1999News

Nuria Piera to marry Pablo McKinney

Nuria Piera, the renown TV program producer, is marrying journalist Pablo McKinney, according to El Siglo newspaper. McKinney is assistant to Vice President Jaime David Fernández Mirabal. Nuria produces the TV programs "Nuria en el 9" and "Doble Filo." Both programs have high audience ratings. McKinney worked on the Piera production team some time ago.
1999News

30 porters fired at Puerto Plata International Airport

The general administrator of the Puerto Plata Airport, Ramón Antonio Rodríguez, fired 30 luggage porters at the Gregorio Luperón International Airport in Puerto Plata after confirming complaints from several tour operators that their passengers were being hassled by the porters. The porters hassled tourists to let them carry their bags and then tried to intimidate …
1999News

Canadians contribute to help people with disabilities in the DR

The Canadian Paraplegic Association is about to begin a project in the Dominican Republic to assist people with disabilities. David Hinton, manager of International Development for the Canadian Paraplegic Association will be bringing a group of experts to Santo Domingo with the first arriving 10 September. These experts will offer four days of seminars, workshops …