1996 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Association of Hotels of Santo Domingo strives to improve Merengue Festival

The Association of Hotels of Santo Domingo has been promoting a reorganization of the Festival de Merengue. The idea is that the event should become the principal festival in the city, attracting visitors and locals alike in the style of the Newport Jazz Festival, or the samba-oriented Festival de Rio of Brazil. A committee has …
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The PRSC’s plan if they return to govern

Jacinto Peynado, presidential candidate for the Partido Revolucionario Social Cristiano, has presented to the party’s leader, President Joaquín Balaguer, a proposed plan which, if the PRSC is returned to government would focus the state’s resources on education, reducing extreme poverty and sustained economic growth. Jacinto Peynado said the plan is “our vision for the future …
1996News

Jacinto Peynado questions Peña’s delay

The fact that the PRD’s candidate, José Francisco Peña Gómez, has not accepted a television station’s invitation for a presidential candidates’ debate has been highlighted by Jacinto Peynado. Dr Peña Gómez has suggested that the “technicians” from the parties engage in such a debate before the candidates themselves. Jacinto Peynado says that Dr Peña Gómez …