2000 Travel News Archive – Page 11

The Director the XIV Pan American Games, Bienvenido Solano, announced that President Hipolito Mejia has authorized the construction of the Pan Am Village for November 30. Solano made his remarks at a meeting of the Games organizing committee, the country’s Olympic Committee, and representatives of the nation’s sports federations, convened yesterday in a Santo Domingo …

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Writing in Listin Diario, analyst Rafael Tomas Jaime, foresees a slow, inevitable decline in the value of the peso due to the fiscal imbalance caused by the outflow of reserves to pay for petroleum. In September, the first full month following the increase in petroleum-derived products, the Central Bank noted only a DR$3.5 million increase …

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Dominican hoop star, Luis Felipe Lopez started for the Washington Wizards last night in their season opener with the Orlando Magics. No Hispanic has ever played in the NBA season opener before. Lopez scored 16, which was not enough to forestall the Wizards defeat 97-86. Lopez told reporters that he attached no importance to his …

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Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Puerto Plata, Tourism Minister, Ramon Alfredo Bordas, announced that DR$14 million (around (US$850,000) has been appropriated for the renovation of the North Coast city?s port. The project calls for the installation of moorage for private yachts, construction of new walkways and roads, and the …

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The Minister of Public Health, Jose Rodriguez Soldevilla, told reporters that the ?negative Campaign? being conducted on Internet sites in Germany and Great Britain is completely baseless. Coinciding with the start of the tourist season, certain unnamed web sites in those countries have reported that the DR is rife with contagious diseases, such as malaria, …

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The Ministry of Tourism does not have enough money to promote the country abroad or to combat the allegations that it is rife with diseases. Pedro Dajer, Deputy Minister of Tourism for International Affairs, aid that the Ministry must wait until the next budget year, when it will have DR$700 million (around US$42 million) to …

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The Dominican home-run king, Sammy Sosa, met with President Hipolito Mejia yesterday in the President?s office in the National Palace. Following the meeting, which lasted some forty minutes, Sosa answered reporters? questions and announced that he had told the President he was willing to participate in a publicity campaign in support of Dominican tourism. Sosa …

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