Santo Domingo. - Korea’s International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on Wednesday donated US$500,000 to build the Ministry of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion Center for Youngsters in the Dominican Republic.
The donation is part of an agreement between the two entities and forms part of the “Pregnancy prevention project in adolescents and the strengthening of medical assistance for young Dominican women.”
Women’s minister Alejandrina German said modern mammography equipment was also given to the Public Health Ministry, to support sexual and reproductive health services in provincial hospitals at Santiago Rodriguez, La Altagracia, San Cristóbal, Barahona, Espaillat and Puerto Plata.
She said the funds will be used to build and furnish the center, in her words, a pioneering initiative in the country, which will operate on the perspective of human and gender rights.
German said the facility center will provide information, education and counseling on sexual and reproductive health, to prevent the risky conducts in adolescents and young women, especially to prevent early pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV and violence.
From: United States
"Just say NO"
Written by: ny4life, 3 Mar 2011 12:07 PM
From: United States, New York, NY
Great initiative.
Thank you Taiwan for your cooperation.
The ties btw Taiwan and the DR are long standing.
From: United States
Don't even think that this money isgoing to do any good.
The money will be drained by the government cronies of Leonel before it even gets to where its supposed to.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
what has this got to do with Taiwan ??? the story is about a donation from Korea . And mammography equipment has nothing to do with pregnancies or sexual activities but is the seach in the breast for possible cancer by low level x ray machines .
She says the centre will operate on the basis of human and gender rights but as the centre is only for women , what rights do men have ??
I hope she does not use this machine to look for early pregnancies and based on the above article she may not be too good with her advice.
From: United States
yes, ny4life...what does this have to do with Taiwan? the entire pacific rim is not one country. and, as an aside, is this not the former minister of education, who looted the education budget to build a mansion, complete with her own street? nice. now she can build an annex.
Written by: Atabey, 3 Mar 2011 1:07 PM
From: United States, NYC
Interesting that a nation that was once poorer than DR in the late 1950s should now have the means to support health initiatives to help the once richer nation. South Korea has made the difficult transition into the modern league of nations. That significant achievement is one we, in DR, can only wish or dream about. How did South Korea achieve such a wondrous transformation from poor member of the international community to a modern powerhouse of high tech, strong education, and massive export platform? Long, tough, and consistency in its modernization drive. Very low wages at first, harsh working conditions, long tough universal education, central government targets, and more, more effort and pain. After several decades of doing so, the benefits have arrived and what a bountiful!! South Korea is one of the Great success stories of modern economic development. They did not run shy of the Export Led Industrialization Model, nor the Universal Education schemes, but embraced them
From: United States
Oh Lord.
Dread you are correct, that is the scum bag lady who raped the education system.
You Dominicans have to get rid of the Groundhogs day mentality. If you do not remember history, it will repeat itself.
Alejandrina German, will skim off the top and resell the equipment twice. When are you going to learn, this is embarrassing.
From: United States
Atabey reminds
South Korea is one of the Great success stories of modern economic developmen
it is interesting, Atabey, that South Korea, once poorer than the DR, being little more than a bomb crater in the 50s, now boasts the fastest internet speeds on planet earth, while we languish in 129th place in that metric. nice.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
When the truth is said , all of the cock watching neg ladies come out.
I thought this woman was taken out of commission, but, then again Leo is still the president.
Written by: Atabey, 3 Mar 2011 2:02 PM
From: United States, NYC
Dread,
What South Korea's journey shows is that it is possible to modernize and develop a nation from poor status to modern rich status. The journey is painful and requires huge sacrifice, especially from the people, over several decades, 3 or 4, at a minimum. I once had a professor from south Korea ask me why is your country, DR, underdeveloped? It has so many advantages and is close to the largest consumer market, USA, on earth! At the time I told him that lack of elite consensus and in-fighting coupled with a long dictatorship that usurped many of the capitalist initiative of the local elite thus denying the modern development of capitalism in DR.
DR had its moment as I've expressed before after the aborted Civil War of 1965. But our leaders did not follow the painful but remunerative path of real modernization and development. Sad but an illustrative tale of two countries and path divergence development.
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
This is why I'm advocating in favor of Haitian reconstruction being carried on by Asians, preferably Taiwan or Korea, because of their track record.
They'd sure get lazy arses up and working with pick and shovel.
And they could give Alejandrina a shovel too. I'd like to see her dig her own deep six.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I used to visit South Korea every year for about 10 years and it is indeed a most remarkable story but doubly remarkable because so many men of working age were killed in the war ,,,millions ,When you go to Korea you can not help but be amazed at the fact that there are so few old people and how nearly all the buildings which are unadorned and rather ugly date from the decade after the war .The climatic conditions are also harsh yet they survive and prosper with export led industries .
