2021 – Page 46

The Tax Agency (DGII) announced the start of the renewal of vehicular circulation permits (marbete). These will be issued through 31 January 2022. The Tax Agency says 1,550,776 vehicles need to show the sticker on their front windows to circulate. The procedure generates RD$2.38 billion for the government. The stickers cost RD$1,500 for vehicles dated …

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Holiday Mobility Law 139-97 gives the Ministry of Labor the authority to move important holidays around so as not to interrupt the workweek. The information is good to know to plan vacation time. For 2022 there are very few long weekends as many holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday. For instance, New Year’s Day …

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At one time, the Dominican Republic enjoyed massive areas of mangroves, but human activity has, over the centuries, drastically reduced these areas. Now, a unit of the state-run electricity consortium, the Dominican Electricity Transmission Company (ETED) has joined forces with Ministry of Environment to replant and restore mangroves along the coast of the province of …

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The Ministry of Education is again making headlines. This time for the handpicking of teachers after a national teachers contest was suspended following the mass failing of teachers of the standardized tests. Diario Libre reports that the Ministry has appointed 10,000 teachers so far. The new president of the Dominican Teachers Association, the collective of …

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At the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC) on 27 October 2021, experts from the World Bank and the university outlined what the Dominican Republic needs to do to maintain economic stability and continued growth. The report discussion is featured on the YouTube channel of the university. The international institution says that Dominican Republic needs …

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Carlos Felipe Jaramillo, World Bank vice president for Latin America and the Caribe, gave an interview to Diario Libre where he highlights the economic recovery in the Dominican Republic. “The Dominican Republic is an exception; it is one of the two or three countries that have managed to maintain positive and very persistent economic growth …

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CDN investigative journalist Julissa Cespedes presented a report on irregularities in the tenders for school meals carried out by the Ministry of Education’s National Student Welfare Institute (Inabie). Cespedes interviewed entrepreneurs that denounce the irregularities in the bidding process for the school lunches. According to the lawyers of hundreds that have been affected, the Instituto …

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The Superior Administrative Court (TSA) turned down an appeal filed by pastor Carlos Peña regarding the Ministry of Public Health Resolution #048 on the obligation to show a two-dose vaccination card to enter any closed-in public or private place. The measure is in effect since 18 October 2021. The measure does not apply to baseball …

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The Army has sent a new large contingent of soldiers, including special commands equipped with all terrain vehicles and helicopters, to the security of the border with Haiti. General commander of the Army, Major General Julio Ernesto Florián Pérez said the surveillance covers the entire border area, from Montecristi on the north to Pedernales on …

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Few people have the persistence of Stephanie Noesí, who migrated to the United States with her parents, finished high school, and graduated from Baruch College in New York City with a degree in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems. Four times she applied for an internship at Google, before she was accepted as one of …

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