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President Luis Abinader enacted Assets Reassessment Law 7-21 that extends Law 46-20 and adds new provisions. The tax facility had expired on 11 January 2021. The new law establishes a transitory special tax regime that allows taxpayers to declare, revalue and make the corresponding payments to the Tax Agency (DGII) and regularize their tax obligations. …

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President Luis Abinader named Angie Shakira Martínez Tejera the new Dominican ambassador to Jamaica. Martínez is a lawyer and has been working at the Ministry of Foreign Relations for the past 17 years. At the time of her appointment she was ambassador for academic affairs with Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. She had …

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Last week, almost every possible social media carried an alarming video of Trufa, a female French bulldog, being kicked and abused by her “owner.” The attack was, according to the video, was totally unprovoked. Prosecutors arrested the dog owner, acting under Law 76-02 on cruelty to animals. The owner, a dentist named Oscar Nanita Geronimo, …

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A tribute by his students to master painter Jaime Colson can be seen at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Visuales, at Calle El Conde No.59, corner Isabel la Católica, in the Colonial City. The exhibition honors the 120th birthday of the celebrated Dominican artist. The National School of Visual Arts summoned the artists who had …

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The world lost another great baseball star late last week with Henry Louis Aaron (Hank) passing at the age of 86. Listin Diario reports that his passing was particularly felt in the small border town of Pedernales, in southwestern Dominican Republic. The year when Aaron broke Babe Ruth’s long-standing home run record (714) and set …

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Dominican soccer achieved a historic 0-0 draw with Serbia in the friendship match held at the Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium on Monday, 25 January 2021. The locals were praised for their tenacity and resistance against Serbia, ranked 35th in the world. Goalkeeper Rafael Díaz had an excellent day thwarting the offensive attack of the expert …

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The Abinader administration’s Health Cabinet plans to use the voting registry and voting stations nationwide as coronavirus vaccination centers. Most of the voting stations are located at public schools that are closed due to the pandemic. The government will use the electoral roll that has 7.5 million people registered and assigned to voting stations. The …

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Effective Tuesday, 26 January 2021, all airline passengers to the United States ages two years and older must provide a negative Covid-19 viral test (PCR or antigen) taken within three calendar days of travel. Alternatively, travelers to the US may provide documentation from a licensed health care provider of having recovered from Covid-19 in the …

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Hundreds of thousands of Dominicans used the Altagracia Day and Duarte Day long weekend to exchange lockdown in cities for vacation time in resorts, tourist towns and countryside. The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Waldo Ariel Suero warns that the country could see another spike in Covid-19 cases due to the gatherings …

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The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #312 reports 1,216 new PCR cases. The cases compare to the 7-day nationwide average for PCR confirmed cases that is 1,457. The number of PCR-confirmed cases is at 205,162 for the Sunday, 24 January bulletin. Labs carried out 4,600 first PCR tests. The number of tests …

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