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The Dominican Intellectual Property Association (Adopi) has issued a press release stating that hotels, restaurants and colmados that want to show FIFA World Cup games for their customers are free to do so without paying the fees charged by Pio Deportes. Pio Deportes says that it has the legal rights to the transmission of games. …

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The Dominican Republic Association of Industries of (AIRD) has asked Congress for the Dominican Export Bank (Bandex) “to be led by independent people who are close to the export sector.” Although the association did not mention them by name, this request suggests that neither Federico Antun Batlle, the current manager of the National Housing Bank …

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The shocking recording played in the courtroom on Wednesday, 4 June during the trial of the two men who tried to kill Jordi Veras, was ordered by the hit men themselves as a way to pressure Adriano Roman into paying the RD$1.3 million he was refusing to pay because the murder attempt failed, as reported …

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The District Attorney for the National District, Yeni Berenice Reynoso and the Chief of the National Police, Major General Manuel Castro Castillo, have announced the partial reopening of thirteen minimarkets (colmados) that had been closed down near universities. Reynoso said that they were “partially” reopened because they also sold food supplies, “but we are working …

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Registration was closed in less than 14 hours after it opened, Diario Libre reports. Survivor DR is an extreme mountain biking event that will take bikers on an unknown route through the hills of El Pedregal, Villa Altagracia, Villa Mella and Yamasa from 14-15 June. Only 30% of those who began the designated route in …

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Claro, Orange, Tricom and Viva are reaching out to their customers to regularize the status of five million unidentified pre-paid cell phone lines. The Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) is giving users another week, until 12 June, to identify the lines that are in their names. The companies are urging all residents to verify the lines, …

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The president of the National Shopping Malls Organization (ONEC) has praised the Tax Agency (DGII) regulation 04-2014 that enables the installation of machines aimed at ensuring that all payments are taxed in stores and businesses nationwide. Ernesto Martinez says that it is fair because it recognizes businesses that already have installed the systems, and releases …

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The president of the Herrera Industries Association, Victor Castro, has called on President Danilo Medina to fulfill his promise and turn the Ministry of Foreign Relations into the main ally of the country’s productive sector. He lamented the way that the Ministry of Foreign Relations has become a cash cow for a political party that …

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The National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores) has backed an announcement by the National Copyright Office (ONDA) that opposes that restaurants, bars, hotels and other establishments have to pay for screening the FIFA World Cup games in their public areas. Asonahores says that they have received dozens of calls from restaurants, malls and hotels protesting …

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During the 103rd International Labour Conference in Geneva on Monday 2 June, the Dominican Republic was elected as an adjunct member to the Governing Body of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) for a three-year term. Minister of Labor Maritza Hernandez, who led the Dominican delegation to the conference, said the role would help …

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