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Santo Domingo. - Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez continues his “festival” of pensions provided to show biz figures on Tuesday, with a group of 40 musicians and singers who’ll now get as much as RD$50,000 monthly each of taxpayers money, a measure which comes just five months before the presidential election.

Fernandez as recently as last month also decreed pensions for other performers, and in yesterday’s round include the singer Tomas Santana “General Larguito.”

Presidential decree 721-11, announced by Culture minister Jose Rafael Lantigua, provides pensions to the performers Rafael - Bullumba- Landestoy, Aníbal de Peña, Xiomara Fortuna and Petra Vásquez (Anahay), Jose Manuel Calderón. González Alvarado Pereyra (El Cieguito de Nagua), Francisco Ulloa, Armando Beltré and Belisario Felix Jiménez (Belí).

Also Bartolo Chalas (Bartolito), Jose Dionisio Fernandez (Dioni Fernandez), Rafael Heriberto González, Kyra González, among others, and also raised some previously awarded pensions.

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14 comment(s)
Written by: CarmenReyes, 23 Nov 2011 8:05 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago
Disgraceful, shameless and without merit.
Written by: BASTA, 23 Nov 2011 8:09 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
This man/person is Sick. Like these performers need what is pocket change!
Written by: lmartinez, 23 Nov 2011 11:31 AM
From: United States
is 50 thousand each person dumbell
Written by: juanb, 23 Nov 2011 1:02 PM
From: Dominican Republic
What an effin outrage.

And naturally the douchebag says it''s "not too much"

Read it again, flunkie, it's RD$50,000 per month per artist.
Written by: jcl_67, 23 Nov 2011 1:35 PM
From: Dominican Republic
hey Ricky you should put your reading glasses on before you read my brother, it's 50 per artitst and you seem like a smart guy so you should know this just paying back a favor before he leaves office, I'm sure these artist had a big influence on how Leo got his post for the last 8 years. It customary for you to show your appreciation on your way out.
DR(SOMETHINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE):*(
Written by: riosm, 23 Nov 2011 1:51 PM
From: United States
Somebody help me....does this also include foreign construction workers ?
Written by: RoyStone, 23 Nov 2011 3:20 PM
From: Australia
How about giving something the biggest contributors to this country's musical heritage
- the American performers who get nothing from their pirated CDs sold here.
Written by: riosm, 23 Nov 2011 5:07 PM
From: United States
To think an extra tax/fees for construction crews levied towards their Social Security.....yeah right !

WHAT SOCIAL SECURITY ?

AND.....

Construction materials going up....one can KISS all that money good bye.
Written by: Perez, 23 Nov 2011 5:34 PM
From: Dominican Republic
What a Douche. The biggest scum in DR history. This sh*t sickens me.
Written by: RoyStone, 23 Nov 2011 6:38 PM
From: Australia
"He who pays the piper, calls the tune."
Written by: Ricardolito, 23 Nov 2011 6:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I would suggest that writers actually read the press release from the Minister of Culture and you will see that it has a totally different bias than the article in DT ...and the government is actually giving monthly support to a wide range of artists , the majority being musical teachers and composers of classical , popular and fok music , trumpet players and members of the new symphany orchestra ,,,not in retirement but to continue their work ...so that this country can have some good musical culture the monthly payment is from 20,000 to 50,000 pesos a month .
Sorry for all you philistines who write such negative things but I think it is a very good move
Written by: RoyStone, 23 Nov 2011 6:47 PM
From: Australia
Ricardolito,
Agreed.
Do you know where the new Symphony Orchestra performs?
Who else here is sick of Hip-Hop and Meringue?
Written by: Ricardolito, 23 Nov 2011 8:47 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes it is almost always at the Teatro nacional and you wear a suit to the concerts ...sometimes they give concerts elsewhere ,,,in Higuey at the Bascilica and in Santiago
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