Santo Domingo.- President Leonel Fernandez and Public Works Public Works minister Victor Diaz headed the ribbon cutting for a six lane Duarte highway overpass over the Monumental Av. yesterday, the seventh of eight structures that form the set of works called the Duarte Corridor.
Diaz said the overpass was built by the Duarte Corridor contractors Estrella and Odebrecht, at a cost of US$18.3 million (RD$717.4 million), with a five year return of investment.
He said 21 new works will be inaugurated in the next 30 days nationwide and announced the start of construction on April 25 of one of the proposed North-South highways, to link the Duarte highway at Piedra Blanca, with the Sanchez highway near Azua.
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 8:08 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
He also OVERPASSES the constitutional mandate to provide the Children of the Republic with 4% of GDP for education as the law stipulates!
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
What a relief it will be when cars can use that overpass...for months it has taken half an hour or more just to pass by the works on the overpass ..as 5 lanes progressively get jammed into one. That over pass was really essential . Now I hope the government looks at all the hassles on Avenida Mella at Charles de Gualle and at Mega Centro...they are also traffic nightmares
Written by: derek, 18 Apr 2012 8:30 AM
From: Dominican Republic
As usual, Josean has nothing good to say, cant think of another Lieonel comment so he changes the subject
We drove thru SD yesterday, and those over/under passes are wonderful. Just wish all the Road signs could be improved, Maybe soon!!
Written by: BASTA, 18 Apr 2012 8:42 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs/Free abortions for all
Yo; took you11 years to do this. Such bull sh-t. When you were in the states did you put flowers on Rock Hudsons' grave.?
Written by: juanb, 18 Apr 2012 10:02 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Odebrecht rules.
Written by: juanb, 18 Apr 2012 10:03 AM
From: Dominican Republic
And kicks back
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Apr 2012 1:32 PM
From: Australia
Leo will soon be suing his government health insurance company for RSI (repetive strain injury)?
While Leo's cutting ribbon above, the thieves are already cutting cables below.
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
Even he passes 20% for education Dominicans will not learn or do what they have to do to be better.
DR ppl ONLY concern is Gossip, Soap Operas, Drinking, Partying, Drugs, and all of the below.
Education starts at home and I don't believe there are many educated families left in DR.
From: Canada
JPDTrinity
Wow! Those are some pretty harsh words. Do you truly feel - if given ample opportunity - all of your countrymen would refuse it in favour of venerating a life of mediocrity? Or less?
While I do believe in funding a better educational system as you seem to, I have a difficult time believing your assertion, as every Dominican whom I've ever met looks toward bettering their life vs. abject poverty and making puppies.
Let us not confuse despair driven apathy with some DNA trait laiden with inertia and avoidence behaviour.
Oh yeah... this article is about politicing not broad stroke ethnic bashing.
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera
JPDTrinity
Yes you are right education should begin at home but when the parents are uneducated and illiterate how can they possibly begin to educate their children. It's a "chicken and egg" situation and the only resolution is for children to be educated properly in schools so that they can help to educate their children when they are adults. Otherwise the situation will just continue as it now is.
From: United States
another achievement by PLD..
Leonel making a great infrastructure for the people..as always..
PLD for the next 200 years..Nobody can make as much in so little time!
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
RoyStone , despite so many people commenting in the forum about your constant attacks on the country and the people in general terms, you still are unable to resist posting nasty comments .I believe many contributors have written to you privately with no effect ..you just enjoy bucketing the DR when ever you can . in the is article and in the Samana article for example .
Can you never look at the positive side of life here or is your life here a total misery ?? I really wish you would see the good side of the DR and stop looking all the time for those things that are not to your Australian liking .
Written by: juanb, 18 Apr 2012 4:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic
When Ohhvixter says "Nobody can make so much in so little time" he is right.
They have madefor themselves/stolen/wasted more money in their time in office than is conceivable.
From: United States
JuanB..
Who has made so much work in infrastructure? Your PRD party? I dont think so..
He even has build more than Balaguer , and that's a big big stuff to say..
Dont be hypocrite! Be REAL!
