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Local October 9, 2025 | 2:04 pm

Deputies propose eliminating mandatory restaurant tipping

Santo Domingo.- As the Senate debates extending the mandatory 10% restaurant gratuity to takeout and delivery orders, some legislators in the Chamber of Deputies are considering reviving an old proposal to completely eliminate the legal tip requirement for customers.

The initiative, originally presented in 2011 by then-PLD deputy Nelson Guillén... Read more

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