2012 – Page 221

Leading Dominican comedians Carlos Sanchez and Cuquin Victoria take the stage of the Teatro La Fiesta at the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo on Friday, 11 May and Saturday, 12. The show starts at 9pm. Tickets are priced at RD$700, RD$900 and RD$1,250 and may be purchased at Uepa Tickets. Leading comedians are performing to …

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President Leonel Fernandez was in the northeast yesterday, Wednesday, 9 May, to inaugurate four roads, a bridge, three schools and an agricultural center. The works are valued at RD$1.2 billion. The government said it had spent RD$1.03 billion on the highways in Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) province, and RD$136 million on the agricultural center …

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The Ministry of Foreign Relations has installed several security devices to improve the process of using apostilles for official documents. Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said that a verification code has been added to the document that has received the apostille. This arrangement will enhance the reliability of the documents. Morales said that over the …

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After marching from Parque Independencia to the Presidential Palace, a group of sugarcane workers received the news that the government would soon be giving pensions to 2,280 of them. Vice President Rafael Alburquerque said that the government would disburse RD$10 million per month for these pensions. Meanwhile, the sugarcane workers’ spokesman, Jesus Nunez, told Diario …

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The president of the National Business Council (CONEP), Manuel Diez Cabral says that they will not back any tax reform that has the exclusive purpose of increasing funds as established in the technical note from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on “Tax Measures for Fiscal Adjustment.” Diez Cabral described the proposed measures contained in the …

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Several barrios to the south of John F. Kennedy Avenue began to report a lack of water during the day yesterday, Wednesday, 9 May. In Villa Consuelo, where water is usually supplied on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, there was no water yesterday with any pressure at all. Even with pumps, it was not possible to …

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The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD) reports that the inflation rate for April was 0.01% according to the Consumer Price Index. According to the BCRD the accumulated inflation rate for the first quarter of the year was 0.95%, while the year-to-year rate was set at 4.04%. The latest report from the Central Bank …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) has announced that given that voting stations are being set up in many DGII offices nationwide, the deadline for paying the ITBIS tax in the Dominican Republic is being extended. The sales and value-added tax is normally due on the 20th of the month. However, the DGII will be accepting …

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A recent Penn, Schoen & Berland poll contracted by Grupo SIN reveals that for most Dominicans the leading problems are inflation and the rising cost of living (26%), crime (26%) and unemployment (24%). Five percent of Dominicans ranked government corruption as the main problem, 4% mentioned deficiencies in the educational system and 2% pointed to …

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The latest Newlink poll has Danilo Medina winning the presidency in a first round with 54.2% to 42.6% of the vote for former President Hipolito Mejia. The poll of 1,737 potential voters was taken 4-6 May. The poll shows Medina consistently gaining over Mejia as the election date approaches. www.hoy.com.do/el-pais/2012/5/9/426838/Encuesta-Newlink-da-favorito-a-Medina-para-la-Presidencia