Spanish crooner Julio Iglesias and world renown designer Oscar de la Renta will host President Leonel Fernández and other guests at the opening of the Corales de Punta Cana residential touristic community in Punta Cana. On the same day, the President will participate in the inauguration of the Corporación Eléctrica Punta Cana, that has a generation capacity of 5 megawatt, expandable to 15 megawatts in the future. Also to be opened is a marina with two full service (cable TV included) docks with capacity for 40 yachts. A seafood restaurant and panoramic bar are part of the marina. Boat tragedy to harden restrictions against pleasure boats Minister of Tourism Felix Jiménez said that if the operators of boats in the beach areas do not subject themselves to the boat channels, the use of boats will be banned. He spoke in a press conference addressing the case of a 25-year old tourist seriously injured by a motor boat that was pulling a banana boat in the Punta Cana-Bávaro area. The Minister said that motor boats have caused 12 accidents, with the latest seemingly being the most serious. Recently, the operators of jet ski businesses in beach areas took the minister to court for restricting the use of jet skis in beach areas. It now seems unlikely, the jet ski owners will be able to win their case.
