Travel – Page 545

This Saturday, 25 November, on occasion of the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the legendary three Dominican Mirabal sisters will be honored. Dominican-American best-selling writer, Julia Alvarez, in her book "In the Time of the Butterflies" immortalized for the world the story of Patria (36 years), Minerva (35 years) …

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On occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first professional ball tournament in the DR, President Hipólito Mejía honored famous Dominican baseball players by appointing them honorary ambassadors and decorating them with the Order of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella (grado de Caballero). The event took place at the Salón de Embajadores of the National Place. …

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The government announced the construction of electricity transmission lines from Santo Domingo to the cities of Azua (going West), (going North) Santiago and San Pedro de Macorís (going East) at a cost of US$150 million. This project, known as the "Electric Highway", will include the installation of highway lighting to increase the visibility of the …

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The president of the National Business Council (CONEP), Celso Marranzini, recognized his organization was wrong to support a proposal to set clocks back in the DR. This change was made in October. He said his organization now requests that the government revert to the original time as the energy savings (the primary reasoning behind the …

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The Department of Migration announced that it is operating in its new offices as of November 20th. The office is in the new building Migration shares with the Passport Department at the Centro de los Héroes government office complex, located at Avenida 30 de Mayo on the corner of Héroes de Luperón Street. For more …

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The new director of the Corporacion Dominicana de Empresas Estatales (Corde), Felix Calvo favors the outright sale of Dominicana de Aviación, the grounded state airline. He said in an interview in El Siglo that the process of organizing a tender is advanced. He also favors selling Pidoca (the paint factory) and the Industria Nacional del …

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