I would much much rather live in the DR with Dominicans in the very laid back , rather lazy Dominican way ..there is a great difference between Asians and Latins and I would not judge which is the better but in economic energy terms it is no contest .Asians win hands down .
From: United States, Yonkers, NY
I thought this article was going to be about happy ending massages
Written by: ny4life, 3 Mar 2011 5:26 PM
From: United States, New York, NY
Que par de envidiosos y falsarantes visitan esta pagina.
Written by: danny00, 3 Mar 2011 5:53 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
THANK U FOR YOUR COMMENT
Ricardolito, 3 Mar 2011 12:25 PM
what has this got to do with Taiwan ??? the story is about a donation from Korea . And mammography equipment has nothing to do with pregnancies or sexual activities but is the seach in the breast for possible cancer by low level x ray machines
Written by: danny00, 3 Mar 2011 5:55 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
ALSO THANK U FOR THIS COMMENT BELOW.
Written by: Atabey, 3 Mar 2011 1:07 PM
From: United States
Interesting that a nation that was once poorer than DR in the late 1950s should now have the means to support health initiatives to help the once richer nation. South Korea has made the difficult transition into the modern league of nations. That significant achievement is one we, in DR, can only wish or dream about. How did South Korea achieve such a wondrous transformation from poor member of the international community to a modern powerhouse of high tech, strong education, and massive export platform?
Written by: danny00, 3 Mar 2011 6:04 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
now this is what iam have been saying for two years.
also please look at finland.
they for sure would teach the dr
finland a small country of 5.3 million people, only two decades ago they was by most measures the poorest countries in northen europe.
finland today boasts the headquaters of the cell phone maker nokia.
, and they have today cutting edge paper and pulp technology.
today they rank 31 in the world in freeddom houses ranking of the worlds most democratic countries. have much i could tell u about this country but have not the time how.
anyway when asked how they did this turn around they said they have 3 secrects.
education, education and education. that was their secrect.
and this is not bull iam throwing out.
they put their money in to the school system and it paid off for them well.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
ah el Platano ...if only
Written by: danny00, 3 Mar 2011 6:20 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
they rank 31 in the world in freeddom houses ranking of the worlds most democratic countries. have much i could tell u about this country but have not the time how.
THAT IS #1 IN THE WORLD.
SEE WHAT EDUCATION CAN DO HISTORY PROVES THIS LEO IS DEAD WRONG
METRO?
Written by: danny00, 3 Mar 2011 6:22 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
mr. chavez, the castro brothers russia?
his bed-partners?
think for sure hes going down the wrong road.
some comment about uncle sam and his strings, well i would for sure have u this uncle then the group i speak about above pulling my strings.
Written by: Espada, 3 Mar 2011 9:11 PM
From: Dominican Republic
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
Dr. Dread,
You took words out of my mouth on Alejandrina German.
This woman is most definitely not trustworthy and must never be allowed near any funds intended for the people. She is corrupt to the core, and very much looks the part.
She's brought much shame to her family name. I knew a very close relative of hers who was a man of great integrity, highly educated and beyond reproach, a man whom many of us were lucky to call friend.
For all of positive above comments on Koreans, regrettably, we must add a further attribute: "suckers". They've been had by "silk-hands" Alejandrina.
MJEV.
Written by: RoyStone, 3 Mar 2011 11:56 PM
From: Australia
@Atabey
You
Written by: RoyStone, 3 Mar 2011 11:56 PM
From: Australia
@Atabey
You
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 12:07 AM
From: Australia
@Atabey
Your comments are very true, but you miss one major factor. Religion.
In South Korea,
46.5% are Atheist
22.8% are Buddhist
18.3% are Protestant and
10.9% are Roman Catholic
In the Dominican Republic,
70% are Roman Catholic
20% are Evangelist
In Haiti
80% are Roman Catholic
16% are Evangelist
You can draw your own conclusions.
Written by: williom, 4 Mar 2011 8:19 AM
From: United States
Roystone, you are correct again-
That's why I do not comment as much as I would like to. People failed to realize that RELIGION is the root of all problems in ALL under-developed countries. Look at any of them. Let's stay locally as in Hispaniola. Religion brought a deep lack of motivation, lack of education... As a result, you have high crime rates, corruptions on all levels that impede the vital progress. Meanwhile, Religion causes Babies having Babies -adding more to the misery.
In Norway with a high level of Atheists, police officers do not even carry guns due to its extreme low crime rate. In the USA, the jail is turned into a high profitable business. Unfortunately, the religious zealots highjacked the USA political spectrum and you can see how its overall structure is not responding to the global challenges.
.....
