2017News

Hotel and restaurant workers protest at ProComsumidor

Dozens of employees of hotels and restaurants demonstrated on Wednesday, 1 August 2017, in front of the ProConsumidor, the consumer defense body of the government. They protested the move by ProConsumidor to eliminate the obligatory 10% charge on food and beverage consumptions. The Superior Administrative Court recently ordered that the 10% not be levied on …

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2017News

Fidelio Despradel against allowing mining in San Juan de la Maguana

Deputy Fidelio Despradel again warns the Ministry of Environment against granting the environmental permission for gold mining in the Yaque del Sur farming area. He notes that mining would negatively impact water sources in San Juan de la Maguana, Elías Piña, Bahoruco and other communities. Despradel has been opposing the operations of GoldQuest that he …

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2017News

DR and MLB to make it harder for foreign ballplayers to audition for scouts

The combination of abundant native talent that can be evaluated periodically over short distances, the operation of 30 baseball academies in the country run by Major League Baseball teams and the existence of an office of Major League Baseball (MLB) in Santo Domingo, makes the Dominican Republic a continental hub for recruiting and developing young …

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2017News

Migration Agency says 13,446 foreigners deported in July 2017

The Migration Agency (DGM) reported that some 13,446 illegal foreigners were repatriated to their respective countries during the month of July 2017. According to Diario Libre, persons from Colombia, Cuba, France, Haiti, Peru, Venezuela and Russia were among those deported. This brings the total to 38,426 persons repatriated in 2017. According to the DGM, there …

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2017News

Channel 17 will broadcast educational programs

Ministry of Education and the State Radio and Television Corporation (CERTV) signed an agreement to dedicate the TV Channel 17 frequency exclusively to educational programming, announced Ellis Perez, president of the CERTV board. The Ministry’s radio and television education division will be in charge of the programming. The announcement was made on occasion of commemorating …

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