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Guzmán Ariza Summer School & Camp Parade

Cabarete was filled with music and joy last Friday with the Parade Week of The Dream Guzmán Ariza Summer School & Camp. From 10:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. children paraded in the streets of Cabarete.

The purpose of the parade was to teach and foster the campers community pride and self-esteem to the display that pride in a banner and through song-filled parade in downtown Cabarete.

This summer camp covers a 4-week educational program for 280 local children between the ages 9 to 15, resident from marginal neighborhoods in Cabarete, such as La Colonia, La Ciénaga and Barrio Blanco. Guzmán Ariza began sponsoring the Guzmán Ariza Summer Camp and School in 2004, where every year poor Dominican children attend a program designed to ensure their educational stability by offering individualized academic tutoring, extracurricular activities, and alternative sources of education that foster life and job skills.

Illegal Immigrants Will be Deported

José Ricardo Taveras, Head of the Immigration Department, has reiterated that foreigners who do not comply with the National Legalization Plan face possible deportation.

Mr. Taveras added that the intent is not to identify and deport illegal immigrants, but to offer clear guidelines on how to go about acquiring legal status in the Dominican Republic. However, he stressed that those who do not choose to regularize their status or leave voluntarily will be expelled from the Dominican Republic.

[April 2014]

Code of Penal Procedure Amended

The Senate of the Dominican Republic approved over 70 changes to the Code of Penal Procedure recently, stripping away many provisions that were considered too lenient toward the accused in criminal proceedings.

Under the bill, still pending enactment by the President, judges may issue search warrants to be executed at night, and order up to 24 months of preventive custody against the accused, instead of the present 12-month limit. A very controversial provision takes away the right of ordinary citizens to file complaints against public officials for corruption.

[March 2014]

New Tax Incentives for the Dominican Tourism Industry

President Medina recently signed into law an amendment to Tourism Incentive and Promotion Law # 158-01. Law # 195-13 expands the scope of tax incentives for the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic to all tourist destinations on the island, and extends exemptions under the law from 10 to 15 years, among other benefits.

For more details, please click here.

[March 2014]

Illegal Immigrants Will be Deported

José Ricardo Taveras, Head of the Immigration Department, has reiterated that foreigners who do not comply with the National Legalization Plan face possible deportation.

Mr. Taveras added that the intent is not to identify and deport illegal immigrants, but to offer clear guidelines on how to go about acquiring legal status in the Dominican Republic. However, he stressed that those who do not choose to regularize their status or leave voluntarily will be expelled from the Dominican Republic.

[April 2014]

Code of Penal Procedure Amended

The Senate of the Dominican Republic approved over 70 changes to the Code of Penal Procedure recently, stripping away many provisions that were considered too lenient toward the accused in criminal proceedings. Under the bill, still pending enactment by the President, judges may issue search warrants to be executed at night, and order up to 24 months of preventive custody against the accused, instead of the present 12-month limit. A very controversial provision takes away the right of ordinary citizens to file complaints against public officials for corruption.

[March 2014]

New Tax Incentives for the Dominican Tourism Industry

President Medina recently signed into law an amendment to Tourism Incentive and Promotion Law # 158-01. Law # 195-13 expands the scope of tax incentives for the tourism industry in the Dominican Republic to all tourist destinations on the island, and extends exemptions under the law from 10 to 15 years, among other benefits.

For more details, please click here.

[March 2014]

Single Window Facility for International Trade

The Customs Department has announced a pilot plan for a one-stop shop facility for international trade starting in mid-March 2014. Several public and private entities will need to synchronize their computer systems for the facility to be fully operational. The pilot program will involve four government departments: Treasury, Agriculture, Public Health and Taxes.

[March 2014]