Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez affirmed yesterday that the Santo Domingo Metro (subway) has become a work of reference for other Latin American countries and a source of pride for Dominicans, and vowed that on February 27, he’ll "take a ride" through several stations of Line Two, now under construction.
The chief executive, speaking after an inspection tour of Line Two’s new transfer station at Kennedy and Maximo Gomez avenues, said he was "extremely impressed and perplexed" with the work. "It’s like being in the developed world."
The Head of State arrived at the Centro de los Heroes (La Feria) station as 5:50pm accompanied by several officials and took the second car, which made its normal stops with him on board, until the Juan Bosch station, where he got into the conductor’s cabin until Juan Pablo Duarte station, and there toured its three levels, which are already concluded. “To have an engineering installation of this quality and conditions is something truly exceptional.”
Fernandez lauded the head of the agency in charge of the Metro, Diandino Peña and his team for the several years of work to make the Santo Domingo Metro, what he called a point of reference for other Latin America countries. "They’ve come here to the country from Guatemala, Panama, and Colombia to investigate how a work of this category has been done to duplicate it in their respective nations."
Peña meanwhile affirmed that on February 27 Fernandez will take the train at La Feria until the transfer station and from there reach Line Two’s 7th station, at Luperón avenue.
Written by: BASTA, 15 Dec 2011 8:41 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Where are the Surveys from the start.
From: United States
Can anyone get transparent rider numbers?
I would just like to know if ridership has increased in any way.
Written by: ateo2010 
, 15 Dec 2011 9:13 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
mr.president
1st world isn't just about metros ...... but also good quality education system, better justice, great law enforcement,better roads, jobs, power and water services.
From: United States
go metro!!!
Written by: RonEvane, 15 Dec 2011 11:48 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Next, let's build the SD-Santiago passenger/ freight train, and put the abuser transport/ trucking union, out of business! (at least on that line!).
From: United States
Written by: ateo2010, 15 Dec 2011 9:13 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
mr.president
1st world isn't just about metros ...... but also good quality education system, better justice, great law enforcement,better roads, jobs, power and water services
well, well, well. a brilliant remark from ateo. what can i say. Leonel´s vow to ride the Metro on independence day reveals the shallowness of the man, a guy with a mind rooted in symbolic gestures, rather than substance. the quintessential egomaniac, who sees development as one upmanship, rather than accomplishment. yes, maybe someone should demand the ridership numbers, but, we all know that they would never be forthcoming.
Written by: juanb, 15 Dec 2011 12:36 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Nero continues to fiddle while Rome continues to burn.
Written by: RonEvane, 15 Dec 2011 12:41 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
( a guy with a mind rooted in symbolic gestures, rather than substance.)
Whatever his motives, He'll go down in history as "The man who build the Metro".
I'm hoping someday, someone will be designated as "the Man/woman, who saved us"
by educating and giving us the proper tools to become a first-world nation.
From: United States
Whatever his motives, He'll go down in history as "The man who build the Metro".
RonEvane, you said a mouthful. he wants to go down in history as the man who did something, not just for being a competent person. that is why the Metro has to have completion deadlines. he has no interest in education, because that is a slow process, and the advances can be subject to debate. when you build a project like the metro, it is your project. Leo the egomaniac can claim it all for himself. nobody can claim education, since advances are incremental.
Written by: RonEvane, 15 Dec 2011 1:17 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dread, once again, I'm in total agreement with you. Your comments are right on the money and worded beautifully!
I'm hoping to heaven that our next thief, I mean, president, (not the Hippo), can at least, comply with the 4% law. ....But I'm not holding my breath.
From: United States
thanks for your kind remarks, Ron. sadly, from all appearances, Hippo will be the next president of this beleagured land, which has enough problems, as it is. any miniscule step forward, achieved by this wayward administration, will be reversed by the Hippo posse. it really bemuses me that the populace would give this bum another turn at the steering wheel, but ,i guess that desperation animates irrational actions. at such a critical juncture in history, when the biggest and the brightest economies are adrift in a sea of woes, the least that we can hope for is competent leadership, if we are to have a hope of navigating these perilous waters. sadly, nothing encouraging seems to be appearing on the horizon.
Written by: josean, 15 Dec 2011 9:45 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Ateo2010,
I also share the opinion of dread on your very welcomed and surprising comment. If you have seen through the Fantasy of METRLOLANDIA there is hope for our country!
