2018 – Page 269

The government of Haiti has again unilaterally banned on 15 January 2018 the import of 23 consumer products, including many that have the most demand. The unexpected renewal of the ban once again created commercial chaos at the border, Listin Diario reported. Among products banned are pasta, cement, rice, flour and vegetables, among others. The …

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According to new data released by BBC Mundo, there are at least three countries in Latin America where the wage disparity is such that the employers earn nearly 10 times the wage of their employees. In 2017, senior managers in large companies in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Costa Rica were paid at least 10 …

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The Barometro Latinoamericano survey says that while the percent of Dominicans identifying with the Roman Catholic Church in 1995 was 64%, this had dropped to 60% by 2013, and 50% in 2017. 21% of the population self-identified as evangelicals and 28% professed no religion, and 2% reported that they followed other religions. Father Rogelio Cruz, …

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The fashion industry in the Dominican Republic is primarily centered around home-based small business. Of these 76% operate from home, as revealed in a study carried out by the Ministry of Industry & Commerce, and Small Business (MICM). 82% of these businesses employed less than 10 workers. The research (Diagnóstico y Direccionamiento Estratégico Inmoda RD), …

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Pitahaya production in the Dominican Republic is on the increase. According to a note in Fresh Plaza online portal, the country has farms in several provinces with 38 hectares planted and able to produce yearly crops valued at almost RD$20 million. Plantations are located in the East, Santiago and Neiba in the southwest. The pitahaya …

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As of Monday morning, 15 January 2018, agents from the General Office of Security of Transit and Terrestrial Transport (DIGESETT=AMET), have impounded 1,584 vehicles that did not have the annual registration stickers. So far, according to the Customs Agency, 1,135,258 stickers have been renewed, leaving more than 144,000 still to renew. The registrations needed to …

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Metropolitan Transport Authority officers have impounded dozens of motorcycles for violation of the Transit Law 63-17. This has affected dozens of deliveries. AMET says the delivery motorcycle drivers and others have been fined for driving without documentation, without helmets, on the sidewalks, and for reckless driving among other infractions. Digesett-AMET spokesman, Tejeda Baldera said that …

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The Dominican Republic is to receive US$3 million from the United Arab Emirates for the installation of solar panels in 1,000 public health medical units across the country. The announcement was made by the executive director of the Dominican National Energy Commission, Juan Rodríguez Nina. Rodríguez Nina said that it was an ambitious project to …

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The director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Daniel Zovatto when participating in a panel at the Iberoamerican University on 15 January 2018 called for Dominican legislators to pass the political and electoral bills that have stagnated for over 15 years in Congress. “The time …

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On Sunday, 14 January 2018, President Danilo Medina visited producers of the Association of Agriculture Workers – Los Almaceyes Arriba in Tamboril, Santiago province, and promised support for production in the form of financing for avocado planting and a bus to be delivered the following week. President Medina promised the Ministry of Public Works would …

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