
(Versión en español) Una Liga de Verano, la apuesta de Lidom para los próximos años
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Santo Domingo.-La Oficina Metropolitana de Servicios de Autobuses (OMSA) anunció este miércoles que ofrecerá servicio de transporte exclusivo a los fanáticos que asistan a los cinco estadios de la pelota invernal durante la temporada 2019-2020 que inicia el sábado 12 de octubre. La información fue dada a conocer durante el acuerdo rubricado por el licenciado … Continue reading “Lidom y OMSA ratifican acuerdo para transportar a los fanáticos del torneo invernal”

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources and CODOPESCA have announced the closure of the following seasons in the Dominican Republic in 2020: crab and lobster season is closed from March 1 through June 30; conch season is closed from July 1 through October 31; and shark fishing is prohibited for the entire year. We … Continue reading “Respect Season Closures in 2020!”

We celebrate the launch and encourage readers to pick up the new Tinglar magazine, created, as its mission statement indicates, “to be a communicative space that informs and educates on such sensitive and important issues as the environment, climate change, clean energy, corporate social responsibility, and ecotourism.” The magazine is edited by Miosotis Batista and is … Continue reading “The New Tinglar RD Magazine”

Nearly 30 food and drink establishments that operate in Agora Mall, in the heart of Santo Domingo, eliminate the use of straws from the month of June in 2019. This initiative, accompanied by a comms campaign aimed at customers and visitors of the Mall with the aim of contributing to awareness of the need to … Continue reading “Agora Mall eliminates drinking straws”

by Jennifer Peirce This report puts a spotlight on what is typically the least-visible and least-resourced of justice institutions: the prison system. First, prisons represent the most direct manifestation of state control over its citizenry. As the famous Dostoyevsky quote notes, how a state treats its prisoners tells you how a state treats its people … Continue reading “Prison Reform in the Dominican Republic: An Analysis through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”

Santo Domingo, D.R. – As it has done each year, the website Dominicanaonline.org continues to provide visitors with updated information on the Dominican Republic. And this year has not been the exception. During this year’s first quarter Dominicanaonline.org has worked to strengthen the institutional ties with contributing organizations to provide viewers with high-quality information. During … Continue reading “Dominicanaonline.org Makes Great Contributions to Local Culture During the First Quarter of 2019”

The GFDD program highlights ways to reduce environmental waste by giving new life to discarded materials to create pretty and useful products May 20, 2019— GFDD took advantage of the International Book Fair of Santo Domingo—called the “great cultural event of the country”—to offer a workshop as part of its ReCrearte program. On the morning … Continue reading “At the International Book Fair, ReCrearte workshop participants discover the potential of creative recycling”

Washington, DC. – Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) hosted a meet and greet with a group of Dominican artisans visiting Washington, D.C. The group, which includes members of the Federación Dominicana de Artesanos, came to the U.S. capital to participate in the “Around the World Embassy Tour” (PassportDC) and an Arts & Crafts Bazaar also … Continue reading “GFDD Hosts Meet & Greet with Dominican Artisans in Washington, D.C.”

Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD) participated at the 2019 International Book Fair of Santo Domingo with a series of events and activities for all, including publication launches, screenings of short films, talks with authors, recycling workshops, photo exhibits and a live presentation of the DominicanaOnline.org Portal. The Book Fair, celebrated April 26 to … Continue reading “GFDD Brings Publications, Short Films, Talks and More to the 2019 International Book Fair of Santo Domingo”