2020 – Page 279

The Ciudad Juan Bosch Road Safety Education Park has received over 2,400 visits in its first three months. Schools are sending their students to pick up safe driving skills. The National Institute of Traffic and Land Transport (Intrant) operates the driver’s education park in an area of almost 9,000 square meters in the government housing …

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El Caribe newspaper observes that from 29 October 2019 to 18 January 2020, in less than three months time, three senior US government officials have visited President Danilo Medina. The visits have been made public and have been to discuss security issues, drug trafficking, corruption and the upcoming elections. The US Agency for International Development …

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China ambassador Zhang Run says the signing of a first phase of the trade deal between China and the United States will benefit the Dominican Republic. In an op-ed contribution in Diario Libre, the Chinese ambassador highlights that both China and the United States are important DR trading partners. The ambassador asserts the trade agreement …

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La Romana was the port of call for the stop by the “Aquarela”, the adventure ship that is taking 1,800 young scientists from 40 countries on a worldwide trip to raise awareness and seek concrete solutions to 21st century challenges to sustainable development. The CEO of Oceania Blue Sea Expedition, Juan Carlos Rodriguez, explained that …

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The Ministry of Economy, the National Council for Climate Change and Clean Development Mechanism, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Tourism, and the French Development Agency (AFD) are undertaking a study on “Vulnerability to Climate Change of the Coastal Areas of the Dominican Republic.” The objective of the study is to assess the vulnerability …

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The Civil Defense is no longer that entity that waits for a rainstorm to happen to get volunteers to don their orange polo shirts to assist people. He said that an endowment of technological equipment has enabled them to define the protocols better to respond to earthquakes, hurricanes and flooding. “We are prepared to assist …

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The Tax Agency (DGII) opened talks with Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, Spotify and other digital platforms about taxing them for their sales in the Dominican Republic. The director of the DGII Magín Díaz says there is no rush to set these taxes, and that they are looking into the best mechanisms to do so. He said …

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A group of citizens filed two appeals of unconstitutionality against the 2020 National Budget (Law 506-19) and complementary Law 512-19 that authorized the Executive Branch to issue securities. The 2020 budget law authorizes the Ministry of Hacienda to issue and place the public debt. Citizens Eulogio Santaella, Federico Lalane José, Leopoldo Franco Barrera, Jaime Ricardo …

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The Central Electoral Board (JCE) and the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) agreed to move on the printing of the ballots for the 16 February 2020 municipal election in districts where there are not issues pending that may delay the printing. The JCE had given the TSE until Friday, 17 January 2020 to resolve the appeals …

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Central Electoral Board (JCE) judge Roberto Saladín is in the United States, where he held the first meeting on Tuesday, 16 January 2020 with delegates of 12 Dominican political parties at the JCE main office in New York City. Saladín was accompanied by the director of Dominicans Vote Abroad, Gilberto Cruz Herasme and the director …

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