2011 – Page 233

Relatives and neighbors are calling for justice in the case of Wilim Alberto de Jesus Urena Medina, 46, shot dead in an argument over a fighting cock that was killed by a dog belonging to the murderer. According to the Police, Urena Medina, a well-known handler of these prized birds, was asked to look after …

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The King’s Speech, the much-awaited multi-Oscar nominated film, opens at Blue Mall and Novocentro in Santo Domingo this week. It premieres at the Blue Mall cinema on 16 February. Starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush, the film opens at the Acropolis and Cinemacentro Cibao in Santiago as of 17 February. The film tells the story …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) reports that collections in January were up 11.2% compared to January 2010. In absolute terms this is RD$1.75 billion more, for a total of RD$17.45 billion. Income tax collections, this year, after monthly declines during most of 2010, showed an increase of RD$135 million in January 2011, or 9.1% more …

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Businessman Jose Antonio Martinez Rojas says that the proposal to establish tollbooths on the country’s leading highways is in violation of the Constitution. He says the tolls at the Samana highway cannot be opposed because there is an alternative route through Cotui or San Francisco de Macoris. This would not be the case if tolls …

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Writing in Hoy, leading anthropologist Tahira Vargas Garcia comments that the continued food poisoning cases affecting public school children who receive free breakfasts is evidence of the increased centralization that plagues the government educational system. “The Ministry has distanced itself from decentralization as a focus of the school system management and has converted it into …

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Santo Domingo City Council (AND) ended a three-year work stoppage on the remodeling of the Eugenio Maria de Hostos Park with the resumption of construction work this week. The move comes after the National Hotels & Tourism Association and the Santo Domingo Hotels Association announced a mock funeral for the Malecon, criticizing the city authorities’ …

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Listin Diario reporters covered the robbery of a floral wreath from the Independence Park monument to the fathers of the nation in the Colonial City. A newspaper reporter was there to do a story on how the park had fallen into neglect, following complaints from the National Hotel & Tourism Association and the Santo Domingo …

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Following the example of the National District city council, the mayor of Santo Domingo East is seeking approval for his city council to increase municipal rates by 30-35%. These taxes are levied for the construction of houses, commercial centers, parking, gasoline stations, movie houses, discotheques, hotels, and other commercial buildings and apartment buildings.

The new mayor of Santiago, Gilberto Serulle says the relocation of 130 families living in the Vuelta Larga gully in Santiago will become a model project for Latin America. Some 120 apartments are under construction. Serulle told Listin Diario that the families had left of their own will and were located in temporary housing. He …

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The Dominican Association of Tour Operators (OPETUR) has criticized plans by the Central Electoral Board (JCE) to make further increases on charges for weddings held in the DR. Elizabeth Tovar, president of Opetur, said that every wedding generates at least four hotel reservations and represents an important business segment for Dominican hotels. Last year, the …

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