2000 Travel News Archive – Page 2

The Ministry of Public Works is building a 16-kilometer side avenue from Juan Carlos Bridge to the tollbooth of Las Americas Highway. The highway leads to Las Americas International Airport and East Coast travel destinations. This new construction would convert Las Americas Expressway into a true expressway. The new road will have two lanes for …

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President Hipólito Mejía authorized that CORDE, the state corporations enterprise, through the Banco de Reservas, begin negotiations to transfer Playa Los Corbanitos beach area in Bahía de las Calderas to the Fundación para el Desarrollo Banilejo, a southwestern development foundation. The promoters of the idea hope to convert the beach property into a southwestern option …

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Minister of Culture Tony Raful announced the tumbling down of the high wall that separates the Colonial City edifices from the Avenida del Puerto in the Port of Santo Domingo area. The wall was built in the 40s. Raful is in favor of its destruction that he says will result in a better view of …

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The Chamber of Deputies voted in favor of adding the name of the late PRD leader José Francisco Peña Gómez to that of the leading airport of the nation. Santo Domingo’s international airport will be known as Aeropuerto Internacional de las Américas Dr. José Francisco Peña Gómez once President Hipólito Mejía signs the bill. When …

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The winners of the First Sancocho Festival held to honor the national dish, a stew, are the following: Sancocho de Habichuelas (beans), Hotel Cacao Beach, Las Terrenas. Sancocho de Guandules (guandules), Restaurante La Piedra, Barahona Sancocho de Siete Carnes (seven meats): Hotel Puerto Plata Village. The organizers of the event, invite all to the "Soncocho," …

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