2001 Travel News Archive – Page 44

The Ministry of Public Works says it is implementing a program to put up signs on highways and main roads in the Dominican Republic. As of today, signs have been scarce and far apart. Travelers have had to ask and ask strangers to avoid getting lost on the way. The Direccion General de Transito Terrestre …

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Vice Governor of the Central Bank Luis Manuel Piantini said that the Central Bank is preparing a tender to sell the Playa Grande tourism development in the area of Rio San Juan, Maria Trinidad Sanchez province on the North Coast. He said the golf course that is part of that development is valued at US$120 …

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During the four-hour Mejia government council held in Puerto Plata on Sunday, 18 March, the following announcements were made: Construction of 5,000 pre-fabricated dwellings, a RD$900 million investment. Dwellers in Los Tablones, Charamicos, Las Piedras and Loma Isabel de Torres slum neighborhoods would be relocated to the new houses. 55,000 square meter water park to …

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President Mejia went East to Punta Cana on Saturday, 17 March to be present at the formal opening of the Centro de Biodiversidad Cornell-Punta Cana. The center is a joint project of the University of Cornell and the Grupo Punta Cana (owners of tourist resorts and the Punta Cana International Airport). The Center is in …

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After remaining silent when sectors spoke up against the Presidential decision to develop areas of National Parks, Minister of Environment Frank Moya Pons answered press questions at an environmental workshop held in Boca Chica yesterday that was attended by President Mejia himself. Minister of Environment praised the presidential decision to request that the Senate put …

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The Senator for Samana Ramiro Espino said that if the Ministry of Environment takes too long to submit the bill with the ruling of development of protected areas, he would resubmit the bill the President has requested be put aside. Espino feels Moya Pons has had enough time to submit the bill. He backs the …

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