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2003 News

Export tax bill resent to Congress

President Hipolito Mejia urged the Senate to approve the bills creating a 5% tax on exports and a 2% tax on imports resubmitted by the Executive Branch this week. Last week, the Supreme Court of Justice declared the surcharges to be in violation of the Constitution. This is the second time the Executive Branch has …

2003 News

Free zone wages up 25%

Free zone workers will see wage increases this month, as the National Salaries Committee approved a 15% increase for employees of free zone manufacturing companies, effective 19 October. An additional 10% will go into effect 90 days later, for an overall increase of 25% by January 2004. The minimum wage of free zone sector workers …

2003 News

Armed Forces Minister to visit Iraq

Armed Forces Minister Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez confirmed he will travel to Iraq this Thursday to visit the 302 Dominican troops stationed in Diwaniya. His trip will last 10 days. The Dominican troops are in Iraq as part of the Plus Ultra battalion that includes soldiers from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Spain.

2003 News

Vigilance for Villa Altagracia

The police announced a permanent patrol of the stretch of the Duarte Highway that runs through Villa Altagracia. The move is hoped to discourage the thugs that have taken over the area, especially at night. Several motorists have been injured by rocks thrown at them by the thugs who hide in the bushes that border …

2003 News

Pedro and Manny guide Boston

Dominican Manny Ramirez was the hero of the decisive fifth game to conclude the American League Division Season last night. At stake was a berth in the American League Championship Series that starts this Wednesday, pitting the Boston Red Sox against the New York Yankees in the Bronx. The Red Sox won the final game, …

2003 News

Sammy makes it

It hadn’t happened since 1908, but the Chicago Cubs finally made it to the post-season series. Sammy Sosa’s team will now go up against the Florida Marlins for the National League slot in the World Series. The Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves 5-1 on Sunday. The National League Championship Series starts today at Chicago’s Wrigley …

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New Sol Meliá hotel in the East

Manfred Schoebel announced the Sol Meliá hotel chain would build a luxury 500-room hotel in the Punta Cana area. Schoebel, spokesman for the organization, told Hoy newspaper that the newest construction would be one notch above its other two properties in the Punta Cana area and would open in time for the 2005 winter season. …

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Time for the stars

El Caribe newspaper reports that Decree 818-03, dated 20 August, provides for the creation of the Hotel Classification Committee. The new ruling replaces the 1984 classification norms and will entrust the committee with the grading of Dominican hotels in categories that range from one star up to five-star deluxe. The committee is to be presided …

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Futuristic retirement city in Yamasá

Pablo Ferrer of El Caribe reports that the DR may soon have its own Asimov-inspired ecotourism vacation and residential community located in the mountains of Yamasá, north of Santo Domingo. Legacy International, a Miami-based US corporation, is behind the US$620-million investment in a co-venture with Rancho Verde, belonging to Dominican entrepreneur Maximino Brito. The plans …

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E León Jimenes Cultural Center

There is a new reason to visit Santiago de los Caballeros, the second largest city in the Dominican Republic. E. León Jimenes has opened its Centro León, a cultural center that boasts probably the largest private collection of artwork in the Dominican Republic. The opening of the center took place on Friday, 3 October, and …

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2003 – Page 73

Export tax bill resent to Congress

Free zone wages up 25%

Armed Forces Minister to visit Iraq

Vigilance for Villa Altagracia

Pedro and Manny guide Boston

Sammy makes it

New Sol Meliá hotel in the East

Time for the stars

Futuristic retirement city in Yamasá

E León Jimenes Cultural Center