25, 2021 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- A large part of the Dominican population (68.9%) had difficulties to cover their expenses in 2019, a few months before the coronavirus pandemic caused the debacle of the national econo[...]Half of Dominican Republic workers earn less than US$260/M
Poverty February 5, 2021 | 7:31 am
Santo Domingo.- Data from the Single Information and Collection System (SUIR) of the Social Security Treasury (TSS) indicate that as of December 31, the percentage of workers contributing to Social Se[...]We cannot grow tired of Haiti: Foreign Minister
Poverty January 27, 2021 | 9:03 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's foreign policy with its neighbor to the west is simple: "We cannot get tired of Haiti." Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez made the warning, noting that the interna[...]Expanding social health protection to migrant women in the Dominican Republic
Poverty December 31, 2020 | 1:22 pm
Santo Domingo [PRESS RELEASE].– The USAID's Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) LAC Activity will work with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Finance (MOF), and other governmen[...]The country progresses but inequality lingers
Poverty December 15, 2020 | 10:56 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic ranked 88 out of 189 analyzed in the Human Development Index, gaining one position over the previous year, according to the most recent UNDP report. The advan[...]Pandemic rocks the levels of poverty: report
Poverty December 1, 2020 | 10:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Extreme moderate and general monetary poverty indices in the Dominican Republic were rocked by the pandemic, increasing its incidence on the population between 2.4 and 6.5 percentage p[...]Dominican economy grows and grows, but so does poverty
Poverty November 27, 2020 | 7:56 am
Santo Domingo. - Economy Minister Miguel Ceara Hatton, on Thur. said that a part of the Dominican population is impacted by poverty because the economy grows "a lot," but it exploits and excludes a la[...]UN: Haiti tries to avoid “precipice of instability”
Local October 6, 2020 | 4:16 pm
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Turmoil pushes nearly 87,000 Haitians across Dominican border
Local October 6, 2020 | 8:40 am
Santo Domingo.- Haiti’s current turmoil leads to the increasingly intense migratory flow of its citizens to the Dominican Republic. Legal and illegal, its massive presence is evident: only in the[...]Pandemic forces 70,000 Haitians to return home
Poverty September 8, 2020 | 9:27 am
Santo Domingo.- Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the country last March, and until July, some 70,000 Haitians have returned to their country voluntarily to avoid contagion, due to lack of sourc[...]River bank dwellers fear flooding
Poverty July 30, 2020 | 10:51 am
Santo Domingo.- The residents of the slum Rivera del Ozama on Thursday expressed their fear of a swelled river due to Tropical Storm Isaías. "It is time to clean the banks of this river, they have[...]Poverty will grip 24.7% of Dominicans this year: UN
Poverty July 16, 2020 | 8:07 am
Santo Domingo.- Poverty in the Dominican Republic will affect 24.7% of the population this year, increasing more than four percentage points in relation to the 20.3% registered in 2019, according to t[...]Las Malvinas II, a poor town threatened by covid-19 and malaria in the Dominican Republic
COVID-19 June 5, 2020 | 10:07 am
The inhabitants of Las Malvinas II, a low-income sector belonging to Villa Mella, Santo Domingo Norte, call on the health authorities to carry out massive tests of covid-19 after five cases have[...]Haitian immigrants look to leave the Dominican Republic
Poverty May 22, 2020 | 5:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- Various institutions are carrying out a plan to repatriate Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican Republic after losing their means of subsistence due to the economic impact of mea[...]Gov. rejects 600K requests for ‘Stay at Home’ aid
Poverty April 30, 2020 | 8:12 am
Santo Domingo.- Vice President, Margarita Cedeño, on Wednesday said they’ve discarded 600,000 requests out of a million they received from people to be included in the government aid program "Stay [...]Low-price foods for trying times
Poverty April 20, 2020 | 3:57 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Price Stability Institute (INESPRE) on Monday announced the start of comprehensive sales of farm and household products at low prices through its Mobile Warehouse program. El Nu[...]UN praises reduced undernourishment but ‘stay alert’
Poverty February 14, 2020 | 12:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- Despite the reduction in undernourishment levels in the Dominican Republic in recent years, the country must remain alert about the increase in obesity and overweight levels, as well a[...]Govt.: 1.5M+ Dominicans leave poverty from 2012 to 2019
Poverty February 6, 2020 | 9:47 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government on Wed. affirmed that from 2012 to 2019 more than 1.5 million Dominicans emerged from poverty and 650,000 Dominicans have overcome extreme poverty. On its w[...]
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