Written by: williom, 4 Mar 2011 8:20 AM
From: United States
.....
When you show someone is riding a Dinosaur as part of your teaching gimmick, you must then biblically teach him that the circumference of a circle is exactly 3 times its diameter with Pi = 3.
The real value of Pi is:
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 ...
In the USA, I can walk with a t-shirt that says: "God loves you". Yet, if I walk with one that says: "There is no God", the loving Christians would beat me to death in the name of their Sky-Daddy.
Someone is always making money off of the gullible minds. An impoverished country will never advance as long as its occupants are waiting to go eat some delicious pie in Heaven -while the corrupt politicians brashly eat the country's entire pie. I read tirelessly here how the uneducated Haitians are badly behaving in the DR side, and how the DR education system is not functioning, well...
.....
Written by: williom, 4 Mar 2011 8:22 AM
From: United States
.....
You see, Illiteracy causes Poverty. Poverty causes Crime. Crime causes Insecurity. Insecurity causes Anxiety... Religion is blooming. Let's not talk about gender inequality. Now, do you think Microsoft, Toyota would invest in a situation like this?
I leave you with this: If Hispaniola secularly becomes free of this brain-washing propaganda, education would fix most of its problem. Both countries would live in Harmony. And I bet you that future DR generation would replace the word "Dios" in the flag ...unanimously.
From: United States
williom, i am still trying to catch my breath from your posting. sheer brilliance. but, guess what? things are only going to get worse in the DR, because the evangelical churches are becoming the biggest growth industry in the country. these churches are popping up like mushrooms, and everbody is finding God. "si Dios quiere" is the national motto.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 9:03 AM
From: Australia
@williom,
I am not holding my breath for Hispanola to become ¨free of this brain-washing propaganda¨. Certainly Atheism is increasing in enlightened countries, however the world´s population explosion is happening in countries determined to remain uneducated. Also fundamentalism is on the rise and democracies and dictatorships are being replaced by theocracies. Fundamentalist Islam is taking over the middle east, and fundamentalist Evangelist Christianity is taking over USA. We are slipping in to another Dark Ages, probably deeper than the last, due to technology.
¨Ministry of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion Center for Youngsters in the Dominican Republic¨? - I have not noticed anything lacking in DR young women´s sexuality or fertility - both are leading the world! Where I live most girls are pregnant by 16 years of age, (Just like the ¨virgin ¨ in the holy buy-bull?), despite the ready availability of free contraception from the government.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 9:16 AM
From: Australia
Despite being a poor 3rd world country, DR women are among the most obese in the world. At 14th in the world, 38% of DR women have a BMI over 30. USA is 18th at 35.5% and Australia is 47th at 22.2%
Source: International Obesity Taskforce, International Association for the Study of Obesity
http://www.allcountries.org/ranks...._prevalence_of_adult_obesity.htmlWritten by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 9:29 AM
From: Australia
Note contraception and access to safe, legal abortions not mentioned in the article. Education to ¨prevent the risky conducts in adolescents¨? Yes, girls, keep your buy-bulls open and your legs and minds closed!
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
william ..your posting contains one grave error ...the attendances in the Catholic church are so pitiful that never ever could you say religion was blooming .
I am an Anglican and my faith is important just as faith is very important in Japan and most Asian countries and I regard atheists as having something missing in their lives .I think the most horrible thing about religion is the influence of fundamentalists .It is they who cause the dreadful problems ...much better to live and let live.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 10:21 AM
From: Australia
@danny00,
You mention education in Finland, but you forgot to mention that according to Eurobarometer Poll (2005), only 41% of Finns believe there is a god, and according to Zuckerman (2005) up to 60% of Finns are agnostics, atheists, or non-believers.
Science, education & secularism = civilization, wealth & justice
Superstition, religious faith & ignorance = violence, poverty & corruption
From: United States
Roy Stone, you are a breath of fresh air. my day has been made, just by reading the insights posted by yourself and williom. thank you. i will close by paraphrasing my late friend Bob Marley, who stated
some people believe
Great God will come from the sky
wipe away all suffering
and make everybody feel high
then, he goes on to remind
if you know what life is worth
you will look for yours on earth.
true words.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 10:44 AM
From: Australia
Sorry, @Ricardolito,
You are wrong on nearly all counts:
Just because attendance at Catholic Churches (and your precious Anglican Church) is dropping off, religion is booming in DR and elsewhere. Fundamentalist Evangelist churches are making a killing in the DR.
The Vatican is still the richest multinational corporation in the world (assets, income, tax exemption, diplomatic immunity, banking, secular industries, influence in government, brand awareness, etc.) they don´t poor DR peasant clients.
