2019 – Page 24

The Customs Agency (DGA) announced that the import Christmas tax exemption is in effect beginning on 1 December 2019 through 7 January 2020. The exception allows Dominicans that live abroad and return to visit family and friends for the Christmas holidays to bring gifts worth up to US$3,000 for the holidays. The ex-pats need to …

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Just hours before leaving for the Madrid Climate Summit, President Danilo Medina removed the chief of the Dominican delegation, Ernesto Reyna, as executive vice president of the National Climate Change Council. Medina named Evergito Peña Acosta to replace Reyna, according to Decree 434-19. The Madrid Summit is scheduled for 2-13 December 2019. Peña Acosta is …

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President Medina arrived on Sunday, 1 December 2019 to Madrid, Spain to participate in the Climate Change Summit (COP25). The media says he will present Quisqueya Project, a plan to reforest 767,331 tareas (1 tarea = 629 square meters). Also on his agenda is a meeting with King Felipe VI. King Felipe VI is scheduled …

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Bachata king performer, Romeo Santos has announced his free concerts this weekend will start on Thursday, 28 November in Mao, to continue to Dajabón (Friday, 29), Montecristi (Saturday, 30) and Puerto Plata (Sunday, 1 December). Santos is on a grand tour, “Utopia: Gira del Pueblo” to bring his music to his fans all around the …

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Speaking during the traditional pre-Thanksgivings Day American Chamber of Commerce luncheon, US Ambassador Robin Bernstein called for more transparency for business investments. She also urged the country achieve better competitiveness in aspects related to infrastructure, electricity and the labor force. She understands the Dominican Republic can attract more foreign investment. She observed that in Honduras, …

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) reported that it awarded the first auction to develop the hydrocarbon industry to Apache Dominican Republic Corporation, a subsidiary of the US-based Apache Corporation. Apache Dominicana is authorized to carry out exploration and exploitation for oil and gas in an offshore block in the San Pedro de Macorís …

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The new president of the Dominican Association of Foreign Investment Companies (ASIEX), Edwin de los Santos emphasized collaboration with government authorities for the implementation of transparency in regulations to encourage trust and predictability for foreign investment. De los Santos, who is the president of AES Dominicana, was elected for the 2019-2021 term. De los Santos …

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The Metropolitan Hospital of Santiago (HOMS) inaugurated its Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center (Instituto Bariátrico Digestivo Meta Íntegra) on Wednesday, 27 November 2019. The HOMS is the largest private hospital in Santiago. Dr. Héctor Sánchez Navarro, director of Meta Integra and deputy director of HOMS, presented the new comprehensive care unit for obesity. “Meta Integra …

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The director of the National Transit and Ground Transport Institute (Intrant), engineer Claudia Franchesca De los Santos, advocated for both a civilian and criminal investigation in traffic accidents. She said at present inquiries are up to the technical units at the Driver Safety Agency (Digesett) that is under the Attorney General Office. She made the …

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The National Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (ProConsumidor) is educating Dominican consumers to avoid Black Friday pitfalls at physical stores and online. ProConsumidor director Anina del Castillo has been alerting consumers to check for guarantees, whether installation costs are included or not and for the store’s return policy when comparing prices. ProConsumidor says …

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