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[...]
USAID, REDDOM allocate US$73.1M for water sanitation projects
Poverty March 25, 2015 | 11:26 am
SD.- In two years the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated RD$73.1 million through the REDDOM Foundation and local partners to rebuild seven aqueducts, donated filters for [...]
World Bank: 1.0M more Dominican poor since 2000
Poverty March 17, 2015 | 8:20 am
Santo Domingo.- World Bank representative McDonald Benjamin on Monday said poverty in the Dominican Republic rose by 1.0 million people since 2000.
Speaking in Santiago, the World Bank offici[...]
WB taps US$75M to help 1.3M+ poor Dominicans
Poverty March 13, 2015 | 6:55 am
Washington DC.– The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a new project for the Dominican Republic worth US$75 million, which seeks to ensure that thousands of citizens gain acce[...]
Just 30% of people in southern villages enroll for regularization
Poverty March 12, 2015 | 9:52 am
Santo Domingo.- Only 30% of the population identified as group B in the South region’s sugar cane villages (batey) managed to enroll in the Book of Aliens to apply for the benefit of Law 169-14, [...]
Dominican teens rank 3rd in pregnancy in region
Poverty March 11, 2015 | 8:00 am
Santo Domingo.- Teen fertility rates in Latin America and the Caribbean haven’t declined at the same rate globally, and its increase is projected to continue.
Of the region’s six countrie[...]
Pressure on migrants isn’t from Europe: Dominican envoy in UK
Poverty March 10, 2015 | 9:50 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s ambassador to Great Britain on Monday said the European Union actively supports the search for solutions to the problem of illegal immigration, consistent wit[...]
Collaboration between MyVery Own Library and DREAM expands in DR
Poverty March 7, 2015 | 9:57 am
Cabarete, PuertoPlata, DR.– On March 4th, The Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring (DREAM) Project celebrated World Read Aloud Day by continuing its partnership with My Very OwnLibrary and [...]
Health care for sugarcane children
Poverty March 3, 2015 | 4:23 pm
Thousands of children of Haitian and Dominican origins living in Dominican Republic’s impoverished and vulnerable sugarcane plantations rural “bateyes” communities have been left with limited[...]
Major developer to build 4,500 homes in new city
Poverty March 3, 2015 | 9:08 am
Santo Domingo.- Construction company Bisonó on Monday announced it will build around 4,500 homes at the Ciudad Juan Bosch housing project, Santo Domingo Este.
Bisonó vice president [...]
Dominican Customs chief gets big bucks; workers earn peanuts: El Dia
Poverty February 26, 2015 | 12:59 pm
Santo Domingo.- While the head of Dominican Republic’s Customs Agency pockets a cool RD$687,500 (US$15,200) per month, most of its employees earn wages of misery as low as RD$10,000 mont[...]
Sean Penn, Clinton, Dominican mogul’ have big plans for Haiti: Acento
Poverty February 25, 2015 | 12:17 pm
Santo Domingo.- Former US president Bill Clinton and actor Sean Penn met this week with Dominican mogul Juan Vicini, who was shown their projects developed and plans by foundations sponsored by bot[...]
No more delays on 30% wage hike: Unions
Poverty February 20, 2015 | 8:27 am
Santo Domingo.- Labor union leaders are upbeat that the 30% salary increase will become reality without further delay at the Labor Ministry’s National Wage Committee (CNS) meeting next Thursday.[...]