Download and share the content on the lifting of measures against COVID-19 in the Dominican Republic by clicking on the link: Executive Summary On Wednesday 16 February, the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, announced the lifting of the measures taken to counteract the effects of the health emergency caused by COVID-19, making the...
Download PDF version here: Pharmacovigilance in Dominican Rep. Author: Oscar Morrobel, Magdalena Almonte Pharmacovigilance was defined in 2002 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as “the science of collecting, monitoring, investigating and evaluating information on the effects of medicines, biological products, medicinal plants and traditional medicines, with the aim of identifying information on new adverse...
By Paola Reinoso, Compliance Officer and Heiddy Moronta, Senior Associate. The Directorate General of Internal Taxes (DGII) has issued General Norm No. 03-2022, which regulates external audits on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Rule 03-2022 establishes the minimum aspects that all obliged entities must take into...
According to resolution 0002-2022 issued on 7 January 2022 by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, the isolation period for persons testing positive for Covid-19was regulated. This regulation stipulated that when a person obtains a positive result for Covid-19 from a laboratory authorised by MISPAS, and is asymptomatic or requires outpatient treatment, he/she...
By José Jeréz, Associate. On December 7, 2021, the National Salaries Committee announced the approval of a 21% increase in the minimum wage for employees in the free trade zone sector. The new minimum wage will be RD$13,915.00, effective 1 January 2022. The increase of minimum wage in free trade zones in the Dominican Republic...
We are pleased to share with you the work “Derechos Intelectuales Volumen 26″ which contains a compilation of works that deal with new and current aspects in the field of Intellectual Property, edited and published by the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property(ASIPI). In volume III, page 246, our member Magdalena Almonte writes about the topic...
By José Jeréz, Associate. On the occasion of Resolution No. 02-2021, dated 12 November 2021 issued by the National Wages Committee, the minimum wage in the Dominican Republic was increased for workers rendering services in hotels, casinos, restaurants, bars, cafés, nightclubs, pizzerias, pica pollos, fast food businesses, chimichurris, ice cream parlours and other unspecified gastronomic...
By Iris Villafaña, Junior Lawyer The National Committee Against Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (CONCLAFIT) on 30 July 2021 issued Resolution No. 01-2021. This resolution updates the administrative fines provided for in Articles 74, 75 and 78 of Law 155-17. In this regard, the DGII has informed the new amounts of fines for Non-Financial...
The term ethics comes from the Greek “éthos”, which referred to the character of people in ancient Greece. However, this word evolved and began to refer to the way human beings act, in terms of correct or good behaviour. In this way we can establish that nowadays ethics refers to the behaviour of the person...
The law firm Ulises Cabrera, has been selected by the British directory The Legal 500, as one of the leading law firms in the Dominican Republic. Ulises Cabrera, a law firm with over 50 years of experience, has been ranked in the practice areas of Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions, Intellectual Property and Dispute Resolution,...
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