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 theyâ€[...]
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.
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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[...]