Dominican Republic

Here is something you don't read about everyday... 8 Haitians and 2 Dominicans have been arrested by Dominican authorities for importing chicken INTO the Dominican Republic... Apparently... Chicken OUT of DR is GOOD... But Chicken INTO DR... that's a NO NO...
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March 14, 2014 6:29 PM

7 Dominicans walk from DR Capital Santo Domingo all the way to Champs-de-Mars, Port-au-Prince Haiti, in a peaceful march against ruling 168-13, the judgment of the Constitutional Court of Dominican Republic denying citizenship to Dominicans of Haitian descent.
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March 13, 2014 9:00 AM

Can you believe this? A group dressed in Ku Klux Klan outfit received the blessing of the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Culture to participate in a Santo Domingo Carnival... As if the anti-Haitian ruling 168-13 was not enough... What the hell is that supposed to mean?
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March 3, 2014 3:09 PM

Haiti is launching a new program to register Haitian immigrants who live without documentation in the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos Island, and "other countries where Haitian immigrants live..."
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February 11, 2014 4:52 PM

What is wrong with this picture? I was looking at the list of countries by number of active troops on Wikipedia and found out that on the island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic has 49,910 military personnel on active duty while Haiti has ZERO...
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January 24, 2014 5:20 AM

Establishing a difference between those who are affected by the decision of the Dominican Constitutional Court and those who came from Haiti as undocumented aliens is one of the goals achieved by the Commission representing the Haitian Government during this first of a series of discussions scheduled to take place on a monthly basis.
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January 8, 2014 9:53 AM

READ THIS... The importation of chickens and eggs from the Dominican Republic into Haiti has greatly diminished... In the case of eggs, imports from DR decreased by 86.3%... If that is the case, it means Haiti is producing a lot MORE eggs these days to meet demands...
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December 19, 2013 12:42 PM
After reading a story online about Haitian Hollywood movie star Jimmy Jean-Louis' BAD experience in the Dominican Republic, I couldn't believe it... So I called him to know if it was true or not... It is TRUE... Jimmy had a terrible experience while on a road trip from Haiti to DR capital Santo Domingo... You won't believe what you are about to read... The following is the official story from Jimmy Jean-Louis himself...
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December 1, 2013 11:04 AM

Direktion general imigrasyon nan Sen Domeng (DGM) fè konnen ke yon pat depote pyes Haitien aprè sa kite pase nan Neyba-a.... Dapre otorite yo, 172 Haitiens te mande èd yo pou yo te retounen nan peyi yo, Haiti, volontairement...
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November 27, 2013 8:04 AM

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) says it is suspending the Dominican Republic's application until Santo Domingo acts to stop stripping citizenship rights of Dominicans of Haitian descent. In a statment Tuesday, Caricom said: "The Community, at this time, will suspend consideration of the request by the Dominican Republic for membership of the Caribbean Community"
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November 27, 2013 4:14 AM