2008 – Page 339

Former District Attorney and dean of the Unibe Law School, Guillermo Moreno, officially accepted the presidential nomination by the Movimiento Independencia Unidad y Cambio (MIUCA). Moreno went right into campaign mode saying that this campaign will “provide the answers the public needs and will represent a new, progressive, popular and plural electoral option.” Journalists asked …

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The Tax Department (DGII) announces that for 2008, RD$26,241.86 is the tax threshold for wages. Employees making up to that amount will not pay taxes. This means that people making annual wages of up to RD$290,243 (RD$24,186.91 a month) do not need to pay taxes. Anyone earning RD$290,244 to RD$435,364 will pay 15% on the …

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The Dominican and Haitian authorities will meet at the Jimani Hotel at 10am tomorrow to discuss the recent announcement that Haiti would ban the import of Dominican chickens and eggs after cases of poultry flu (the H5N2 strain of the virus) were found in the DR. Livestock Department director Dr. Angel Faxas said Agricultural Minister …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) has announced that due to budget constraints numerous projects have been either canceled or postponed, including registering 600,000 undocumented Dominicans and issuing them with cedulas. The JCE announced that it would suspend several projects when the government cut its requested budget in half. Roberto Rosario, head of the Administrative Chamber …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge Jose Angel Aquino says there is a gang called “La Rapidita” forging ID documents for foreigners, criminals or people who need new identities. Aquino says that the authorities are investigating several civil registries and added that some Chinese nationals have been given these fake documents. Aquino explained that the gang …

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Deputy Minister of Interior and Police and director of the Alcoholic Beverages Control Program Jose Pantaleon Maria Arias says that all the bars, clubs and nightspots that operate within a resort or hotel, like the Hotel Hispaniola, aren’t required to obey alcohol decree if they are a five-star hotel. This effectively allows them to sell …

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Director General of Prisons Jose Ignacio Sandoval says that the image he has in his system of Elisa Deidana Gonzalez doesn’t match the woman interviewed by journalist Alicia Ortega. Nevertheless, Rafael Brito Pena, District Attorney for Azua, told Diario Libre that he understood the person Ortega presented and the photograph they have look alike. Gonzalez …

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El Caribe reports that city councilors from Santo Domingo East, the National District and other municipalities have decided to follow the precedent set by their colleagues in San Cristobal and increase their benefits. The San Cristobal councilors recently increased their benefits from RD$100,000 to RD$150,000 (supposedly so they could afford luxury SUVs). El Caribe reports …

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President Leonel Fernandez’s presidential election campaign chief, Francisco Javier Garcia, is asking PRD presidential candidate Miguel Vargas Maldonado to explain the sources of the funds he used to build his luxury villa in Casa de Campo that reportedly cost RD$800 million. Javier Garcia said that Vargas Maldonado reported a fortune worth RD$119 million in 2000, …

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Super Pola supermarket is advertising sales in their meat departments. Jumbo supermarket is advertising sales in their meat and fish departments. Ole! Supermarket is advertising sales in fruits and vegetables.