2016 – Page 169

At least 38 people have been arrested in San Francisco de Macoris for questioning by the National Police Central Criminal Investigations Office (DICRIM), following the murder by stabbing of a foreign couple in the municipality of Cabrera. The victims were identified as 70-year old Robert Thomas Tokarz, a US citizen, and a 57-year-old Dutch woman, …

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A man shot and killed a woman as she was going to court in Ensanche Ozama in Santo Domingo yesterday, Tuesday 5 January 2016 to complain about the lack of child support for her two-year old son from his father. According to National Police spokesman General Maximo Baez Aybar, the victim was 34-year old police …

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Dominican national basketball player team player, Karl-Anthony Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves for the Western Conference of the NBA was voted the roockie of the year by the NBA. The 20-year old’s numbers for December were: 18.6 points, 9.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game on 55% shooting. His average of time per game is …

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Spanish singer Paloma San Basilio is booked for a concert at the Nuryn Sanlley Amphitheater in the Parque Iberoamericano in Santo Domingo. The show is on 6 February 2016 at 8:30pm. She will be accompanied by a 48-piece orchestra directed by Jose Antonio Molina, conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra.

Bajo Terapia is a dramatic comedy directed by Manuel Chapuseux starring Karina Larrauri and Luis Jose German. The play, by Argentinean playwright Matias del Federico features three couples who visit a psychologist to resolve their conflicts. The play opens 25 to 28 February 2016 and continues on the weekend of 3-6 March at the Palacio …

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President Danilo Medina is encouraging Dominicans to dream and build a better country together and in peace. In his New Year message via Twitter, President Medina expressed confidence that 2016 would be a year for fulfilling new goals. “We welcome in the New Year with more enthusiasm and motivation to work for the great Dominican …

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President Danilo Medina has declared 2016 the Year of Housing Development. In Decree 389-15 issued at the end of 2015 he made the announcement as 2016 opens as an electoral year and lack of housing is one of the country’s major deficits. Luis Lora, president of the Housing Developers and Builders Association in the Cibao …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) reports that the company income tax percentage in the Dominican Republic for 2016 will be 27%. The DGII also established the 18% tax on service and goods. It has also increased the taxes on dairy products, oils, sugar products and cacao and sugar products to 18%, in line with Law 253-12.

The Santo Domingo municipal authority has announced that Plaza de Espana will go back to being completely pedestrianized. For the past few months, a detour rerouted vehicles through the square while construction works were carried out in nearby areas of the Colonial City.

A group of European banks is providing US$200 million in financing for the construction of the Punta Catalina coal-fired plant, the Central Termoelectrica Punta Catalina, in the southwestern province of Peravia, according to a press release from the Dominican Public Electricity Corporation (CDEEE). The plant under construction by the Dominican government since 2013 will have …

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