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Cap Cana hosts 68th ILTTA tournament	Tourism	5/10/2008 11:01 PM
Santo Domingo.– The Cap Cana Marina will host the 68th
Group Metro to develop 1 billion dollar project in Dominican Republic	Tourism	4/25/2008 10:21 PM
Santo Domingo.– Group Metro, the acclaimed real estate leader
American won’t charge flyers $US25 for extra luggage, Dominican manager says	Tourism	4/25/2008 12:47 PM
Santo Domingo.- American Airlines general manager in the Dominican Republic Rafael Sanchez said the airline won’t apply the $US25 fee on a second suitcase to flyers as other carriers announced.
Cabinet members face off over new Dominican Tourism entity	Tourism	4/25/2008 5:57 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- The bill to create the National Tourism Development Institute (Indetur) pits Tourism minister Felix Jiménez against ministries and two departmental directors, who’ve objected the initiative which transfers part of their attributions to the new organism.
Dominican lawmakers stall bill creates tourism industry regulator	Tourism	4/24/2008 7:11 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- The bill would create the National Tourism Development Institute (Indetur), still under study by the deputies, who set out to completely modify it so it becomes only a coordinator of the policies applied to develop that industry, without the attributions foreseen in the initiative under discussion.
Dominican Republic’s tourism industry grew 5.9% in March	Tourism	4/22/2008 7:40 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic’s tourism industry grew 5.9 percent in March compared with the same month last year, and 1.1 million visitors arrived in the first quarter.
Tourism booms amid concerns in Peru	Tourism	4/19/2008 10:31 PM

Beach resorts cater more to families	Tourism	5/11/2008 8:05 AM

Cuba boosts golf to compete with DR and the Caribbean	Tourism	5/9/2008 10:51 PM

Spirit flights to Dominican Republic from US$58	Tourism	5/9/2008 10:35 PM

Straight from Moscow, Russians land in Dominican east	Tourism	5/6/2008 6:17 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- The first direct flight from Moscow landed at international Punta Cana International Airport (east) Sunday, after a Russian airline Transaero Boeing 747-400 covered a distance of 11,000 kilometers, flying 12 hours.
Dominican Republic, the perfect golf destination	Tourism	5/4/2008 10:59 PM
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic is hot, and the pace of openings seems likely to
Dominican CTN holds annual travel show	Tourism	5/4/2008 8:20 AM
Santo Domingo.– The leading travel channel in the Dominican Republic presents its annual travel
Viva Wyndham Resorts offers low summer rates in DR	Tourism	5/4/2008 7:19 AM
Santo Domingo.– Viva Wyndham Resorts, with five all-inclusive properties in this country, has
Playa Dorada's Hotel Paradise Beach Resort closes for renovation	Tourism	5/1/2008 12:24 PM
Santo Domingo.- The hotel Paradise Beach Resort & Casino in Playa Dorada, Puerto Plata began an extensive renovation process of its facilities.
Santo Domingo Merengue Festival to be held in July	Tourism	4/27/2008 5:52 AM
Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Ministry of Tourism announced the Santo Domingo Merengue Festival is scheduled for July 24 to July 27. According to the orginizers, the program includes Tono
Jamaica becomes a popular destination for Russians	Tourism	4/27/2008 5:23 AM
Kingston.– Even without a formal introduction to

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Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary	This and That	5/11/2008 7:53 AM

Dominican driver Montserrat-Simó takes Spain’s Formula 3 Cup	Sports	5/8/2008 1:18 PM
Santo Domingo.- Dominican driver Nil Montserrat Simó yesterday won the Spanish Formula 3 Cup, finishing 3rd overall race and leader in the F-306 category, in the final race of the Jarama Circuit.
Merengue Queen Milly Quezada launches new production	This and That	5/8/2008 10:09 AM
Santo Domingo.- Vene Music of Venevision International and the Dominican multi-media company Antena Latina Music, join forces to launch the new Dominican singer Milly Quezada’s record, to be on sale in the United States and Puerto Rico by May 20
Funglode to present film series ‘Photojournalist in the line of fire’	This and That	5/8/2008 8:48 AM
Santo Domingo. - The Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (Funglode) has organized a film series "Photojournalist in the line of fire," for people to experience the often dangerous environment in which professional photojournalists carry out their work to provide information.
Dominican Government ups basic food subsidies	Local	5/10/2008 10:05 PM

