Merchants, industry butt heads of ‘tainted’ powder milk
Economy June 8, 2018 | 2:01 pm
Santo Domingo.- Producers and industrialists agree that the Dominican Republic should ban the sale of bulk milk powder, noting that it's exposed to pollution and may jeopardize health. However, Man[...]Medina breaks ground on US$160.0M bus terminal; 2nd cable car
Economy June 8, 2018 | 12:24 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina broke ground for the construction of an interurban bus terminal that will serve most of the northern region and link it with Greater Santo Domingo. He also a[...]Dominican Republic to host 1st Colon Free Zone business event
Economy June 7, 2018 | 2:45 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Colon Free Zone, in Panama, will hold for the first time a Business Roundtable in Santo Domingo to increase trade between the Central American country and the Dominican Republic. [...]Govt. aims to renegotiate trade pacts with the US
Economy June 7, 2018 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Government on Thurs. announced the start of talks with the United States to renegotiate the multilateral trade agreements with that nation. The talks aim to modify the[...]Dominican Republic gets the most immigrants in the Caribbean
Economy June 7, 2018 | 11:28 am
Santo Domingo.- From 2010 to 2015 the Dominican Republic was the country with the most immigrants in the Caribbean region, according to the "International Migration Panorama in the Caribbean," publi[...]Medina heads Sustainable Development Commission’s 1st meeting
Economy June 6, 2018 | 8:55 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina heads the first meeting of the high level Inter-agency Sustainable Development Commission at the National Palace on Wednesday. The Economy Ministry coordinat[...]80 military facilities along Haiti border to get a RD$50.0M facelift
Economy June 6, 2018 | 4:31 pm
Santo Domingo.- The govt.'s Reformed Companies Fund (Fonper) and the Defense Ministry will rebuild around 80 military facilities along the Haiti border at a cost of RD$50.0 million. To materialize [...]‘There’s cash in that thar trash’ official says
Economy June 6, 2018 | 1:15 pm
Santo Domingo.- With World Environment Day on June 5 as a backdrop, Presidency Special Programs (Digepep) director Domingo Contreras on Wed. said one of the country's great challenges and opportunitie[...]Sustainable mining in Industries’ breakfast menu
Economy June 5, 2018 | 2:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- When analyzing social and environmental sustainability and mining extraction processes, modern mining practices must take into account all the necessary parameters of environmental and[...]Cocoa production jumps 25% in 1Q; bean exports climb 80.8%
Economy June 5, 2018 | 1:30 pm
Santo Domingo.- During the first months this year, cocoa production and exports posted growth as a result of the programs to assist medium and small producers, according to the Agriculture Ministry's [...]Santo Domingo Heliport to get a RD$37.6M expansion
Economy June 5, 2018 | 12:41 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Airports Dept. on Mon. started the reconditioning of the Santo Domingo Heliport to make it the most modern in the Caribbean and Central America, in compliance with international an[...]Barrick mined ‘120 times’ more gold than the Spaniards in a century
Economy June 4, 2018 | 2:18 pm
Santo Domingo.- Historian Frank Moya Pons on Fri. affirmed that Barrick Pueblo Viejo has extracted some 120 tons of gold in the last four years, in the deposit that the Spaniards discovered in 1505. [...]Medina pledges support for Northeast cocoa growers
Economy June 4, 2018 | 12:20 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina on Sunday visited La Coyera, where he pledged financial support for cocoa plantations, at the farmer's settlement La Manteca, in northeastern María Trinidad [...]Gasoline, diesel, propane fall; natural gas unchanged
Economy June 1, 2018 | 2:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Industry and Commerce Ministry on Fri. posted the fuel prices for the week from June 2 to 8, when premium gasoline will cost RD$245.30, or RD$4.00 less while regular gasoline will [...]Survey points to a second Cable Car
Economy June 1, 2018 | 12:30 pm
Santo Domingo.- The possibility of a cable car being built in the subdivision of Los Alcarrizos, just north of the city, was evident Thurs. morning when area residents observed surveyors measuring the[...]Hard currency sources offset rising oil: Central Bank
Economy June 1, 2018 | 11:59 am
Santo Domingo.- In its latest monetary policy report, the Central Bank said the increase in oil prices is being compensated by a greater dynamism in the activities that bring hard currency, such as to[...]WB: Differences between women and men lead to US$160.0B in lost wealth globally
Economy May 30, 2018 | 8:34 pm
News Release Washington, May 30, 2018.- Globally, countries are losing $160 trillion in wealth because of differences in lifetime earnings between women and men. This amounts to an average of $23,6[...]31% -and growing- of the metro area’s residents lives in condos
Economy May 30, 2018 | 2:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- Living in condos has become the most affordable for Greater Santo Domingo's residents, and with a tendency for growth, according to the Dominican Condominium Administrators Association[...]Brewster is back, with a warning on China
Economy May 30, 2018 | 1:26 pm
Santo Domingo.- Former US ambassador, James Brewster, on Tues. said the Dominican Republic should be concerned with the recently-established diplomatic ties with China, because in his view, that count[...]Big business tells the Govt.: do your part on electric pact
Economy May 30, 2018 | 12:14 pm
Santo Domingo.- National Business Council (Conep) president Pedro Brache, on Tue. reminded the Government's representatives who took part in the celebration of the National Private Enterprise Day, tha[...]