2020 – Page 261

The Chamber of Deputies passed with amendments in two sessions the Transparency and Patrimony Reassessment Bill. The bill is by Senator Adriano Sanchez Roa (PRSC-Elias Piña). It establishes a transitory tax regime whereby taxpayers can declare, reassess and pay taxes on property to regularize their tax obligations. The bill has articles that will penalize the …

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Congress named Milagros Corniel Camacho to replace her daughter, Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) deputy Karen Lisbeth Ricardo Corniel. Ricardo had been appointed to replace Domingo Contreras as director of Special Programs of the Presidency. Contreras is running for National District mayor for the PLD. Ricardo had previously aspired to be the PLD candidate for Santo …

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The Constitutional Court (TC) confirmed that city governments are obliged to make severance payments for unjustified firings. The TC rejected a motion to the contrary submitted by the Dominican Municipal Federation. The Federation had disputed Article 138 of Decree 523-09 that approved the ruling for labor relations in the public administration, dated 21 July 2009. …

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The Constitutional Court (TC) rejected an appeal filed against a 2014 ruling by the High Administrative Court (TSA) that had ordered the suspension of the measure taken by the Customs Agency (DGA) to tax online purchases of up to US$200. Ruling 0807-18 of the Constitutional Court upholds Ruling 278-14 of the TSA on the matter. …

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Journalist Huchi Lora suffered a bad fall last week, but that did not save him from being the target of Social Plan of the Presidency director Iris Guaba, who ordered social media influencers on pay by the state to attack the communicator online. The audio of the statement was leaked to social media and became …

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Citizen Participation, the civic watchdog group, announced Sonia Díaz Inoa will be the general coordinator for 2020-2021. She is a lawyer with masters degrees in public administration and human rights. She also has a doctorate in democratic societies, state and law. She has worked in the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government at the …

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EdeNorte, the power distributor for Santiago, announces blackouts from noon to 5pm on Monday, 10 February 2020, in Santiago province. The blackouts will affect the city center of Navarrete and Pontón. Also the industrial areas of Agregados Gudicorp, Navarrete Industrial, Cabañas Pali and the Santiago Industrial Free Zone, among other Santiago city areas. Read more …

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The Technological Institute of the Americas (ITLA) announced the new technical career “Data Analytics and Data Science” to respond to the demand for experts in this growing industry. Technological Institute rector José Armando Tavarez said that the career reaffirms ITLA as the most innovative institution in terms of technology training. He said that students in …

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The Embassy of Japan recognized Dominican dermatologist Edgardo Jorge Job for his contributions to the art of bonsai, and journalist Jose Rafael Sosa for his contribution to spreading the art of origami in the Dominican Republic. Japan Ambassador Hiroyuki Makiuchi held a lunch on Sunday, 9 February 2020, in honor of the two Dominicans. Makiuchi …

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The president of the Dominican Olympic Committee Luis Mejía said that Megan Logroño Rivera, 15-year old daughter of the captain of the Dominican senior women’s volleyball team (Caribbean Queens), Prisilla Rivera, died of respiratory arrest, the consequence of a congenital condition. The child was buried at the Jardin Memorial. Her mother, who had been playing …

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