2012 – Page 71

According to El Nacional, a total of 141,714 Dominicans are not allowed to leave the country, including 780 police and military personnel, either retired or currently on active service and in addition there are 111 foreigners with exit bans as they have legal cases pending. Many of the Dominicans are not allowed to leave for …

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A boat from Sabana de la Mar, named ‘Catalina’, with 21 fishermen on board caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Bay of Samana. The boat was destroyed but the Coastguard and the Navy rescued the occupants from the sea. Only one man, Elvis Reyes, required hospitalization. The ‘Catalina’ was 60 feet long and …

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Tango Pasion, with Cesar Armando Nazarre and Odette Guzman will be staged this evening, Tuesday 9 October at 8pm at the Juan Lockward Bar of the National Theater in Santo Domingo. It is a show with live music where singing and dance merge on the stage of the bar. The performance is directed by Esther …

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Wednesday, 10 October promises to be an evening of different sounds, as Brazilian symphonic percussionist and composer Ney Rosauro takes the stage of the National Theater in Santo Domingo. Rosauro is known for his charming melodies that combine catchy rhythms as he uses the rich elements of Brazilian folklore to create compositions described as full …

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The Executive Branch has said that 60 food, medication, medical services and farm supply articles as well as school tuition and books that were being considered for taxing as part of the original fiscal reform, which is pending debate in the National Congress, will be removed from the list. The information was released during a …

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The National Business Council (Conep) says that the fiscal proposal is unsustainable, and that their support would be conditional on a reduction in public expenditure. “We are willing to be part of the joint solution, as long as the starting point is to achieve levels that are really sustainable in the public finances, through the …

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The president of the Centro Juan XXIII, a social think tank, Pedro Perez Gonzalez said that it is not fair to ask Dominicans to make sacrifices again when there are no penalties for the inherited situation. Interviewed on the Esferas de Poder TV show, he said that it is the same thing as having celebrated …

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Deputy Victor (Ito) Bisono (PRSC-National District) says that cutting 50% of the resources the state provides to political parties and abolishing the so-called social assistance funds provided to legislators for distribution at their discretion, would eliminate any need for an increase in taxes. He also said that if the Central Electoral Board (JCE) retained RD$350 …

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In the preliminary budget drawn up by the Ministry of Public Health totaling some RD$59 billion, including the state institutions that handle water (Indrhi, Inapa, etc) with RD$21 billion, the priorities are the items of service, collective health, promotion, primary attention and infrastructure. “We are not thinking about a salary increase for the doctors, because …

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The Dominican Exporters Association (Adoexpo) says that if its members had greater support from the financial system and dependable electric energy the sector would be more reliable. Speaking to El Caribe reporters, they said that these are the major impediments to larger and more profitable exports from Dominican factories. Adoexpo president Kai Schoenhals said that …

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