Haiti-Canada-DR: Canada will increase Embassy staffing

Haiti-Canada-DR: Canada will increase Embassy staffing

In a joint statement on Wednesday, Canada and the Dominican Republic announced their agreement for Canada to take the lead in coordinating assistance for Haiti. To support this effort, Canada will increase staffing at its embassies in Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo. The agreement resolves a recent public dispute regarding the establishment of a Canadian office […]

Dominican Republic Cautious in Response to Proposal for Canadian-Led Security Coordination Cell

Dominican Republic Cautious in Response to Proposal for Canadian-Led Security Coordination Cell

The proposal for a Canadian-led “joint security coordination cell” in the Dominican Republic has been met with resistance. The Dominican Foreign Minister, Roberto Alvarez, expressed his opposition to hosting the Canadian bureau within their territory. The purpose of this proposed cell was to coordinate international aid efforts and provide support to Haiti’s police force in […]

Les viandes de porcs et ses produits dérivés en provenance de la RD interdits en Haïti

Les viandes de porcs et ses produits dérivés en provenance de la RD interdits en Haïti

Dans un communiqué daté 11 août 2021, le chef du gouvernement Ariel Henry, interdit l’importation des viandes de porcs et de ses produits dérivés, en provenance de la République Dominicaine vers Haïti, en raison de la Peste Porcine Africaine (PPA) qui est présente sur le territoire dominicain. Le chef du gouvernement, Ariel Henry, invite la […]

Carolina Mejía de Carrigó, Mairesse de Santo-Domingo

Les élections de ce dimanche ont consacré la victoire de Carolina Mejía, fille de l’ancien président Hipólito Mejía, à la tête de la Mairie du Districto Nacional de Santo-Domingo de Guzman. Carolina a remporté les élections avec 57.95% du suffrage contre le candidat du parti au pouvoir (PLD) Domingo Contreras, qui n’a totalisé que 31,34% […]

Coronavirus: Dominican Republic has confirmed a case

The Dominican Republic shares a land border with Haiti containing four official crossing points and more than twenty beyond the control of the authorities.

Coronavirus: Dominican Republic has confirmed a case

The Dominican Minister of Health, Rafael Sanchez, has confirmed a first case of the new Coronavirus in the Dominican Republic. The patient is a 67-year-old Italian who had presented no symptoms of the virus upon his arrival in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic had gone so far as to refuse the docking of cruise […]