2024 – Page 49

Designated hitter Sandber Pimentel belted two home runs for the first time in his career, including a career-long 424-foot blast over the 411-foot wall in the Leones del Escogido’s 6-3 victory over the Tigres del Licey on Sunday night, 20 October 2024 in the opening week of the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship. This was …

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The Senate Special Committee tasked with evaluating candidates for the Central Electoral Board (JCE) interviewed the current president of the JCE, Roman Andres Jaquez Liranzo as it continues to listen to applicants for the 2024-2028 term. Jaquez Liranzo and the other four members of the current JCE board are seeking re-election. During his interview, Jáquez …

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President Luis Abinader has appointed Tomás Hernán Pérez Ducy as a new member of the Dominican Institute of Telecommunications (Indotel) board, according to Decree 563-24 issued on 3 October 2024. The appointment follows the naming in August 2024 of lawyer and politician Guido Gomez Mazara to preside the board. The new appointment fills a vacancy …

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The Ministry of Interior & Police signed an agreement with the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) to ensure 63 police stations nationwide have broadband Internet connections. The first of these will be installed on 11 November 2024 in Cristo Rey, a densely populated National District neighborhood. Interior and Police Minister Faride Raful and Indotel board president …

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 In a landmark agreement, the Dominican Republic and Italy will facilitate the temporary return of an impressively conserved Taino artifact, the Cotton Idol, to its country of origin. This cultural exchange, brokered by the Dominican Embassy in Italy, marks a significant milestone in the preservation and promotion of shared heritage. Minister of Culture Milagros German …

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The Chamber of Deputies continues to hold public hearings to listen to the many sectors that understand they will be significantly impacted by the new taxation provisions proposed by the Abinader administration. Likewise, sectoral meetings are being held to analyze and propose different alternatives to the legislators that are studying the articles. The debates continue …

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Experts warn that a simple name change from the ITBIS (Impuesto a la Transferencia de Bienes Industrializados y Servicios) to VAT (Value Added Tax) could create legal loopholes and leave certain sectors without tax obligations, El Caribe reports. The proposal to rename the ITBIS to VAT within the Abinader administration’s Tax Modernization Bill under study …

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Euri Andújar, president of the National Association of Herrera Enterprises and Industries (ANEIH), has called on the government to foster tax reform that simplifies and makes it easy for businesses of all sizes to pay taxes. He praised the proposal for the elimination of the advance tax payments for micro businesses. In an interview with …

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The Christian Dialogue and Representation Table (La Mesa de Diálogo y Representación Cristiana) has vehemently opposed a proposed fiscal modernization plan that seeks to impose taxes on evangelical churches. Bishop Reynaldo Franco Aquino, the entity’s president, argues that this attempt not only disregards the crucial role churches play in the country’s social and community fabric …

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Dominican Republic lottery and sports betting operators have strongly opposed a proposed 16% Selective Consumption Tax (ISC) that is included in the Abinader government’s fiscal reform plan. Representatives from the sector argued before the Chamber of Deputies’ Finance Committee that such a tax would be detrimental to the industry, as reported in Hoy. Antonio de …

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