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Carnival in Santo Domingo

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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Public hearing for Delta flight

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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Casanova’s boleros and merengues

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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Airport of entry statistics

Central Bank reports that 46.8% of all foreign arrivals entered via the Punta Cana International Airport on the East Coast, with 129.348 arrivals. Puerto Plata’s Gregorio Luperon International Airport, with 70,840 arrivals, ranked second, accounting for 25.6% of all national arrivals. Las Americas, with 43,773 arrivals, received 15.9%, and La Romana, with 27,515 arrivals, received …
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84 baseball players in Major Leagues

Some 84 Dominican ballplayers are listed on the rosters of the Major League championship that starts 30 March. The American League has 44, while the National League has 40. National League: Cincinnati: D’Angelo Jimenez, Jose Acevedo, Wily Mo Pena. Houston: Octavio Dotel, Jose Vizcaino, Willy Taveras. Milwaukee Brewers: Luis Martinez, Luis Vizcaino, Leo Estrella. Pittsburgh …