Dominican Republic

Agriculture officials assessed as positive for the country the fact that the United States Department of Agriculture has lifted a 30-year ban on the Dominican Republic's export of raw and intact beef products to the United States

The Pro Pedernales Trust plans to hold a public hearing today to present the results of the latest environmental impact studies carried out by that body for the Cabo Rojo Tourism Development Plan over an area of approximately 38 mln sq meters

Thanks to a hydrocarbon subsidy plan devised by the government, more than RD$820 million (US$14,5) have been allocated to keep fuel prices stable and mitigate the negative effect on the national economy

Vice-President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, expressed that the state's priority is domestic production and that items produced in the country will not be replaced by imported products

After several months of complaining to the authorities about sewage puddles in the La Rotonda neighbourhood, La Ciénega highway, Santiago, residents are in despair as they have received no response; the situation has caused infections in many children

With heavy rains falling in the last two weeks, alarms have been raised to accelerate plans to prevent further dengue and malaria infections; in the first six weeks of the year, there has been a 147% increase in cases compared to 2021

Dominicans have reduced their consumption of rice by 1,5 pounds of the total per capita, a reduction attributed to the increase in food products according to the Permanent Commission on Agriculture of the Chamber of Deputies

Delivered in pandemic to ensure distance learning classes, the laptops given to students in the past administration have not worked, according to students in Greater Santo Domingo; the Ministry of Education is conducting a survey to remedy this

Once completed the Pedernales development project in its fourth phase, it is estimated that the international airport planned to be built in the border province will receive almost one million international passengers per year

Drivers of public passenger transport in Santiago, whose fare has been increased from 30 to 35 pesos, said that "the salt has been worse than the goat" because fewer people now use their services

President Abinader said the Health Cabinet has allocated RD$1,5 billion (US$26 million) more for the purchase of medicines against influenza, flu and Covid's variant, which cannot always be found in pharmacies