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Apr 2012 5:00 PM
From: Australia
Ricky,
I see the good and the bad, and have commented on both. I am not aware of any rule that states they must be balanced, or that the good should outweigh the bad. I have said many things about how wonderful the Samana Peninsula is, and what in my opinion would make it better. Isn't this site about opinions, from Dominicans and foreigners, good and bad?
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 5:12 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Speaking of Lie-onel Fernandez’s and the PLD’s “Fantastic“ public work program, look at what has been uncovered:
"Félix Bautista used billions of pesos without control while he was the head of OISOE "
"Audits reveals the funds amounting to 12 Billion Pesos where accounted for with during the tenure of the Organizational Secretary of the PLD."
“The audit, which has not been formally completed by the Chamber of Auditors of the Dominican Republic, was obtained by Acento.com.do thanks to a governmental source that asked that their name not be published for obvious reasons”
Imagine what it could reveal when they are done!
continued:
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 5:14 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
“SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-An audit by the Chamber of Auditors discovered numerous abnormalities in the administration of Felix Bautista in the State Office of Supervising Engineers of State Works (OISOE), among which are highlighted did not register the income of 12 thousand 522 million 490 thousand 619 pesos 90 cents, and a difference of 279 million 955 thousand 85 pesos in the reconciliation of accounts.”
Read the rest at acento.com
"La falta de un sistema de contabilidad patrimonial, la carencia de un reglamento para manejo ni para la custodia de la caja chicaFélix Bautista usó miles de millones de pesos sin control en la OISOE"
"La auditoría, que no ha sido formalmente concluida por la Cámara de Cuentas de la República Dominicana, fue obtenida por Acento.com.do gracias a una fuente gubernamental que hizo reserva de su nombre por razones obvias."
18 de abril del 2012
Written by: juanb, 18 Apr 2012 5:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Oh oh victor.
You're lack of concern for facts and truth is showing again.
I have always called Mejia " The worst president of any country ever.".
Do you really think I support those bums in the PRD?
They are the same as the bums in your PLD.
The only difference is the color of the flag they wave while they rob us blind.
Written by: RoyStone, 18 Apr 2012 5:19 PM
From: Australia
Adrian29630, I have to disagree.
One does not need to have a good education to recognize the importance of education. I have seen many migrant families in Australia where the parents are almost illiterate with very little education. They work 2 jobs and save, not to buy a big, new, SUV, or the latest iPhone or big-screen TV, but to give their kids a good education.
In our community here I have seen many big, new, SUVs, the latest iPhones and big-screen TVs, but I have never seen anyone, adult or child, reading a book. My wife and I have offered free English and music lessons (including a loan instrument). No takers - not one.
I was involved in a number of 4% education demonstrations. The only participants were teachers and university students. Education is not a high priority for the government because it is not a priority for much of the electorate. Sorry, Ricky, but it's true.
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 5:20 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
It's Lighter at the Bottom!
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 8:08 AM
From: United States
He also OVERPASSES the constitutional mandate to provide the Children of the Republic with 4% of GDP for education as the law stipulates!
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 5:39 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Meanwhile back in the real world outside of The Capital of Fantasies:
"Bridge Peralvillo - Gina on the verge of collapse"
"The bridge is used for the marketing of organic cocoa"
"YAMASA. The latest cry for help so the authorities repair the bridge that connects Peralvillo with La Gina (Yamasá-Monte Plata) was made on Tuesday municipal resident Miguel Saviñón Aeneas, given the danger that the bridge could collapse at any time."
But who cares about poor humble farmers any way!
Certainly not Lie-onel fernandez and the Narco-PLD!
Source Diario Libre.com
PS
The article has a nice picture of the soon to collapse bridge!
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
Victor,
Can you explain to me how an overpass will have a 5yr return on investment, DT left that part out.
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 5:56 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Meanwhile in the rest of the country, where the majority of Dominican's live, people are crucifying themselves to get roads repaired.
Long live the Great PLD and Narco-Lieonel!
“For a second day, man crucifies himself so streets in Santiago get repaired.”
"SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic.- A man crucified himself on Wednesday, now outside the Ministry of public works in Santiago, demanding the repair of streets in Santiago."
