2012 – Page 160

Business analyst Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Media, will be in Santo Domingo this week to give a talk on business leadership and success. Forbes, who has been invited by Saraida Marchena and Leticia Logrono from Markatel and Logrosa, will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon at the Hilton Hotel tomorrow, Wednesday, …

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With slugger Jose Bautista of the Toronto Blue Jays batting fourth for the American League, a group of eight Dominicans will take part today, 10 July in this year’s Major League All Star Game, in Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. The National League will field Melky Cabrera from the San Francisco Giants and Rafael Furcal …

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President Leonel Fernandez is in France today for a meeting with Irina Bokova, director general of the UNESCO. Next on his 10-day European tour he will travel later today to Brussels, Belgium where he will meet Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament and cabinet members. In Brussels, his agenda consists of meetings with …

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A report in El Caribe focuses on the challenges President-elect Danilo Medina will inherit from President Leonel Fernandez. As reported, he will begin his presidency on 16 August in times of relative stability despite a poverty index of 35%, an unemployment rate of 14.4% and a fiscal deficit that economists have ranging from RD$85 billion …

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The director general of the Department of Taxes (DGII), Juan Hernandez announced over the weekend that the DGII has had a surplus in the first semester, thanks to the taxes on the sale of Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana. The DGII says that for the first half of the year, it has collected RD$31 billion more. This …

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The director general of the Department of Taxes, Juan Hernandez announced that the government has plans to increase the tax burden to 16% by 2015. He says that taxation at present is 14%. But spokespersons for the Dominican industry sector say that tax burden is actually higher than 18% if the government factors in social …

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Protests in San Francisco de Macoris led the governor of Duarte province and the provisional prosecutors to lobby for the arrest of the lead suspect of the murder of Puro Enmanuel Diaz Lopez of a bullet shot in his back on 3 June. The pressure resulted in police agent Marino Alonso Torres being arrested and …

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14 men armed with rifles and guns robbed Unipollo in Manga Larga, La Vega province. Unipollo spokesmen Ambiorix Cabrera and Jochy Polanco told the press RD$4 million in cash and checks and a pickup was taken after they tied the two watchmen at the business. The Regional Central Cibao police reported that the robbers left …

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Police lieutenant Noe de la Cruz is accused of killing mayor Yoryis Valentin Garcia of Las Lagunas, Azua at gunshot over the weekend. He was sent to three months of custody preventive custody at Najayo jail. The killing occurred after midnight at the entrance of the Eduardo Gallen I apartment building in Ensanche Isabelita, eastern …

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On Saturday evening, the earth shook in Barahona where a 5.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale earthquake was felt by the population. The Seismological Institute of the UASD said the earthquake occurred two kilometers from the town of Cabral, and that neither damages nor aftershocks were reported. The earthquake was reported to have a depth …

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