Radhamés Segura had something to do with this. They need to put him in Jail and then give him the electric chair.

For the electric chair you need electricity, and as you know there is no such a think on this country lol lol lol

It's better that way. He sits in the chair not knowing when the power is going to come back on. That will give him a little time to think and pray before he he gets a little taste of his old medicine.
Dominican's need to stand up for The Dominican Republic. This kind of stuff needs to stop and only the people can do something about it. But you need to be united.

I wouldn't doubt the sabotage bit. An popular radio program had many irate callers that where complaining that they were being canned from the electric company, and some were forecasting sabotage.
Many persons do not want Celso to be successful and are doing everything in their power to make things hard for him.
After all he is only being in the job a few days and they want him to fix a mess that has been going on for 30 years immediately.
We are so lucky to have a man like Celso Marranzini at the helm of he CDEEE, and given time he will turn things around, if he can stand the pressure from the non conformists.

when they put Radhamés Segura in the chair they should sit Hippo in his lap for buying back the power company in the first place....that is why we have all the extra employees sitting on their butt on our dime

to break our country's corruption cycle it will need a lot of ball. despues que estan mamando no quieren depegarse de la teta.

What a bunch of scum.

You should all be very proud.

when the power goes out there is only one thing to do... basca tu mujer. I wonder how many babies are born from blackouts?

FLASH……………..HOT of the PRESS!!!!!!!!!

Maybe Lie-onel Fernandez and the PLD cut the power to keep the Dominican masses in the dark figuratively and literally so they can't read this. Can you really blame them, I wouldn’t want any body see this if I were them.
No and I am not going to say I TOLD YOU SO, but any of you diehard Lie-onelitas can if you wish!

Metro: taxpayer nightmare

It took 2 months and legal action, but journalist Edwin Ruiz of Clave finally got the figures to write his story on how the reality of the first year of the Santo Domingo metro compares to projections made for justifying the construction of the first line. The metro promoters had estimated 200,000 passengers and RD$4 million a day in revenues per day. But the reality of the first six months is that on average 50,643 (including both routes) passengers have rode the metro paying RD$1,012,856 in fares (at RD$20 the fare). The at least RD$3 million daily deficit needs to be picked up by taxpayers.

Thus the "dream" of President Leonel Fernandez seems to have turned into a nightmare, at least for taxpayers.
The metro cuts the time to get from Villa Mella to La Feria from 2 hours to 20 minutes. The service is world class. But where are the users? It is not that they would not like to take the modern metro, it is that the feeder routes are not there, and passengers have to pay other fares anyway to take the metro. Hamlet Hermann, former director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority, explains the government did not heed advice to create the feeder routes first.
The stats on the Metro show that the least used stations are those at the Maximo Gomez Cemetery (63 users per hour), the Mirador del Norte (60 users per hour) and La Isabela (54 users per hour). The most used stations are at the two extremes. The Mama Tingo at Av. Charles de Gaulle in Villa Mella shows 636 users per hour, and the La Firia receives 456 users per hour.
Moneywise, the metro is a big loser.

Continued:

With a fare of RD$20, it generates barely RD$1,02,856 daily, or approximately RD$370 million a year, equivalent to about US$10.3 million. Traditional motoconcho, guagua and concho transport favorably compete in price with the comfort of the metro.
According to the OPRET the metro cost US$674.6 million. But the IDB says the investment was US$54 milion per kilometer, or US$756 million.
OPRET has reported the government is subsidizing the metro with RD$22.5 million a month, or about RD$270 million a year. But Edwin Ruiz reports that in the 2009 National Budget RD$2.41 billion or US$64.8 million have been allotted for the operation of the metro. 86% of those funds would have come from abroad.
Opret says that the present cost per passenger is RD$35. The report indicates this means a RD$1.09 billion deficit needs to be assumed by taxpayers that most probably are not using the metro.

