Tag: Dominican Republic

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:34 UTC

  Venezuela could lose UN voting rights because of US$ 3m in arrears

  

  St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic are among nine countries that have lost their voting rights at the United Nations because of arrears in their annual contributions to the world body.

• Saturday, November 14th 2015 - 11:37 UTC

  A Dominican connection in Venezuela's First Lady relatives drugs' case

  

  A drugs raid and bust in a yacht moored at a marina in the Dominican Republic is helping to understand the extent of the trafficking network business surrounding Venezuela's First Lady family connections, whose nephew and godson are under arrest in New York, according to media reports in Caracas.

• Wednesday, August 6th 2014 - 08:47 UTC

  Caribbean Chikungunya cases over half a million, says PA health organization

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the number of new cases of the Chikungunya in the Caribbean increased by nearly 38,000 last week with the Dominican Republic having the most cases.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 22:25 UTC

  Dominican Republic tourism industry success story: 4.7 million tourists in 2013

  

  The Dominican Republic’s 2013 visitor numbers grew by 3.6% over the previous year, outpacing the entire Caribbean region, which recorded growth in tourism of only 1%. Tourism minister Francisco Javier Garcia described it as “an extraordinary year.”

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 19:02 UTC

  Dengue keeps advancing in Latam despite efforts to contain the disease

  

  Dengue continues to claim lives in Latin America with over 400 deaths and nearly 161.000 infection cases according to this year’s reports from the different countries.

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 06:56 UTC

  New Dominican president takes office: “my wife will help you look after the place”

  

  Economist Danilo Medina was sworn in on Thursday as the Dominican Republic's new president and pushed for a pact against poverty as he assumed the post. The economist, who belongs to the Dominican Liberation Party of outgoing President Leonel Fernandez, won May 20 election on a promise to raise the country's standard of living.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 01:48 UTC

  Dominican president doctors succession: his top aide and the First Lady

  

  The election of Danilo Medina as president of the Dominican Republic signals a continuation of the policies that many experts say have helped the country grow during the past eight years.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 05:24 UTC

  Dominica disassociates from barring Falklands’ flagged vessels from its ports

  

  The Caribbean island nation of Dominica has joined Antigua and Barbuda in seeking to clear the air on an ALBA statement supporting Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, in Buenos Aires dispute with Britain over the South Atlantic Islands.

• Monday, July 19th 2010 - 00:24 UTC

  Brazil to begin Mercosur talks with Dominican Republic

  

  Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Welber Barral flies Monday to Dominican Republic to promote bilateral and advance towards a road map for an agreement with Mercosur.