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I have a question about what is the responsibility to provide medical by an employer who has contracted a Dominican Citizen to work in the U.S. The situation is that they were en route to the new employment and fell ill in Miami in transit to California. They went to a local hospital and did...

There is an article in DR1 about this today. How does one invest in these exchanges? Through local banks as brokers? Anyone have experience with this? Thank you. Stock Exchange recovers The economy is definitely recovering. In the first half of the year, Dominican stock exchange houses have...

Government loses credibility In a column in today's Hoy newspaper, Fabio Herrera-Minino comments that the government's main strategists are concerned that their enormous investment in paid journalists for articles, commentaries, workshops, panels, etc. is not getting through to public opinion...

Not quite..... Another electricity tariff hike? Writing in Hoy, electrical engineer Bernardo Castellanos questions the wisdom of the government once again wants to raise power rates on the grounds that neither the present electricity tariffs nor the government subsidy cover the costs of power...

Does anyone know if there is a way to look online this website (ji.gov.do) to get up-to-date information on any one property. Mainly, the specific owner as listed on the title? There is a section entitled 'servicios en linea', but it doesn't look like it is possible to search for any...

If an individual fails to have a will-last testament upon their death in the DR, then how do these legal offices in the DR complete the determination of heirs? It seems rather suspect in that one or more inheritors could claim they are the sole beneficiary. Only a proper will-last testament...

Truly the definition of insanity....A problem that lingers on for years and years....why even report on it anymore?.....Now Pichardo and Lambada can give us a lecture on the bright future ahead!...Here is some English for you: What a joke!...LMAO.

Absolute power for Fernandez Former Attorney General and presidential candidate Guillermo Moreno says that the results of the 16 May congressional and municipal election render President Leonel Fernandez a governor with absolute powers. With the recent changes in the Constitution and the...

I have a question about the Transfer Tax due when buying a property. Does the Registry base the tax from the amount on the contract between the parties or do they have their own methodology to determine a 'valor' for the property to determine the tax amount due? I believe there is a valor that...

I have a question about the Transfer Tax due when buying a property. Does the Registry base the tax from the amount on the contract between the parties or do they have their own methodology to determine a 'valor' for the property to determine the tax amount due? I believe there is a valor that...

If a title for a property establishes an individual as Power of Attorney (POA) in addition to the primary owner's name and the owner becomes deceased, how does that effect the transfer of the property? Does the POA supersede the need for the determination of the heirs and inheritance matters...

If a title for a property establishes an individual as Power of Attorney (POA) in addition to the primary owner's name and the owner becomes deceased, how does that effect the transfer of the property? Does the POA supersede the need for the determination of the heirs and inheritance matters...

I would like to know if anybody who has bought property recently has had experience with the Gvt. surveyors coming out to make a determination of the 'valor' on the property. My question is whether the Gvt. is actually surveying these homes as they claim or it is mere 'lip service' in the hope...

Rise abruptly after the May elections?.... Was talking with a friend today and they say cost for housing and everything is going to go way up after the elections in DR. Devaluation?..IMF will start putting the hammer down after May...What does it all mean...Thoughts?..

W/ the elections coming in May, what are your thoughts of the direction of the $RD thereafter? I am thinking more devaluation with the billion in increased borrowings. What is your intermediate to long term outlook? It's amazing how the RD$5 million peso exemption on property taxes captured...

From one of these outfits like Stewart Title, First American..etc...If you get a certificado de titulo from the department of registry? Is it worth buying some title insurance if you obtain this certificate and it is clear from that department? What are your thoughts on this matter? Thanks.

tax identification number to register the ownership of a property in DR?

Work on buying a property?....Is it 2% on the government appraised value of the property? I read that it is 2% on conveyances, but am not sure exactly what that entails? Anyone have further info about this? Also, do they still charge the 1% doc fee on top of the 3% transfer tax? Finally, is...

I have been looking at housing here in Santo Domingo for a few months now and I am getting the impression that the artificially low interest rate environment is creating a construction-housing bubble similar to the United States and China. Many, many different apartment complexes and retail...