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1 Nov 2013- 10:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic Ninety-five percent of the population of the Dominican Republic is drinking polluted water, according to Dominican environmentalist, geologist and blogger Osiris de Leon. In an interview broadcast on the program Detalle
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21 Jun 2013- 10:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic will need $4-7 billion USD to achieve full water coverage in the country, according to Alberto Holguín, executive director of the National Drinking Water and Sanitation Institute (INAPA). Holguin
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4 Jun 2013- 10:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla last week proposed setting “preferential energy rates” for the island’s aqueduct and sewage authority, AAA, as a means of controlling water prices. AAA had proposed a rate increase of
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The estimated agricultural production and water resources in the area around mining giant Xstrata Nickel’s Loma Miranda project are worth more than the nickel that will be extracted, according to a report released last week by Dominican environmental information clearinghouse Accion Verde.
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Despite being ordered by a Chilean court to stop work on the portion of the Pascua Lama mine that falls within its borders, Canada-based miner Barrick Gold announced this week that it will continue to develop the mine on its Argentine side.
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Two people were fatally shot Tuesday in various parts of the Dominican Republic amid violent protests demanding investment in public infrastructure. Police Col.
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The Dominican Environmental Movement has asked the country’s president, Danilo Medina, to annul its contract with Canada-based mining giant Barrick Gold for the controversial $3 billion USD Pueblo Viejo project.
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8 Feb 2013- 08:44 by Local Press Report SAN JOSE WW4 Report Costa Rica's Constitutional Tribunal, the country's highest court, on Feb. 6 unanimously rejected a case brought by the country's Mining and Industry Association challenging the 2010 ban on open-pit mining. The Associaiton
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31 Jan 2013- 07:55 by Local Press Report SAN JUAN Fox Business Argentina's mineral-rich San Juan Province has cleared two mines owned by Barrick Gold Corp. of posing a threat to Andean glaciers in a move likely to be contested by environmentalists trying to use a glacier protection law to stop
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Canadian mining company Candente Copper has re-started drilling operations at the $1.5 billion USD Lambayeque Peru Cañariaco mining project.
