1999 – Page 27

The Sixth Panamerican Tournament of Best Clubs opens in Santo Domingo yesterday afternoon at 6 pm. The event is being transmitted by ESPN to Latin American and Hispanic audiences in the US. The event will last through 21 November and will take place at the Palacio de los Deportes of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic …

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Racers from Puerto Rico and the DR will dispute the first places in the Tenecco Automotive Racing Extravaganza that will take place on Sunday at the Las Americas Race Track on the outskirts of Santo Domingo. Two vehicles from Puerto Rico are coming with speed records of below eight seconds and 300 kilometers/hr in the …

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The Minister of Public Works Diandino Peña said in a press conference yesterday that he has appointed an inter-institutional commission to analyze the technical reasons for the fissures in the concrete lining along the tunnel under 27 de Febrero Expressway at the Máximo Gómez Avenue intersection. Minister Diandino says that the Ministry already has their …

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El Siglo newspaper reports that the Asociación de Empresas de Zonas Francas of Santiago will promote the installation of industrial parks in the frontier with Haiti if the country is awarded textile parity by the US Congress. The bill to this intent passed by the US Senate needs yet to be reconciled with another bill …

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The Unión Nacional de Empresarios, a local business association, proposes that the international community permit the DR to use the RD$7,500 million per year foreign debt payments to build development projects on the frontier with Haiti that would contribute significantly to reduce poverty in that nation. The UNE says the DR, a country with a …

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The National Hotel & Restaurant Association reports that tourism grew 9.4% from January to August 1999. From January to August 1999, some 1,495,208 arrived, up from the 1,366,256 foreign visitors that came during the same period last year.

Copa airlines announced its morning and afternoon flights to Havana yesterday. Flights will depart Santo Domingo at 8:25 am, arriving 1:05 pm in Havana. Afternoon flight departure time is 5:25 pm arriving 10:05 pm. The return flights from Cuba depart at 7 am arriving 1:35 pm in Santo Domingo and at 4 pm arriving 10:40 …

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The Sixth Panamerican Tournament of Best Clubs opens in Santo Domingo Friday afternoon at 6 pm. The event was postponed one day after the ESPN crew which will be transmitting the event to Latin American and Hispanic audiences in the US had removed their equipment as a precaution when Hurricane Lenny was expected. The event …

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The British Chamber of Commerce golf tournament will take place 20 November in Juan Dolio. The II Britannica Cup Golf Tournament will be held at the Los Marlins Golf Club of Metro Country Club.

Hurricane Lenny passed 240 kilometers to the south of Saona Island on the southeastern coast of the DR causing no major damage. Rain showers fell on southeastern and eastern provinces. But in Santo Domingo, residents who had prepared for the worst were "disappointed" when only a five-minute rain fell in the capital city. Many academic, …

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