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Small business got a break. Decree 265-19 contains the ruling for the Simplified Tax Regime (Regimen Simplificado de Tributación) that applies to individuals and companies with no more than RD$8.7 million in sales. Individuals and companies that purchase inventory and inputs for RD$40 million or less a year are also included in the tax scheme. …

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Persio Maldonado, the president of the Dominican Society of Daily Newspapers, says that the Attorney General Office presented a certificate to the members of the Official Commission designated by President Danilo Medina to review the Odebrecht-Punta Catalina contract that eventually established no bribes had been paid. At the time the Attorney General Office had received …

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President Danilo Medina has said “almost, almost” to the press when asked about when he will talk about whether he would seek a third term. Medina has been President since 2012. The 2015 Constitution impedes President Medina from running again, and there is much speculation on whether he could secure a second constitutional amendment to …

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The internal crisis within the ruling PLD party has escalated and continues with all eyes on Congress. At least 21 deputies loyal to former President Leonel Fernandez abandoned the session in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, 25 June 2019, and said they would not return until the president of the chamber, Radhamés Camacho, orders …

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The Ministry of Public Works (MOPC), via its Military and Police Commission, reported that over the Corpus Christi long weekend (Thursday, 18 June to Sunday, 20 June 2019), 8,389 roadside assistance were provided to domestic travelers. The MOPC offered assistance over the five-day holiday that went from mobile workshop assistance, provision of tow trucks, to …

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In partnership with the energy research and consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Dominican Republic announced that a first petroleum exploration-licensing round will be held at the Hyatt Regency in the Galleria Area in Houston, Texas on 10 July 2019. The round closes in December 2019. The sites are …

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National District Mayor David Collado and Culture Minister Eduardo Selman reopened the plaza dedicated to Fray Antonio de Montesino (1480-1540), the first human rights defender of indigenous people in the Americas. The moving ceremony held on the sea-fronting Malecón plaza remembered Fray Antonio de Montesino for his December 1511 sermon when he denounced abuses of …

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President Medina meets with supporters, turns down Fernández proposal On Monday 3 June 2019, President Danilo Medina met for lunch with the five presidential pre-candidates who are his supporters within the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD). The presidential pre-candidates present were Francisco Domínguez Brito, Andrés Navarro, Reinaldo Pared Pérez, Radhamés Segura and Temístocles Montás. Also present …

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Foreign Relations Minister Miguel Vargas was in Lisbon, Portugal 20 May 2019 on an official visit to sign memorandums of understanding and cooperation agreements with Portugal. Vargas signed for the Dominican Republic and Portuguese Foreign Relations Minister Augusto Santos Silva signed for Portugal. The agreements cover the areas of aviation services, establishment of political consulting, …

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