2014 – Page 123

In a two hour meeting (short for these types of meetings) the Political Committee of the governing Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) endorsed Cristina Lizardo (PLD-Santo Domingo province) for the presidency of the Senate, making her the first woman to head the Senate. During the same meeting, the Political Committee confirmed its support for Abel Martinez …

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The Ministry of Public Health has announced that the country is on the road to once again eliminate malaria, whose incidence has decreased by 53% over the last 14 years. Doctor Jose Manuel Puello, director of the National Center of Tropical Diseases (CENCET), confirmed that this year the number of cases is down by 61.5% …

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THE Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean says the Dominican economy will experience growth of 5% in 2014, more than double it has forecast for average growth for the Latin American and Caribbean region. The forecast for Dominican economic growth is up from 4.1% in 2013 and 3.9% in 2012. Growth is attributed …

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The Ministry of Public Works announced that starting Tuesday, 5 August light traffic on the Bani-Azua highway will be detoured between La Virgen and Hatillo (kilometers 23.5 and 26). The note from the Ministry says that the detour is to allow for the expansion of works being carried out by the Constructora Rizek y Asociados. …

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The Minister of Hacienda Simon Lizardo says that taxing Internet purchases less than US$200 is legal. Lizardo supports the decision announced by the Customs Agency that Internet purchases less than US$200, that were previously exempt by Law 277-12, could now be taxed. In a convoluted series of past rulings, Law 277-12 had authorized the revocation …

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The Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) has handed in to the government, 10 proposals taking into account the rules for the application of Law 169-14 concerning naturalization. PRD members suggest that a personal identity document from the country of origin or at least a legalized document from one of the parents of the applicant must be …

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Free zone industry promoter Luis Manuel Pellerano died yesterday of a heart attack in Santo Domingo. He had served as president of the Dominican Free Zones Association (Adozona) and board member of several other development organizations. He was president-founder of the Las Americas Free Zone. At the time of his death he was a member …

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The National Drug Control Agency (DNCD) announced that the agency has confiscated nine packets of suspected cocaine or heroin found inside a hidden compartment of a car belonging to a 24-year old Dominican who would have traveled to Puerto Rico on the ferry. The substance confiscated by the DNCD will be analyzed by the National …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) has said that there is a weak tropical wave moving over the country towards the east to west. The highest rain activity is forecast along the Caribbean coast. Isolated thunderstorms are predicted for the late afternoon and evening affecting the provinces of La Altagracia (Punta Cana), San Pedro de Macoris, …

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With its third victory over Jamaica, 73-68, in the Centrobasket 2014 qualifier in Tepic, Mexico (1-7 August 2014), the Dominican Republic national men’s basketball team earned the right to play in the FIBA Americas Championship. The FIBA Americas Championship is the pre-Olympic qualifier and will be played in Rio de Janeiro. This event will determine …

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