2005 – Page 65

Fundacion Semper, an economic think-tank currently advising the the Senate industry and commerce commission on DR-CAFTA’s impact on the economy and productive sectors, is proposing that the government replace the proposed ITBIS and income tax extensions with a single 3% tax on gross sales of goods and services. This is considered to be more manageable …

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The president of the Herrera Industrial Association (AEIH), Ernesto Villalta, revealed yesterday that the Director General of Internal Revenue had asked more than 180 enterprises to re-submit their tax returns in order to show non-existent earnings. These businesses, according to a letter sent to them by the IRS director, were supposed to have a net …

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Several newspapers are questioning whether the excavations under way along Maximo Gomez Avenue in Santo Domingo are part of the much-discussed Metro system. Listin Diario and other newspapers have confirmed that the construction is not the Metro, but rather, part of the overpass that will connect Villa Mella with the center of the capital where …

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There are over one thousand bus routes covering the Dominican Republic, serviced by both large and small bus companies, some national and some local. Private, organized owner-drivers also service the routes. According to Listin Diario, over a million Dominicans and foreigners move about the country every day, using 50,000 buses of different types. Over the …

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The Third Penal Court of the National District has upheld the lower court decision clearing former Minister of Agriculture Eligio Jaquez and 18 others of malfeasance in the handling of RD$500 million that was used to build 51 greenhouses. The Attorney General’s office had asked the court to reverse the decision made by the magistrate …

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One of the sections in the popular “Que se dice” (What’s being said) column comments on the “Now or Never” case concerning poor barrios and their electricity supply. According to the writer, there is a World Bank funded project that aims to organize and legalize electricity in large parts of the barrios. This will be …

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The Lobby Exportador Dominicano has been holding meetings in Congress to press for the inclusion of a bill seeking to facilitate tourism promotion and the construction and maintenance of tourism infrastructure in the fiscal reform package. The funding would come from existing decrees and laws. These are Law 158-01, Law 184-02, Decrees 369-94, 336-05 and …

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Maria Jooste, John Matz and Diogenes Randes Farias will be participating in a benefit concert to raise funds for the DR’s southern border towns, organized by Fundacion Sur Profundo. Staged at the National Theater’s Sala Eduardo Brito, Voces del Mundo para el Sur brings together these three award-winning opera performers discovered by the Operalia contests …

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President Leonel Fernandez has reiterated his commitment to the strengthening of the justice system and his support for the National Judicial School’s training programs, during a visit to the school yesterday. El Caribe reports that Fernandez was welcomed by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Jorge Subero Isa, and the school’s Board of …

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Dominican Minister of Toursim Felix Jimenez met with executives from the main airlines and tour operators in Caracas, Venezuela, with the objective of getting them to increase their operations in the DR. According to Listin Diario, after a meeting with executives of Aeropostal, Turaser, Aserca Airlines, All Ways tour, Avior Airlines, and Corporacion Salta, Jimenez …

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