Written by: josean, 15 Dec 2011 10:07 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Dread it appears that this type of revelation gives strong possibility to your prediction:
Wikileaks: Leonel treated banking fraud with a lot of “Slippery Rhetoric”
"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-the Embassy of the United States in August 2005 welcomed a letter from former President Hipólito Mejía on the topic of fraud that led to the bankruptcy to the Baninter, Bancrédito and commercial banks, and gave rise to a serious financial crisis and seriously affected other areas of the economy in 2003."
" Mejía’s document is concrete, comprehensive, sober and well-reasoned", argues the cable from the Embassy of United States."
“At the same time, the American Embassy contrasted the attitude of Mejia with that of President Leonel Fernandez, which notes Mr. Fernandez was hesitant and evasive to deal with the issue of bank fraud, preferring to blame his predecessor for the crisis of 2003-2004.”
Continued:
Written by: josean, 15 Dec 2011 10:22 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
“Mejia’s document is concrete, comprehensive, sober, well-reasoned." "His dignified commitment to national interests raised his profile tremendously and are in strong contrast with the “slick” and “slippery” analysis that Fernandez tends to give in his lengthy elocutions at public and private appearances," exposed the cable."
No wonder Lie-onel took a ride today on "the METRO to Educational Nowhere" to try and divert attention from this devastating wiki!
http://www.acento.com.do/index.ph....on-mucha-labia-y-resbaladizo.htmlWritten by: RonEvane, 15 Dec 2011 10:28 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
So, Josean, I take it you're pro Mejia? Huh?
Written by: RonEvane, 15 Dec 2011 10:36 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
[ it really bemuses me that the populace would give this bum another turn at the steering wheel .]
If he's elected, we deserve all that's coming to us. I can't believe this nation can have such short memory. But I'm still hoping we aren't as dumb as we appear to be....Heaven help us!!
Written by: josean, 16 Dec 2011 1:12 AM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Written by: josean, 16 Dec 2011 2:15 AM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
It looks like educational losers like METROS!
Panama
Education expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 110
Guatemala
Education expenditures:
3.2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 125
Dominican Republic
Education expenditures:
2.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 151
PS
Colombia only went along with Lie-onel about the METRO because he BS them about buying their buses!
Oh! By the way, that Dam Fidel Castro is depriving Cubans of their God Given right to illiteracy and a METRO!
Cuba
Education expenditures:
13.6% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 2
https://www.cia.gov/library/publi....s/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.htmlWritten by: RonEvane, 16 Dec 2011 3:18 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Josean, apparently you don't live in the DR. You're posting from the US. I don't know how often you have visited DR, if ever. Since you care so much about our country, I'd assume this is where you want to come and stay, at least temporarily.
When you do come and have to rent a car or a chauffeured vehicle, you may notice that a gallon of regular gas costs over $5.00USD. If you're rich, that may not be a problem. It would be for me because I'm not.
When I get back to east SD, and since I don't own a car there, I'll need to take conchos and the metro
My question: Will you be buying gas at that price or will you be taking the metro? Be truthful.
Written by: DR_guy, 16 Dec 2011 7:47 AM
From: Dominican Republic
All that “Narco-Money" has to go somewhere may as well hide it in fancy shopping centers and subways. Columbia is interested? Go figure. In order to have a developed country you need developed minds.
I am not impressed, the public education here is horrible , I would dare to say a 6th grader in a developed country is better educated than a high school graduate here in the DR.
But that's just my opinion.
From: United States
as far as the 4% for education is concerned, here are my two cents. not only should the money be SET ASIDE, but it should be appropriated, and spent, in such a manner as to affect other sectors positively, through linkages. what do you mean, Dreadlocks? well, why do we import desks and chairs, for schools, from Mexico?yes, guys and dolls, Mexico. a country that imports almost nothing from us.i mean, is that an admission that we do not have a sufficient level of craftsmanship in this country to put together a slab of wood, and four legs? or is it that some politico has a buddy in Mexico that gives him 10% off the top, in return for securing the arrangement? the 4% could have significant multipliers, extending to other sectors of the society and economy. naah. ignore me. i am just fantasizing.
