1999 – Page 22

Benin and Guinea Equatorial are the first African nations with which the Dominican Republic has established formal diplomatic relations. The protocols were signed by Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre and visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Benin, Kolawole A. Idji, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Planning of Guinea Equatorial Santiago …

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A preliminary report prepared by a technical commission appointed by the Ministry of Public Works to study the displacement of the concrete lining of the tunnel at the intersection of 27 de Febrero and Máximo Gómez avenue was released yesterday in a press conference. Group spokesman, Pedro Delgado Malagón, of the Inarsa-Tecnoamerica engineering firm said …

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El Siglo reports that the construction of a mega tourism port and residential and tourism development on the Malecón of Samana has been paralyzed. The newspaper reports that Samana residents are complaining of the abandon in which the builders have left the area. The ambitious project had been begun in May with the attendance of …

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The governments of the Dominican Republic and Germany signed a financial cooperation agreement for RD$85 million (10 million Marks) to fund the planting of trees to prevent erosion at the Yaque del Norte River, the most important in the DR. The Krenditanstalf fur Wiederaufbau institution will handle the funds. Technical Secretary of the Presidency Juan …

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Dany Castellanos de Guerrero denounced on Tuesday that thieves stole from her Mitsubishi car two brief cases in which she had RD$6.7 million pesos worth of jewelry. She had parked her car in the Jardines del Sur neighborhood in Santo Domingo. Castellanos is a renown local jewelry designer. At the time of the robbery, she …

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The world commemorates today the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Mirabal sisters. The United Nations recently voted to declare the day, Day of No Violence Against Women, in honor of the brave sisters. María Teresa, Minerva and Patria were murdered by slugs of the Trujillo regime’s feared Servicio de Inteligencia Militar in 1960 …

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Bartolo Colón, the Cleveland Indians star pitcher, announced he will be the starting pitcher on Friday when the Aguilas Cibaeñas face the Licey Tigers in the Estadio Cibao in Santiago (about one hour from Puerto Plata). He was authorized by the Cleveland Indians to make up to 75 pitches. Colón says he will be playing …

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Traffic in Santo Domingo diminished greatly after the government announced it would be closing several principal avenues on occasion of the II Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Summit of Heads of State and Government. The initial announcement gave the impression the avenues would be closed for the duration of the event, but this was quickly clarified. …

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More than 30 heads of state and government and over 70 delegations from Europe, the United States, Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific nations are expected to attend the opening of the II Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Summit at the National Theater at 10 am, Thursday, 25 November. President Leonel Fernández of the Dominican Republic and …

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Miriam Makebba, the legendary and most well known African music performer, ("Pata Pata", 1967) will be the star performer of the Saturday evening African, Caribbean and Pacific music extravaganza at the Fortaleza Ozama of the Colonial City. Also part of the evening of folklore are merengue stars Toño Rosario, Chichí Peralta and Son Familia. The …

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