2007News

Joan keeps swinging

Dominican boxer and the pride of Guachupita Joan Guzman kept up his swinging ways on Saturday night as he successfully defended his junior lightweight title against challenger Humberto Soto. Guzman now has record of 18-0 with 17 knockouts. Guzman has a few options for his next fight where the possibility exists of a match with …

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2007News

Baseball update

In last night’s action, Escogido ate up on the Azucareros 5-2 behind strong pitching from Jorge de Paula and clutch hitting from Raul Casanova. In other games, the Aguilas beat the Estrellas 8-1 behind five shut out innings from Robinson Tejada. Finally, the game between Licey and the Gigantes was canceled in San Francisco due …

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2007 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Travel up worldwide, Caribbean lags behind

Travel worldwide is up by 5.6%, according to the October 2007 issue of UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. From January to August, destinations worldwide received an estimated 610 million international tourist arrivals, compared with 578 million during the same period in 2006. Year-end growth is estimated at 5.7%, maintaining an above-average growth rate. Growth has been …

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2007 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Punta Cana Foundation wins Brugal award

The Punta Cana Ecological Foundation has won one of the prestigious “Brugal Cree en su Gente” (Brugal Believes in Its People) awards this year. This year’s winners were Patronato Benefico Oriental, in the category of social assistance; Instituto Politecnico Industrial de Santiago (IPISA) in Education; Instituto de Accion Comunitaria (IDAC) in community development, Sociedad Cultural …

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2007News

Bottoms up!!

The Ministry of the Interior and of the Police has announced a temporary reprieve from the limits on selling alcoholic beverages over the 12 days of the Christmas and New Years holidays. According to the ministry, Decrees #308-06 and 316-06 establish the relaxation of restrictions on sales hours beginning Friday, 21 December and ending Saturday, …

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