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Cabo Rojo Port has capacity for 15,000 tourists arriving on cruise ships at once

President Luis Abinader and Tourism Minister David Collado visited Cabo Rojo in southwestern Pedernales last Wednesday, 16 October 2024 to inaugurate the second phase of Port Cabo Rojo. The port can accommodate two Oasis-class cruise ships simultaneously, or 15,000 passengers at once. This milestone comes as the port solidifies its role as a key driver …

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President Abinader inaugurates Kimpton Las Mercedes

President Luis Abinader and Minister of Tourism David Collado officially opened the new Kimpton Las Mercedes hotel in the Colonial City on Thursday, 17 October 2024. The hotel adds 130 rooms and eight suites with terraces to the historic district’s lodging options. Kimpton Las Mercedes is the first hotel of its kind operated by Iberostar …

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Despite conflict, Ukraine ranks among top European visitors to DR

The Russians and Ukrainians were the first tourists to return to the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2020 as the country opened after the Covid-19 pandemic shut down, N Digital highlights. Direct flights brought thousands, yet with the start of the Russia vs Ukraine war, the flights were discontinued. Now N Digital shares a …

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Senate and Chamber of Deputies presidents sign 2024 Dominican Constitution

The presidents of the Dominican Republic’s Senate and Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo de los Santos and Alfredo Pacheco, respectively, signed the newly revised Constitution on Friday, 18 October 2024, following its approval by the National Revisory Assembly. The bill now moves to the Presidency for enactment. Senate President Ricardo de los Santos stated: “We are …

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Constitutional Court upholds Dominican Republic and Netherlands maritime border deal

The Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Court has upheld a maritime border agreement with the Netherlands, despite dissent from four of its judges. The ruling finalizes the delineation of maritime boundaries between the two nations in the Caribbean Sea. The controversial agreement, signed in 2021, establishes a new maritime border based on the equidistance principle, which divides …

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Relief! Time to study the feedback on the proposed taxation changes

President Luis Abinader has defended the Fiscal Modernization Bill as one that was not improvised but acknowledged the generalized rejection when on Saturday, 19 October 2024, he announced he would remove it from the agenda of the National Congress. Abinader says the structural changes were proposed to reduce dependency on foreign financing to meet local …

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Economist Ellen Perez Ducy: The government has alternatives

In her “The Reform That Could Have Been” contribution to the fiscal reform debate via Diario Libre, economist Ellen Perez Ducy joined many who have presented alternatives to the widespread increases in taxation proposed in the Fiscal Modernization Plan presented in October by the Abinader administration to the National Congress. Perez Ducy had written on …

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