Batey Relief Alliance, with support of USAID, feeds Dominican Republic’s vulnerable populations.
Poverty April 22, 2017 | 1:46 pm
Santo Domingo. – Through the Batey Relief Alliance’s Food Security Program, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will invest $569,924.00 to distribute 150.08 metric tons [...]Dominican Republic isn’t so poor: EU trims aid
Poverty April 17, 2017 | 12:28 pm
Santo Domingo.- The national authorizing officer for the European Development Funds on Sunday revealed that the European Union (EU) has reduced its cooperation with the Dominican Republic by more than[...]Revamped barrios to be model for future interventions
Poverty April 5, 2017 | 12:58 pm
Santo Domingo.- The 'Domingo Savio Integral Urban Transformation Project' that will benefit 45,000 dwellers of the barrios La Ciénaga and Los Guandules, will become the model for future interventions[...]Dominican Republic minimum wage hike still leaves workers in poverty
Poverty April 4, 2017 | 12:14 pm
Santo Domingo.- The 20% increase on the minimum salary approved Monday by the National Wage Committee (CNS) benefits nearly 51.4% of the employees registered in the Social Security Treasury. The pe[...]Dominican girls the youngest to marry in LatAm, Caribbean
Poverty March 22, 2017 | 2:06 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican Republic along with Nicaragua rank first in adolescent and teen girls bound by civil or common law marriage in Latin America and the Caribbean. The dire ranking is in [...]Dominican Gov. to spend US$150.0M to convert slums
Poverty March 15, 2017 | 8:44 pm
Santo Domingo.- Fresh from a successful relocation of the residents of the riverside slum La Barquita to the newly-built subdivision La Nueva Barquita, the head of the Urban Development Project on W[...]Half of Dominican households earn 20% less than what they need
Poverty March 15, 2017 | 1:11 pm
Santo Domingo.- 50 out of 100 Dominican households earn up to 20% less than what they need to cover the monthly expenses, says the report "Minimum Wage Proposal for the Non-Sectorized Private Sector."[...]Another delay as minimum-wage workers languish
Poverty March 14, 2017 | 8:29 pm
Santo Domingo.- The Ministry of Labor, through the National Wage Committee, on Tuesday announced the postponement of the meeting that was to take place today, to revise Resolution 01/2015, regarding t[...]US$150M riverside project will relocate 40K+ slum dwellers
Poverty March 8, 2017 | 2:07 pm
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina unveiled Monday the "Nuevo Domingo Savio" project which will relocate more than 40,000 inhabitants of the sprawling slums Los Guandules and La Ciénaga in the N[...]Batey Relief Alliance donates modern medical facility to Dominican Govt.
Poverty February 24, 2017 | 11:18 am
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, February23, 2017. – As part of a new strategic plan for its program development agendaoverseas, the Batey Relief Alliance’s Board of Directors unanimously app[...]
More than 24 years of dismal, stagnant wages
Poverty January 2, 2017 | 10:41 am
Santo Domingo.- Low salaries, unemployment,wage increase, poor quality and services, poverty and a violated right tounionize are the topics which Dominican workers had to grapple with in 2016,accor[...]
Standoff: Medina halts sales, evictions in sprawling subdivision
Poverty December 29, 2016 | 9:21 am
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina ordered the immediate suspension of any sale or resale transaction, and any eviction process against the occupants of the properties in the sprawling subdivi[...]
Presidents’ handouts fuel Christmas calamity
Poverty December 23, 2016 | 9:25 am
Santo Domingo.-The long lines and disordersduring the traditional deistribution of "Christmas boxes and baskets"by former and sitting presidents, political parties and other institutionsr[...]
Despite high growth, 1 of every 3 is poor in Dominican Republic
Poverty December 13, 2016 | 4:20 pm
Santo Domingo.-The World Bank published todaya report that maintains that although Dominican Republic is one of thecountries with highest growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, still one of eve[...]
Deforestation will turn us into another Haiti, Medina warns
Poverty December 12, 2016 | 9:02 am
Neyba, Dominican Republic.- "If wecontinue to depredate, we will run out of water; and if we run out of water wewill have a replica of Haiti, which is what we are trying to avoid, so I havetru[...]
World Bank lauds impoverished town’s improved services, planning
Poverty December 9, 2016 | 11:48 am
Bayaguana, Monte Palata.- Town mayor HéctorDelgado Valdés, recently stressed the progress achieved in municipal planning,basic services and financial management of the Municipal Developme[...]
ISLA Academy receives donations for families affected by flooding
Poverty November 17, 2016 | 3:28 pm
Sosua, Dominican Republic.- ISLA Academy isreceiving donations to deliver to families affected by severe flooding in theMaranatha region of Sosua, Dominican Republic. Heavy rain in the Puerto Plata[...]
Election doubts and hope for Haitians in Dominican Republic
Poverty November 17, 2016 | 8:21 am
Santo Domingo.- Haitian immigrants living inthe Dominican Republic, a large number illegal, are torn between skepticism andhope that their country's economic, social and political situation will im[...]
Three-year push drops illiteracy from 14% to 7.5%
Poverty November 10, 2016 | 9:24 am
Santo Domingo.- When the National QuisqueyaAprende Contigo Literacy Plan (QAC) was launched on January 7, 2013, thecountry's illiteracy rate was 14%. Three years into the program, the illiteracyrat[...]
Dominican Republic’s hobbled unions head to wage hike talks
Poverty November 7, 2016 | 7:55 am
Dominican Republic wage hike talks, more ofthe sameSanto Domingo.- The National Salary Committee will start thetalks on Wednesday leading to an increase in the minimumwage, after the labor union[...]