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Once a year opportunity

Expert tour guide Samuel Bisono is offering a once-a-year opportunity to participate in the religious pilgrimage of Higuey known as Los Toros de la Virgen. Share with the devotees that will walk dozens of kilometers to accompany the bulls that will be donated to Our Lady of Altagracia on occasion of the 14 August celebration …

Golfers play first Nicklaus course

Cap Cana opened the back nine holes of the Punta Espada golf course for play on Friday, 7 July, as part of the new Cap Cana tourist and real estate development on the east coast of the Dominican Republic. The back nine holes can be booked for play on weekends but advance reservations are necessary. …

DR goes prime time

The Dominican Republic’s luxury resort and residential tourism developments will be featured in an investment story scheduled to air at 7pm this Monday on NBC’s On the Money program. Correspondent Kerry Sanders toured several of the Dominican Republic’s leading luxury residential developments to produce the report. The NBC crew visited Puerto Plata (Velero in Cabarete), …

Caribbean Sun links San Juan

Caribbean Sun Airlines (codeshare with US Airways) will be connecting San Juan and Santo Domingo as of Wednesday, 19 July. The airline will offer four daily flights (8:30 am, 12:15 pm, 3 pm and 7 pm) from Las Americas International Airport (AILA) into the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The …

DR candidate included in hot picks

The Dominican Republic’s candidate for Miss Universe 2006 is ranked among the top 15 beauty contestants in two contest web sites as of Saturday, 15 July. In the missology.com site, Mia Taveras is ranked 8th in a list of the most likely to win contenders compiled by the web site. The leading contender is Desiree …

Government to invest in airports

The director of the government airport department, Andres Vanderhorst has said that the government has plans to invest US$2.5 million (approximately RD$120 million) in the construction or improvement of airports nationwide. This includes the construction of terminals in Constanza, Monte Cristi, Pedernales (Cabo Rojo), Dajabon, Jimani and Samana. He announced that Constanza’s airport will be …

German flights to Samana

German airline Condor has announced its scheduled El Catey, Samana (airport code AZS) flight from Frankfurt International Airport (FRA). The plan is to fly twice a week, with departures from Frankfurt on Wednesday and Sunday and return flights on Monday and Thursday. The flight would commence on 7 November 2006 and continue through 24 April …

Guavaberry plans second golf course

Guavaberry group president Jesus Rodriguez Sandoval has announced that this year will see the start of construction of a second Gary Player golf course at the Juan Dolio residential and vacation community. The second phase of the project, to be developed over a five-year period, encompasses the construction of new homes, bringing the total of …

North Terminal ready at Las Americas

Aerodom has announced that the north terminal at Las Americas International Airport would be open for business starting Saturday, 15 July. The expansion of Santo Domingo’s main airport cost US$27 million. Airport spokesperson Astrid Diaz Menicucci said that the terminal would provide 14 new aircraft slots at the airport. The new terminal has the capacity …

Cabarete kiteboard riding winners

Kiteboarder Kevin Langeree of the Netherlands who is ranked second in the world, defeated Mikael Blomvall of Sweden and Aaron Hadlow (first ranked) of the United Kingdom to win the men’s freestyle prize during the Cabarete leg of the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association world tour that ended on Sunday in Cabarete. Kristin Boese of Germany …

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