2003 – Page 48

The Fuentes cigar foundation, The Cigar Family Charitable Foundation announces the celebration of the ?Toast Across America 2004? for 7 October. The foundation has offices in Washington Heights, home to the largest Dominican population abroad, and where the fund-raiser will be held this year. The event brings together over 5,000 cigar enthusiasts, from 50 states, …

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After years of debating whether the remains of Christopher Columbus at the Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo were those of the famous admiral, Spanish investigators under Marcial Castro finally accept the truth. The investigators had hoped to prove Columbus was buried at Seville?s cathedral, instead. Now the Spaniards say the most recent investigations have proved …

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According to reports from the Ocean World Park management, the Cofresi, Puerto Plata acuatics park received a record 1,000 paying customers on Sunday, 15 August. The management attributed the record visitors to the long weekend and their aggressive domestic advertising campaign. Legal residents in the DR, regardless of whether being foreigners or Dominicans, have benefited …

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Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbon and his new wife Letizia will be here for the inauguration of President-elect Leonel Fernandez on Monday, 16 August. Prince Felipe has visited the DR several times and also attended Fernandez?s previous Presidential inauguration in 1996. The presidents of Costa Rica Abel Pacheco, Nicaragua, Enrique Bolanos Geyer, Hugo Chavez, …

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The Association of Commercial Banks of the Dominican Republic has donated 351 lamps and necessary equipment to restore full lighting to the Colonial City of Santo Domingo. The banks issued a RD$1.5 million check to the Pro Turismo Cultural movement coordinated by architect manuel del Monte Urraca. President of the ABA, Jose Manuel Lopez Valdes …

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Spirit could join Jet Blue in the offering of low cost travel into the Dominican Republic. The airline recently announced it would increase its service from South Florida to the Caribbean. While unconfirmed, a Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International flight to the DR could be in the future plans for Spirit. The DR is riding an …

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United will link the United States? Midwest to the Dominican Republic when it begins flying to Punta Cana as of December. United thus becomes the first US airline to offer a direct regular flight to the DR from the important Chicago O?Hare hub. The flight to Punta Cana will leave Chicago?s O?Hare (ORD) at 8:30am …

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A family-oriented movie to be released in spring or summer 2005 is being filmed along the North Coast at the beaches of Cofresi (Puerto Plata) and La Entrada (Maria Trinidad Sanchez). Starring Amanda Bynes, who plays Jenny, and co-starring Chris Carmack as Jason, the romantic comedy is being directed by Randal Kleiser of ?Grease? and …

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Hollywood legend Dustin Hoffman will be in Santo Domingo to take part in Andy Garcia?s new movie, The Lost City. Filming began at the Fuentes tobacco plantation in Santiago, to where it has shifted to the Presidential Palace and Colonial City in Santo Domingo. Hoffman is scheduled to arrive 12 August to film his role …

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Italian film star Isabela Rossellini is expected in Santo Domingo this October for the filming of ?The Feast of the Goat?, based on Mario Vargas Llosa?s bestselling novel of 2002 and events during the Rafael Leonidas Trujillo dictatorship (1930-1961). The English-language movie is being filmed in Spain and Santo Domingo and is an Andres Vicente …

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