Barefoot, between the mud and the garbage surrounding [...]
Poverty December 20, 2019 | 10:30 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s falling poverty rates in the last years is mainly due to remittances and not to the social policies or subsidies to achieve that objective, the economist Migue[...]Poverty December 17, 2019 | 11:06 am
Santo Domingo.- The cards Bonoluz for drivers and Bonogas for low income homes, and Eating is first, incentive to school attendance, among others, are part of the group of 10 types of social assistanc[...]Poverty November 29, 2019 | 8:38 am
Santo Domingo.- If it were not for the remittances that Dominicans send to the country, poverty in the Dominican Republic would reach 27.2% of the population, instead of 25%.
The figures are in the[...]Economy October 28, 2019 | 4:40 pm
Santo Domingo.- Agriculture minister, Osmar Benítez, on Sun. announced lower prices on bananas and plantains through popular sales program of the Price Stability Institute INESPRE in Greater Santo Do[...]Poverty October 28, 2019 | 8:56 am
Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic’s public hospitals reduced maternal mortality by 31% and neonatal mortality by 25%, according to official data disclosed on Sunday.
The National Health Service [...]Poverty October 16, 2019 | 12:20 pm
Rome.- Latin America loses or wastes 127 million kilos of food every year (223 kilos per inhabitant), while in the US alone the figure is around 126 million, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Or[...]Local September 6, 2019 | 10:03 am
Paraiso, BARAHONA The Propagas Group and the Propagas Foundation delivered 329 stoves with their gas tanks to the same number of families in 17 communities, and opened an Eco-friendly[...]Bavaro & Punta Cana August 26, 2019 | 4:10 pm
Punta Cana.- The Dominican Republic is “well on its way” to eradicate hunger and achieve the 2030 Agenda’s sustainable development objective, FAO representative for Latin America and the Caribbe[...]North Coast August 24, 2019 | 10:14 am
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic.- The Social Assistance Plan of the Presidency (PASP) continued this Friday with the delivery of more than 3 thousand rations of food and household utensils to poor pe[...]Poverty July 23, 2019 | 9:14 am
Santo Domingo.- In the heels of the minimum wage increase approved for non-sectorized private sector workers, leaders of the Dominican Workers Union (CNTD) asked the National Wage Committee (CNS) to c[...]Poverty July 19, 2019 | 8:43 am
Santo Domingo.- The cleanup of gullies and storm drains, construction of pedestrian walks and other works were inaugurated in the sprawling Simón Bolívar neighborhood of the National District by the[...]Poverty July 16, 2019 | 8:53 am
Hunger declined in the Dominican Republic as the undernourished population decreased from 10.4% in 2017 to 9.5% in 2018, according to a joint United Nations report.
According t[...]Poverty July 15, 2019 | 4:34 pm
Santo Domingo.- 9.5% of the Dominican population, 1.3 million people, was undernourished in 2018, according to a UN report released on Monday.
The report shows an improvement over the previous year[...]Economy July 11, 2019 | 4:59 pm
Santo Domingo.- Labor minister, Winston Santos, on Thurs. said the business sector has no reason to challenge the rise in minimum wage adopted defined Tuesday by the National Wages Committee, since [...]
