1999 – Page 231

Dominican government officers traveled to Florida last week to see a laboratory demonstration of the Toups Technology Licensing Inc.’s AquaFuel production process, and view a prototype of an AquaFuel plant being constructed by Dixie Arc. A press release from the company states that the group was scheduled to meet at TTL’s 50,000 sq. ft. research …

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American Airlines pilots assigned to the New York-Santo Domingo route did not show up over the weekend, alleging health problems and other reasons. The airline re-routed passengers on connecting flights to Miami and Puerto Rico and direct flights on board Continental and TWA that also cover the NY route. On Saturday, all flights were suspended. …

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The Washington Post carried a news item last week highlighting how Punta Cana is fast becoming the up-and-coming tourist destination for US tourists. The story highlights how even First Lady Hillary Clinton has been a tourist in Punta Cana. To read the story, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-02/07/068l-020799-idx.html

The first week of February was one of the coldest in recent years in the DR. The List?n Diario carried a report over the weekend on the low temperatures the country has suffered as a result of more than the usual amount of cold fronts passing over national territory. The good news is that the …

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Do not miss the television broadcast of the Casandra Awards, the Dominican show in the style of the Oscars awards ceremony on Tuesday, evening. The Casandra awards are given to 47 categories of Dominican show business. Several outstanding Hispanic stars are coming for the show, including Jos? Lu?s Rodr?guez (known as El Puma, and for …

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The Paseo de las Trinitarias will soon be high up on the list of attractions of the city of Santo Domingo. The kilometer-long boulevard the government built atop the tunnels under Avenida 27 de Febrero between Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill avenues will lure city residents with nights of Latin beats, rock, jazz and big …

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The DR baseball team that had gotten off to a good start in the Caribbean Series, winning its first three games, lost to Puerto Rico last night. The Mayaguez Indians tied the Caribbean Series to 4-2, managing to stay alive for a final seventh deciding game. DR had earlier defeated Puerto Rico 5-1 but last …

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Luis Felipe Lopez scored eight points in the 20 minutes of his first appearance in the National Basketball Association professional league. He played the last quarter against the Sacramento Kings. His team, the Vancouver Grizzlies lost to Sacramento 109-87.

President Leonel Fern?ndez met with the nation’s leading bankers yesterday to whom he appealed for support in convincing legislators to pass loan bills now in Congress or that will be sent to Congress by the Executive Branch. The PRD-majority Senate has stated it will not pass any initiatives sent by the government due to the …

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The Ministry of Education confirmed that the milk that intoxicated 649 public school children in central cities in San Francisco de Macor?s, Salcedo and La Vega was contaminated by bacteria. The lab at Indotec said that the samples analyzed could have been contaminated before, during or after the delivery, and that the children, ages 6 …

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