Tag: Dominican Republic

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  US blocks sugar imports from Dominican Republic, claiming abusive labor conditions

  

  Imports of crude sugar from a company in the Dominican Republic will be blocked at all U.S. ports after the alleged use of forced labor in its production, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this week.

• Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 08:28 UTC

  Dominican Republic plans to clear sargassum from beaches working with organic certified company

  

  A Finnish algae processing company is considering installing a plant in the Dominican Republic given the negative impact of the sargassum seaweed invasion of its beaches and tourism industry.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Dominican Environment Minister shot dead in his office

  

  The Dominican Republic's Environment Minister was shot dead by a gunman who walked into his office Monday in Santo Domingo, while a meeting was going on, it was reported.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Dominican President signs bilateral deals with Argentina in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and his Dominican Republic counterpart Luis Abinader Corona Wednesday signed a series of joint agreements during a meeting in Buenos Aires at Casa Rosada.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Three LatAm Presidents among scores of leaders and celebrities singled out by “Pandora Papers” research

  

  Current Presidents Sebastián Piñera of Chile, Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador and Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic were listed on the so-called “Pandora Papers” among the world leaders and celebrities who have money saved in tax havens, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

• Wednesday, August 4th 2021 - 07:13 UTC

  Highest alert in Brazil with African Swine Fever outbreak in Dominican Republic, which spread from 2 to 11 provinces

  

  Brazil said that it is closely monitoring the outbreak of African Swine Fever, ASF, in the Dominican Republic and is taking the necessary measures, including an alert on the control of imports, international agriculture surveillance, and animal health services.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 07:04 UTC

  African swine fever in the Dominican Republic; Army called in to eliminate thousands of pigs

  

  Alert in the Americas after the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic. ASF has forced China to cull millions of pigs since there is no vaccine to prevent the disease which is also highly contagious.

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:16 UTC

  OAS Electoral Mission in the Dominican Republic asked to remain until 15 March

  

  The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) of the Organization of American States (OAS) is considering extending its stay in the Dominican Republic for the elections of March 15, due to the requests it has received from all political sectors of the country.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:38 UTC

  OAS Electoral Observation mission making preliminary visit to the Dominican Republic

  

  A technical team of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the municipal elections in the Dominican Republic will make a preliminary visit to the country between January 21 and 25.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 19:21 UTC

  US$ 1.3 million found in a Venezuelan airplane in the Dominican Republic

  

  Dominican authorities found 1,378,178 million dollars inside a private plane with Venezuelan registration. It is being investigated if the confiscated money was the product of an international drug trafficking transaction.