China averaged 29 chemical accidents per month so far this year: Greenpeace
World September 21, 2016 | 10:37 am
Beijing.- 232 chemical-related accidents occurred in Chinafrom January to August 2016, an average of 29 per month, according toGreenpeace East Asia’s ‘China Chemical Accidents Counter’. The a[...]
China and US to announce Paris Agreement plans ahead of G20
World September 2, 2016 | 8:55 am
Beijing. - Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Barack Obama ofthe US are expected to issue a joint statement showcasing their commitment tothe Paris Agreement at their bilateral meeting on 3 Septemb[...]
Nearly half of consumers think manufacturers should be responsible for recycling mobile phones
World August 15, 2016 | 11:07 am
Hong Kong, 15 August 2016 - Consumers say mobile phonemanufacturers are releasing too many new models, according to a surveyGreenpeace East Asia commissioned across six countries. In all countriess[...]
Iconic Cuban leader Fidel Castro turns 90
World August 13, 2016 | 9:54 am
Havana.- Both loved as a hero and hated as a dictator, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro turned 90 on Saturday. During his 48 years in power, he defied 10 US presidents, but now the island is[...]
CBP, Puerto Rico Police intercept 1,744 pounds of cocaine
World August 6, 2016 | 10:31 am
Santo Domingo.- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol Agents assisted Puerto Rico Police Department partners to intercept and seize 1,744 pounds (791 kilos) of cocaine, and arrest[...]
World’s largest carbon producers ordered to respond to allegations of human rights abuses from climate change
World July 28, 2016 | 9:39 am
Manila, 27 July 2016 - Companies responsible for themajority of fossil fuel products that have been manufactured, marketed, andsold since the industrial revolution and have contributed the lion’s[...]
Fugitive in New Jersey sex assault captured in Dominican Republic
World July 23, 2016 | 10:34 am
Santo Domingo.- A man who was on the run for six years after being convicted of committing a sexual assault in Garfield, New Jersey, was caught in the Dominican Republic and returned to Bergen Coun[...]
Dominican ex-president again in Caracas for talks to quell political crisis
World July 21, 2016 | 12:30 pm
Caracas.- South American Union of Nations (Unasu) secretarygeneral the Colombian Ernesto Samper, and the ex-presidents designated tomediate a possible political dialogue in Venezuela, met with offi[...]
Personal care products may still be polluting oceans despite promises by companies says Greenpeace
World July 20, 2016 | 10:05 am
Seoul. – A ranking of the world’s 30 largest personal carecompanies, published today by Greenpeace East Asia, shows that big brands arefailing to remove microplastics from their products. The r[...]
Dominican leader expresses condolences to the French people
World July 15, 2016 | 8:17 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday expressedhis and Dominicans’ condolences to the French people for the terrorist attackthat took the lives of more than 80 people in Nice.
Democratic leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins endorses Espaillat for Congress
World June 20, 2016 | 12:55 pm
New York, NY – Today, State Senate Democratic ConferenceLeader Andrea Stewart-Cousins threw her support behind State Senator AdrianoEspaillat in the race for Congress in New York’s 13th Distric[...]
Dominican naturalist finds new lizard: phys.org
World June 17, 2016 | 2:16 pm
Toronto.- University of Toronto-led team has reported thediscovery of a new lizard in the middle of the most- visited island in theCaribbean, strengthening a long-held theory that communities of li[...]
A 17-year wait pays off for Indigenous Peoples
World June 16, 2016 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- When Héctor Huertas attended the first meeting to draft anAmerican declaration on indigenous peoples in 1999, he thought the end was notfar off. Neither he, nor anyone else in [...]
Greenpeace France energy campaigner, Cyrille Cormier, said:
World June 16, 2016 | 10:26 am
Paris, 16 June 2016.– A briefing on anomalies and suspectedfalsifications by Areva based on findings at the group’s Creusot Forge site wastoday published by Greenpeace France. The briefing also[...]
Increased extreme weather events predicted due to effect of climate change on the Arctic
World June 7, 2016 | 10:29 am
Madrid, 7 June 2016 -- The effects of climate change on the Arctic — including melting ice andsea level rise — may possibly alter weather patterns in the northernhemisphere. These effects could[...]
Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1: La Niña may fuel most active season in 3 years
World June 2, 2016 | 11:52 am
AcuWeather Global Weather Center.- AccuWeather reports experts are calling for an above-normalhurricane season this year with 14 named storms forecast for the Atlanticbasin.
Of those, eight [...]
World-famous cake mix Betty Crocker linked to rainforest destruction
World June 2, 2016 | 10:20 am
Jakarta.- Betty Crocker, a leading instant cake and bakingmix brand owned by US based food company General Mills, is sourcing palm oilfrom a company responsible for the destruction of rainforest an[...]
CBP announces new San Juan area Port Director
World June 2, 2016 | 10:14 am
San Juan, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection(CBP) San Juan Field Office Director Marcelino Borges announces the selectionof Edwin A. Cruz as the new area port director for San Juan.[...]
Dominican man sentenced in New York for identity theft scam
World May 28, 2016 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo.- A Dominican man living in New York and head of an identity theft ring that used information stolen from 12,000 Montefiore Medical Center patients pleaded guilty to the scam.
F[...]
ECLAC partners with ITU and TATT to convene workshop exploring opportunities of the digital economy
World May 27, 2016 | 3:34 pm
Regional stakeholders will this week engage in interactive sessions on “Exploring Innovation in Transactions & Financing in the Caribbean,” organized by the International Telecommunicat[...]
McDonald’s, global seafood providers in landmark move for Arctic protection
World May 27, 2016 | 11:15 am
Amsterdam,25 May 2016 -- Global brands, including McDonald’s, Tesco, Iglo, Young’sSeafood, Icelandic Seachill, alongside the Norwegian Fishing Vessel OwnersAssociation, Fiskebåt, Russian f[...]
ECLAC presents a debt alleviation strategy based on a debt swap proposal at high-level meeting in Saint Kitts
World April 22, 2016 | 12:16 pm
ECLAC has made a call for the creation of a CaribbeanResilience Fund as part of a debt alleviation strategy based on a climatechange swap proposal. “The swap will involve the use of pledged clima[...]
U.S. authorities seize 1,110 kg of cocaine worth US$32.7 million
World April 16, 2016 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- U.S. authorities reported yesterday they seized 1,110 kilograms of cocaine worth US$32.7 million in Caribbean waters, 150 nautical miles south of La Romana, Dominican Republic, and [...]
