2017 – Page 278

The Dominican Consulate in New York is recommending that Dominican nationals who are residents in the United States who may have committed any kind of an infraction, regardless of how minor, postpone travel abroad due to the uncertainties following the recent migratory measures announced by the Trump Administration. In addition, the Consulate recommends that Dominicans …

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The president of the Dominican Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Companies, Issaachart Burgos praised the recent Microbusiness Registry launched by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC) and implemented by the Deputy Ministry for Small Business at the MIC. The Registry of Small Business is a simplified government service that enables microbusiness to register a …

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The Ministry of Environment announced a series of new regulations for the issuing of environmental permits for infrastructure in mountainous areas. Resolution No. 0005-2017 updates requirements for the construction of housing projects in areas that are forested or serve as a source of surface water. Construction is now off limits 30 meters from a body …

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The organizers of the successful Sunday, 22 January 2017, March Against Impunity are now calling citizens to sign the Green Book Against Impunity to continue the protest against lenience in Dominican courts for administrative corruption. The organizers say the signatures will support demands that the government name a commission of independent prosecutors with the cooperation …

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Brazil president Rousseff’s and Dominican President Danilo Medina’s campaign chief advisor, Joao Santana, was sentenced this week to eight years in prison for his ties to the corruption network operating at the Petrobras company in Brazil. Santana was also known as “the maker of presidents.” His wife Monica Moura also received a jail sentence for …

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Attorney General Jean-Alain Rodríguez says that the country has received US$30 million part of the deal signed with the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht that has admitted to making US$92 million in bribes to obtain contract work in the Dominican Republic. He also announced that as part of the deal, his office would receive details of …

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The second son of President Donald Trump, Eric Frederick Trump, reportedly visited Punta Cana yesterday, Thursday, 2 February 2017. El Caribe reported he was in Cap Cana. Diario Libre reported his visit was short. He had arrived around noon and left that same afternoon. Eric Trump and his brother have been entrusted with running the …

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Speaking during a conference entitled, “Perspectives of the Dominican Economy in the Context of New Global Challenges”, sponsored by the governmental BanReservas, economist Raúl Féliz said on Wednesday, 1 February 2017, that the Dominican government may need to revise its tax incentives to compete with the United States. Féliz says the DR would have to …

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Livio Spadavecchia is the new officer in charge of the re-opened Italian diplomatic mission in the Dominican Republic. The Italian government had shut down the Embassy and consulate two years ago. Spadavecchia, who is the commercial attaché , said his current appointment as head of the Italian mission is temporary. An ambassador will be appointed …

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The secretary general of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), Jesús Vásquez accused the Senate of choosing PLD party directors as members of the Chamber of Accounts for the period 2017-2020. He said this means there will not be controls on government spending. “What we are seeing is that the Chamber of Accounts is now made …

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