EU provides drought support for Dominican Republic
Poverty May 28, 2016 | 10:48 am
Santo Domingo.- The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) is contributing 13.9 million euros to help the Caribbean cope with drought in 2016, facilitating [...]
Batey Relief, USAID provide dehydrated food to thousands in rural areas
Poverty May 18, 2016 | 8:39 am
Santo Domingo. – Through the Batey Relief Alliance’s FoodSecurity Program, the United States Agency for International Development(USAID) contributed last year more than US$629,063.00 to distrib[...]
Fathom’s successful social impact with inaugural voyage to Dominican Republic
Poverty April 25, 2016 | 4:00 pm
Seattle, April 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fathom, the pioneerin social impact travel and Carnival Corporation's (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK)10th and newest brand, returned[...]
Dominican maids live in conditions of slavery: Avant-garde writer
Poverty April 22, 2016 | 11:18 am
Lima, (EFE).- Dominican writer and musician Rita Indiana saidin Lima on Friday that her literary work is "a bombshell of urgent issues thatthe Caribbean should address," such as prostitut[...]
Lack of social protection for Dominican elderly ‘alarming’
Poverty April 18, 2016 | 10:26 am
Santo Domingo.- DominicanRepublic’s elderly withstand an alarming lack of social protection as just 11.2%of the population over 60 have a pension, of which 77.4% get less than RD$6,000per month, [...]
The UN lauds Dominican Republic’s fight against poverty
Poverty April 18, 2016 | 8:18 am
Santo Domingo.- The UN Development Program (UNDP) resident adjunctin the country representative on Sunday lauded Dominican Republic’s progress inthe fight against poverty and social exclusion, an[...]
US Air Force helps inhabitants of impoverished town
Poverty April 15, 2016 | 1:24 pm
Copeyito, Dominican Republic (AFNS) -- Through a jointtraining exercise, civil engineers with the 820th RED HORSE Squadron fromNellis Air Force Base, Nevada, have been working together with their D[...]
Dominican Republic’s poverty, digital divide ’a shame’
Poverty April 8, 2016 | 3:56 pm
Punta Cana, DominicanRepublic.- National Telecom Institute (Indotel) executive director GideonSantos on Friday said he’s "ashamed" of Dominican Republic’s povertyand digital divide in[...]
If Dominican Gov. doesn’t raise wages, why should employers
Poverty April 4, 2016 | 11:45 am
Santo Domingo.- The economist Victor Manuel Peña on Monday saidemployers haven’t increased workers’ wages because during its four years presidentDanilo Medina’s administration has yet to[...]
IDB, Rep. of Korea offer scholarships for public policy post graduate degrees
Poverty March 23, 2016 | 12:00 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched a scholarship program which aims to help strengthen the public sector of Latin America and the Caribbean through a Master´s d[...]
Batey Relief Alliance prevent blindness among Dominican Republic’s poorest
Poverty March 21, 2016 | 10:25 am
Santo Domingo.- As part of its Blindness Prevention program, the Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) joins forces with the Student Volunteer Optometrists for Service of Humanity of the New England College [...]
Marc Anthony to head gala for Dominican orphanage
Poverty March 14, 2016 | 4:33 pm
La Romana, Dominican Republic.- The non-profit foundationMaestro Cares, salsa heartthrob Marc Anthony, and entrepreneur Henry Cardenaswill host a gala fundraiser on March 24 for the orphanage Child[...]
Dominican Republic shows encouraging figures on poverty reduction: President
Poverty February 27, 2016 | 10:43 am
Santo Domingo.– Over 950,000 people have escaped poverty and not by chance, Dominican President Danilo Medina said Saturday in his State of the Republic speech, which included a detailed list of [...]
American medical team provides free eyeglasses for poor and needy children
Poverty February 16, 2016 | 1:25 pm
San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic. – Dr. DeanHart, joined by a team of Long Island eye doctors and vision care specialists,arrived in San Francisco De Macoris this week with a suitcase[...]
Govt. to fix 800+ homes in one of the capital’s biggest slums
Poverty February 15, 2016 | 10:14 am
Santo Domingo.- Santo Domingo waterutility (CAASD) director Alejandro Montas on Sunday said president DaniloMedina ordered the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 885 homes in La Cienaga,one of th[...]
World ‘leaves Haiti’s plight’ to the Dominican Republic
Poverty February 10, 2016 | 10:25 am
Santo Domingo.- Former Guatemala president Alvaro Colom on Tuesdaysaid the international community seems to have abandoned Haiti to its fate and leftthe Dominican Republic to deal with the burden o[...]
Govt. to create housing fund for low income families
Poverty January 15, 2016 | 4:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- Presidencychief of staff Gustavo Montalvo on Friday announced the government mulls thecreation of a fund to subsidize access to housing for low income families.
He said legi[...]
The country faces hurdles to meet Development Goals
Poverty January 15, 2016 | 10:34 am
Santo Domingo.- TheDominican Republic faces hurdles on measuring compliance with the UN´s 17Sustainable Development Goals (ODS) to accomplish between 2016-2030, for whichthe indicators have ye[...]
Ambitious project so river people can ´live in dignity´
Poverty January 12, 2016 | 9:57 am
Santo Domingo.- DaniloMedina´s administration plans to improve all neighborhoods along the Ozama riverbanks top benefit thousands of people, La Barquita environmental project (Urbe)director Jo[...]
Country´s wealth belies wages of misery: Central banker
Poverty January 7, 2016 | 10:09 am
Santo Domingo.- Centralbanker Hector Valdez Albizu on Wednesday again slammed what some sectors calledthe “wages of misery,” and stressed the need to redistribute some of the Dominicaneconomy[...]