Chinese hospital ship to treat 4,200+ patients for free
Poverty November 1, 2018 | 11:11 am
Santo Domingo.- The Chinese hospital ship Peace Ark arrived Thursday at the Don Diego terminal in San Souci Port, where it was received by Dominican Navy officers. The ship will provide free medic[...]Maintain welfare until income improves, expert says
Poverty October 31, 2018 | 11:22 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic must maintain its social policies to achieve an improvement in income, because if assistance is withheld, beneficiaries can back back into poverty, said Alfredo [...]VEEP attends NGO’s launch of Women’s Empowerment Initiative
Poverty October 30, 2018 | 12:33 pm
Press Release Santo Domingo.- On October 23, 2018, Dominican Republic’s Vice president, Margarita Cedeño de Fernandez attended Batey Relief Alliance’s 21st anniversary celebration dinner-confe[...]Boatpeople pay US$2K to reach Puerto Rico on job claims
Poverty October 26, 2018 | 3:20 pm
Santo Domingo.- The false claims of labor urgently needed in Puerto Rico are fueling illegal trips to that island, but thwarted by the Dominican Navy, which has to increase patrols along the East coas[...]Sugar workers get a 18% hike on the minimum wage
Poverty October 26, 2018 | 12:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Labor Ministry's National Salary Committee (CNS) on Fri. ordered a 18% increase to the minimum wage for workers of the national sugar industry. The Committee however didn’t sp[...]Medina says middle class tops 30%, poverty down to 25%
Poverty October 22, 2018 | 11:25 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina said yesterday that the middle class already exceeds 30 percent of Dominicans, while poverty has been cut to 25 percent. "As part of a policy to transform th[...]Canada, Gildan, Batey Relief work for community dwellers
Poverty October 18, 2018 | 12:38 pm
Guerra, Dominican Republic.- The Canadian Embassy and Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) joined the multinational Gildan to launch the "Comunidad Emprende" program whose first version seeks to empower over 1[...]Crisis: 30,000 Venezuelans uprooted to Dominican Republic
Poverty October 9, 2018 | 10:22 am
Santo Domingo.- The makeshift campsite set up at the Yukpa indigenous community on the Colombia-Venezuela border city of Cúcuta is perhaps the most striking reflection of how migration from the latte[...]Scarce funding the key hurdle to sustainable development
Poverty October 1, 2018 | 12:00 pm
Rome.- The lack of funding is the main challenge to enact the sustainable development agenda agreed at the UN for 2030, a Dominican Republic representative affirmed Mon. in Rome. Dominican deputy E[...]
