Over 1.0M Dominicans are still without electricity
Poverty March 13, 2019 | 3:48 pm
Santo Domingo.- There are more than 1.0 million people without electricity service in the Dominican Republic, said Rural and Suburban Electrification Unit (UERS) director Telma Eusebio on Wed. "In [...]Medina explains how the country cut rural poverty by half
Poverty February 14, 2019 | 10:36 am
Rome.- President Danilo Medina on Thurs. explained the strategies that have allowed the Dominican Republic to trim rural poverty by half in the last five years. In his address to the 42nd session o[...]Dominican Gov. should treat Haitian immigrants better: UN
Poverty January 31, 2019 | 9:01 am
Geneva.- The UN Human Rights Council on Wed. asked the Dominican Republic to improve the guarantees of Haitian immigrants and take measures to reduce gender-based violence, in the review which the Gov[...]The rich get the cake (50%); the poor get the crumbs (6%): UN
Poverty January 30, 2019 | 9:41 am
Santo Domingo.- The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) on Wed. unveiled its updated Interactive Human Development Map, which contains information on Dominican Republic's 32 provinces. The[...]Crime is the country’s main problem: Govt. poll
Poverty December 11, 2018 | 4:58 pm
Santo Domingo.- 76.6% of households in the Dominican Republic consider that the country's main problem is crime, while 44.6% says unemployment, 28.6% the cost of living and 24.9%, corruption. The f[...]Bowing to pressure Dominican Republic Gov. nixes UN migration pact
Poverty December 5, 2018 | 7:54 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government announced Sat.that it will not sign the UN's proposed Global Pact for Orderly, Ordered and Regular Migration, after a commission formed to render a report and [...]FAO warns more must be done to end hunger
Poverty November 27, 2018 | 4:08 pm
Santo Domingo.- World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in the Dominican Republic, Carmelo Gallardo, affirmed Tues. that although there is always more to be done, there is ample p[...]Social Security: One cannot eat and get sick at the same time
Poverty November 23, 2018 | 8:18 am
Santo Domingo.- The head of the Affiliates Information and Defense (DIDA) on Thurs. cautioned that Dominican Social Security System's over 7.0 million affiliates earn less than RD$15,000 per month and[...]Traditionalists balk at proposed border wall
Poverty November 20, 2018 | 9:29 am
Santo Domingo.- The secretary general of the conservative Duartiano Institute on Mon. said the construction of a wall along the Dominican-Haitian border "doesn't solve anything." Manuel Rodríguez [...]
