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• Merengue Gains International Attention with Simulcast in DR and Puerto Rico

  Merengue Gains International Attention with Simulcast in DR and Puerto Rico The simulcast show of the closing of the 41st Merengue Festival in Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico will undoubtedly result in a huge boost in international interest in this musical style as well as in Dominican tourism.  “I think it is a good idea … Continue reading "Merengue Gains International Attention with Simulcast in DR and Puerto Rico"

• More than 170 Producers Benefit from New Irrigation Systems

  More than 170 Producers Benefit from New Irrigation Systems Thanks to a $45 million peso investment, the South Future Foundation (Fundación Sur Futuro), the Ministry of Environment (SEMARENA), the Japanese Agency for International Development  (JICA) and the Kellogg Foundation together made possible four irrigation systems in four communities of this municipality. “With water, this previously … Continue reading "More than 170 Producers Benefit from New Irrigation Systems"

• (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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• 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"

• 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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