Crisis: 30,000 Venezuelans uprooted to Dominican Republic
Poverty October 9, 2018 | 10:22 am
Santo Domingo.- The makeshift campsite set up at the Yukpa indigenous community on the Colombia-Venezuela border city of Cúcuta is perhaps the most striking reflection of how migration from the latte[...]Scarce funding the key hurdle to sustainable development
Poverty October 1, 2018 | 12:00 pm
Rome.- The lack of funding is the main challenge to enact the sustainable development agenda agreed at the UN for 2030, a Dominican Republic representative affirmed Mon. in Rome. Dominican deputy E[...]Poor province won’t be the Gov.’s ‘condom’ any longer
Poverty September 6, 2018 | 2:25 pm
Santo Domingo.- A ruling party senator on Wed. slammed the government's "constantly unfulfilled promises" of tourism development and other works for Pedernales, which in his view leaves the youth of h[...]Ambitious Ozama river project: From shantytowns to urbanization
Poverty August 27, 2018 | 8:36 pm
Santo Domingo.- Juana Peralta's face lights up when she hears the word "relocation" as she stresses her greatest desire: "A house where I can be calm, with my needs covered and without fear of dying d[...]Study: 77 municipalities vulnerable to climate shocks
Poverty August 3, 2018 | 12:37 pm
Santo Domingo.- According to a recent study, 77 municipalities in the country are vulnerable to climate-related shocks. This research also identified the areas with the greatest exposure to or the hi[...]Dominican Republic 3rd with modern slavery in the Americas: EFE
Poverty July 19, 2018 | 2:33 pm
United Nations.- Venezuela, along with Haiti, is the country with the highest incidence of modern slavery in Latin America, according to a report published today by the Walk Free Foundation and presen[...]Dominican Republic’s extreme poverty dips below 6%: official
Poverty July 18, 2018 | 11:16 am
New York.- Economy minister, Isidoro Santana, on Tuesday presented Dominican Republic's National Voluntary Report on Sustainable Development Goals, citing advances in poverty reduction, access to drin[...]Crises: Dominican Republic lodges some 30K Venezuelans
Poverty June 8, 2018 | 12:57 pm
Santo Domingo.- Venezuela's drawn-out political, social and economic crisis, to which the Organization of American States adds humanitarian, has prompted the country's most massive exodus since its in[...]87.2% of Dominican Republic’s 570,933 immigrants are Haitians
Poverty June 5, 2018 | 2:56 pm
Santo Domingo.- Of Dominican Republic's 570,933 immigrants 87.2% are Haitians and the rest are from Venezuela, the US, Spain and to a lesser degree Italy, according to the 2nd National Survey of Immig[...]Haitian graduates from Dominican universities should return ‘ASAP’
Poverty June 1, 2018 | 1:06 pm
Santo Domingo.- The young Haitian people who study in Dominican universities to become professionals should return to their country as soon as they graduate to contribute the knowledge acquired to t[...]Hundreds of Haitians look to regularize; 64,344 renew card
Poverty May 29, 2018 | 3:34 pm
Santo Domingo.- Hundreds of Haitians have gathered near the Immigration Agency since early Tuesday hoping to renew their foreigner regularization card. The mostly Haitian foreigners have come fro[...]Agro, retail, services account for most jobs, but pay the least
Poverty May 22, 2018 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Agriculture, commerce and services are the activities which account for most jobs, but they also pay the lowest wages, according to the Central Bank's Continuous National Workforce Sur[...]It’s so hard to be a teen girl in Dominican Republic: UNICEF
Poverty May 18, 2018 | 8:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- "It's so difficult to be a teenage girl in this country,!" exclaimed UNICEF representative in Dominican Republic, Rosa Elcarte, who on Friday said "nothing" has been done to reduce chi[...]Venezuelans face a gauntlet in the Dominican Republic
Poverty May 11, 2018 | 7:41 pm
Santo Domingo.-- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Friday urged regional measures to deal with the situation of thousands of Venezuelans who've had to emigrate fleeing their cou[...]Small farmers in impoverished West need quality seeds, research
Poverty May 9, 2018 | 7:54 pm
Elías Piña, Dominican Republic.- The Dominican Farmers Movement (MCD) on Wed. demanded the recovery of the Agricultural Research Centers which they affirm have been abandoned by the Government for y[...]Dominican workers mark their day with a salary of misery
Poverty May 1, 2018 | 1:16 pm
Santo Domingo.- Dominican workers on Mon. marked their day with a monthly minimum wage too low to cover the basic household costs, which the Central Bank sets at RD$29,000. Salaries in the non-sect[...]BRA Dominicana, Gildan work to prevent blindness
Poverty April 26, 2018 | 3:57 pm
Santo Domingo.-The Batey Relief Alliance (BRA) Dominicana and the textile company Gildan joined forces to develop the "Prevention of Blindness" program, under which the group Optometrists Volunteers f[...]There are 30K Venezuelans somewhere in the Dominican Republic
Economy April 26, 2018 | 11:57 am
Santo Domingo.- Venezuela ambassador Ali de Jesus Uzcategui, on Wed. said there are more Venezuelans illegally in the Dominican Republic, than what last year's National Immigrants Survey (ENI-2017) de[...]Projects would keep Dominicans from leaving border region
Poverty April 25, 2018 | 1:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina met Tuesday with various government officials to discuss current projects and identify new development programs for provinces along the border. The meeting[...]‘Girls are an economic asset’ in the impoverished South
Poverty April 24, 2018 | 5:24 pm
Santo Domingo.- A joint study by Plan International and Unicef found that 50.9% of youngsters from 13 to 20 years of age polled in the South region claimed to have had sexual relations at least [...]Brazil measure helps Haitians’ descendants in Dominican Republic
Economy April 13, 2018 | 11:15 am
Rio de Janeiro.- The Brazilian government on Thursday announced priority treatment to immigrants of Haitian origin who will live in that country, granting them a humanitarian visa and a temporary resi[...]World Bank: Dominican Republic well positioned to face challenge of global learning crisis
Local April 3, 2018 | 6:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- The World Bank’s Senior Director for Education, Jaime Saavedra, considered today that the Dominican Republic is facing a great opportunity to improve the education system and tackle [...]Rising cost of a traditional Easter favorite
Poverty March 29, 2018 | 3:13 pm
Santo Domingo.- The cost of making habichuelas con dulce – sweet cream of beans – will depend on the number of people, size and quality of the products used in this traditional Dominican Semana Sa[...]
