Archive for October 12th, 2009
Monday, October 12th, 2009
Dominican Republic pacts flights with Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Iceland
Santo Domingo.- Civil Aviation Board (JAC) president Luis Paulino Rodriguez announced Friday the conclusion of negotiations on four bilateral air services agreements, for the rights for traffic, capacity, route, frequencies, and shared codes among others, with its pars of the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey and Iceland, whose results are contained in an equal number [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Fernandez to break ground for long awaited US$272M Coral highway
SANTO DOMINGO.- Groundbreaking for the long awaited Coral highway to be built at a cost of US$272 million will be headed by president Leonel Fernandez at 11 a.m. Friday, next to the Punta Cana International Airport (east).
The Public Works Ministry said the 70 kilometer long highway, to be concluded in around three years, will link [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Punta Cana makes the top 10 travel list
New York.– Mexico took four of the top 10 spots on a list of international destinations booked by agencies of the Travel Leaders company. The annual survey asked 452 Travel Leaders agents to name the top destinations for the fall, through Dec. 31, using booking data.
Mexico ranked highly despite concerns about flu and crime that [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Cisneros finally announces US$2B project in Dominican NE
Santo Domingo.- The long awaited announcement by Venezuelan tycoon Gustavo Cisneros on the construction of an ambitious project in Dominican Republic’s northeast came today, called Tropicalia, at a cost US$2 billion.
He said it’s an ecological, sustainable tourism project located in Samaná Bay, Miches, El Seibo province, expected to become one of the Caribbean’s most exclusive [...]
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Dominicans demand free access to beaches
Santo Domingo.– A crowd carrying surfboards, coolers, umbrellas and signs soaked in the sun outside the Dominican Congress yesterday to protest a proposal they say will limit public access to beaches and rivers.
The protestors, yelling “this is not the constitution of my country,” and “the beaches belong to the people, not to businessmen,” [...]
