2014 – Page 313

The head of the Roundtable of Commonwealth Countries in the Dominican Republic, Fernando Gonzalez Nicolas says Caricom leaders don’t understand Dominican reality, as reported in the Jamaica Gleaner. He said that the wording used by the prime ministers of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad in their recent letters to President Danilo Medina show …

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The Constitutional Court has reaffirmed the validity of Decree 36-02 that authorizes tax exemptions for companies that are located in border provinces. The high court says that the tax exemptions that were authorized in Decree 10 January 2002 are in line with the Constitution and do not violate freedom of doing business, as reported in …

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Corporate income tax will be 28% in 2015, down from the 29% companies need to pay on profits by March 2014. In 2016, the tax will drop by another 1%, and will remain at 27%. The DGII confirms that 2014 is the last year for the 18% taxation on goods. In 2015, the ITBIS tax …

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In the first two years since the DGCine Law 108-10 was passed, the Dominican government has approved RD$297.18 in tax credits for Dominican-made movies. Former DGCine director Ellis Perez told El Dia that the RD$1.5 billion represented the total budgets of the films, not the tax exemptions. He said this is the total value, but …

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Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito has announced the implementation of a network to interconnect the whole country with the public prosecution service. He said the connection would help tackle identity fraud. People are known to take on a separate identity when skipping bail and committing new crimes, as reported in Diario Libre. Dominguez Brito said …

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Long lines of cars are still snaking around Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya stadium where people are waiting to get their vehicle inspection stickers (revistas). Some vehicle owners have been complaining that the process is too slow so now the authorities are only checking that the vehicle appears to be in a good condition from outside. The …

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Unified Command coordinator Major General Ramon Hernandez says that as the Quiet Christmas Plan 2013 draws to a close the government will reinforce normal patrols and maintain them in place. He said that at a meeting with the chief of the Police, Major Manuel Castro Castillo they evaluated the patrolling in Christmas and New Year …

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Starting today, Tuesday 7 January, budding Dominican musicians will be attending a series of master classes by teachers from the Berklee College of Music from Boston. The program begins at the Juan Francisco Garcia auditorium at the National Music Conservatory in Santo Domingo in a ceremony led by Minister of Culture Jose Antonio Rodriguez. This …

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PRD voters who may be tired of the stalemate between former President Hipolito Mejia and PRD party president Miguel Vargas have told the polling company Mercado y Cuantificaciones that they would prefer Luis Abinader to be the party’s candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Abinader was Hipolito Mejia’s vice presidential candidate in the 2012 election …

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In 2013, the Dominican Armada (Navy) arrested 2,619 people who attempted to reach Puerto Rico from the Dominican Republic on illegal boat trips. Of this total, more than 50%, or 1,438 were Haitian nationals, 115 were Cubans, seven were Brazilians and 1,059 were Dominicans, including 74 said to be boat captains or trip organizers. Vice …

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