Leonel meets the people in Cienfuegos
President Leonel Fernandez visited the Cienfuegos barrio in Santiago yesterday and listened to a litany of complaints and requests that is so typical of these meetings. The President instructed the Minister of Public Works to start paving the barrio streets as part of the second stage of paving work in all the city's barrios.

According to El Nuevo Diario, Fernandez talked about the Barrio Seguro program that is aimed at improving the quality of life in the barrios by reducing crime and he talked about how "democracy is fundamental in order to provide institutional development."

In a swipe at the strike that has been called by the Alternative Social Forum for 14 November, Fernandez said that it was a historic moment to meet in an orderly fashion to hear about all the communities' issues and needs.

The President was accompanied by his Minister of Public Works, Victor Diaz Rua, Presidency minister Cesar Pina Toribio and Ramon Fadul (Monchy) the Minister of the Interior and Police. The Attorney General of the Republic, Radhames Jimenez Pena, Chamber of Deputies president Abel Martinez and Santiago senator Julio Cesar Valentin were also present on the dais, as well as local District Attorney Yenny Berenice Reynoso and provincial governor Raul Martinez.



DR's first wind farm opens
The first wind farm for electricity generation will open in Juancho, Pedernales today. The US$100 million facility will produce 33 megawatts in its first phase and 83 megawatts in its second phase. Located in the far southwest of the country, the energy site is expected to stimulate the development of the entire region. Some 3,600 Ede-Sur customers will be the immediate beneficiaries of the new electricity source. CDEEE chief Celso Marranzini witnessed a US$3.2 million deal between Ede-Sur and Ege-Haina for refurbishing the power lines in the areas of Los Cocos, Juancho, Villa Esperanza and Oviedo.





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