2019 – Page 27

Oxfam has submitted a proposal to the Chamber of Deputies-Senate committee that is studying the 2020 National Budget suggesting revisions regarding RD$23 billion. Economist Rafael Jovine is citing abundant evidence of wasteful spending in the National Budget and that it has severe limitations concerning the reporting of goods and services. The economist says that several …

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Country Alliance (AlPaís) and the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) signed a partial agreement for the promotion of municipal and congressional candidates. On Monday, 25 November 2019, both parties pledged to promote candidates that do not have a track record of corruption but rather can show commitment in their communities. The parties said their common objective …

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The Organization of American States (OAS) will again participate as an observer in the municipal elections in February, and the congressional and presidential elections that will take place later in May 2020. The president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Julio César Castaños Guzmán, was in Washington, D.C. to sign the agreement at the OAS …

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Presidential Decree 404-19 now regulates the classification and registration of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Dominican Republic. The regulation contains the dispositions to apply, complement and make operational the legal classification and the business registry for the development and competitiveness of MSMEs. Article 12 of the decree establishes that in accordance with …

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Dominican-Puerto Rican singer Ozuna will start his world tour “Nibiru” on Saturday, 15 February 2020 in the Olympic Stadium of Santo Domingo. “Nibiru” is the third album of the Puerto Rican singer and has collaborations with world renown singers. Tickets for this concert are on sale at Uepa Tickets, CCN Supermercados Nacional and Jumbo . …

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The La Romana team, Los Toros del Este defeated the Escogido Lions at the Quisqueya Ball Park on Sunday, 24 November 2019 to grab the lead position on the standings. The standings are: Toros del Este (21-13), Leones del Escogido (19-15), Aguilas Cibaeñas (17-16), Tigres del Licey (17-17), Gigantes del Cibao (15-19) and Estrellas Orientales …

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The 12th David Ortiz Golf Classic held in Miami, Florida this year collected US$2 million for the building of a pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory in the Dominican Republic. The event was held last weekend at The Ritz Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami, Florida from 21-24 November 2019. This was the first time the event was …

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Dominican gymnast Audrys Nin Reyes won the silver medal in the men’s vault event at the International Gymnastics Federation Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus, Germany. The win adds important points to Nin’s quest for qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Nin Reyes was second to Ukrainian Igor Radivilov who had topped the qualification standings …

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Witnesses of the fatal bus accident on the Samaná Northeast Expressway (Autopista Juan Pablo II), in which over two dozen persons persons were injured and one died on Thursday, 21 November 2019, told Listin Diario reporters and the authorities that a reckless motorcyclist had crossed in front of the bus. As the driver tried to …

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The former director of the Colegio Agustiniano in La Vega is being sued by a student. The school director, Catholic priest Miguel Bienvenido Florenzán Ulloa, is accused of sexual abuse. Graduate Victor Rafael Manón Arias had reported sexual abuse by the Catholic priest when he attended the school and when on a school trip to …

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