Senate gets a move on

[NewsWhore]

The Dominican Senate moved on eight legislative initiatives yesterday. One of the bills authorizes the municipal government of Santiago de los Caballeros to seek financing for RD$480 million to be used to pay debts and better municipal services. Another would approve the regulations governing the development of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MIPYMES) through a RD$1 billion fund. Also in the mix are bills to push industrial innovations and competitiveness, one that penalizes the practice of stowaways, and one that controls and protects the use of the logos of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent. Another bill concerns the marketing of perishable farm produce. Still another creates the National Institute for Tourist Development, an initiative received from the Executive Branch. Finally, there was a bill that declares 11 October to be the Day of the Craftsman.

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