2015 – Page 233

The Mobil Autodrome will now be called the Sunix Autodrome. Cristobal Marte announced the start of operations of the Autodrome with competitions in car racing, motorcycling, drag, drift and go-kart races. Competitions restart on 17 May 2015 at the Las Americas tracks.

CTN Expo Feria 2015 takes place at the Sambil Mall in Santo Domingo from 22-24 May 2015. Leading Dominican hotel and excursion companies will present their offers to the domestic market. This year the exhibition is dedicated to President Danilo Medina in acknowledgement of his support for the tourism industry. For more on ongoing and …

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President Danilo Medina hosted a visit from the governor of St. Martin, Eugene Holiday at the Presidential Palace yesterday, Tuesday 28 April 2015. Governor Holiday, who was on a courtesy visit, was accompanied by the ambassador of the Netherlands in the Dominican Republic, Marijke A. Van Drunen Little. St. Martin cabinet director Andre Hoeneveld and …

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The @PresidenciaRD Twitter account is one of the most popular government accounts in the whole world with 55,454 tweets a day and 207,467 followers, according to the annual “Twiplomacy” study by communications consultancy agency Burson Marsteller. This is the third year that the Dominican Republic Presidency’s Twitter account has featured among the most popular government …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the Bill for Parties and Political Groups. The decision to approve the bill, which has been bouncing around Congress for several years, was reached on Wednesday, 27 April 2015, when Central Electoral Board (JCE) president Roberto Rosario met with Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez. At the meeting in …

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The Deputy Minister for Competitiveness at the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, Juan Reyes, is optimistic the country could have a bankruptcy law by the end of May 2015. He said the bill, which has been in study in Congress for over 10 years has finally passed a first reading in the Chamber of …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) has announced its first Smartphone DGII Movil application so that taxpayers can check their status and verify documents issued by the DGII, such as vehicle stickers and authorizations with digital signatures, and of the NCF invoices received in commercial transactions. http://www.dgii.gov.do/noticias/Paginas/DGIIlanzaaplicacionmovilparafacilitarelcumplimientoycontrarrestarlaevasionfiscal.aspx

At a press conference yesterday, Tuesday 28 April 2015, the Dominican Telecommunications’ Institute (Indotel) warned service providers that they must stop charging for unauthorized services like equipment maintenance, equipment such as modems and telephones and networks inside homes. Indotel explained that the users were the owners of their internal networks and they could choose whoever …

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The border provinces with Haiti are the poorest in the Dominican Republic. According to a Poverty Map published by the Ministry of Economy, Elias Pina is the poorest province, with a poverty rate of 83.2%. Others that follow are Pedernales (74.6%), Bahoruco 74.5%, Independencia 72.9% and El Seibo in the east with 70.7%. Provincias que …

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Addressing a breakfast meeting at the British Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Tuesday 28 April 2015, the British Ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Steven Fisher, commented that poverty in the Dominican Republic has been slow to decline despite the country’s impressive rates of growth over the past decades. Fisher is concluding his five-year term in the …

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