Altice says service completely restored, reiterates compensation
Economy March 29, 2019 | 10:16 am
Santo Domingo.- The telecom Altice Dominicana Thursday night said its mobile service that had been affected by a technical crash was "completely restored." "Technicians, local and international con[...]Unions walk: won’t compromise workers benefits
Economy March 28, 2019 | 6:02 pm
Santo Domingo.- The leaders of the labor unions on Thur. walked out of the talks with management that sought to amend the Dominican Labor Code, reiterating that "from the employer's side there is a cl[...]Northwest farmers get rains, ‘hope it holds’
Economy March 28, 2019 | 4:46 pm
Montecristi, Dominican Republic.- The local irrigation canal board president on Thurs. said the recent rains have increased the water supply to the farms in various areas. José Eugenio de la Ros[...]Telecom Altice to fix glitch ‘quickly,’ will compensate
Economy March 28, 2019 | 10:55 am
Santo Domingo.- The telecom Altice Dominicana on Thursday reported progress to restore their mobile network service, which partially crashed early Wed. Vice president for technology Rafael Pichar[...]AA pulls its Boeing 737 Max 8, 9 out of Dominican airports
Economy March 28, 2019 | 8:26 am
Santo Domingo.- Several Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 aircraft of American Airlines that operated daily flights from US territory to various Dominican Republic airports were transferred to the US after the F[...]Presidency hopeful, business group discuss key issues
Economy March 27, 2019 | 4:10 pm
Santo Domingo.- The president and executives of the Roundtable of Commonwealth Countries in the Dominican Republic on Tues. met with ruling party (PLD), presidential hopeful Francisco Dominguez to dis[...]Refinery spat widens Dominican Republic-Venezuela rift
Economy March 27, 2019 | 1:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- Felix Jimenez, CEO of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (PDV), on Wed. affirmed that the State-owned company does not owe one dollar to Venezuela for the supply of crude or derivatives.[...]Users report problems with Altice telecom service(Update)
Economy March 27, 2019 | 8:53 am
Santo Domingo.- Altice Dominicana on Wednesday said that its network has been impacted by a "general incident" that affects mobile voice and data services. "Our technical department works hard to c[...]Grupo Lacteo inaugurates a US$30M+ dairy plant
Economy March 27, 2019 | 8:30 am
Santo Domingo.- The Grupo Lacteo del Caribe on Tues. inaugurated a dairy plant in the Duarte Industrial Park, 22 kilometers north of the city, built at a cost of more than US$30 million. The plant [...]Govt. starts to shutter Puerto Plata’s trash dump at last
Economy March 27, 2019 | 8:08 am
Puerto Plata.- Dominicana Limpia, the Puerto Plata City Council and other agencies began the process to shutter the trash dump and control of the landfill that has operated in the province for decades[...]Environment suspends lumbering on severe drought
Economy March 26, 2019 | 10:58 am
Santo Domingo.- The Environment Ministry on Mon. temporarily suspended the felling of trees and transport of wood from plantations and forest management plans nationwide, due to the severe drought acr[...]IMF: Dominican Republic’s economy will grow 5.5%
Economy March 26, 2019 | 7:36 am
Santo Domingo.- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Dominican Republic's economy will grow 5.5 percent this year but warns it could face adverse conditions stemming from a slowdown in the [...]Govt., IDB review public-private partnerships, success stories
Economy March 25, 2019 | 4:52 pm
Santo Domingo.- Government officials and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) executives met with Dominican Republic private sector associations to discuss the relevance of public-private partnership[...]The Dominican Republic can help Haiti collect its due
Economy March 25, 2019 | 4:20 pm
Port-au-Prince (Le Nouvelliste).- One island, two states, but there is a world of difference between the Republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The socioeconomic disparities, the asymmetry of t[...]Chinese Vice Premiere keeps tabs on pacts signed with DR
Economy March 25, 2019 | 3:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- Nine of the 18 agreements signed in November 2018 by the leaders of China and the Dominican Republic are well advanced, according to Foreign minister Miguel Vargas Maldonado, after con[...]Drought reveals the need to build new dams: expert
Economy March 25, 2019 | 1:22 pm
Santiago.- The drought has exposed the need to build new dams, since the country stores less than 10% of runoff water and less than 25% of its annual demand. To the proposal of at least two reservo[...]Medina, Chinese Vice Premier Hu meet, the Palace mum
Economy March 25, 2019 | 12:27 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Monday met with Chinese Vice Premier, Hu Chunhua, as part of an official visit of two days. The Chinese official arrived in the country to follow up on ag[...]Central Bank says the economy grew 5.9% in first 2 months
Economy March 25, 2019 | 12:10 pm
Santo Domingo.- Central Banker, Héctor Valdez Albizu, on Mon. said that the economy posted a growth of 5.9 % during January and February. Valdez Albizu provided the figure after announcing that st[...]Unions say article in Labor Code imperils talks with employers
Economy March 25, 2019 | 8:42 am
Santo Domingo.- National Labor Unions Federation (CNUS) president Rafael (Pepe) Abreu on Sun. warned that the talks between employers and the unions will be broken if the Social Security reform bill i[...]Senior official visits despite China’s ‘predatory’ trade practices
Economy March 25, 2019 | 8:08 am
Santo Domingo.- Accompanied by a delegation of 35 China government officials, Chinese vice premier Hu Chunhua arrived in the country Sun. night and will meet with president Danilo Medina to strengthen[...]