Dolores Vicioso – Page 263

The Ministry of the Presidency cut the check for RD$84 million to remodel the Tetelo Vargas Stadium, home club to the Estrellas Orientales baseball team in San Pedro de Macoris. The stadium is one of the three built by Dictator Rafael Trujillo’s favorite engineer, Bienvenido “Bebecito“ Martinez. The other two stadiums are the Estadio Cibao, …

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The Abinader administration is investing in the Santo Domingo Metro to better serve the 350,000 to 400,000 commuters that use the mass transport service every day. Rafael Santos Pérez, director of the Metro Office (Opret), told Diario Libre that expansion works are advanced. To reduce the long lines and congestion the Opret is expanding five …

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April closed with positive numbers in farm, manufacturing and tourism sectors in the Dominican Republic. Commerce experienced a decline. Farm produce The Ministry of Economy’s Panorama report for April reveals that farm exports from January to April were up 11.7% compared to the first third of the year in 2023. Farm produce exports were up …

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The visit by a group of experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in July 2024 has a lot of people worrying about just what they will have to say about the proposed tax reform legislation that the Abinader administration has declared as a priority for this year. The IMF mission will look at such …

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President Luis Abinader has sent a modification that he feels is necessary to the People Trafficking Law 137-03. The amendment to Article 3 simply says “to strengthen the ability of the state to protect, boys, girls and adolescents that are victims of this degrading practice.” Article 3 refers to the exploitation of persons subjected to …

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The new Senate that begins its four-year term on 16 August 2024 will have the task of voting to choose new members or confirm the present members of the Central Electoral Board. The current members of the JCE were chosen in the Senate vote on 4 November 2020. With the declaration of the winners of …

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Regarded as one of the most respected and hardworking legislators during the 2020-2024 term of Congress, young lawyer Jose Horacio Rodriguez was beaten by the system and left out. He failed to make the cut under the D’Hondt vote allocation method that leaves little room for minority parties. Jose Horacio Rodriguez ran for the Opción …

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