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The authorities at the Santo Domingo Metro have refuted the claim that access to the Metro was denied to any person dressed in black or carrying signage. The snapshot of a Metro agent talking to a young woman carry a cardboard sign and wearing black has circulated throughout social media in the Dominican Republic and, …

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The Presidency announced on Friday, 21 February the enactment of the new Public-Private Partnership Law 47-20 and shortly afterward the new agreement with Boeing. As reported, the Medina administration has signed an agreement with Boeing and FTS Holdings Group for the construction of an aviation maintenance center at Barahona’s Maria Montez International Airport. The airport …

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President Danilo Medina enacted Transparency and Patrimonial Reassessment Law 46-20 (Ley de Transparencia y Revalorización Patrimonial) on Friday, 21 February 2020. The law allows taxpayers to declare, reassess and make the corresponding payment, voluntarily and exceptionally, for assets that have not been declared before the Tax Agency (DGII) to regularize their tax obligations according to …

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The InterAmerican Development Bank Group “Activities Report 2019” has the Dominican Republic seeded as the country with the largest economic growth in Latin America, Central America and the Caribbean. The document was released during the IDB Governors Meeting on Central America and the Caribbean held in El Salvador over the weekend. The Dominican Republic showed …

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The director-general of the governmental Solidarity Bank, Mayra Jiménez, says in 2019 the bank granted over RD$6.9 billion in financing for micro- and small businesses. This represented an 8% growth in the credit portfolio of the bank. The bank has 110 offices and branches nationwide. Reportedly it provided services to 127,986 clients, including 38,000 new …

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The World Bank has announced that work has begun on the water solutions for the cities of Moca and Gaspar Hernandez in the province of Espaillat. Rafael Martinez, the director of the Moca Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraamoca), reported during a meeting with reporters that sewage drainage systems and more efficient water systems and the …

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Dominicans met with hostility as they arrive for 15-day quarantine in Ukraine. Five Dominican students arrived in good health to Ukraine after being evacuated from Wuhan, China. News media, nevertheless, reports that the local residents in the village of Novi Sanzhary were not happy about the transitory keeping of the foreigners, in their transit to …

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On Friday, 21 February, judge Yanibel Rivas authorized accused drug trafficker Cesar Emilio Peralta (Cesar El Abusador) to keep household arrest. She is not allowed to leave the country. She had been at the Najayo Jail since 9 September 2019, when she was arrested after her spouse became a fugitive of justice. Cesar El Abusador …

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The Court of Appeals of the National District rejected the acquittal of Arsenio Quevedo of Unatrafin, former city councilor of Pedro Brand Erikson de los Santos Solís and Cristino Batista. The court ordered a new trial. The men are accused of several homicides. They had been released by the Second Collegiate Court of the National …

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The National Police announced the arrest of three accused of robbing the Living Las Vegas Sports Bar & Terrace in the city of Puerto Plata on Wednesday, 19 February 2020. The Police said the three men are of ages 18, 19 and 31. Two of them were said to be from Boca Chica’s barrio of …

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