2003 – Page 59

Distinguished Mexican author Carlos Fuentes is currently visiting the Dominican Republic, for a week’s stay as guest to the La Romana home of Venezuelan tycoon Gustavo Cisneros. Fuentes is one of the premier Latin American authors, best known for his novels but also an acclaimed essayist, literary historian and author of numerous screenplays, dramas and …

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Consistence led American James Otis to win the title of Master of the Ocean 2004 during the Red Bull championship held last week in Cabarete, Puerto Plata. Otis was not the outright winner of any of the surf, kitesurf or windsurf individual events, but his accumulated points scored him the top rank. El Caribe reported …

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A group of 75 cigar connoisseurs visited Santiago and Puerto Plata last month to participate in the Cigar Family Celebration Dominican Republic. The group members toured the Fuente factories and fields in Santiago. They also listened to David Luther, director of the IDDI Foundation, who provided an overview on the goals and achievements of the …

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From a city whose life previously revolved around the Casa de Campo resort and its residential community, La Romana has taken a new turn. With the success of the port built by Central Romana at the Romana River, thousands of tourists are now flocking to the city, spawning new livelihoods and increasing business. While La …

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Santo Domingo’s annual carnival parade will take place Sunday, 7 March along the city’s malecon. The festivities will assemble all the carnival characters of earlier performances around the country, including the outstanding entrants of the La Vega and Santiago carnivals that take place every Sundays in February. Carnival in Santo Domingo begins a day earlier, …

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The southwestern province of Peravia, best known for its capital city of Bani, will host the annual International Ecotourism Fair this coming 24-29 March. The event, which will focus on the Punta Salinas and Bahia de las Calderas areas of Peravia, will this year be held in memory of journalist Rafael Herrera Cabral, former director …

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The Civil Aviation Board is holding a public inquiry into Delta Airlines’ request to fly the New York/Santo Domingo/New York route. The public hearing for the governmental authorization is scheduled for Wednesday, 3 March at the conference room of the CAB department located at Avenida Mexico, corner 30 de Marzo. Delta Airlines recently announced it …

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Dominican tenor Francisco Casanova took time off from his busy schedule of operatic performances to sing to his Caribbean compatriots, as reported in El Caribe. Under the direction of Manuel Tejada, he has recorded “Reflejos del alma,” in which poems of two Dominican sisters were arranged to the traditional merengue and mangulina rhythms. Also participating …

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Puerto Plata is enjoying a record winter. For the month of February it has become difficult to find a room on the North Coast if not secured in advance. Puerto Plata Village marketing director Carolina Berges attributed this to the thousands of US tourists who have been booking their trips to the pioneer of Dominican …

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Travel was up to the Dominican Republic in January 2004, according to just released statistics from the Central Bank. Some 21,780 non-resident air arrivals represented a 6.9% increase over the same period last year. Statistics for January are the best in the past four years and foreign air arrivals were up 7.6% for the year …

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