2006 – Page 304

Olga Diaz, advisor on national accounts to the Central Bank, announced that as of this first quarter the Central Bank will publish its national accounts statistics referencing them to 1991, and not 1970. The methodology that bases the statistics on 1970 data has resulted in the year’s GDP showing an outstanding 9%. She said the …

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Deputies Pelegrin Castillo and Jose Ricardo Taveras of the Fuerza Nacional Progresista (FNP) requested that President Leonel Fernandez revise the tax regime that now taxes the import of computers. They said to now tax computers and software is to step backwards. The taxes on computers and software had been eliminated in 1990 by way of …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito is seriously considering representing the PLD and may compete for senator for Santiago in the 16 May 2006 congressional election. He would have to temporally leave his post to campaign for that position. Listin Diario reported that Dominguez Brito could be proclaimed on Sunday, 5 February at an event in …

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A report in the Listin Diario today states that the government contract signed with Dawn Properties Limited authorizes the company to build a hotel on the grounds of the Agua y Luz water and lights theater and to operate a casino. Teodoro Tejada of the Colegio Dominicano de Ingenieros Arquitectos y Agrimensores (Codia) commenting on …

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The corporal who is accused by the parents and neighbors of having fired the shot in the air that killed one-year old baby Marcos Montero Gomez on 25 January was arrested and sent to La Victoria jail. Jacinto Solano Rijo fired the shot to celebrate the win of the Tigres del Licey in Las Flores …

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The smuggling of Haitians across the border is a traffic that enriches military and businessmen, says Solidaridad Fronteriza, a Catholic Church movement. Priest Jose Rafael Nunez, director of the Servicio Jesuita de Religiosos y Migrantes said that the members of those trafficking rings are who need to be controlled by the government, not the non-governmental …

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A report from the Association of Dominican Free Zones establishes that internal costs as well as the competition from China are behind the decline of the free zone manufacturing sector in 2004. Last year China apparel exports to the US were up 44.9%, according to a report in El Caribe. According to statistics reported in …

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Johnny Ventura was the star of the evening for the opening of the La Vega carnival, one weekend before it was originally scheduled. It’s carnival time in the Dominican Republic and if you have not been to La Vega, be sure to visit on any Sunday in February. The event continues next Sunday, 5 February …

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Raul Aguayo won the gold medal in the Panamerican Games in summer 2003 in sailing. At the time, it was said he had the advantage of knowing the site of the Games, Boca Chica, by heart. Actually, he was able to compete only because the Dominican Republic was home to the games, and thus had …

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DR1 Daily News will not be published on Monday, 30 January. On Monday, Dominicans are celebrating the anniversary of the birth of Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the country. Duarte was born on 26 January, but the Ministry of Labor announced that the occasion would be celebrated on Monday, 30 January, in order to …

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