Travel – Page 538

The Senate has under study a recently submitted bill that would exclude eight million square meters from the Parque Nacional Cabo Cabrón, a national park located in Samana, on the northeastern coastline, as per Hoy newspaper today. Hotel construction is banned by Environmental Law 64-00 law within national park areas. President Mejia passed this law …

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The Navy rescued 17 Hungarian tourists when their small boat overturned while they were on a whale-watching trip two miles off the coast of Samana. Rear Admiral Luis Alberto Humeau Hidalgo, chief of the Navy, said that because the boat was not overloaded and the tourists heeded the requirement of using their life jackets while …

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Air Santo Domingo, the domestic air carrier, is advertising an Easter Week sale. It is selling Puerto Plata-Punta Cana-Puerto Plata for RD$1,800 round trip; Herrera-Punta Cana-Herrera for RD$1,500 roundtrip; Herrera-Punta Cana-Puerto Plata-Puerto Plata-Punta Cana-Herrera for RD$1,400 and Herrera-Portillo-Herrera for RD$1,300. This offer is valid from 1 to 15 April, and taxes are not included in …

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Notables Bo Derek (www.boderek.com), Princess Ira Von Furstenberg and Isabel Presley (former wife of Spanish crooner Julio Iglesia, present wife of former Minister of Economy of Spain Miguel Boyer), were in Santo Domingo for the opening of the Porcelanosa ceramics store. La Carabela has the representation of the Spanish ceramics company in the DR. Oscar …

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The Washington Post published an article on baseball and how it is part of Dominican culture in its Sunday, 11 March travel section. To prepare the article, the author visited several Dominican stadiums and Major League training centers during the past winter ball season. The article is online at http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33019-2001Mar7.html (12 March 2001)

The government’s privatization commission, Comision de Reforma de la Empresa Publica is inviting interested parties to retrieve standard tender terms and general conditions of contract for the Compañia Dominicana de Aviación (CDA), the state airline. The tender terms will be available as of 14 March at the offices of the CREP that are located at …

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