Read the rest at Noticias SIN
"Por segundo día, hombre se crucifica por arreglo de calles en Santiago"
Roy Cardinal Nicky should be happy with this one!
From: Dominican Republic, Cabrera
Roy
I don't think we disagree. As you say in other countries where children can go to a good state school and get a good education they at least have a chance. Here the standards are so low and the available hours so little that even those children who do go to a state school have a very low quality of education. That's why the 4% everyone talks about is so important as a means of raising standards to acceptable levels. I am step father to two Dominican girls of 6 & 8 so I see exactly how bad the situation is both in terms of school hours and quality of teaching. I also see the end term reports which bear no relation to the actual standards achieved!
I insist they don't miss school and try to help them at home as well but they only get 3.5 hours per day and very often the school is closed for teacher meetings or other inexplicable reasons so they are lucky if they get 12 to14 hours a week.
From: United States
@Roberto Jose...
Like the bible says: Por sus frutos los conocereis ..mathew 7.16
All over santo domingo you see things PLD has done: tunnels, passovers, metros, new highways, bridges, expressways, etc, etc ..a huge labor in infrastructure
Not to mention new investment, new malls, new line of skysratcher, growing GDP, etc, etc..
What has donne PRD : a big big " 0 "
So, a passover is just a little thing that PLD has done in the huge labor that they has acomplish recently,PPH not even a sidewalk..but bankrupt economy..
@Joseanne
You aree switchng the topic again creating an smoke curtain..did you forget I asked some questions? or do you want me to repeat it to you?
From: United States, NJ
Education starts at home you are right . There is a misunderstanding what the term education is.
In the Anglo American system it is the schools and teachers supposevely are responsable for the kids education and that has benn proven fatal. While in the Hispanic American vocabulary education means something else. You could come from illiterate family and taught manners as well asd conducting yourself in public and that is a well educated person.
As for the schooling, hiegher education (universities) to learn a career or profesion,that falls in the hands of the educators ,teachers ,vocational and tech schools to better yourself for the future,
Again and again it has been proven that kids that don't have the basic at home become very hard to pick up a trade for the future.
I brought up this subject to Franklin Almeyda Rancier, recently, who was the Rector of the University in Santo Domingo under Balaguer...his answer was the same as RoyStone's.
Written by: juanb, 18 Apr 2012 8:21 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The politicians, regardless of their party, have a vested interest in keeping the people uneducated and begging for handouts. When the populace needs something (all the time) they have to "be good" otherwise the people in power won't help them in their misery. If these same supplicants were educated they would know how to get themselves out of poverty, but as it is now, it will never happen.
Written by: juanb, 18 Apr 2012 8:33 PM
From: Dominican Republic
San Cristóbal.- La doctora Margarita Cedeño de Fernández afirmó que el gobierno que encabezará el licenciado Danilo Medina movilizará cielo y tierra para acopiar los recursos económicos que requerirán el ambicioso programa nacional de generación de empleos que aplicará a partir del 16 de agosto que abarcará la industria, agropecuaria, servicios, pequeña y mediana empresa.
And the reason for this is that right now THERE ARE NO JOBS!!!!!!
From: United States
JuanB..There are one million haitians in dominican rep. ..And you see them working everyday..
I think that if you REALLY want to work HARD, you wont have any problem for that..
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
Oh, so the church is going to pay it back, good idea!!!!!
Written by: josean, 19 Apr 2012 11:03 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
On the LIGHTER side:
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 8:08 AM
From: United States
He also OVERPASSES the constitutional mandate to provide the Children of the Republic with 4% of GDP for education as the law stipulates!
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He also OVERPASSES the constitutional mandate to provide the Children of the Republic with 4% of GDP for education as the law stipulates!
We drove thru SD yesterday, and those over/under passes are wonderful. Just wish all the Road signs could be improved, Maybe soon!!
Odebrecht rules.
And kicks back
While Leo's cutting ribbon above, the thieves are already cutting cables below.
DR ppl ONLY concern is Gossip, Soap Operas, Drinking, Partying, Drugs, and all of the below.
Education starts at home and I don't believe there are many educated families left in DR.
