2011 – Page 22

The V Centenario InterContinental Hotel in Santo Domingo presents a Week of Colombian Gastronomy from 10-14 October. Executive chef at the hotel, Gabriel Castellar from Colombia, presents the delicacies at the hotel’s La Brasserie Restaurant. Buffet service will be open from lunch from 12-noon and dinner is a la carte from 7pm. For more on …

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Deputy director of the Metro construction office (OPRET), engineer Leonel Carrasco has announced that a new bridge will be built across the Ozama River. This one will be parallel to the Puente de la 17. The new bridge seeks to improve east-west traffic flow in Santo Domingo. In a progress report on the construction of …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) is defending its stance that banks should serve as retention agents for the 1% tax on interest payments. In a paid advertisement published today, the DGII said that the financial system paid interest for RD$54 billion in 2010, of which RD$30 billion were received by companies and are taxable income. …

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Senators Fernando Mateo Vasquez and Manuel Antonio Paula have asked the Ministry of Culture to submit Dominican merengue as a candidate for UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. Musicians Dioni Fernandez and Manuel Tejada initiated the measure. The Ministry now needs to present the application to the evaluation committee that meets in Paris in November, as …

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The National Business Council (Conep) says the one-day passing of the National Budget as received from the Executive Branch by the Senate, with its ruling PLD party majority, is a negative sign reflecting the lack of institutionalism on the part of the Senate. The Senate passed the bill without discussion and chose not to send …

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Former director of the United Nations Human Development Report in the Dominican Republic, economist Miguel Ceara-Hatton says that in the 2012 National Budget passed by the Senate the government has assigned less to the Ministry of Education than it did in 1999, and only slightly more than it did in 2002. The percentage of GDP …

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Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is expected in Santo Domingo today, arriving around noon. He will hold a working meeting with President Leonel Fernandez and he will receive a decoration from the Dominican government shortly after. His afternoon agenda consists of meetings with the senators and deputies and a gala dinner at the Presidential Palace. …

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President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli said yesterday that his country has reduced tax evasion by lowering taxation and has stimulated the tourism industry by lowering the electricity tariff, as reported in El Caribe. He said that other policies that have been positive for Panama are free public Internet. Martinelli said that free wi-fi and wi-max …

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Today’s Listin Diario editorial focuses on comments made by Hillary Clinton in Santo Domingo on the Dominican Republic and migration from Haiti and local repercussions in the press. The US Secretary of State was in Santo Domingo to participate in the Pathways to Prosperity Initiative and the V Competitiveness Forum of the Americas. Listin Diario …

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Answering questions from the press during a press conference, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged the scourge of drug trafficking and the criminality of drug traffickers. But she pointed to corruption in the Dominican government as one of the reasons the country has more than its share of the drug trafficking penetration. The US …

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