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Montserrat volcanic ash affects flights to Puerto Rico

Flights between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico had to be suspended yesterday due to clouds of ashes caused by eruptions of the Soufriere Hills volcano in Montserrat. Clouds of ash extended up to 6.1 kilometers high, or approximately 20,000 feet around the area of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. The phenomenon caused American Airlines, …
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City hotels try to prevent prostitution of minors

Maximo Aristy Caraballo, District Attorney for Santo Domingo, and Antonio Ramis, the president of the Santo Domingo Hotel Association, have signed an agreement for a program to prevent sexual abuse of minors in the city. The agreement establishes that the district attorney will hold workshops to train hotel staff as to the rights of minors …
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Air Santo Domingo flies Santiago-San Juan

Air Santo Domingo began flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico from Santiago last Sunday, 22 July. Air Santo Domingo uses a Beechcraft commuter plane with capacity for 17 passengers. The airline operates three flights a day from the Santo Domingo inner-city airport, Herrera International, to San Juan. In addition, it operates several flights a day …
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City hotels try to prevent prostitution of minors

Maximo Aristy Caraballo, District Attorney for Santo Domingo, and Antonio Ramis, the president of the Santo Domingo Hotel Association, have signed an agreement for a program to prevent sexual abuse of minors in the city. The agreement establishes that the district attorney will hold workshops to train hotel staff as to the rights of minors …
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DR joins American Express Official Card Program

President Hipolito Mejia and Minister of Tourism Ramon Alfredo Bordas signed an agreement yesterday with American Express for the Official Card Program. Jon Linen, vice president of the board of directors of American Express, and Pedro Castillo, president of the Banco del Progreso Dominicano (which represents Amex in the DR), signed the agreement. In October …
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IOC President to visit

President of the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games, neurosurgeon Jose Joaquin Puello, has announced that the recently-elected president of the International Olympic Committtee, Jacques Rogge of Belgium, will visit the DR on 15 August. Rogge is a surgeon, former Olympic competitor in yachting, and until recently was president of the European Olympic Committee. …
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IOC President to visit

President of the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games, neurosurgeon Jose Joaquin Puello, has announced that the recently-elected president of the International Olympic Committtee, Jacques Rogge of Belgium, will visit the DR on 15 August. Rogge is a surgeon, former Olympic competitor in yachting, and until recently was president of the European Olympic Committee. …