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Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata airports go private

Four Dominican international airports, including the two of most traffic, are now under the private management of Aeropuertos Dominicanos Siglo XXI (Aerodom). Aerodom is a consortium made up by majority shareholder DR-based Operaciones Aeroportuarias del Caribe (Dominican Republic), Ogden Corporation (United States), YVR Airport Services (Canada) and Impregilio (Italy). Ogden Corporation is the world’s largest …

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President Leonel Fernández to meet Bill Gates

President Leonel Fernández leaves tomorrow morning for Seattle, Washington where he is slated to meet with Bill Gates of Microsoft. His trip comes shortly after Microsoft announced an alliance with Telmex, a Mexican telecommunications company to create an Internet portal for Latin America. Microsoft portal will come on computer screens with the opening of Explorer/Windows. …

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30 minors arrested in Friday night disco blitz

District Attorney Francisco Domínguez and Drug Control Department agents participated in a Friday night blitz of three discotheques frequented by middle class and upper middle class clientele. Press reports named Jubilee at the Jaragua, and mentioned another was located in a Winston Churchill mall. The blitz was held on occasion of April being the month …

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