JUNE 2009

VIII cleaning operation in La Romana

The community, the hotel and the contractors are committed

BREAKING NEWS: LA ROMANA. - On Friday June 5, the eighth cleaning operation on the public highways of La Romana and Bayahíbe will take place, within the framework of the International Day of the Environment.

Answering on the initiative of the Association of the Hotels La Romana Bayahíbe(AHRB), and with the slogan War against Garbage , from eight years the students, workers, journalists, hotels, company managers, entities and representatives of the Government joint together to preserve the environment of the zone from the pollution.

Kelly Robinson, executive director of the AHRB, explained that this year, work will be carried out by several teams of people organized by the AHRB, SECTUR, SEMARENA, CEB, ACEPROBADO, FUNDEMAR, the International airport of La Romana, and the College of Technical Training Center of Bayahibe .

We hope to continue to grow and to exceed the results obtained in 2008, year during which took part more than 400 volunteers who collected 2000 dustbin bags , she affirmed.

Robínson explained that 4 or 5 operations of this kind were developed each year, with an aim of making become aware the population of the importance of the natural resources for the integral development of the community.

La Romana Live, 03.06.09