The National Theater announced yesterday that its air conditioning system is up and working. The Fernandez government authorized the installation of a 150-ton new unit worth US$925,000, supplied by Prieto Nouel Electromecanica, SA. The company guarantees the unit for one year and a maintenance contract was signed. In its final months, the Mejia administration had authorized RD$8 million in repairs to the previous system, despite which the unit never chilled adequately and the National Symphony Orchestra was forced to relocate to the Casa San Pablo. Culture Minister Jose Rafael Lantigua says that lawyers are currently reviewing the case because of apparent irregularities detected in the use of the RD$8-million investment to repair the system that eventually collapsed and obliged the closure of the most important hall in the Dominican Republic. The new unit will be premiered during the Christmas Concert organized by the office of the First Lady, this evening, 15 December.