From: Canada
... "The chief executive, ... said he was "extremely impressed and perplexed" with the work. "It’s like being in the developed world." ???
He was 'perplexed' and thought he was in the developed world? Perplexed?! mentally confused?!
www.thefreedictionary.com/perplexed
I guess on this one I'll just 'hold the door open' and wait for highly intelligent comments from the blogging community ...
From: Canada
Ahhhhh I couldn't wait ... the Chief was extremely impressed and mentally confused because he thought he was in the 'developed world' ...
would the inverse of this read ... the Chief was unimpressed and in a clear state of mind because he knew he was in a broken country of his own making ... (and expected all the cement to strength fail within two years of use) ...
Written by: josean, 17 Dec 2011 1:56 AM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Ron,
You’re correct I currently don’t reside in DR, although I travel there approximately every 45 to 90 days this year I made 9 trips although my average is about 6 a year. Yes, I plan to live there more than in the states although the neo-liberal policies that Atabey loves that have destroyed the world’s economy make outright retirement virtually impossible for the foreseeable future. I own a car there and I have a friend/business partner that drives me around for expediency and safety. No I am not rich, but I find traveling in my own vehicle much safer than using any form of public transportation.
However, Ron living in Gaithersburg, MD ranked as the 25th best place to live in America by Money Magazine with large employers like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin nearby; it doesn’t seem to me like you are in such financial straits that you have to take “conchos and the metro.”
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/mo....ive/2010/snapshots/PL2431175.htmlcontinued:
Written by: josean, 17 Dec 2011 1:57 AM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
“In 2008 and again in 2009, BusinessWeek ranked Gaithersburg #1 in Maryland on its annual list of “Best Places to Raise Your Kids.” In 2009 a Farmer’s Insurance Group report placed the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick corridor at #4 on a national list of “Most Secure Places to Live,” and the DC Metropolitan area was ranked #6 on CNN/Money Magazine’s list of “Best Places to Launch a Small Business.” Gaithersburg was also ranked 29th on Money magazine’s 2008 list of “America’s Best 100 Small Cities.” Prevention magazine placed Gaithersburg at #63 on their national list of “Best Walking Cities in America,” while Self magazine ranked the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick corridor #1 on a national list of “Best Places for Women” in 2008.”
http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/poi....t.asp?POI_ID=330&TOC=112;330;Continued:
Written by: josean, 17 Dec 2011 1:58 AM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
Gaithersburg is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. In 2008, Montgomery County was the second richest county in terms of per capita income in the state of Maryland and 13th richest in the United States, with a median household income of $92,213
So given where you say you currently reside I doubt you are unable to afford to drive yourself or take a private cab rather than risk your live by exposing yourself to rampant crime, especially in east SD by taking the Magic Choo-Choo Train or conchos, with springs protruding from the their seat scratching your hemorrhoids.
So I am being truthful; paying $5.00 a gallon for gas, although I pay less for gasoil i.e. Diesel, is a small insurance police I pay to stay out harm’s way, as well as with the help of my two associates Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson!
I strongly advise you to consider doing the same.
Remember Ron you can't take it with you but some hoodlum can take at all from you!
Written by: RonEvane, 17 Dec 2011 12:34 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Paying $5.00 a gallon for gas, although I pay less for gasoil i.e. Diesel, is a small insurance police I pay to stay out harm’s way, as well as with the help of my two associates Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.
You're a funny Gent, Mr. Josean. You made me laugh this morning! Thank you!
I'm comfortable here in my neck of the woods, but it doesn't mean I'm happy. I envy you for having the opportunity to travel there so often. The last time I visited, was two years ago but only briefly. and about six years, prior to that.
I'm on a fixed income, so I know I'll have to risk the conchos and Metro. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone named Smith or Wesson that can help me along, so I'll have to keep eyes open and ears perked.
When I'm done with my responsibilities and obligations here, (by next June, if Allah wishes), I'll move there permanently. I'm looking forward to riding the Metro to get an idea as to the criminal waste of money perpetrated by the self-serving, egotistical, "Lieo-nel"
Written by: josean, 17 Dec 2011 1:23 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
" I'm looking forward to riding the Metro to get an idea as to the criminal waste of money perpetrated by the self-serving, egotistical, "Lieo-nel"
Now your talking!
Remember Ron, josean like a fungus, grows on you!
