2001 Travel News Archive – Page 32

The Panamerican Wrestling Championship opens today at 6 pm at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center’s volleyball pavilion. Competitors are here from the US, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua, Cuba, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Guatemala.  (17 May 2001)

The government will plant 3,000 coconut trees, 500 sea grape trees and 300 palm trees on the Autopista Seis de Noviembre (San Cristobal highway) and the Autopista 30 de Mayo (Parque Litoral del Sur). Francisco Guillermo Garcia, director of the Direccion de Embellecimiento (Beautification Department) said the project will be done together with the Fundacion …

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La Altagracia province community leaders are seeking the support of President Hipolito Mejia to keep the original route for the Autovia del Este, the eastern highway. A Central Romana proposal wants to reroute the present highway so that it passes closer to La Romana, but La Altagracia provincial leaders reject this.  The original project stipulates …

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The International Sport Shooting Federation announced Santo Domingo will host the men’s shotgun world cup competition. Some 35 countries are expected to attend.  William Escobar, president of the Dominican Shooting Federation, made the announcement. The world cup will take place in August 2002 and will prepare athletes for the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo …

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The Listin Diario reports advances are being made at a good pace on the completion of the expansion of the Santiago-Navarette highway. An investment of RD$519 million, the highway has been under construction for several years now. The highway once completed will shorten the time it takes to go from Santiago to Puerto Plata. (14 …

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