2009 – Page 141

Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez says public hospital doctors will have to wait to get their much debated pay raise in 2010, because the government doesn’t have enough money at the moment. The physicians had asked the Cardinal to mediate with the government on their behalf. The Cardinal says President Leonel Fernandez told him …

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PRD legislators, unhappy with the direction of discussions on the constitutional amendments, left the Senate floor yesterday in protest, breaking the quorum. It is expected that the legislators will resume discussions next Wednesday. PRD members were angered because under the new Constitution the senator and deputy that would form part of the National Magistrates Council …

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In response to National Business Council (CONEP) president Lisandro Macarulla’s suggestion that the DR should change its business model, Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa suggested that the private business sector could give up some of the tax exemptions it receives under the same model. He added that business receives RD$104 billion in exemptions, which is equivalent …

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Negotiations for the sale of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (Refidomsa) should be completed by the end of the year, says Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa. He also announced that the Ministry of Hacienda is preparing a report to challenge assertions by US Representative from California Loretta Sanchez, who earlier this week asked the US State Department …

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“This economic model has taken the country to reach new economic growth records,” said Secretary of the Presidency Cesar Pina Toribio, in response to the call made by National Business Council president Lisandro Macarrulla for a change to a sustainable economic and social model. As reported in Diario Libre, Pina Toribio said that there is …

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Lisandro Macarrulla, president of the National Business Council (CONEP), has accepted an invitation from Radhames Segura, VP of the Corporation of State-owned Electricity Companies, to attend a summit to discuss the critical electricity situation. “We have gone to all the summits and are willing to go wherever we are invited,” said the business leader. He …

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Thirty-four civil society organizations led by Foro Ciudadano (Citizens Forum) and Participacion Ciudadana (Citizen Participation) are demanding that the General Prosecutor of the Republic should begin the actions that are needed to safeguard the transparency of the state. They request more efforts from the chief executives at the Supreme Court of Justice, Senate, Chamber of …

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In an interview with Hoy newspaper published yesterday, the Chamber of Accounts revealed that audits at several government departments show that it is common practice for these entities to deduct income tax and ITBIS from employees and service users without transferring these funds to the Department of Taxes (DGII). In an editorial today, Hoy criticizes …

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What we already know, for those who live in Great Santo Domingo, is that traffic is at best chaotic, but if there was ever any doubt, research by the international firm Samsung Networks has provided a study to prove this. The study, ITS Optimize was financed by US$40,000 in funds from the Korea Information Technology …

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The Blue Mall, billed as the largest commercial mall in the DR, is due to open in December or the first quarter of 2010, company executives announced yesterday, according to a report in Listin Diario. A first phase of the office and commercial building is nearing completion, and yesterday executives delivered the commercial space to …

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