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Can anyone get transparent rider numbers?
I would just like to know if ridership has increased in any way.
1st world isn't just about metros ...... but also good quality education system, better justice, great law enforcement,better roads, jobs, power and water services.
Next, let's build the SD-Santiago passenger/ freight train, and put the abuser transport/ trucking union, out of business! (at least on that line!).
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
mr.president
1st world isn't just about metros ...... but also good quality education system, better justice, great law enforcement,better roads, jobs, power and water services
well, well, well. a brilliant remark from ateo. what can i say. Leonel´s vow to ride the Metro on independence day reveals the shallowness of the man, a guy with a mind rooted in symbolic gestures, rather than substance. the quintessential egomaniac, who sees development as one upmanship, rather than accomplishment. yes, maybe someone should demand the ridership numbers, but, we all know that they would never be forthcoming.
Nero continues to fiddle while Rome continues to burn.
( a guy with a mind rooted in symbolic gestures, rather than substance.)
Whatever his motives, He'll go down in history as "The man who build the Metro".
I'm hoping someday, someone will be designated as "the Man/woman, who saved us"
by educating and giving us the proper tools to become a first-world nation.
RonEvane, you said a mouthful. he wants to go down in history as the man who did something, not just for being a competent person. that is why the Metro has to have completion deadlines. he has no interest in education, because that is a slow process, and the advances can be subject to debate. when you build a project like the metro, it is your project. Leo the egomaniac can claim it all for himself. nobody can claim education, since advances are incremental.
Dread, once again, I'm in total agreement with you. Your comments are right on the money and worded beautifully!
I'm hoping to heaven that our next thief, I mean, president, (not the Hippo), can at least, comply with the 4% law. ....But I'm not holding my breath.
Ateo2010,
I also share the opinion of dread on your very welcomed and surprising comment. If you have seen through the Fantasy of METRLOLANDIA there is hope for our country!
Dread it appears that this type of revelation gives strong possibility to your prediction:
Wikileaks: Leonel treated banking fraud with a lot of “Slippery Rhetoric”
"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-the Embassy of the United States in August 2005 welcomed a letter from former President Hipólito Mejía on the topic of fraud that led to the bankruptcy to the Baninter, Bancrédito and commercial banks, and gave rise to a serious financial crisis and seriously affected other areas of the economy in 2003."
" Mejía’s document is concrete, comprehensive, sober and well-reasoned", argues the cable from the Embassy of United States."
“At the same time, the American Embassy contrasted the attitude of Mejia with that of President Leonel Fernandez, which notes Mr. Fernandez was hesitant and evasive to deal with the issue of bank fraud, preferring to blame his predecessor for the crisis of 2003-2004.”
Continued:
“Mejia’s document is concrete, comprehensive, sober, well-reasoned." "His dignified commitment to national interests raised his profile tremendously and are in strong contrast with the “slick” and “slippery” analysis that Fernandez tends to give in his lengthy elocutions at public and private appearances," exposed the cable."
No wonder Lie-onel took a ride today on "the METRO to Educational Nowhere" to try and divert attention from this devastating wiki!
http://www.acento.com.do/index.ph....on-mucha-labia-y-resbaladizo.html
So, Josean, I take it you're pro Mejia? Huh?
[ it really bemuses me that the populace would give this bum another turn at the steering wheel .]
If he's elected, we deserve all that's coming to us. I can't believe this nation can have such short memory. But I'm still hoping we aren't as dumb as we appear to be....Heaven help us!!
No, Ron I have been an early supporter of Guillermo Moreno.
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/....11/12/8/41914/Political-Barometer
It looks like educational losers like METROS!
Panama
Education expenditures:
3.8% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 110
Guatemala
Education expenditures:
3.2% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 125
Dominican Republic
Education expenditures:
2.3% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 151
PS
Colombia only went along with Lie-onel about the METRO because he BS them about buying their buses!
Oh! By the way, that Dam Fidel Castro is depriving Cubans of their God Given right to illiteracy and a METRO!
Cuba
Education expenditures:
13.6% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 2
https://www.cia.gov/library/publi....s/the-world-factbook/geos/cu.html
Josean, apparently you don't live in the DR. You're posting from the US. I don't know how often you have visited DR, if ever. Since you care so much about our country, I'd assume this is where you want to come and stay, at least temporarily.
