1999 – Page 8

Las Americas International Airport, the nation’s main airport, suffered a blackout at the runway that started at 6:35 pm and ended shortly before 7 pm. An American Eagle flight had to land in La Romana, a TWA flight had to wait out the blackout in the San Juan, Puerto Rico airport and a private flight …

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Juan Luis Guerra announced his wife Nora is expecting a daughter, their first, in early January. The couple already has a son, Jean Gabriel. The legendary contemporary popular music performer said in a press conference that he will tour several US cities in 2000, and will launch a CD with romantic hits, and two or …

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"Navidad 99" is the celebration of Christmas organized by the Ayuntamiento de Santo Domingo (city municipality), Secretaría de Turismo (ministry of tourism), Comisión de Monumentos (historic monuments commission), Oficina de Patrimonio Cultural (office of cultural heritage), and the Patronato de la Ciudad Colonial (board of the colonial city). Most of the events take place at …

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Following a world trend, American Airlines, Copa and Tower Air cancelled flights that would be in the air at midnight of 31 December. Continental and Trans World Airlines could follow suit, it was reported. The measure comes shortly after local aviation authorities and airlines announced that local airports and they themselves are prepared for the …

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US Transportation Secretary, Rodney E. Slater (Department of Transportation) is expected today in Santo Domingo. He will sign an agreement providing for open skies between the DR and US. At the same time, a report in Hoy newspaper says that the FAA will lift the Category Three restriction that impeded Dominican carriers from flying to …

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The Executive Branch sent to the Chamber of Deputies an addendum to the National Budget increasing the JCE allotment by RD$152 million and that of the state university by RD$50 million. The Chamber of Deputies is reviewing the 2000 Budget. Nevertheless, Ramón Alburquerque, president of the Senate, said that the Senate will not pass the …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) announced it will be modernizing transport in La Vega, Puerto Plata, San Francisco de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís and San Cristóbal in the first trimester of next year. By August 2000, with the implementing of the modern bus transport systems in those cities, AMET will have installed modern transport …

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The Junta Central Electoral, the government body in charge of organizing presidential elections in the DR, announced the start of its "Servicio de Información Inmediata", which will assist citizens seeking to know the status of their identification/voting registration card (cédula). The service will operate from the Junta Electoral del Distrito Nacional. Some 13 telephone operators …

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As they had forewarned the Junta Central Electoral, the last two members of the National District Electoral Junta that had participated in the successful organization of the 1996 presidential election and the 1998 congressional and municipal election, resigned yesterday. The two, Antoliano Peralta Romero and Mu-Kien Sang Ben resigned when the JCE restructured the board, …

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The police chiefs of Haiti and the Dominican Republic met yesterday and verbally agreed to combat crime and contraband yesterday in Jimaní, a frontier city with Haiti. The meeting had been called after Haiti Police Chief Pierre Denizé denounced that Haitian criminals were hiding in the DR. The DR chief announced that computerized police departments …

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