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The Abinader administration moves close to its plans to convert Pedernales into another Punta Cana resort destination. The Senate approved the Pro-Pedernales Trust that awards numerous tax exemptions and benefits to companies participating in public-private alliances with the government to develop the tourism industry in the southwestern province. The government contemplates the construction of a …

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Gloria Reyes, the director of the government social assistance agency that manages the Superate Program, has requested that the Chamber of Accounts carry out an audit to the entity she directs, back-tracing it to 2012. Reyes is also asking for an audit of the program’s budget execution from 16 August 2020 to 31 December 2022, …

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There had been talk domestic workers would accrue the same privileges as workers in formal entities. But this is not so. Those reading Convention 189 of the International Labor Organization, the basis for the Ministry of Labor resolution for bettering conditions of domestic workers, will note that it does not mention severance payments. In the …

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N Digital retakes the case of infamous Colonel Pepe Goico explaining that he was retired from the army as a colonel, but was given the privilege of retirement with a general’s pension – RD$70,000 a month. Furthermore, N Digital says that in back payments, in 2018 Goico was paid a check for RD$4.3 million. Recently …

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The Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (SIMV) approved on 6 April 2022 the Dominican Republic’s first common stock issuance. The placement is made by César Iglesias by BHD León Puesto de Bolsa and Inversiones Popular – Puesto de Bolsa. César Iglesias is a company with over 100 years of history, close to 3,000 employees and …

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The Dominican Society of Plastic Surgeries (Sodocipre) president, Dr. Rubén Carrasco, told N Digital that around 60,000 women underwent plastic surgery in the country last year. This is an average of 164 a day. The medical society has a membership of 212 members. Carrasco says there is a boom in the demand for cosmetic and …

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TV host Mariasela Alvarez and her daughter were assaulted at gunpoint on a street in the upscale Piantini neighborhood of Santo Domingo on 12 September 2020. On the same day of her assault, film producer Tuto Guerrero and his wife were assaulted. Together, they did what few do in this country. They followed through with …

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At a time when the Presidency is backing an increase in small plane tourism, the National Drug Control Agency announced the seizing of 200 packages, presumably cocaine, in a search by narcotics agents of a chartered jet (C-FWRR) that would have traveled from Punta Cana International Airport to Toronto, Canada. The crew, passengers and the …

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The Ministry of Public Health Coronavirus Bulletin #748 with the deadline of 5 April 2022 reports 58 new cases, down from 66 on the previous day. For 22 consecutive days there have been no Covid-19 deaths reported. The death rate is at 0.76%, one of the lowest in the Americas. The 58 new cases in …

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Easter Week is the peak domestic vacation time in the Dominican Republic. The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) announces its “Life Awareness, Easter Week 2022 Operation” for the safety of those that hit the roads to go on vacation at resorts, mountain and camping areas, and to visit friends and family. The safety operation actually …

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