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Indotel decides to buy an expensive building instead of paying even more expensive rent

Going against the expanded practice of renting expensive quarters in prime areas to house the bulging Dominican government offices, Indotel announced it instead will invest in purchasing its new headquarters. The new headquarters would be a ten-floor building located on Av. 27 de Febrero, another prime urban area. The building has four underground parking levels …

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Haitian manhunt underway for double homicide in Pedernales; Police warns on hiring undocumented workers

Authorities are warning employers to ensure their foreign workers are properly documented. The security issue of hiring Haitians without legal identification came to the forefront again with the recent murder of a merchant from Azua and his Dominican driver in Pedernbales, on the border with Haiti, with an undocumented Haitian the main suspect. Pedernales authorities …

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Physics conference: Dominican minds at work

The Dominican Physics Society (Sodofi) held its VI International Congress, a series of conferences, talks and studies on renewable energy, water treatment, women in physics and semiconductors. Held last week, the event was sponsored by the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), the Technological of Santo Domingo (Intec), a group known as Highly Adaptable Minds, …

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Wages up to RD$50,000 should be free of income taxes

If the government tax authorities indexed salaries as originally mandated by the law, it could cost the government some serious money, according to economic analyst Miguel Collado. The process involves multiplying current salaries by the inflation adjustments authorized by the Central Bank. The result would be that only those earning over RD$50,098.33 per month would …

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