JPDTrinity
Wow! Those are some pretty harsh words. Do you truly feel - if given ample opportunity - all of your countrymen would refuse it in favour of venerating a life of mediocrity? Or less?
While I do believe in funding a better educational system as you seem to, I have a difficult time believing your assertion, as every Dominican whom I've ever met looks toward bettering their life vs. abject poverty and making puppies.
Let us not confuse despair driven apathy with some DNA trait laiden with inertia and avoidence behaviour.
Oh yeah... this article is about politicing not broad stroke ethnic bashing.
Yes you are right education should begin at home but when the parents are uneducated and illiterate how can they possibly begin to educate their children. It's a "chicken and egg" situation and the only resolution is for children to be educated properly in schools so that they can help to educate their children when they are adults. Otherwise the situation will just continue as it now is.
Leonel making a great infrastructure for the people..as always..
PLD for the next 200 years..Nobody can make as much in so little time!
Can you never look at the positive side of life here or is your life here a total misery ?? I really wish you would see the good side of the DR and stop looking all the time for those things that are not to your Australian liking .
When Ohhvixter says "Nobody can make so much in so little time" he is right.
They have madefor themselves/stolen/wasted more money in their time in office than is conceivable.
Who has made so much work in infrastructure? Your PRD party? I dont think so..
He even has build more than Balaguer , and that's a big big stuff to say..
Dont be hypocrite! Be REAL!
I see the good and the bad, and have commented on both. I am not aware of any rule that states they must be balanced, or that the good should outweigh the bad. I have said many things about how wonderful the Samana Peninsula is, and what in my opinion would make it better. Isn't this site about opinions, from Dominicans and foreigners, good and bad?
Speaking of Lie-onel Fernandez’s and the PLD’s “Fantastic“ public work program, look at what has been uncovered:
"Félix Bautista used billions of pesos without control while he was the head of OISOE "
"Audits reveals the funds amounting to 12 Billion Pesos where accounted for with during the tenure of the Organizational Secretary of the PLD."
“The audit, which has not been formally completed by the Chamber of Auditors of the Dominican Republic, was obtained by Acento.com.do thanks to a governmental source that asked that their name not be published for obvious reasons”
Imagine what it could reveal when they are done!
continued:
“SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-An audit by the Chamber of Auditors discovered numerous abnormalities in the administration of Felix Bautista in the State Office of Supervising Engineers of State Works (OISOE), among which are highlighted did not register the income of 12 thousand 522 million 490 thousand 619 pesos 90 cents, and a difference of 279 million 955 thousand 85 pesos in the reconciliation of accounts.”
Read the rest at acento.com
"La falta de un sistema de contabilidad patrimonial, la carencia de un reglamento para manejo ni para la custodia de la caja chicaFélix Bautista usó miles de millones de pesos sin control en la OISOE"
"La auditoría, que no ha sido formalmente concluida por la Cámara de Cuentas de la República Dominicana, fue obtenida por Acento.com.do gracias a una fuente gubernamental que hizo reserva de su nombre por razones obvias."
18 de abril del 2012
You're lack of concern for facts and truth is showing again.
I have always called Mejia " The worst president of any country ever.".
Do you really think I support those bums in the PRD?
They are the same as the bums in your PLD.
The only difference is the color of the flag they wave while they rob us blind.
One does not need to have a good education to recognize the importance of education. I have seen many migrant families in Australia where the parents are almost illiterate with very little education. They work 2 jobs and save, not to buy a big, new, SUV, or the latest iPhone or big-screen TV, but to give their kids a good education.
In our community here I have seen many big, new, SUVs, the latest iPhones and big-screen TVs, but I have never seen anyone, adult or child, reading a book. My wife and I have offered free English and music lessons (including a loan instrument). No takers - not one.
I was involved in a number of 4% education demonstrations. The only participants were teachers and university students. Education is not a high priority for the government because it is not a priority for much of the electorate. Sorry, Ricky, but it's true.
It's Lighter at the Bottom!
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 8:08 AM
From: United States
He also OVERPASSES the constitutional mandate to provide the Children of the Republic with 4% of GDP for education as the law stipulates!
