2001 Travel News Archive – Page 38

Hoy newspaper says that Bill and Hillary Clinton visited Casa de Campo yesterday. They arrived by left by helicopter service. Clinton reportedly played a round of golf with friends at the La Romana resort. Press access to the famous couple has been totally restricted as they have requested privacy on their vacation. (18 April 2001)

El Siglo newspaper reports that the Presidente Beer Latin Music Festival will take place 1, 2, and 3 June at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Stadium. Scheduled to perform are Cristina Aguilera, Grupo Mana, Alejandro Sanz, Servando y Florentino, Ricardo Arjona, Eros Ramazotti and Marc Anthony. Dominican bands that will take the stage are: Eddy …

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News reports today point out that Chelsea Clinton did not come with her parents on their Punta Cana holiday. The Clintons are staying in a paradise setting which could be perfect for a reconciliation or for agreeing on a separation, the New York Post speculates. El Siglo newspaper says that the former President has scheduled …

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Major General Maximo Morel Marichal announced the construction of a training center for aviation security at the Las Americas International Airport. Morel said that the center will train aviation personnel, working closely with the Federal Aviation Agency of the United States and the International Civil Aviation Organization of the United Nations, as reported in El …

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Jose Joaquin Puello, president of the Organizing Committee, said that Santo Domingo will host the Pan American Games in July 2003. He said that the Pan American Games authorities are convinced the DR is meeting the work schedule. Furthermore, he told Franklin Mirabal, sports editor of Hoy newspaper, that at this date no other country …

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