Pay attention to Haitian immigrants, Pope tells Dominican bishops
Poverty May 28, 2015 | 9:49 am
Vatican City (AP).- Pope Francis on Thursday called on Dominican Republic’s bishops to pay particular attention to Haitian immigrants, during an audience with every Catholic bishop held every fiv[...]
UN says Dominican Republic reduces hunger: EFE
Poverty May 27, 2015 | 12:20 pm
Rome.- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) general director Jose Graziano da Silva on Wednesday said Latin America shows that social protection developed by the region is an ally to reduce w[...]
Medina pledges funding for poor region’s farmers, shepherds
Poverty May 25, 2015 | 10:17 am
Pedernales, Dominican Republic.- President Danilo Medina on Sunday announced government funding for sheepherders in the Pedernales village of Mencia, as well as for mango and cacao growers in Neiba[...]
Unionist says govt., business leaders don’t keep their word
Poverty May 22, 2015 | 9:15 am
Santo Domingo.- Union leader Rafael -Pepe- Abreu on Friday slammed the government and business leaders in the National Salary Committee, which on Thursday announced a 14% increase on the minimum wa[...]
Top opposition party rallies behind a 25% wage increase
Poverty May 20, 2015 | 11:11 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s leading opposition party (PRM) on Wednesday said it supports labor demand for the National Salary Committee (CNS) to order a 25% increase on the minimum wage.[...]
US Embassy swears in 34 new Peace Corps volunteers
Poverty May 18, 2015 | 11:42 am
SD. United States Embassy commercial attaché Patrick Dunn administered the oath to 34 new Peace Corps volunteer technicians in the Training Center at Pantoja last week.
During the ceremo[...]
Elected officials and advocates to call for an end to massive rent increases
Poverty May 14, 2015 | 10:28 am
Manhattan, NY.- With one month remaining until the expiration of rent laws elected officials and advocates will call for an end to deregulation of New Yorkers one million rent regulated units and [...]
Dominican employers offer US$22 wage hike to US$273/month
Poverty May 13, 2015 | 11:55 am
Santo Domingo.- Management representatives on Wednesday offered to raise Dominican Republic’s minimum wages by 8.9% while labor ratcheted back its demand from 30% to 25%, during the 6th Salarie[...]
Historic collaboration between My Very Own Library and DREAM will host its final Book Fair for 2015
Poverty May 11, 2015 | 8:52 am
Cabarete, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.- On May 11th, The Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring (DREAM) Project continues its partnership with My Very Own Library by promoting reading in D[...]
USAID project improves sanitation systems in northwest
Poverty May 1, 2015 | 4:49 pm
Montecristi, Dominican Republic.- The US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Thursday announced the Montecristi (northwest) sanitation systems Retrofitting Project, starting at two bate[...]
Cigar Aficionado fest benefits the DREAM Project
Poverty May 1, 2015 | 10:10 am
Santo Domingo.- The Cigar Aficionado Magazine releases it's first edition of the prize "Top Dominican Cigar" to benefit the DREAM Project Foundation and its innovative education programs.[...]
More than half of Dominican public school teachers earn less than US$177-month
Poverty April 30, 2015 | 8:37 am
Santo Domingo.- Despite significant wage increases for public school teachers in recent years, of the 73,656 educators more than 39,000 make less than RD$8,000 (US$177) monthly.
The study ‘[...]
US Embassy helps girls at risk through the Mariposa Foundation
Poverty April 29, 2015 | 11:04 am
Cabarete, Puerto Plata.-On Friday April 24 the US Embassy announced support for the Mariposa Foundation in Cabarete during one year for its art and culture program for 120 girls at risk in Cabarete[...]
Minimum wage languishes 37 years with lost buying power
Poverty April 20, 2015 | 11:10 am
Santo Domingo.- The National Salary Committee (CNS) will meet Wed. to try to set the non-sectored minimum wage with a 30% increase and reference to all revisions made since the 2000s, as the minimu[...]
10 percent of children in Dominican Republic suffer from malnutrition
Poverty April 18, 2015 | 8:39 am
Santo Domingo.– Foreign experts on nutrition warned Friday that ten percent of children in the Dominican Republic suffer from chronic malnutrition, with the malnutritional deficiency especially h[...]
The best strategy to reduce poverty is to build prosperity: President
Poverty April 11, 2015 | 1:01 am
Panama City.– The best strategy to reduce poverty and inequality is building prosperity and welfare for our people, Dominican President Danilo Medina said Friday.
Medina, who is attending t[...]
Dominican Republic cannot harbor two poor nations: President
Poverty April 10, 2015 | 4:47 pm
Panama City.- President Danilo Medina on Friday said the international community must understand that as a poor country Dominican Republic cannot harbor two poor nations.
During a bilateral m[...]
Medina acknowledges the country’s low wages
Poverty April 10, 2015 | 8:11 am
Panama City.- President Danilo Medina on Thursday made a surprising acknowledgment that Dominican Republic has low wages, despite keeping mum during months on labor’s threats to stage nationwide[...]
Traffic cops to chase windshield washers, street vendors away
Poverty April 9, 2015 | 4:35 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) on Thursday announced it will remove the windshield washers and street vendors in various National District intersections in the next few [...]
Everybody gets a pay raise, except private sector workers
Poverty April 6, 2015 | 10:04 am
Santo Domingo.- While the justices of the Electoral and Constitutional courts increase their own salaries to as high as RD$440,764 per month, the three-way talks to raise workers’ wages have grou[...]