Meanwhile back in the real world outside of The Capital of Fantasies:
"Bridge Peralvillo - Gina on the verge of collapse"
"The bridge is used for the marketing of organic cocoa"
"YAMASA. The latest cry for help so the authorities repair the bridge that connects Peralvillo with La Gina (Yamasá-Monte Plata) was made on Tuesday municipal resident Miguel Saviñón Aeneas, given the danger that the bridge could collapse at any time."
But who cares about poor humble farmers any way!
Certainly not Lie-onel fernandez and the Narco-PLD!
Source Diario Libre.com
PS
The article has a nice picture of the soon to collapse bridge!
Can you explain to me how an overpass will have a 5yr return on investment, DT left that part out.
Meanwhile in the rest of the country, where the majority of Dominican's live, people are crucifying themselves to get roads repaired.
Long live the Great PLD and Narco-Lieonel!
“For a second day, man crucifies himself so streets in Santiago get repaired.”
"SANTIAGO, Dominican Republic.- A man crucified himself on Wednesday, now outside the Ministry of public works in Santiago, demanding the repair of streets in Santiago."
Read the rest at Noticias SIN
"Por segundo día, hombre se crucifica por arreglo de calles en Santiago"
Roy Cardinal Nicky should be happy with this one!
I don't think we disagree. As you say in other countries where children can go to a good state school and get a good education they at least have a chance. Here the standards are so low and the available hours so little that even those children who do go to a state school have a very low quality of education. That's why the 4% everyone talks about is so important as a means of raising standards to acceptable levels. I am step father to two Dominican girls of 6 & 8 so I see exactly how bad the situation is both in terms of school hours and quality of teaching. I also see the end term reports which bear no relation to the actual standards achieved!
I insist they don't miss school and try to help them at home as well but they only get 3.5 hours per day and very often the school is closed for teacher meetings or other inexplicable reasons so they are lucky if they get 12 to14 hours a week.
@Roberto Jose...
Like the bible says: Por sus frutos los conocereis ..mathew 7.16
All over santo domingo you see things PLD has done: tunnels, passovers, metros, new highways, bridges, expressways, etc, etc ..a huge labor in infrastructure
Not to mention new investment, new malls, new line of skysratcher, growing GDP, etc, etc..
What has donne PRD : a big big " 0 "
So, a passover is just a little thing that PLD has done in the huge labor that they has acomplish recently,PPH not even a sidewalk..but bankrupt economy..
@Joseanne
You aree switchng the topic again creating an smoke curtain..did you forget I asked some questions? or do you want me to repeat it to you?
In the Anglo American system it is the schools and teachers supposevely are responsable for the kids education and that has benn proven fatal. While in the Hispanic American vocabulary education means something else. You could come from illiterate family and taught manners as well asd conducting yourself in public and that is a well educated person.
As for the schooling, hiegher education (universities) to learn a career or profesion,that falls in the hands of the educators ,teachers ,vocational and tech schools to better yourself for the future,
Again and again it has been proven that kids that don't have the basic at home become very hard to pick up a trade for the future.
I brought up this subject to Franklin Almeyda Rancier, recently, who was the Rector of the University in Santo Domingo under Balaguer...his answer was the same as RoyStone's.
The politicians, regardless of their party, have a vested interest in keeping the people uneducated and begging for handouts. When the populace needs something (all the time) they have to "be good" otherwise the people in power won't help them in their misery. If these same supplicants were educated they would know how to get themselves out of poverty, but as it is now, it will never happen.
San Cristóbal.- La doctora Margarita Cedeño de Fernández afirmó que el gobierno que encabezará el licenciado Danilo Medina movilizará cielo y tierra para acopiar los recursos económicos que requerirán el ambicioso programa nacional de generación de empleos que aplicará a partir del 16 de agosto que abarcará la industria, agropecuaria, servicios, pequeña y mediana empresa.
And the reason for this is that right now THERE ARE NO JOBS!!!!!!
I think that if you REALLY want to work HARD, you wont have any problem for that..
On the LIGHTER side:
Written by: josean, 18 Apr 2012 8:08 AM
From: United States
He also OVERPASSES the constitutional mandate to provide the Children of the Republic with 4% of GDP for education as the law stipulates!