2012 – Page 53

2010 Nobel Prize for Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa’s Al pie del Tamesis (On the Banks of the Thames) will be staged at Casa de Teatro from 15 to 18 November. This production by Danilo and Freddy Ginebra is a benefit for the Instituto del Cancer. Cost is RD$500 per person. Performances start at 8:30pm. …

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After a two-month tour in New York City, leading Dominican rock group Toque Profundo takes the stage at Casa de Teatro in Santo Domingo for a special performance on Thursday, 1 November at 9pm. The concert is a celebration of the Tony Almont band’s 23 years in music. Other band members are Tomas Alvarez, Joel …

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During the formal inauguration of Agora Mall in Santo Domingo yesterday, Wednesday 24 October, President Danilo Medina defended the tax reform bill that was sent to Congress on the grounds that it would ensure macro-economic stability in the country and help with the investment climate. Medina toured the first floor of the mall, talking to …

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In a message sent to Congress together with the tax reform proposal, President Danilo Medina says that the tax reform is needed for education, health, security, job creation, social programs, housing, roads and “the fulfillment of the dream that we have decided to build together”. The President’s message stressed that the country cannot be transformed, …

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The Executive Branch submitted the Tax Reform Bill to Congress yesterday, Wednesday 24 October, seeking to raise RD$47.3 billion, some RD$7.8 billion less than the original proposal of RD$55.1 billion. The new bill has removed the proposed tax on Christmas salaries, but includes a RD$2 increase on each gallon of fuel to fund road infrastructure …

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The President of the Chinese Republic of Taiwan, Ma Ying Jeou, met with the First Lady Candida Montilla de Medina yesterday Wednesday 24 October, and said afterwards that he thought she was a great support to her husband, President Danilo Medina, and to the Dominican people. During the meeting they discussed her social programs in …

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The government of the Bahamas has plans to run an aggressive campaign in the Dominican Republic in a bid to discourage poaching in their waters. A ministerial delegation including Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell, Bernard Nottage, National Security Minister and Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder and Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources V …

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The president of the PRSC, Carlos Morales Troncoso has decided to review the cases of dozens of members who were expelled for supporting candidates from other parties during the recent elections in the hope of harmonizing and unifying the party, and has set up a commission headed by the former president of the Senate, Florentino …

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The latest Household survey for 2011 has been released by the National Statistics Office (ONE), which surveyed 18,000 homes throughout the country with a variety of questions on the three key issues which people consider to be affecting the country; poverty (73.2%), unemployment (61.3%) and crime (61.1%). The results shows that 42.6% of Dominicans think …

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Doctors Edylberto Cabral and Mayra Brea, professors at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) have found that 44.3% of the deaths in the country over the last six years were due to robbery, drugs, extra judicial executions, kidnapping and murder, with only 14% being due to natural causes. They said that the figures show …

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