2021 – Page 48

El Caribe publishes today an extensive report looking into the many laws that authorize tax exemptions to individuals and companies. Local tax exemptions are in the limelight as the pressure is on Congress to reduce its generous perks that includes two unlimited vehicle tax exonerations per four-year term per legislator. A Fiscal Pact ordered by …

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The country pays tribute to the three La Vega firemen who died when trying to save lives and put out a major fire at the Casa Mora in La Vega. The city of La Vega called three days of mourning. 22-year old Olvis de Jesús Farías, 53-year old Juan María Concepción and 55-year old José …

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Somos Pueblo TV’s El Piro (Eduardo Sánchez Tolentino) interviewed brother and sister Richi Torres and Vivian Torres, general manager and general secretary, of a company formed to supply school lunches to public schools. They explained how they won the tender but then have encountered what they describe as the National Student Welfare Institute (Inabie) mafia. …

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The Dominican Republic was removed from the United Kingdom travel red list. This means travelers entering UK from Dominican airports no longer have to keep quarantine. The countries taken off the list are Colombia, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic. With these countries, the UK no longer has countries on the red …

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Former long-time president of the Senate and secretary general of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Reynaldo Pared Perez passed away on 28 October 2021. He was 65 years old. In March 2020 he was diagnosed with cancer. Pared Perez was president of the Senate from 2006 to 2015 and from 2016 to 2020. During those …

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Tampa Rays designated hitter, Montecristi’s Nelson Cruz won Major League Baseball’s prestigious Roberto Clemente Award. Cruz becomes the 50th baseball player to receive the award. He received the award during the Wednesday, 27 October 2021, World Series game at Houston’s Minute Maid Park. The award recognizes a player who best represents the game “through extraordinary …

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Dominican fans will be able to see Albert Pujols in action when he dons the Escogido Lions uniform in the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball League. He is expected to play on Friday, 29 October 2021. Pujols, 41, is a future first-ballot Cooperstown Hall of Famer. Pujols has 679 career homers. Media reports that he dreams …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #588 reports 1,102 new cases, up from 849 on the previous day. The Ministry of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department Coronavirus Bulletin #588 also reports active Covid-cases are 6,125, up (+315) from the previous day. The number of active cases is considerably less than the peak of 55,773 active …

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Government officers had been pressing for the including of new taxes in the 2022 National Budget or for the government to at least present a bill that would be added as a complementary package in 2022. In a 9-minute address to the nation on 27 October 2021, President Luis Abinader said “no” to the tax …

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Minister Orlando Jorge Mera presented details of the Forestry Regulation for Forestry Sectoral Law 57-18. While the law dates back to 2018 and passed during the Danilo Medina administration, only now will it be implemented. For its implementation, the ruling was necessary. The ruling has been drafted and was enacted when President Luis Abinader issued …

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