2008News

Synchronized swimming

Dominican synchronized swimming duet of Mariel Bros and Katherine Martinez placed 10th of 20 contestants during the German Open taking place in Bonn over the weekend. The event enabled the Dominican competitors who train in Barcelona with the Spanish synchronized swimming team to get international experience before the qualification event for the Summer Olympics as …

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2008 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Blue Flag beaches

Coordinated work between the National Competitiveness Council (CNC), the Puerto Plata and Samana Tourism Clusters and the environmental law institute, Instituto de Derecho Ambiental de la Republica Dominicana (IDARD), has resulted in three new beaches being awarded Blue Flag certifications. This brings to four the number of Dominican beaches that can boast the prestigious beach …

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2008News

Fernandez nixes debate

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has told reporters that not only is he against taking in any debate with his fellow presidential candidates, he also considers the Central Electoral Board (JCE) proposal for a summit meeting between the leaders of the major parties and their respective candidates as “unnecessary”. The PLD candidate for re-election added that …

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2008News

Sonatrach in the DR

In a joint declaration by Eddy Martinez, head of the DR Center for Exports and Investments (DR-CEI) and Aristides Fernandez Zucco, the head of the National Energy Commission announced that Sonatrach, one of the world’s top energy players, has plans to build a 150-megawatt generation plant in the DR at a cost of US$200 million. …

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