2008 – Page 85

Dominican Fashion Week opens next week in Santo Domingo at the Occidental Embajador Hotel. Twenty-three runway passes have been programmed for the 13-18 October benefit that will run from noon to 10pm. Innovating and new-to-market Dominican designers are joined by well known Dominican designers and guest designers from abroad. This is the third year of …

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Manny Ramirez, now playing with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has put the Dominican Republic in the minds of Los Angeles residents. The Los Angeles Times has responded by featuring several articles focusing on Ramirez’s home country. LA Times reporters have flown to the DR to see what the country is all about, focusing on baseball, …

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Between January and August 2,567,050 tourists visited the DR, according to the Ministry of Tourism. This is a 4.5% increase compared to the same period in 2007 when 2,455,932 tourists visited. Over half the tourists came through Punta Cana International Airport (54.7%), while the remaining tourists came through Las Americas International Airport (19.3%), Puerto Plata …

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Santo Domingo’s International Movie Showing is again take place at the Palacio del Cine (Bella Vista Mall) with three films per day, from 1-10 October. Films will be from Spain, France, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela, Bolivia, Denmark, Mexico, Uruguay, Cuba, Ecuador, Colombia and Sweden. This year, several German films are on exhibit. The opening film …

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