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• Government Launches National Drug Awareness Plan

  Government Launches National Drug Awareness Plan In an attempt to prevent and combat illegal drug use, the government announced that it will put into effect a Strategic National Plan on Drugs 2008-2012. The formal creation of the plan was announced on Wednesday at an official act overseen by Dominican President Leonel Fernández. …this new initiative … Continue reading "Government Launches National Drug Awareness Plan"

• (Versión en español) GEO cumple 35 años

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• (Versión en español) Cultura inaugura Escuela Libre Monomojao, San Francisco de Macorís

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• Tax Office Announces New Measures for Businesses Operating under the Law of Competitiveness and Industrial Innovation

  Tax Office Announces New Measures for Businesses Operating under the Law of Competitiveness and Industrial Innovation The General Office of Internal Revenue Service announced the extension of the obligation to withhold Income Tax of Individual Workers or foreign earners who offer professional services related to development projects involving products, materials, production processes, research and technology … Continue reading "Tax Office Announces New Measures for Businesses Operating under the Law of Competitiveness and Industrial Innovation"

• (Versión en español) Disertan sobre "El merengue: expresión cultural más genuina de la dominicanidad"

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• (Versión en español) Los Botados ya es una ciudad digital

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• Costa Rican Environmental Mission Visits the Dominican Republic for Exchange on Forestry Policy

  Costa Rican Environmental Mission Visits the Dominican Republic for Exchange on Forestry Policy Omar Ramírez Tejada, Environment Minister, received an Environment delegation from Costa Rica. The group is visiting the DR to become familiar with the details of the National Reforestation Plan of Quisqueya Verde. Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic are developing an exchange … Continue reading "Costa Rican Environmental Mission Visits the Dominican Republic for Exchange on Forestry Policy"

• Taiwan donates a Million Dollars to the Dominican Republica in International Scholarships

  Taiwan donates a Million Dollars to the Dominican Republica in International Scholarships Taiwan donated one million dollars to the Dominican Republic to strengthen the international scholarship program underway at the various universities in the DR. Tsai said that education is the engine of development and an indispensable quality for obtaining equality of opportunity in a … Continue reading "Taiwan donates a Million Dollars to the Dominican Republica in International Scholarships"

• (Versión en español) Acuerdan impulsar ecoturismo en Bayahibe

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• Dominican Republic Intensifies Efforts to Expand Tourism to the US Midwest

  Dominican Republic Intensifies Efforts to Expand Tourism to the US Midwest The Tourism Promotion Office (OPT) of the Dominican Republic, with its headquarters in Chicago, is undertaking an aggressive strategy to expand its market in the Midwest United States and to open a new niche among this important American demographic.  “to promote destinations that need … Continue reading "Dominican Republic Intensifies Efforts to Expand Tourism to the US Midwest"