2020 – Page 274

Despite Luis Abinader running for the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) consistently gaining following, the January 2020 Gallup-Hoy poll says that he still does not have the 50%+1 of the vote needed to win in the election on Sunday, 17 May 2020. The second round poll is scheduled for Sunday, 28 June 2020. Businessman Abinader still …

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Elsa Gutiérrez, the defense lawyer for journalist Marino Zapete, says that the restrictions against the press coverage of the defamation and libel suit against her defendant are illegal. Only Noticias SIN was allowed to cover the case. Gutiérrez says the law establishes the trial is a public one and judges should only in very specific …

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The recently released Corruption Perceptions Index 2019 (CPI) reveals that there has been no improvement in tackling corruption in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic is embarrassingly ranked 137th among 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, according to experts and business people. The Dominican Republic obtained a score of …

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Almost half a million voters have cast their vote for mayor in the National Mayors Survey sponsored by N Digital. The poll shows the mayor candidates of the opposition Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM) leading in 26 positions of the 36 main city governments in the country. In the National District, the poll has Carolina Mejía …

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President Danilo Medina attended the formal inauguration of the major expansion of Fresenius Kabi production site for medical devices in Haina, San Cristóbal. The 7,400-square-meter expansion adds new plasma kit assembly lines, injection molding equipment, sterilization units and dedicated warehouse space. The expansion is a total investment of more than US$25 million and is a …

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The Ministry of Hacienda (Treasury) announced it has placed a bond for US$1 billion at 4.0% and maturity of 10 years, and another for US$1.5 billion at 5.875% and maturity of 40 years. The Ministry says that the placement was authorized in the National Budget (Law 506-19) for 2020 and the Public Debt Securities Law. …

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The Passport Agency (DGP) is now issuing a new passport booklet with 3D fluorescence for increased security and duration. The new passport is resistant to folding, moisture and high temperatures. The new Dominican passport incorporates technology that is part of the most secure passports in the world. Its pages contain images of the fathers of …

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The Chamber of Deputies has approved the second reading on the bill that establishes a new legal framework for asset guarantees for bank borrowing in the country. Rafael Paz, director of the National Competitiveness Council, stressed the importance of the Bill of Guarantees for Movable Property (Ley de Garantías Mobiliarias) for entrepreneurs and small and …

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The Ministry of Tourism and Grupo Globalia presented Leaf Bayahibe during the Fitur travel show in Madrid. Globalia says it is an ecologic and sustainable development of 96 cabañas to be built on 244,000 square meter property acquired by the company in 2000. But environmentalist groups, and the Academy of Science, say that the construction …

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Traffic jams in Santo Domingo are easily explained. In 2004, the Tax Agency (DGII) says there were only 1.7 million registered vehicles. By 2018, the figure had risen to 4.3 million. These stats do not include motorcycles. Most vehicles in the Dominican Republic are Japanese brands (66.3%), followed by US brands with 10.6%. Korean brands …

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