2025 – Page 165

It is no secret that over 50% of Dominican labor works in the informal sector of the economy, that is, the sector that does not pay company taxes. As a result, there have been numerous attempts to reduce this imbalance and bring these elements into the formal sector. One of the latest suggestions comes from …

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The Santo Domingo Metro office has been gradually adding more cars to expand the service given the growing demand for the fast transit service. The fast service and fares as low as RD$20 have made the metro the main transport system in the capital city. Metro office director Rafael Santos Perez mentioned that the government …

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A woman who worked with a contractor cleaning the facilities of Barrick Gold in Sanchez Ramirez province is today a heavy-duty equipment driver. A native of Cotui, she is the 15th of 17 brothers and sisters. She was a single mother who needed a better job and took the challenge to get trained. She found …

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Government and private sector have come together for the launching of the ExpoSostenible 2025 on 2 and 3 April 2025 at the Hotel Embajador in Santo Domingo. The focus is on circular economy, renewable energies and corporate social responsibility. Samuel Sena, president of the Consejo de Desarrollo Economico y Social de Santo Domingo (Codessd) has …

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The membership of the Organization of American States (OAS) is to vote on Mondy, 10 March 2025 for the replacement of Uruguayan Luis Almagro, who served two five-year terms. The OAS has 34 voting members and 18 votes are needed to win in the secret vote. As of late, Albert Ramdin of Suriname is the …

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A video created by a Spanish political party has circulated blaming the Dominican Republic for rampant corruption in Spain. Dominican beaches and the country symbols are used in the video “Island of Corruption”. President Luis Abinader would reportedly call former Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar of the Partido Popular and the Ministry of Foreign Relations …

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The presiding judge of the Fifth Chamber for Instruction in Santiago, Cirilo Salamon Sanchez, has ordered 70 persons and legal entities to go to criminal trial on charges of money laundering, drug trafficking and a list of other crimes. This trial will be the successful culmination of a long investigative process called Operation Hawk (Falcon …

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Pyramid schemes, those wonderful promises of great return on investments, far beyond anything to be found in banks or stock markets, are the bane of Dominican society and the victims of the scams keep making headlines. One of the latest cases is that of ATB Football, which was an online betting scam that offered to …

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A major effort of the authorities to find 20-year old Indian tourist Sudiksha Konanki who was last seen after 4:15am on Thursday, 6 March 2025 when walking on the beach of the Riu Republica Resort in Punta Cana. She was last seen wearing a two-piece bikini. A pre-med student at the University of Pittsburgh in …

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It is confirmed. Oscar-winning actress Zoe Saldaña will be in Santo Domingo to grace the stage at the 40th annual Premios Soberanos on 25 March 2025. The announcement was made Sunday, 9 March 2025 by the Association of Art Critics (Acroarte). The awards recognize the better performances in 58 categories spanning the fields of film, …

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