Travel – Page 549

Trans World Airlines announced it is adding new seasonal flights to the Dominican Republic as part of a general expansion in the Caribbean of the airline. "As we have grown, our Caribbean network becoming the second-largest U.S. airline in the region, we have found that a profitable way to enhance our schedule is through cooperative …

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Sociologist Dagoberto Tejada explains that the "sancocho" originated with the Spanish colonizers. It’s peculiar taste and ingredients are the result of preparing a Spanish stew with locally found ingredients. The limelight will be on the "sancocho", the so-called national dish starting 17 November. The different types of sancocho will be judged. These include: sancocho prieto …

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Johnathan Jaime Sanchez, president of Visa International for Latin America, told the Listín Diario that almost half of the all-inclusive holiday packages purchased abroad are paid for using visa credit cards. These amount to about US$1,200 million. In the DR, tourists use their Visa credit cards to make about 20% of their purchases, injecting US$250 …

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For only the third time in Big League history, a Dominican has been chosen "Rookie of the Year." Rafael Furcal, shortstop for the Atlanta Braves, beat out eight other nominees, gaining 144 of the 288 votes cast. The runner-up, the Cardinals’ Rick Ankiel, got 87 votes. Furcal, 19 years old, comes from Navarrete, in the …

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Dominicans thronged to the beaches or to their favored recreational sites, or lazed in shady back yards, as the nation observed the 156th anniversary of it’s constitution. Between Saturday to Monday, the pace of life slowed progressively. As Monday progressed, few vehicles were moving through the hushed streets of the capital and other cities, as …

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During the cabinet meeting held in San Cristobal this past weekend, cabinet members took turns announcing public works and social welfare projects that are planned for the Province. Education Minister Milagros Ortiz Bosch said that twenty new schools would be built and fifteen renovated, at a cost of DR$38 million. Public Health Minister Jose Rodriguez …

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