Dominican industrialists join forces to confront crisis	Economy	5/9/2008 12:00 PM
SANTO DOMINGO.- Representatives of organizations of Dominican Republic’s free zone, agriculture, and manufacturing industries agreed to work with a common agenda aimed at bolstering production and promote exports, to confront the country’s trade deficit with its main partners, by seeking conditions similar to those given their pares in those countries, and to contribute to maintain macroeconomic stability.
Dominican Republic’s MIR foundation receives international award	Poverty	5/9/2008 1:17 PM
La Romana, Dominican Republic.- With the support of countless private citizens and major companies around the world, the Fundación Misión Internacional Rescate (MIR) in La Romana, Dominican Republic has assisted tens of thousands of children and their families to escape poverty by identifying and addressing their needs with targeted services. Now, for its efforts and creating programs to meet these urgent needs, the Fundacion MIR will receive international recognition, Monday evening, May 19 during a meeting of The Third World Summit on Millennium Development Goals to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Dominican Government freezes gas prices 7 days to election	Economy	5/9/2008 11:20 AM
SANTO DOMINGO. – While the price of oil has skyrocketed as high as 125 dollars per barrel in just one week, the Industry and Commerce Ministry today announced that fuel prices will remain unchanged from Saturday, the 10th to Friday the 16th, day in which Dominican voters choose their next president.
Dominican capital hosts Microsoft’s regional Imagine Cup semifinals	Technology	5/9/2008 10:33 AM
Santo Domingo. - In the next few days the Central America and Caribbean regional semifinals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2008 competition will be staged in Santo Domingo, with this year’s topic "Imagine a world where technology allows a sustainable environment," and where APEC university students won the right to represent the country in this contest.
A Dominican President meets Mormon leaders for the 1st time	Local	5/9/2008 8:02 AM
Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez met Thursday with representatives of Dominican Republic’s 105,000 member-strong Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), in their temple located on Bolivar avenue in this city.
Citizen Forum works to build strong Dominican society	Local	5/9/2008 7:33 AM
Santo Domingo.- When assuming their Foro Ciudadano (citizen forum) posts, the members of its new Follow-up Committee stress the need for the country to count on a strong civil society and a commitment to with the country’s wellbeing, mainly with the most needy and impoverished.
Film on Dominican boatpeople premieres May 26	This and That	5/9/2008 7:13 AM
Santo Domingo. - Film director Jorge Lendeborg announced the opening of "60 Miles to the East," the first "Dominican reality film" May 26, with a gala premier in the Cinemateca Nacional, and for the public on the 29th.
Anti-corruption group seeks to annul Jarabacoa hotel lease	Local	5/9/2008 6:44 AM
Santo Domingo.- The journalist Marino Zapete filed a complaint in the Justice Ministry to annul the rental contract of the Hotel Montaña, on grounds it violates the State Company Reform Law (141-97).
Dominican big business sees no criteria in candidates’ proposals	Economy	5/9/2008 6:05 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- National Business Council (Conep) president Lisandro Macarrulla considers the presidential candidates’ electoral proposals similar and not based on realistic criteria to confront the crisis which affects the country it its proper dimension.
Dominican presidential election to cost RD$2.4 billion	Economy	5/9/2008 5:44 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- The presidential elections on May 16 will cost RD$2.4 billion, and if a second ballot takes place June 30, the Central Electoral Board (JCE) will need RD$400 million more which it doesn’t have as of today.
Fernandez inaugurates works costing RD$567M in Puerto Plata	Local	5/9/2008 5:22 AM
PUERTO PLATA.- President Leonel Fernandez headed ribbon-cuttings for several works in this province Thursday, built at a cost of RD$567 million, among them the remodeling of the San Felipe Cathedral and Plaza Independencia park.
Dominican energy chief guarantees power during presidential elections	Local	5/8/2008 11:56 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.-The vice president of the Dominican State-owned power companies (CDEEE) on Thursday guaranteed that despite the world fuel crisis and the constant rises in the price of oil, there’ll be no blackouts during the elections of May 16.
Dominican voters are forced to chose “least worse,” expert says	Local	5/8/2008 7:49 AM
SANTO DOMINGO.- Abstention in next week’s presidential elections will be 27 percent more than in 2004 and Dominican voters will be forced to elect the “least worse,” affirmed the political analyst Pedro Catrain yesterday.
Nearly 4,000 Dominican women are prostitutes in Suriname	Poverty	5/10/2008 11:23 PM
Santo Domingo.– Some 5,000 Dominican and Brazilian
Dominican Republic receives US$10 million for protected areas	Local	5/10/2008 10:17 PM

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