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Spring symphony concerts

The National Symphony Orchestra has announced outdoor concerts featuring music from the United States, Vienna, Austria and various Latin American countries. The first concert is slated for Friday, 16 April and will delight audiences with music from the US. The setting is the Plaza de Espana in front of the Columbus Alcazar in Colonial Santo …

DR advances in Davis Cup

The Dominican Republic advanced in the Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II Second Round. The Dominican team defeated their Uruguayan counterparts 4-1 in the event held at the Santo Domingo Centro Nacional de Tenis facility. Results were: Victor Estrella (DOM) d Pablo Cuevas (URU) 64-63-75 Johnson Garcia (DOM) d Marcel Felder (URU) 75-64-75 Victor Estrella/Johnson …

Dominican stars in the Major League Baseball

The DR will be in the limelight in the US sports media as fans follow the athletic feats of the Dominicans who will be pulling in US$225 million in collective yearly wages from Major League Baseball teams. Topping the list is US$21.7 million-making Alex Rodriguez, born in the US to Dominican parents, who this year …

Kiteboarding Cup date changed

The Professional Kiteboard Riders Association (PKRA), the international association that oversees kiteboarding events worldwide announced a postponing of the Cabarete World Cup tournament. The latter will now be held 15-20 June 2004. This is a week earlier than previously set. For more information, see http://www.pkra.info or contact Xiomara Desimone at 1-809-498-5812 or xconsultora@hotmail.com

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Hotel reopens in Barahona

In time for Easter, the former Hotel Riviera re-opened in Barahona after closing in 1999. News reports indicate it will now be known as the Costa Larimar and the new owner is Jose Jordan. Reportedly, he invested RD$500,000 to renovate the hotel and paid US$2 million for the purchase of the 108 room city hotel. …

Air controllers get back to work

Dominican air controllers resumed work on Friday, 2 April, 55 hours after going on strike. The air controllers accepted a pledge from Civil Aviation Board director, Carlos Alvarez Guzman that he would study their requests for wage increases and increased benefits. While the impasse was in effect, the government called in military air controllers and …

ESPN calls DR the capital of baseball

In a report last Wednesday, 31 March, the US sports network ESPN focused on the Dominican Republic, calling it the most productive pipeline of of talent. ESPN pointed out that while five years ago there were only 55 ball players on the rosters on opening day of the Major League baseball teams, this year, there …

Play domino!

Domino is probably the real Dominican national pastime. While simple looking, dominos is not a game of chance, dominos is a game that is won using mathematics and good memory. The Brugal rum company recently sponsored the publication of a book explaining the advanced techniques used to win games. The book by Jacobo Herrera Guerra …

Preparing for DR pageant

This year?s Miss Dominican Republic competition will be extra special, with Miss Universe, Amelia Vega, in town to officially crown her successor. The Miss DR contest is scheduled for Saturday 3 April at the Palacio de los Deportes in the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, with capacity for 8,000 spectators. An artistic show will be …

Puerto Plata event of the year

The recently-held World Kiteboarding Cup held in Cabarete was named the Event of the Year during the Outstanding Puerto Plata People Awards ceremony held on Saturday, 27 March. The 2004 version of the athletic event is scheduled for 22-28 June 2004, again in Cabarete.

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