2000 – Page 69

News reports indicate that a power-generating barge property of Transcontinental Capital Corporation, the subsidiary of Seaboard, will enter into operation at the end of this month. The Estrella del Mar will generate 72 megawatts. Power will be sold directly to the CDE at 0.08 cents the kilowatt.

The Listín Diario reports that a 102.5 megawatt power plant built by Union Fenosa, the Spanish firm, will be fully operational by the second week of October. The plant, located in Palamara, National District, is a RD$1,248 million investment and has been generating 80 megawatts in its trial period, according to the news item. The …

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A report in Hoy newspaper says that the number of trauma cases assisted at the Darío Contreras trauma center in Santo Domingo is a clear indication that violence is up in the DR. According to the article, from 12 January to September, 14,156 patients have been hospitalized for fights. Knife and gun fight injuries accounted …

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Listin Diario newspaper reports that there are 1,856,483 vehicles in the DR (pop. about 8.5 million) as of June 2000. Of these vehicles, 60% are motorcycles. From 31 December 1999 to 1 June 2000, 163,087 new vehicles were registered. The vehicle type breakdown is as follows: Motorcycles: 1,110,078 Automobiles: 423,143 Cargo vehicles: 206,245 Jeeps: 49,017 …

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Dominican boxer Jerson Ravelo (75 kilos-165 lbs.) will fight Australian southpaw Paul Miller. Miller, 21, won the 1999 Liverpool (UK) Multi-Nation Tournament and is a three-times Australian champion and dual Oceania title holder, despite cracking a rib at the 2000 Australian Championships. Just making it to the Sydney Olympics has been a major achievement for …

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The Ministry of Environment repossessed lands at the intersection of Cayetano Germosen and Luperon avenues in Santo Domingo. El Siglo explained that the 42,000 meters of the Parque Cayetano Germosen were originally granted in December 1999 to the Archdiocese of Sato Domingo for the construction of an educational facility promoted by Father Milton Ruiz (Movimiento …

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The US government announced a donation of RD$222.6 million to support a five-year plan, RedSalud, to decentralize the public health system and fight AIDS. The Dominican government will be disbursing counterpart funds for RD$74.2 million. The announcement was made at the Coral Hamaca Hotel yesterday by Deputy Minister of Public Health Eusebio Garrido and USAID …

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The President of the Senate Ramón Alburquerque said that an increase in the value added tax is forthcoming, as this is a requirement for the passing of the Central American and Caribbean free trade agreements. No timing for the passing was set, though. Senator Alburquerque justified the increase of the value-added tax as he considered …

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Former Vice President Jacinto Peynado said he would consider running for Mayor of Santo Domingo in the 2002 municipal election. He said friends suggested this, and when he asked former President Joaquín Balaguer, leader of the PRSC party, for his opinion, the latter gave him green light. Peynado, commenting on the matter on Revista 110 …

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Expo USA opened yesterday at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel convention center. Sixty-two firms, including new-to-market companies, firms already established in the DR and Dominican firms representing services and US products are exhibiting. This year a new Great American Food Pavilion will be showcasing produce of 20 food-related companies. During the inaugural, Charles Manatt, ambassador of …

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