Dolores Vicioso – Page 258

The Dominican Republic’s national basketball team suffered an 84-74 defeat to Spain in an exhibition game played on 29 June 2024, in Alicante, Spain. The game was part of the Dominican Republic’s preparation for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which will be held in Piraeus, Greece from 2 to 7 July 2024. Sports reporters highlighted …

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Dominican national women’s volleyball team star player Brayelin Martínez turned in a MVP performance to guide the Dominican Republic to win gold at the Norceca Final Six Cup held in Santo Domingo 26-30 June 2024. The DR had won the cup in 2022 and 2021, yet lost to the USA in 2023. The game was …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reports an economic expansion of 4.3% in May 2024. This brings the accumulated average interannual growth to 4.9% for the first five months of the year. The BCRD highlights the resilience of the Dominican economy amidst global uncertainties and a domestic electoral cycle. The expansion is attributed …

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Minister of Public Works Deligne Ascención was in Macau, China to represent the Dominican Republic at the 15th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF) on 20 June 2024. The event was co-hosted by the China International Contractors Association (CHINCA) and Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM). Ascención spoke about sustainable infrastructures at the …

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In a bid to bolster trade relations and attract investments in the semiconductor sector, Ministry of Industry & Commerce (MICM) and Dominican private sector representatives met with senior officials from the US Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on 25 June 2024 in Washington, D.C. The delegation was led …

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 The 2022-2023 National Survey on Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (MSMEs) carried out by the Ministry of Industry & Commerce and the Central Bank reveals that only 14.8% of companies in the Dominican operate in the formal sector and are registered with the government and pay taxes. 85% of the estimated 404,034 micro, small and …

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In an interview with the Corripio Media Group, Environment Minister Miguel Ceara Hatton stressed the urgent need for public awareness regarding the conservation of natural resources and called for more tools to effectively combat environmental crimes. “In order to control these crimes, we would need five million police and military personnel to monitor every citizen, …

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Economist Ellen Perez of Inteligencia Economica joins those who would like to see a simplifying of the tax code in the Dominican Republic as part of the announced fiscal reform promoted by the Abinader administration. The government was reelected for another term starting August 2024 and has more than enough legislators to pass any legislation. …

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Spokespeople for the young emerging political party, Opción Democrática held a press conference to express concern that the much-touted fiscal reform is but motivated by a need for the government to compensate for the accumulated fiscal debasement created by the Abinader government itself. Virginia Antares Rodriguez argued that the tax system must be redesigned to …

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Vice President Raquel Peña had just announced this week that the Presidency would be submitting a new Penal Code to Congress, when surprise. Senator Ramon Rogelio Genao (PRSC) resubmitted the Penal Code. He says it is the same code that had not passed in the past legislature, excluding the most controversial issue, the three grounds …

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