When you do come and have to rent a car or a chauffeured vehicle, you may notice that a gallon of regular gas costs over $5.00USD. If you're rich, that may not be a problem. It would be for me because I'm not.
When I get back to east SD, and since I don't own a car there, I'll need to take conchos and the metro
My question: Will you be buying gas at that price or will you be taking the metro? Be truthful.
I am not impressed, the public education here is horrible , I would dare to say a 6th grader in a developed country is better educated than a high school graduate here in the DR.
But that's just my opinion.
He was 'perplexed' and thought he was in the developed world? Perplexed?! mentally confused?!
www.thefreedictionary.com/perplexed
I guess on this one I'll just 'hold the door open' and wait for highly intelligent comments from the blogging community ...
would the inverse of this read ... the Chief was unimpressed and in a clear state of mind because he knew he was in a broken country of his own making ... (and expected all the cement to strength fail within two years of use) ...
Ron,
You’re correct I currently don’t reside in DR, although I travel there approximately every 45 to 90 days this year I made 9 trips although my average is about 6 a year. Yes, I plan to live there more than in the states although the neo-liberal policies that Atabey loves that have destroyed the world’s economy make outright retirement virtually impossible for the foreseeable future. I own a car there and I have a friend/business partner that drives me around for expediency and safety. No I am not rich, but I find traveling in my own vehicle much safer than using any form of public transportation.
However, Ron living in Gaithersburg, MD ranked as the 25th best place to live in America by Money Magazine with large employers like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin nearby; it doesn’t seem to me like you are in such financial straits that you have to take “conchos and the metro.”
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/mo....ive/2010/snapshots/PL2431175.html
continued:
“In 2008 and again in 2009, BusinessWeek ranked Gaithersburg #1 in Maryland on its annual list of “Best Places to Raise Your Kids.” In 2009 a Farmer’s Insurance Group report placed the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick corridor at #4 on a national list of “Most Secure Places to Live,” and the DC Metropolitan area was ranked #6 on CNN/Money Magazine’s list of “Best Places to Launch a Small Business.” Gaithersburg was also ranked 29th on Money magazine’s 2008 list of “America’s Best 100 Small Cities.” Prevention magazine placed Gaithersburg at #63 on their national list of “Best Walking Cities in America,” while Self magazine ranked the Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick corridor #1 on a national list of “Best Places for Women” in 2008.”
http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/poi....t.asp?POI_ID=330&TOC=112;330;
Continued:
Gaithersburg is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. In 2008, Montgomery County was the second richest county in terms of per capita income in the state of Maryland and 13th richest in the United States, with a median household income of $92,213
So given where you say you currently reside I doubt you are unable to afford to drive yourself or take a private cab rather than risk your live by exposing yourself to rampant crime, especially in east SD by taking the Magic Choo-Choo Train or conchos, with springs protruding from the their seat scratching your hemorrhoids.
So I am being truthful; paying $5.00 a gallon for gas, although I pay less for gasoil i.e. Diesel, is a small insurance police I pay to stay out harm’s way, as well as with the help of my two associates Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson!
I strongly advise you to consider doing the same.
Remember Ron you can't take it with you but some hoodlum can take at all from you!
Paying $5.00 a gallon for gas, although I pay less for gasoil i.e. Diesel, is a small insurance police I pay to stay out harm’s way, as well as with the help of my two associates Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.
You're a funny Gent, Mr. Josean. You made me laugh this morning! Thank you!
I'm comfortable here in my neck of the woods, but it doesn't mean I'm happy. I envy you for having the opportunity to travel there so often. The last time I visited, was two years ago but only briefly. and about six years, prior to that.
I'm on a fixed income, so I know I'll have to risk the conchos and Metro. Unfortunately, I don't know anyone named Smith or Wesson that can help me along, so I'll have to keep eyes open and ears perked.
When I'm done with my responsibilities and obligations here, (by next June, if Allah wishes), I'll move there permanently. I'm looking forward to riding the Metro to get an idea as to the criminal waste of money perpetrated by the self-serving, egotistical, "Lieo-nel"
" I'm looking forward to riding the Metro to get an idea as to the criminal waste of money perpetrated by the self-serving, egotistical, "Lieo-nel"
Now your talking!
Remember Ron, josean like a fungus, grows on you!