2015 – Page 54

Presidential candidate for the Revolutionary Modern Party (PRM) Luis Abinader spoke yesterday of the need for a tax pact that would reduce the taxes that have caused small and medium-sized business to fail. He made the comments when being the guest speaker at the luncheon of the Dominican Confederatin of Small and Medium-sized Construction Business …

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The coordinator general of The Dominican Association Against Corruption (Adocco), Julio Cesar de la Rosa Tiburcio, says that his organization has information that persons armed with knives and firearms have infiltrated the Wednesday protests organized to call for the shutdown of the Office of Supervisory Engineers of the State (OISOE). The alleged plot calls for …

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The Air Cocaine scandal continues in the international press now with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy outraged over the magistrate who ordered a probe into his cell phones linking him to the cocaine police investigation. Local security forces uncovered nearly 700kg of cocaine on board a 19 March 2013 flight that would have taken off …

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Basketball media in the United States is focusing on the very successful start of Dominican national basketball team member, Karl Anthony Towns. Previously with the University of Kentucky, Towns is now playing professional with the Minnesota Timberwolves. “Karl-Anthony Towns is amazingly lithe on his feet for a man who stands seven feet tall. He moves …

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Last days to purchase tickets to watch Spanish pop star Enrique Iglesias at Altos de Chavon amphitheater in La Romana on 7 November 2015. He is making a stop on his Sex and Love Tour 2015. One of his recent hits, Bailando, was filmed in Santo Domingo. Listen to his music at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUsoVlDFqZg Read more …

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On Monday, 2 November 2015, President Danilo Medina inaugurated the new cruise port of Amber Cove in Maimon Bay, Puerto Plata. Amber Cove will generate more than 430 direct jobs in its first year of operation and it is expected that more than 300,000 cruise passengers will arrive at the port and the number of …

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Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo has announced that the first stage of the Juan Bosch City will be inaugurated next year with its first 15,000 homes delivered to the beneficiaries of the low cost housing project. Montalvo said the original RD$30 billion budget was increased by RD$20 billion to add more schools. Fifty buildings, …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the 2016 budget at an amount of RD$663.59 billion as proposed by the Executive Branch. The budget was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in consecutive sessions after more than two hours of debate. During the first session, 120 members voted in favor of the budget with 28 opposed. …

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The National Energy Commission (CNE) on 3 November 2015 presented a strategic study called “Road Map to Energy Efficiency in Dominican Republic” carried out by the International Cooperation Agency (JICA) of Japan. Juan Rodriguez Nina, executive director of CNE says if carried out the country would have RD$30 million a year in electricity consumption, with …

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Eddy Olivares, of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), has said that there are still a million citizens who have not applied for their new national identity card (cedula) that will allow them to vote in the general elections to be held on 15 May 2015. It is believed that most of those who have not …

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