2010 – Page 52

The president of the National Hotel & Tourism Association (Asonahores) Julio Llibre was at the Chamber of Deputies yesterday to lobby legislators to work on the passing of several tourism bills. He said that bills aimed at providing incentives for the development of maritime tourism, arts and crafts, a bill for public access to beaches …

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Dominicans who have visas to travel to the United States, Canada or the European Union do not need visas to travel to Panama. Panama’s ambassador in the DR, Alberto Magno Castillero Pinilla told El Caribe that this has been effective since December 2009, but few Dominicans are aware of the advantage. He said that Panama …

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El Caribe is calling the municipal authorities’ attention to the garbage dumps that are forming under the many overpasses the government has built in cities to ease the flow of vehicular traffic. Some of the worst examples include the Duarte & Paris, 27 de Febrero, JF Kennedy and Luperon overpasses. Garbage, street vendors, beggars and …

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El Dia reports the arrest of bachata singer Jimmy Bauer, suspected of trying to smuggle cocaine in his stomach. New York-born Jaime Vargas (alias Jimmy Bauer) was arrested by National Drug Control Department agents at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) yesterday before boarding a flight to New York. He was taken to the Armed Forces …

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Tropical Storm Tomas is expected to swerve to the north into Haiti once it crosses far to the south coast of the Dominican Republic. It is expected to exit the island of Hispaniola near the province of Montecristi in the north. Tomas is being described as a potentially dangerous and unpredictable storm that needs to …

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The Atlanta Hawks basketball team is extending their star player, Dominican center Al Horford’s contract to five years worth US$60 million. Thus Horford is retained and will not become a free agent. Horford is credited with the team’s success in the past season. www.nba.com/2010/news/11/01/hawks.horford.extension.ap/index.html

Legendary Latin jazz musician Gato Barbieri is booked for an evening at the Teatro La Fiesta of the Hotel Jaragua in Santo Domingo on the occasion of his 50th album tour. The show is scheduled for Friday, 5 November. Tickets are RD$800-RD$2,000 and the show starts at 8:30pm. For more on upcoming events, see http://www.dr1.com/calendar …

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Local media are headlining President Leonel Fernandez’s cry that, “the Lion will stay on the streets!” President Leonel Fernandez said yesterday that “no matter what” he would stay on the streets facing off with the PRD so that the PLD party stays in power in the presidential elections of 2012. The President said that “we …

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The bishop of the diocese of Mao-Montecristi, Diomedes Espinal has accused government officials who are promoting President Fernandez’s re-election of pursuing their own wealth, while the country remains in poverty, as reported in Hoy. “Like a calf that is feeding does not want to be removed from the udder, it is natural for those who …

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The Presidential AIDS Council (Copresida) is working towards securing an agreement with Merck Laboratories, patent holder for Efavirenz, the main antiretroviral medicine used by thousands of HIV/AIDS patients in the Dominican Republic. According to Copresida, the government could save as much as RD$105 million in three years if it purchased a generic brand. In an …

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