Wages of misery could spark social upheaval, Dominican unions warn
Poverty January 6, 2016 | 8:29 am
Santiago.- Dominicanlabor unions warned Tuesday that the widening gap between the earnings of businessesand the benefits for the working class could soon spark great social upheaval.
The warn[...]
Catholic Church slams Christmas handouts
Poverty January 4, 2016 | 8:09 am
Santiago delos Caballeros.- The Catholic Church says that the government should implementprograms aimed at strengthening Dominican families as a way of eradicating thehigh levels of violence that a[...]
´Grand and beautiful patriotic action´ cuts illiteracy rate to 7%
Poverty December 22, 2015 | 1:38 pm
Santo Domingo.- “Thanksto the grand and beautiful patriotic action against illiteracy conducted by thegovernment and various civil society organizations, the illiteracy rate hasbeen reduced to 7%[...]
Dominican Republic populist tradition: A box of food for the poor
Poverty December 22, 2015 | 11:05 am
Santo Domingo.- Former presidentLeonel Fernandez tomorrow Wednesday will hand out baskets with food to poorpeople, in a populist tradition attributed to the late president JoaquinBalaguer.
Ru[...]
Batey Relief Alliance launched relief for deportees; gets street named
Poverty December 17, 2015 | 3:26 pm
Santo Domingo. - As aresult of the application of a 2014 Dominican Republic's immigration law,hundreds of thousands of undocumented Dominicans of Haitian descent and Haitianmigrants living in the c[...]
Dominican workers earn less than US$333 as informal jobs beckon
Poverty December 10, 2015 | 8:13 am
Santo Domingo.- As highas 85% of Dominican Republic´s formal sector workers earn less than RD$15,000 (US$333)monthly, economist Franklin Vasquez affirmed Wednesday.
He revealed the figur[...]
Govt. seeks to lift 180,000 out of poverty with World Bank´s help
Poverty December 7, 2015 | 4:15 pm
Santo Domingo.-President Danilo Medina on Monday headed the launch of the "Progressing Together"initiative of the Social Policy Cabinet, with World Bank support, to lift 180,000residents [...]
Dominican launches crowdfunding site to reduce poverty in Lain America
Poverty December 5, 2015 | 12:07 pm
Santo Domingo.– New crowdfunding site Jompeame (Jumpstartme in Spanish) is aimed at helping the impoverished in the Dominican Republic and Latin America, its co-founder and CEO Katherine Motyka s[...]
Half of the children from 3 to 5 aren’t going to school
Poverty December 3, 2015 | 8:56 am
Santo Domingo.- A lackof a birth certificate, poverty, the parents´ fear and the distance are themain factors that keep 50% of children aged 3 to 5 from going to school.
The data is part[...]
Robinson Cano cuts ribbon on school for disadvantaged youth
Poverty November 25, 2015 | 8:36 am
San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.- Seattle Mariners second base Robinson Cano and hisRC22 Foundation on Tuesday cut the ribbon at the RC22 DREAM School, built tohelp disadvantaged youth.
Historic collaboration: Dominican Republic North Coast towns build home libraries for student
Poverty November 23, 2015 | 12:14 pm
Cabarete, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- The Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring (DREAM)Project is hosting the second annual My Very Own Library DREAM Book Fair todayin collaboration wit[...]
North Coast towns build home libraries for students in the Dominican Republic
Poverty November 22, 2015 | 11:48 am
Cabarete, Puerto Plata,Dominican Republic- November 18, 2015, The Dominican Republic Education andMentoring (DREAM) Project is hosting the second annual My Very Own LibraryDREAM Book Fair today in [...]
Panama leader to copy Dominican par´s surprise visits
Poverty November 20, 2015 | 7:54 am
Tamayo.- Panama presidentJuan Carlos Valera aims to take the program of surprise visits to his country to help improve the livingconditions of the poorest, given their success in the Dominican Rep[...]
October repatriations of Haitians jump 33%: Haitilibre
Poverty November 13, 2015 | 12:34 pm
Santo Doming- Outlet Haitilibre.comon Friday reports a jump in the number of undocumented Haitians repatriated in Octoberby the Dominican Republic, for a total of 8,602, with 4,344 returnees and 4,[...]
314,000 children work in DR; 56% in hazardous conditions: UNICEF
Poverty November 7, 2015 | 12:33 am
Santo Domingo.– Experts and officials from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) raised in Santiago the need to reduce the number of children in hazardous conditions in the Dominican Repu[...]
CEMEX, TECHO provide cement floors for 100 poor homes
Poverty November 2, 2015 | 11:07 am
Santo Domingo.- Cementmaker CEMEX and NGO TECHO have built the first two pilot models of a projected 100homes to pour cement floors to benefit families living in poverty and invulnerable areas, pos[...]
Medina surprise visit boosts poor fishermen in southern town
Poverty October 26, 2015 | 8:35 am
Azua, DominicanRepublic.- President Danilo Medina on Sunday made one of his usual surprisevisits, this time to La Barrera township in southern Azua province, where hemet with 66 fishermen of the La[...]
Dominican barrios await government´s holiday food boxes
Poverty October 23, 2015 | 8:28 am
Santo Domingo.- The cool breeze of the holidays starts towaft through Dominican Republic´s barrios and heralds the government´s yearly distributionof boxes with cooking oil, sardines, sa[...]
Official says 788,000 Dominicans surmount poverty in 3 years
Poverty October 22, 2015 | 12:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- Presidencyadministrative minister Jose Ramon Peralta on Wednesday said 788,000 peoplehave left poverty behind in the Dominican Republic in the last three years,thanks to inclusive p[...]
UN says Dominican Rep. fights poverty effectively: Presidency
Poverty October 20, 2015 | 11:31 am
Santo Domingo.- The headof the UN´s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), of the Economicand Social Affairs Dept. on Tuesday said the Dominican Republic is showing theworld effect[...]