Travel – Page 603

President Leonel Fernández instructed the Minister of Tourism to leave without effect the deadline for the granting of concessions to private sectors interested in leasing colonial monuments and ruins in Santo Domingo and the interior. He instructed the Minister to hold consultations at the Casa del Diálogo prior to resuming the plan to increase the …

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Given the many inquiries on malaria that DR1 has received on the message board and by email, this morning we interviewed Dr. Guillermo Gonzalvez, National Director of the Program Against Malaria of the Ministry of Public Health. Link to the report is at http://www.dr1.com/daily/malaria011900.shtml (19 January 2000)

The Fernández administration announced it will be paying the government debt with contractors that rebuilt the Duarte Highway by way of a transaction of the 150,000 square meters where the Herrera International Airport is located, The government is at present building an alternate city airport in El Higueral, north of the city in order to …

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LTU flight commander aborted the takeoff of Flight LT447 at 7:41 pm after the fire alarm went off notifying engine drive problem. The fire extinguishing system of the airplane and the emergency breaks were used. The 285 passengers and 11 crews were rapidly evacuating and the fire in the left turbine was put out. Twelve …

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The Fernández administration authorized the construction of the Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao by a private sector group. Santiago businessmen will be investing US$30 million in the airport that will go up in Licey al Medio, in the province of Santiago. A high tech industrial park will be built next to the new airport. Angel Rosario, …

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Alvaro L. Carta, who created together with Charles Bluhdorn and fellow Cuban Teobaldo Rosell the Casa de Campo/Central Romana tourism and agroindustrial Gulf & Western Americas projects of today passed away on Friday, 14 January in West Palm Beach. He was buried in Vero Beach, Florida where he lived after the Central Romana and Costa …

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