Names of officials suspended, paragraph 5
SANTO DOMINGO. - The executive vice-president of the Dominican State-owned power companies (CDEEE) today announced the suspension of the director of the of Blackouts Reduction Program (PRA), Marcos Lara Lorenzo, less than one week after the journalist Nuria Piera reported uncovering irregularities in that entity, and another in the Technical Transport Office (OTTT) .
Radhamés Segura said were pending an investigation the other PRA officials also suspended without pay are Internal Audit director Víctor Terrero; Purchasing manager Juan Castillo; Warehouse manager Ricardo Pérez; Administrative manager Nicolás Concepción; Public Relations manager Freddy Medrano; Human Resources manager Julissa Báez; Technology and Informatics director Elizandro Nova, and Legal manager Pedro Ramos.
Piera reported that Lara Lorenzo, once designated in the post six moths ago, allegedly designated relatives, friends and associates in that agency, used government funds in religious y political projects, and assigned vehicles and bodyguards to his wife
The PRA scandal breaks just weeks after yet another firing of a senior government official, OTTT director Franklin Beltré, whom Piera recently reported that he committed alleged irregularities in that agency.
Written by: Juango, 21 Apr 2009 1:27 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Todo es posible en el pais de las maravillas... I will bet Mr. Marcos Lara Lorenzo reads & writes at a 10 grade level. Yesterday I read that a dominican delegation (to meet two financial groups) is to go to Washington to review solutions to the Electrical Energy Problems of the DR?
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=98446calling the DR a Banana Republic is being far too kind. Is there anyone left in the DR with a brain !
Written by: Belly, 21 Apr 2009 1:52 PM
From: Dominican Republic, San Francisco and Houston,Texas
Well all i can say to this is like fulanito have said before. Que siga la fiesta.
Written by: xwill7, 21 Apr 2009 1:54 PM
From: United States, Chicago
The dominos keep falling
Written by: juanb, 21 Apr 2009 1:54 PM
From: Dominican Republic
There is no punishment for crimes committed by an official in the government. Why shouldn't they behave as they do?
Written by: Bailarin 
, 21 Apr 2009 2:20 PM
From: Dominican Republic
What scandal ? they are just merely being Dominicans, right ? . lol...What a disgrace to your country....
Written by: Lopez31, 21 Apr 2009 2:32 PM
From: United States
This is unbelievable! And we wonder why the Americans and Europeans see us as a primitive culture. It is times like theses when I wish we could infiltrate the mountains of DR, call out the population and begin a struggle to overthrow this CORRUPT form of government.!
Written by: juanb, 21 Apr 2009 2:43 PM
From: Dominican Republic
The most incredible part of this story is that they are quoting R. Segura and if you check back this man has never done anything but lie to the country, This is the guy who said that the electric problem was solved.and then made all sorts of bs excuses. Then he lied about payments being made to generators, which later proved to be ies as well. Every thing that this guysays you can disregard. You can be sure this department is loaded with crooks but R. Segura is not the pot to call the kettle black.
Written by: Bailarin , 21 Apr 2009 2:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic
You wouldnt be the first Lopez . But, I MIGHT BE THE FIRST White boy GRINGO TO JOIN THE MARCH.. After living in the D.r for 2 years , atleast in my heart and on the dance floor , I felt more Dominican than American and it was a compliment that I often proudly recieved from the Dominican people .. It breaks my heart to see whats unfolding before our eyes in perhaps the most beautiful place on earth and its only continuing to get worst !
Written by: juanb, 21 Apr 2009 2:57 PM
From: Dominican Republic
By the way, this government group going to the US to "solve, for once and for all, the electric problem", iis really only a group of well paid beggars going to borrow more money. These fools have no idea what it would take to actually solve the problem and they don't really care, as long as they continue to get live the high life and get rich at our expense.
Written by: xwill7, 21 Apr 2009 3:05 PM
From: United States, Chicago
Juan,
True. This is 2009 the electric problem should have been solved years ago. Its not like electricity is new technology that no one understands. DR is an island how hard is it to finally fill in the gaps and correct the issues?
Written by: Juango, 21 Apr 2009 3:15 PM
From: United States, far S. Florida (formerly Santo Domingo)
Calm down guys, easy does it. Tranquilo. This is only the tip of the Iceberg. The DR government is full of untold surprises. The Electrical problem is not solved, as there are powerful interest NOT to fix it. Same goes for the drug trafficking business. Every dept. in this current government has skeletons in the closet, which have yet to be discovered by the public. I have rename LF as David Copperfield II, the world's second greatest master of illusions. Lubrano's pardon cost much more than the public could ever imagine. Remember the $130 MM via the Sun Landbroker in Miami (a dominican national), the Super Tucano commissions of >$27MM,...the list is long. That is why, the DR is "el Pais de la Maravillas".
