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  • 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.[...]

  • Labor, management to talk wage review next week

    Poverty February 17, 2015 | 8:06 am

    Santo Domingo.- The National Salary Committee (CNS) on Monday called for labor and management representatives to meet Thursday next week to review the national minimum wage, which hasn’t been rai[...]

  • Haitians ‘rent’ official documents to cross border

    Poverty February 9, 2015 | 9:11 am

    Santo Domingo.- François, a Haitian who decided to settle in the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, four years ago, sends money to his small family near Port-au-Prince, beamed when he returned [...]

  • PLAN: 26% of Dominican youngsters are ‘Ni-Nis’

    Poverty January 30, 2015 | 9:05 am

    Santo Domingo .- Plan International in Dominican Republic (Plan DR) on Thursday stressed its concern with unemployment and lack of opportunities for Dominican youngsters, 26% of whom neither work [...]

  • Medina off to Costa Rica Summit with poverty in mind

    Poverty January 28, 2015 | 9:25 am

    Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Wednesday said he’ll address poverty during the 3rd Summit of Heads of State and Government held today and tomorrow in Heredia, Costa Rica.

    When a[...]

  • Labor warns of lost patience as wage hike talks languish

    Poverty January 23, 2015 | 9:42 am

    Santo Domingo.- The talks aimed at raising the minimum wages await for management to name its representatives to formalize the National Tripartite Salaries Committee (CNS), while unions warn they[...]

  • More Haitians look to legalize their status

    Poverty January 20, 2015 | 9:02 am

    Santo Domingo.- The lines have resumed this week at the Juan Pablo Duarte government office building, to apply for the National Plan to Regularize Foreigners, which expires in June.

    While aw[...]

  • Government turns its back to the border: Senator

    Poverty January 13, 2015 | 11:21 am

    Santo Domingo.- Pedernales province (southwest) senator Dionis Sanchez on Tuesday said the government turns its back to the border and forces inhabitants to emigrate to big cities, leaving the reg[...]

  • Literacy push reaches rugged regions, remote mountains

    Poverty January 12, 2015 | 10:32 am

    Santo Domingo.- The National Literacy Plan ‘Quisqueya Learns with you’ affirmed Monday that a report released on January 2 reveals that 766,136 Dominicans have learned to read and write.

    [...]

  • Philip Morris, MUDE conclude successful project at border schools

    Poverty January 8, 2015 | 12:10 pm

    Montecristi, D.R.- Philip Morris Dominicana and the institution Mujeres en Desarrollo Dominicana (MUDE) announced that the project "Comprehensive Support to Improve Quality Educational in Domi[...]

  • Official says houses for illegal aliens in Dominican territory ‘illegal’

    Poverty January 6, 2015 | 4:12 pm

    Santo Domingo.- Interior and Police minister Jose Ramon Fadul on Tuesday called an foreign-funded NGO’s construction of houses for undocumented Haitians in Dominican territory, unusual and in vio[...]

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