2017 – Page 285

Watch some of the best polo in the world played on the Club de Polo of Casa de Campo. Bronze Cup finals of the Polo Challenge Dominican Republic 2017. The Polo Challlenge 2017 then continues with the Silver Cup played 9-15 February, the Gold Cup from 4-26 and the Caribbean Open from 20 March to …

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If you have not had a chance to see the documentary on one of the biggest environmental crimes in the Caribbean, here is your chance. Death by a Thousand Cuts will be showing on Wednesday, 1 February 2017 at 7:30pm at the Cinemateca Dominciana. Admission is free. This is a production directed by Jake Kheel/Juan …

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The Duarte Museum located at Calle Isabel la Católica in the Colonial City opened on the birthday of the founding father of the Dominican nationality, Juan Pablo Duarte on 26 January 2017. The renovations to the Duarte Institute, where a wax museum honoring Duarte is now open, was undertaken by the Presidency Office of Supervisory …

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The organizers of the successful Sunday, 22 January 2017, March Against Impunity visited the Attorney General’s Office and asked that an independent commission with the support of the United Nations investigate the Odebrecht bribes in the country. Natalia Mármol, spokesperson for the group, told the media that they would continue the peaceful demands until those …

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The executive vice president of the Dominican Association of Free Zones (Adozona), José Manuel Torres, said that the confirmation by the Trump Administration that the United States would not seek to be part of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) is good news for the Dominican Republic and Central America region in general. Manufacturing in the …

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PLD mayors backed Johnny Jones of the PRSC allowing him to lead the Dominican Municipal League for another four years. The new PLD government ally, the PRD, had sought to be rewarded for PRD legislative support in securing for President Danilo Medina the necessary votes to change the 2010 Constitution to allow him to run …

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The Superintendent of Banks Luis Armando Asunción said that at the close of 2016, data shows that the Dominican financial system had grown 11.8%, more than the 11.5% reported for 2015. Asunción said that assets had increased to RD$1.52 billion. Read more in Spanish: Listin Diario 27 January 2017  

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmChamDR) at its January 2017 luncheon urged the National Congress approve the World Trade Organization Bali Declaration, a trade facilitation agreement. Approval is pending since 2013. The Trade Facilitation Agreement will enter into force once two-thirds of members have completed their domestic ratification process. The Trade Facilitation Agreement contains provisions …

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Agriculture Minister Ángel Estévez says the government has made available RD$2.5 billion to help farmers recover from their crop losses in the Northwest. Farms along several rivers were damaged due to the flooding when the government ordered the release of water in dams in the highlands to avoid the failure of these dams. Estévez said …

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The director of the Customs Agency (DGA), Enrique Ramírez Paniagua, favors changes to Customs Law 3489 that dates back to 1953. He highlighted earlier efforts at the Customs Agency to update rules and regulations were filed away by his predecessor who believed that the current customs law was working and didn’t need fixing. Speaking at …

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