"also guaranteed that neither cholera nor any no other disease will affect tourists who visit, affirming that his country has a reliable sanitary system."

Really??? And if someone does get "any other disease"...what guarantee is there that the Dominican government will take full responsability?

The statements as of late are not what you would expect of people in high places.

A reliable sanitation system??? Look at the sides of the roads....look at the guys pissing in the streets as the tour buses pass. It is time some people looked outside the tinted windows.

The statements as of late are not what you would expect of people in high places?

The statements as of late are exactly what you would expect of people in high places in the DR.

BS. BS. and more BS.

Honestly, as a consumer, in the present circumstances, I would not choose DR as my vacation destination in the presence of that threat.

No matter what the Minister says.

What a joke. Any tourist who has ever visited and looked beyond the all inclusive resort knows the sanitary structure of the country is horrible in more locations than it is good. Just because the resort has good sanitation don't forget about all the workers who live in poverty when they go home. Many of them have no bathroom or running water and are in danger of catching cholera. Tourists come in direct contact with plenty of locals who work in the resort and can easily pass the disease to them.

Wow. Just when you think someone can't say anything more stupid than the last guy, someone does. This country is full of surprises.

Leonel, please come to Maimon and show me one bathroom with a soap dispenser or a toilet seat!

Oh ya, Leonel we can take your guarantee to the bank.

Can any one tell me how many ribbons has Leonel Fernandez cut since he took office ? Just for the hell of it I like to know

In some way's I want the Dominican AI's to fail because they are to reliant on their former glory. If the Dominican business elite begins to lose money. They will finally change their way's.

Why do this gloom and doom Dominican whine so much? It looks like their intended purpose is to influence negative opinion about the country using this English forum…. tourists have the choice of whether; to stay home or get cholera vaccination as is being advises by their post overseas.

exactly ,,antonio f ..but I doubt if any ever read this forum . it was really the unfortunate choice of words that the minister used that was agravating . but I agree with the minister that there are bound to be businesses overseas which will deliberately try to snare some of the tourists coming to the DR ..just with scare tactics

Well said, Antonio1.

NO RETARDS.

Cholera uses cholera against tourism.

Shit for brains.

Gmiller261,

It looks to me like the best part of you ran down the crack of your mother's ass and ended up as a broken water stain on the surgical table.

Gmiller261,
Don't be a spineless coward and answer my post - I will not allow you to generalize, or traduce my people's culture.
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/....dges-to-improve-protected-springs

JuanB: "The statements as of late are not what you would expect of people in high places?

The statements as of late are exactly what you would expect of people in high places in the DR.

BS. BS. and more BS."

I think this sums up the last 15 years of wasted time, lies, excuses and a general apathy of the DR Government towards the productive future of a once (and potentially once again) thriving island republic where the welfare of one's family and neighbor trumped today's mentality of "screw another for a buck, cause everybody's doing it". It is quickly descending into a grave spiral and the next generation need to be educated in morality and community once again - only then will people actually have the capacity to absorb and use education, knowledge and build wisdom to pass on to others..

I must say, I agree with Leonel that it is not the quantity of education funds that dictate the overall education results of a nation, but the erection of a curriculum that competes g

Dominican goverment is made out of gays, stupid dumbass deputies that want to squeeze blood, taxes and sweat from hard working people and at the same time We have a anti-Dominican presient that has to be impeached for his lack of patriotism, He rather look good with the Haitian (afrikaneers) before defending his country; Leonel TOO LITTLE TOO LATE !!!

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President

There's need to be more done to fight the possible plague that Dr might face , until you liberal Dominicans stop being pussys and take stand on closing the border you will all die and swim in a cesspool of cholera