1999 – Page 217

12 people died and 35 were injured as the result of the head-on collision yesterday of two buses carrying Bavaro area hotel employees to and from their homes. The accident occurred at about 1:00 am near Ber?n on the highway connecting Hig?ey and Bavaro. One bus carried employees of the Riu hotels, the other belonged …

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More details were released yesterday by the Technical Secretariat of the Presidency about the three projects proposed to Mexico for funding under the San Jos? Agreement. Among other things accomplished during the Second Meeting of the Dominican-Mexican Bilateral Commission recently concluded in Mexico City, the DR presented three project proposals for Agreement funding. Under the …

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The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC, also known by its Spanish acronym CEPAL), predicts that Dominican unemployment numbers will continue to drop during 1999. ECLAC is the UN regional body based in Santiago, Chile that, among other things, produces economic forecasts for the region and gathers statistics of past …

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The Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will finance a program to certify that Dominican coconuts are not contaminated by a plague known as "Lethal Yellow." Lethal Yellow is a sickness that, once it contaminates a coconut grove, can wipe it out within four years. In 1997 Brazil started blocking imports of Dominican …

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An extraordinary assembly pulling together the various Dominican sports federations yesterday ratified the selection of the 28-member Organizing Committee for the 2003 Pan American Games ("PanAm Games") to be held here in Santo Domingo. The Committee will be officially presented to the nation by President Leonel Fern?ndez on Friday, March 5th, just one day before …

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The DR’s team has advanced to the semifinals for Group II (the Americas) of the 1999 Tennis Federation Cup. In matches played yesterday in San Jos?, Costa Rica the Dominican team beat their Guatemalan counterparts. Daysi Espinal won decisively over Guatemala’s Mariola Prado in a singles match 6-1, 6-2, but her teammate Glennys Cepeda lost …

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Venezuelan Omar Pumar won the sixth stage of the 20th National Independence Tour, the most important bicycle race of the year in the DR. Pumar, part of a Venezuelan team participating in this event, won the kilometer stage passing from Santiago to Navarete to Altamira to Puerto Plata to La Cumbre with a time of …

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Brugal rum is sponsoring the following big band orchestras to play at the Avenida del Puerto in the Colonial City, starting at 9 pm:Friday, 26 February: Parada Joven y Juan Manuel Saturday, 27 February: Grupo Contagio y Di?medes y el Grupo M?o Sunday, 28 February: K-Libre y La Banda ChulaPresidente beer is also sponsoring big …

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The Telecommunications Directorate-General (DGT) yesterday threatened to shut down television stations and cable operators who illegally tap satellite signals for their programming. DGT Director Rub?n Mont?s has called a meeting of all television and cable executives for next Tuesday, March 2nd, to discuss piracy of satellite signals. The meeting will clarify what the government considers …

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The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) yesterday handed down an historical judgment. In a case involving a worker-employer dispute, the SCJ said that any Dominican citizen who feels that his constitutional rights have been violated can petition the Court of First Instance for direct protection of the court. Such practice is long accepted in many …

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