1999 – Page 59

Hoy newspaper highlights that the Las Americas International Airport is not prepared to face a major aviation disaster. A DC-10 Iberia flight from Madrid, Spain flew over the runway for 27 minutes after confronting technical problems with its landing gear. Upon landing, only an ambulance, a fire engine, one doctor and two nurses were available, …

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Two leading organizations dealing with AIDS in the DR launched this week a new campaign, "Sex Can Wait." The campaign seeks to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies and the number of Dominicans affected by AIDS. Sponsored by the Ministry of Health and funded in part by the European Union, the program has the cooperation …

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President Leonel Fernández met on Friday with key executives of several companies in Silicon Valley, to promote the Santo Domingo cyberpark. Construction of the park will begin later this month next door to the Las Americas International Airport. Taiwan has committed to invest US$15 million in the cyberpark that also includes an institute for high …

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One of the most horrendous and news-covered crimes of the year was the murder of high school professor Vilma Núñez de Guzmán on 20 May 1999. She was last seen when after completing her gym class on Av. Rómulo Betancourt, she boarded what she thought was a taxi car to make her way home. Her …

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Hoy newspaper publishes today a poll showing Partido Revolucionario Dominicano presidential candidate Hipólito Mejía far in the lead. This is the first poll of a series that will be published by the newspaper. Elections are still seven months away. The newspaper’s poll was carried out by Hamilton, Beattie & Staff, a leading Washington,D.C.-based poll firm. …

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President Bill Clinton sent to the US Congress the nomination of Charles Manatt for U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. Congress closes on 30 October. Charles Manatt, of the District of Columbia, is Chairman of the law firm of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, LLP, which he co-founded in Los Angeles in 1965. He also co-founded …

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Vice President Jaime David Fernández Mirabal had the staff of the National Palace planting trees in Loma La Yagua over the weekend as their contribution to the Quisqueya Verde reforestation project. So far 20,000 people have planted over one million trees. This is in addition to the 18 million trees planted by professional planters also …

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The women who represented Aruba, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Spain, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Brazil at this year’s Miss Universe have accepted an invitation from the Dominican candidate to the pageant, Miss Luz García to be part of a fashion show-benefit to build a home for Dominican children with AIDS. …

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President Leonel Fernández returned to the US on the final lap of his 12-day international tour that has taken him to several US cities and to Taiwan. On his first day in California, the Dominican President visited the University of California at Berkeley. News reports say that the president of the university, Joseph Cermy and …

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Yesterday afternoon, President Fernández visited the stadium of San Francisco Giants, where Minister of Sports Juan Marichal, a member of the US Baseball Hall of Fame, threw the first ball in the San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game. This is the last game that will be played at the legendary stadium. President Fernandez …

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