2007 – Page 312

Taxes make up many times more than the price of gasoline including transportation and distribution, writes Diario Libre. This is after the government’s latest fiscal reform that added an additional 16% to the taxes already established under the Hydrocarbons Law 112-00. Diario Libre says that the import parity cost of premium gasoline was RD$53.79 per …

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The government’s new tool in the fight against drunk driving, 1,200 breathalyzers, are expected to arrive today. The breathalyzers cost US$100,000 and come with 1,200 replacement tips. Each tip will cost US$0.50 to replace. The Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) will begin by using the alcohol-measuring devices in Santo Domingo, the National District and the Cibao …

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The Customs Department has seized 28 freight containers of beans, valued at RD$60 million, which smugglers attempted to import without paying the proper taxes. The beans came from the United States and the shipment was due to pay RD$38 million in taxes. The illegal shipment of beans was found at the Haina Oriental port lumped …

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Amable Aristy Castro was unanimously voted as head of the Dominican Municipal League (LMD). 151 delegates from city governments nationwide attended the event. Aristy Castro, representing the PRSC, had the support of the three majority parties – the ruling PLD and the PRD as well as his own party. This is his third term at …

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Presidential hopeful Miguel Vargas Maldonado has won the PRD presidential nomination and will run on the party’s ticket in the 2008 presidential race. With 93% of the votes counted, Vargas had received about 80% of the votes. His rival, former Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch publicly acknowledged her defeat. PRD Secretary General Orlando Jorge Mera …

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PRSC pre-presidential candidate Eduardo Estrella is asking President Leonel Fernandez to account for all funds spent on the Santo Domingo Metro and on all the trips taken by government officials. He said that this information would reveal the government’s lack of transparency. Estrella says that Fernandez should stop hiding where a large part of national …

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Time has run out for prosecutors wishing to bring charges against retired Colonel Pedro Julio “Pepe” Goico and other people accused of drug money laundering. The legal authorities must now bring new charges against Goico if they wish to make a case against the former presidential security chief.

After being discharged from the CEDIMAT medical center at Plaza de la Salud last week, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez is reported to be doing well. The Cardinal is slowly recovering from triple bypass surgery performed at the CEDIMAT center on 13 January.

Ex Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso was at the Presidential Palace last night, speaking at the “Challenges for Institutions in Latin America’s Modernization Process” conference. Cardoso was invited to the country by President Leonel Fernandez. Cardoso recognized Fernandez as a friend and proclaimed his admiration for the Dominican head of state. During his speech Cardoso …

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Dominican long distance swimmer Marcos Diaz had an impressive showing at the 88-kilometer International Hernandarias – Parana Marathon in Argentina. Diaz, who took part in the event as a warm-up for his 2007 swimming schedule, swam the race in 9 hours and 42 minutes and came in sixth in the men’s category. The Hernandarias – …

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