Agriculture counters rising prices on bananas, plantains
Economy October 28, 2019 | 4:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- Agriculture minister, Osmar Benítez, on Sun. announced lower prices on bananas and plantains through popular sales program of the Price Stability Institute INESPRE in Greater Santo Do[...]Public hospitals cut maternal mortality by 31%; neonatal mortality by 25%
Poverty October 28, 2019 | 8:56 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s public hospitals reduced maternal mortality by 31% and neonatal mortality by 25%, according to official data disclosed on Sunday. The National Health Service [...]UN: Dominican Republic wastes 127M kilos of food per year
Poverty October 16, 2019 | 12:20 pm
Rome.- Latin America loses or wastes 127 million kilos of food every year (223 kilos per inhabitant), while in the US alone the figure is around 126 million, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Or[...]Propagas Group delivers stoves and opens an Eco-friendly Station in Paraiso
Local September 6, 2019 | 10:03 am
Paraiso, BARAHONA The Propagas Group and the Propagas Foundation delivered 329 stoves with their gas tanks to the same number of families in 17 communities, and opened an Eco-friendly[...]Dominican Republic ‘well on its way’ to eradicate hunger
Bavaro & Punta Cana August 26, 2019 | 4:10 pm
Punta Cana.- The Dominican Republic is “well on its way” to eradicate hunger and achieve the 2030 Agenda’s sustainable development objective, FAO representative for Latin America and the Caribbe[...]Social Plan benefits more than one thousand vulnerable families in Puerto Plata
North Coast August 24, 2019 | 10:14 am
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic.- The Social Assistance Plan of the Presidency (PASP) continued this Friday with the delivery of more than 3 thousand rations of food and household utensils to poor pe[...]Labor wants wage hikes for more sectors
Poverty July 23, 2019 | 9:14 am
Santo Domingo.- In the heels of the minimum wage increase approved for non-sectorized private sector workers, leaders of the Dominican Workers Union (CNTD) asked the National Wage Committee (CNS) to c[...]USAID helps barrios prepare for hurricanes
Poverty July 19, 2019 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- The cleanup of gullies and storm drains, construction of pedestrian walks and other works were inaugurated in the sprawling Simón Bolívar neighborhood of the National District by the[...]DR reduces hunger in last two years
Poverty July 16, 2019 | 8:53 am
Hunger declined in the Dominican Republic as the undernourished population decreased from 10.4% in 2017 to 9.5% in 2018, according to a joint United Nations report. According t[...]9.5% of the Dominican population is undernourished: UN
Poverty July 15, 2019 | 4:34 pm
Santo Domingo.- 9.5% of the Dominican population, 1.3 million people, was undernourished in 2018, according to a UN report released on Monday. The report shows an improvement over the previous year[...]Business has no reason to challenge wage increase: Govt.
Economy July 11, 2019 | 4:59 pm
Santo Domingo.- Labor minister, Winston Santos, on Thurs. said the business sector has no reason to challenge the rise in minimum wage adopted defined Tuesday by the National Wages Committee, since [...]Minimum wage climbs 14% in Dominican Republic
Economy July 9, 2019 | 1:53 pm
Santo Domingo.- The minimum wage for the private sector -currently around RD$10,000 (US$200) monthly- will climb 14% retroactive to July 1, according to the agreement reached Tues. between labor and m[...]Foreigners do work that Dominicans won’t
Poverty July 3, 2019 | 5:12 pm
Santo Domingo,. Historically, the foreign population that lives in the Dominican Republic and that is in the labor market has contributed to the sustainability of some productive sectors of the countr[...]Immigrant workers provide 9.5% added value to the economy: UN study
Poverty June 24, 2019 | 5:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Immigrant workers provide 9.5% added value to the Dominican economy, although in some activities, such as agriculture and construction, their contribution soars to nearly 30%. Forei[...]A Dominican would have to work 214 years to be able to earn what a millionaire manages to make in a month
Poverty June 22, 2019 | 7:18 am
In 2016, while 2 million of the poorest people in the country had access to less than 5 out of every 100 pesos produced, the other 2 million higher incomes in the country were left with 53 of [...]Minimum wage hike agreement could be reached today
Poverty June 4, 2019 | 7:48 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite the lack of consensus on the issue of the reclassification of companies and other points, the National Wage Committee will meet 3pm Tuesday when an agreement is expected to be [...]No papers mean no school, no job for 70,000 youngsters of Haitian descent
Poverty May 23, 2019 | 9:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The Integral Ethnic Foundation (FEI) and the Haitian International League (Lihaiti) on Thurs. said that more than 70,000 young people, children of Haitian descent, can’t go to school[...]Dominican Republic among 5 hungry LatAm countries
Poverty May 13, 2019 | 8:51 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic is among five priority countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region, where there are strong urban-rural gaps and deep rural inequalities that generate hu[...]Program aims to reduce poverty, protect the environment
Poverty May 9, 2019 | 3:46 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Environmental Consortium (CAD) on Thurs. launched a program that seeks to contribute to sustainability, reduce poverty, improve the environmental conditions of the produc[...]
