2010 – Page 310

University of Texas scientist Paul Mann had forecast during a presentation at the 18th Caribbean Geological Conference that took place in March 2008 in Santo Domingo that a 7 magnitude earthquake was imminent for Haiti. The forecast was based on the known accumulated strains along a boundary between tectonic plates, a region including Haiti, Jamaica …

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The Tax Department announces that wages up to RD$29,110 or RD$349,326 a year are exempt from paying taxes. People making from RD$349,326.01 to RD$523,988 will pay 15% on the difference over RD$349,326.01. Anyone making RD$523,988.01 to RD$727,761.00 will pay RD$26,199 plus 20% of the difference over RD$523,988.01. People making RD$727,761.01 and more will pay RD$66.954 …

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The National Drug Control Department (DNCD) reports that it has carried out searches in two unnamed car dealerships in Santiago and detained 4 people on suspicion of having links to the network that sent cocaine to the United States hidden inside farm products. Luis Diaz Santana and Santo Castillo, employees of the Pilarte Cargo and …

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More than 30 competitors from all around the world are in Puerto Plata to take part in the 8th Caribbean Laser Midwinter Regatta 15 to 17 January in Cabarete, Puerto Plata. Registrations have been received from Japan, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US, Canada, Spain and the DR. The event is organized by the Laser Training …

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The Dominican Winter League continues to provide thrills for fans. Last night Licey, on the verge of being eliminated from the Final Play-off, squeaked out a 7-5 victory over their “eternal rivals” the Leones del Escogido and got to within one game of the finals. In “Death Valley”, Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de …

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Dominican aid was the first to arrive to earthquake stricken Haiti because of the ground connection. Ten mobile kitchens being sent to Haiti by the Dominican government came up against red tape that caused hours of delays for their entry into Haiti yesterday. The kitchens donated by the Dominican government have the capacity to produce …

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Representatives of more than 200 civil society organizations, aid agencies and institutions such as the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, the European Union and the United Nations met yesterday in Santo Domingo to discuss aid to Haiti. The meeting was organized by the Citizens Forum and took place at the Alternative City headquarters in the …

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Armed Forces Minister Major General Pedro Rafael Pena Antonio was in Haiti yesterday to personally oversee evacuation efforts by the Dominican military, as reported in Listin Diario. According to reports, around 100 people were evacuated on Wednesday. Private airplanes from the Dominican Republic also traveled to Haiti to help with evacuations. Hundreds of injured Haitians …

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Three Dominicans are reported to have died in the Port-au-Prince catastrophe. Two of these are engineers Jose Rafael Medina and Guillermo Pena, and financial director Miguel Daniel Montalvo, of the Munoz, Mera and Fondeur engineering firm. The company reported its general manager and its accountant had been killed in the earthquake, when their own offices …

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The director of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), Jose Rafael Vargas said that work is under way with telephone companies in Haiti to restore telephone services between Haiti and the DR. “From Indotel we are coordinating efforts to restore communication with Haiti and within Haiti,” said Vargas, as reported in Listin Diario. He said that …

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