Santo Domingo.- The government of the Dominican Republic on Wednesday issued a temporary residency permit to Juliana Dequis Pierre, whose parents are undocumented Haitians, as the first step within the nationwide plan to regularize foreigners living in the country illegally. The measure stems from ...

President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina met yesterday with activist groups fighting against a court ruling, that strips citizenship from thousands of people born to undocumented migrant workers since 1929. The ruling from the Dominican Constitutional Court could lead to mass deportations ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government Monday re-emphasised the importance of developing the island’s geothermal energy sector as the Independent Regulatory Commission (IRC) granted the island’s lone electricity supplier with two new 25 year licences. Public Works, Energy...

When Haiti was hit by the devastating earthquake in 2010, its island neighbour, the Dominican Republic, rushed to help. It was among the first to send rescue workers, food and water, and also allowed overseas relief agency flights to land at Santo Domingo airport. But three years on, the goodwill s...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Charles Angelo Savarin was sworn in as Dominica’s eighth head of state since the island attained political independence 35 years ago, promising to serve the country without malice or ill will to any member of the population. For the former minister, teacher and d...

GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC - The United Nations human rights office has urged the Dominican Republic to take all necessary measures to ensure that citizens of Haitian origin are not deprived of their right to nationality in light of a recent court ruling. Last week the country’s Constitutional ...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - President-elect Charles Savarin has defended his election even as Opposition Leader Hector John said he would snub the head of state and boycott all functions officiated by him. Savarin, 70, who is expected to be sworn in to office later this week, was elected by the Dominic...

UNITED NATIONS, CMC - Dominica Monday called for an end to the conflict in Syria and condemned the attack on the mall by militants in Nigeria that killed almost 100 people. “We must continue to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” the island’s UN ambassador to the...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Former prime minister Oliver Serpahin has rubbished reports that he is making a comeback into local politics. “I have been resident abroad for the most part of the past six years and wish to state categorically that I have  at no time expressed a desire or d...

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Guyanese-born attorney Kurt De Freitas, who was due to take up the post of Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) here next month, is no longer accepting the post, Attorney General Levi Peter announced Wednesday. Peter told a news conference that he had received a letter...