2000 – Page 231

The National Symphony Orchestra and the National Choir will delight those attending the Basilica Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia on Friday, 14 January. A 7 pm concert has been scheduled as part of Altagracia Day (21 January) commemorations. Admission to the concert is free, but seats are limited. Fernando Geraldes will concert the concert. The …

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Free zone exports were US$4,300 million in 1999, generating more than US$1,000 million. This is a 10% increase when compared to 1998 exports that totaled US$3,900, says Gabriel Castro, executive director of the National Council of Export Free Zones (CNZFE). Castro pointed out that at the start of the Fernández administration in 1996, free zone …

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Smith Enron Cogeneration Limited Partnership announced the suspension of the supply of power on 11 January. The communication from the company explains that it does so given the arrears in payment on behalf of the Corporación Dominicana de Electricidad, the state electricity company. The CDE still is the intermediary, and buys power from generators that …

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President Leonel Fernández appointed Rear Admiral Cesar Batista Valdespina as executive director of the newly created Instituto Nacional de Recursos Forestales, the organization that unites government entities related to Dominican forests. At the time of the appointment he was general director of the Forestry Department. Rear Admiral Batista is a naval sciences graduate, with specialty …

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The Listín Diario reports that seven-month old Siamese twins Jazmin and Nasmil Campusanos Frías were successfully operated on Monday at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Patterson, New Jersey. The operation lasted more than five hours. The Siamese twins were united by the liver. The funding for the operation came from the "Healing the Children" program, …

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Tighter controls have impeded the return of thousands of illegal Haitians many of whom voluntarily returned to Haiti to visit friends and family over the Christmas holidays. As a result, coffee growers, rice planters, and construction works have had to start hiring Dominican workers. Coffee growers in Villa Trina, which had come to depend on …

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