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The report concludes that around 25,000 persons a day benefit greatly from being able to use the US$750 million-metro.
The authorities of the Metro refused to sit for an interview with Edwin Ruiz after delivering the data.

Source DR1

What can be done to create the feeder routes?

Guess our cherished amigo can't contain his excitement about apparent failure of that mobile albatross otherwise known as the METRO.

Question is: What other industry or endeavor controlled by government makes money? Most government run institutions in DR, or anywhere else, are money-losing propositions. Period. At least with this one there should be some intangible benefits in terms of pollution and urban noise reduction; reduced commute time; modern, efficient and safe travel mode; perception-especially by tourists; etc.

Perhaps concentration should now move towards improvements. The albatross is already here; now we have to live with it and manage it. would it really help situation if we were to dismantle it and sell it to China for iron scrap? I suppose not.

Most mass transit systems around the world are loss makers in terms of direct costs, and rely on government subsidies to continue operating; the Santo Domingo metro is no exception here.

I hate to be the bubble buster here but i would not put your hand in the fire for Celso Marranzini just yet. Remember LF zero tolerancia a la corrupcion and turns around and gives Rhadames a free pass after confesing on tv on video tape that he has miss used the state money.

belly.

I agree the jury is still out on Celso the "Maganificent!"

Dr. Strangelove,

With all do respect but are you saying that since we are being raped we should nevertheless enjoy the sex?

"efficient and safe travel mode; perception-especially by tourists; etc."

I hope you don't plan to justify this financial tragedy by saying that tourist will substitue a trip to Bavaro or Punta Cana so they can enjoy the “beautiful sights” of the slums of “Santo Calcutta” as they ride the "Chicharron Express" from "Mama Tingo"-Villa Mella to La Feria?

"Written by: Nemo69, 4 Sep 2009 9:47 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Most mass transit systems around the world are loss makers in terms of direct costs, and rely on government subsidies to continue operating; the Santo Domingo metro is no exception here. "

So the rational here is because others srew up we have the right to screw up also?

I agree with Josean,
I have not seen many tourist in the Santo D Subway, have you? They rent cars!
cutting down on pollution and noise... Thats funny ! The Metro was a nice campaign
dream, to make people think we were moving forward... How much did it cost? how long will we pay for it? That money should of been invested on electricity generating programs... Thats like giving a starving child a really cool battery operated toy... Might look pretty, great conversation starter... It does not fulfill any basic need...

Josean, i hate to say i told you so, but i did. i got sick and tired of writing articles explaining why a 200,000 person per day ridership was out of the question. i explained the concept of the CATCHMENT AREA on numerous occasions, only to take a lashing from those who on board with the idea. well, there you have it. and no, Glomar my good buddy, i am not gloating. i wanted to see the thing succeed beyond expectations, but i analysed it and concluded that it could not. i am no genius. if Leonel had done the elementary research that i did, he would have seen this coming. but i guess it did not matter. at least he has the monument to go alongside such great wonders such as the Faro a Colon.

the should arrest all the techinicians , until they confess who did it or they start naming ssome names. becaused this is straight sabotage and this is unacceptible arrest all the recently fired employees, and radhames and give them life in prison.

Josean, thanks for writing an enlightening article ,as always. and, Nemo, it is precisely because public projects tend to lose money that their choosing should be very circumspectly done. in very many schools of economic thought, the real cost of anything is the opportunity cost, or the benefits foregone by not choosing the alternative. simply put...i can go to Red Lobster and eat a 3 lb lobster, or i can go out on a date with a beautiful, intelligent young lady . i choose the lobster. well, the real cost of that crustacean is the benefits of the date i declined with the delicious lass. similarly, several young members of the upcoming generations will remained mired in illiteracy in order to fund the locomotive, since the money for that debacle was hijacked from budgets such as education. can you say opportunity COST?

dread,

I did not write it I just posted it. But thanks nevertheless and it’s always a pleasure to read your postings !

thanks Josean. or should i say Dean Josean?..as in college dean, no less.