2008 – Page 19

2008 News

Manny and his money

Manny Ramirez has refused salary arbitration from the Los Angeles Dodgers, meaning he will become a free agent. According to his agent Scott Boras, Manny is looking for a multi-year deal. However, Ned Colletti, General Manager of the Dodgers says Manny never responded to any of his offers and that his agent never bothered to …

2008 News

We want 2013

The DR wants to host the 2013 World Baseball Classic and officials say they are starting preparations to host the international tournament. The DR made an unsuccessful bid for the 2009 tournament. The country has also tried to host pre-season Major League Games, but MLB says the DR’s baseball infrastructure is not up to standard …

2008 Travel News Archive Travel

Award for Tortuga Bay

Leading Hotels of the World has granted Tortuga Bay of the Puntacana Resort & Club its Commitment to Quality Award for excellence in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. This is the first time this award has been won by a Dominican resort. To win the award, the boutique hotel achieved the highest score …

2008 Travel News Archive Travel

ABTA award for Roco Ki

The Campo Alto Verde Nick Faldo signature championship course (18-hole, par-72 golf course) that winds along the beach through a tropical mangrove forest and stretches across the property’s headland with stunning cliff-top views of the sea, is just opening to the general public this month but has already won several awards. The most recent came …

2008 Travel News Archive Travel

The Chocolate Tour

Dona Mercedes Rosario Sosa leaves her house early every morning, dressed in jeans, a t-shirt and with a machete at her waist, ready to go to the farm and harvest cacao. Cutting the pod to take out the beans is a job she has been doing for the last eight years, ever since she and …

2008 Travel News Archive Travel

Non-stop from Fort Lauderdale

JetBlue Airways have announced plans to fly non-stop from Santo Domingo to Fort Lauderdale in May 2009, subject to receiving the go-ahead from the government operating authority. JetBlue plans to operate its Santo Domingo service with 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. JetBlue inaugurated its Santo Domingo-San Juan, Puerto Rico connection on 3 December, flying an E1980. …

2008 News

President Fernandez speaks tonight

President Leonel Fernandez will address the nation from the National Palace at 9pm tonight. The Presidency said the government would be announcing measures for dealing with the global financial crisis and the agreement by which the International Monetary Fund will monitor the Dominican economy. The President has not spoken to the nation since his address …

2008 News

Jaime David wants jail for violators

Minister of the Environment Jaime David Fernandez Mirabal said that powerful people are trying to undermine the environmental protection laws. With this in mind, he said that he was submitting legislation to the Congress aimed at sending violators of the environmental laws to jail. He said that “was why I have said that I need …

2008 News

Worries over storm alerts

The Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have expressed their concern about the fact that most of the population does not understand the emergency alert system; the different levels of alerts and the action that needs to be taken in each case. COE director Colonel Juan Manuel Mendes and UNDP …

2008 News

Now nine weeks and counting

Much to the delight of most drivers on the island, fuel prices have gone down once again, making it nine weeks in a row. This week the prices of gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and propane gas were all reduced, in some cases substantially. Premium gasoline fell by RD$9.30, regular by RD$8.20, regular diesel by 5RD$5.90, …

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2008 – Page 19

Manny and his money

We want 2013

Award for Tortuga Bay

ABTA award for Roco Ki

The Chocolate Tour

Non-stop from Fort Lauderdale

President Fernandez speaks tonight

Jaime David wants jail for violators

Worries over storm alerts

Now nine weeks and counting