Written by: brootto, 21 Apr 2009 3:49 PM
From: United States, South West Florida
I totally agree with juango, it is on the government and the elite best interest no to fix anything.
From: Dominican Republic, la Romana
Why not take a more positive response to this news. The journalist who has been doing some very good investigative work has exposed the corruption that is now being dealt with . if she continues her good work then, poco por poco, the corruption will gradually diminish. yes, I agree that the various government information offices are masters of illusion but every year here, the country gets a little better .and although it would be great to see all the corruption eliminated more quickly as it seems to have been done in Chile and Peru, at least I believe this country is not getting worse.
i would love to see a very powerful anti corruption commission staffed by people from honest countries or the UN that could accelerate the move towards honest government ..maybe that is a pipe dream,
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: Ricardolito:
" The journalist who has been doing some very good investigative work has exposed the corruption that is now being dealt with . if she continues her good work then, poco por poco, the corruption will gradually diminish."
Will it really?
Do you not believe in the powers of stray bullets or accidents involving a Mack truck?
mountainfrog
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
You could remove the title and picture, and yet the story seem very familiar. It seems that not a week goes by when we don't read similar stories. Perhaps the journalist, whose impartiality may be questioned, given another DT current story on the intertwining of govt and journalists in DR, should create a generic story and just change the pictures from week to week. Frankly, I am growing kind of numb to these events.
I sometimes wonder if this is all part of a game/plan orchestrated by the govt, which allows the exposure of small misdeeds to divert attention from the larger corruption and criminal acts. In this manner, the populace is appeased and fooled by the steady feeding of small stories of govt actions addressing corruption, and ignores the larger issues.
Written by: Belly, 22 Apr 2009 12:19 AM
From: Dominican Republic, San Francisco and Houston,Texas
gloma
I sometimes wonder if this is all part of a game/plan orchestrated by the govt, which allows the exposure of small misdeeds to divert attention from the larger corruption and criminal acts
I think you are right but i also think Leonel is feeling the presure because the internet has become DR best weapon and many well educated dominican who are doing well now from the 80s wave of immigrants are not going to invest and instead are bringing family member into US to avoid sending money home but that may be just me thinking wild. In San francisco the local community gets involve more than many other areas when stuff like this one happens which in my thinking has stopped some of them because the gen. public has grown tired of this and are willing to take the actions in their own way and it never ends as a pretty story because only "Sucesos" is willing to post it.
Written by: synapse, 22 Apr 2009 12:36 AM
From: United States
To make a point, they should have announced the execution of this guy! That would have gotten everyone's attention. A suspension is nothing but a slap on the wrist and is bizarre considering the guy blatantly admitted to putting all his cronies on the payroll.
Written by: locco, 22 Apr 2009 8:44 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Just another day of the misuse of power for personal gains it won't stop until the people have had enough no different than the US
Written by: locco, 22 Apr 2009 8:44 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Just another day of the misuse of power for personal gains it won't stop until the people have had enough no different than the US
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http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=98446
calling the DR a Banana Republic is being far too kind. Is there anyone left in the DR with a brain !
True. This is 2009 the electric problem should have been solved years ago. Its not like electricity is new technology that no one understands. DR is an island how hard is it to finally fill in the gaps and correct the issues?
i would love to see a very powerful anti corruption commission staffed by people from honest countries or the UN that could accelerate the move towards honest government ..maybe that is a pipe dream,
Written by: Ricardolito:
" The journalist who has been doing some very good investigative work has exposed the corruption that is now being dealt with . if she continues her good work then, poco por poco, the corruption will gradually diminish."
Will it really?
Do you not believe in the powers of stray bullets or accidents involving a Mack truck?
mountainfrog
I sometimes wonder if this is all part of a game/plan orchestrated by the govt, which allows the exposure of small misdeeds to divert attention from the larger corruption and criminal acts. In this manner, the populace is appeased and fooled by the steady feeding of small stories of govt actions addressing corruption, and ignores the larger issues.
I sometimes wonder if this is all part of a game/plan orchestrated by the govt, which allows the exposure of small misdeeds to divert attention from the larger corruption and criminal acts
I think you are right but i also think Leonel is feeling the presure because the internet has become DR best weapon and many well educated dominican who are doing well now from the 80s wave of immigrants are not going to invest and instead are bringing family member into US to avoid sending money home but that may be just me thinking wild. In San francisco the local community gets involve more than many other areas when stuff like this one happens which in my thinking has stopped some of them because the gen. public has grown tired of this and are willing to take the actions in their own way and it never ends as a pretty story because only "Sucesos" is willing to post it.
To make a point, they should have announced the execution of this guy! That would have gotten everyone's attention. A suspension is nothing but a slap on the wrist and is bizarre considering the guy blatantly admitted to putting all his cronies on the payroll.