So-called ¨moderate¨ churches have no future - smart, educated moderates become Atheists and stupid, uneducated ones become fundamentalists.
You are right that Atheists have something missing in their life - fear of eternity in the fires of hell or reliance on an imaginary friend in the sky.
@dreadlocks
You are half right - people are not ¨finding¨ god, they already believe in Jesus but are just switching brands due to very aggressive marketing.
From: United States
Roy reminds me
You are half right - people are not ¨finding¨ god, they already believe in Jesus but are just switching brands due to very aggressive marketing.
i stand corrected. but the constant , Roy, is that they believe in something other than themselves. instead of relying on their inputs to improve their conditions, they are going to the iglesia 6 nights a week, hoping that the sky god will finally get around to responding to their supplications, and award them a visa to the kingdom of plenty.
From: United States
by the way, Roy, thanks for the url to the obesity statistics. if that does not get you thinking, then i suggest you pay a visit to your physician. you might already be dead.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 11:00 AM
From: Australia
@Ricardolito,
You say ¨faith is very important in Japan and most Asian countries¨
Wrong!
Very Wrong!
About 70 percent of Japanese profess no religious membership,[7][8] according to Johnstone (1993:323), 84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion.
According to Wikipedia, in China ¨40% and 60%, is mostly agnostic or non-religious¨
The minority of Asians who are religious are Buddhist and do not believe in a god. Buddha is a state of being, not an imaginary friend in the sky, listening to prayers and making statues cry or putting images of himself on burnt toast.
Still, as a Xtian, you must not let reality get in the way of your blind faith!
From: United States
keep the tutorials coming, Roy.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 11:19 AM
From: Australia
@dreadlocks
I assume your ¨visa to the kingdom of plenty¨ is life in heaven after death.
There is a fundamental difference between the products sold by Catholic and Evangelical churches.
Catholics promise reward in heaven after death, and avoidance from eternity in torment in hell, by believing in Jesus and the Pope, and feeling guilty for your (and Adam´s) life of sin.
Evangelists by contrast promise miracle cures and financial windfalls in this life, provided you pay them enough money then wait your turn.
Many DR Catholics believe in Jesus and voodoo so are ripe for conversion to Evangelism, and the lotteries (bancas) are booming too! Where I live there are no news-stands, bookshops or libraries, but there is a bar, banca or a god-shop on nearly every corner.
From: United States
Roy, i guess this is what i have been saying, forever. the Evangelists here believe in some gospel of plenty, whereing a benevolent God will multiply their contributions to the collection plate, multiple fold. just keep coming to service, bring your money for the collection plate, buy the Bibles from the bookstore section, and, voila, one day it will be your turn. just like the banca, your number will come up. si Dios quiere. and, as you said, if there is a good investment in the DR, it is the banca. the compraventa runs a close second. followed by the cabana, disputing third place with the colmadon, or neighborhood watering hole.
Written by: Atabey, 4 Mar 2011 11:38 AM
From: United States, NYC
By 2030 or 2040 the Singularity Moment will arrive and with it the frightening Epoch of AI with human features will be upon us. So, perhaps all this will turn out mute and those unable, unwilling to engage in higher thinking will slowly be parted while the rest, a minority, will follow the competition until either some new form of Human/AI amalgamation emerges. South Korea has plans to introduce one personal AI assistant in every Korean home come 2030. And how this development, perhaps also in Japan, will undergo the massive computational advancements that Moore's Law states giving us Humans a mere limited lifespan before we our selves fall short of the mark when compared to advanced AI models.
Of course, we can picture a rosy future of personal educators, no need to leave the home for schooling! Communal schemes to retain our social habits. And less need to birth children since personal assistants will fill in the void and provide help on demand.
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 12:08 PM
From: Australia
@dreadlocks,
Hey I´m glad you mentioned cabanas. When I first came here and saw the cabana precinct of Santo Domingo, I thought it was a mini Las Vegas!
Still they provide a necessary service - where else can a girl take her boyfriend while still living with her parents and pretending to be a virgin? Where else can a boss take his secretary for lunchtime siesta?
From: United States
yes , Roy! where else?
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 12:31 PM
From: Australia
@Atabey
Thank you for mentioning the Singularity Moment - I did not know about it before and have just started reading up on it.
Absolutely fascinating! My first impression is feasible, maybe even inevitable. It may lead to the destruction of humanity, or maybe it´s salvation - I need to read, l am and think more before forming an opinion.
Maybe some AI for DR may be a good thing ... fill the void in RI (real intelligence)?
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 1:18 PM
From: Australia
@dreadlocks,
You say ¨they do not understand the bare minimum about acoustics¨
You are wrong.
Every DR guys understands you turn up your sound system till you drown out the other guy, produce distortion and square waves to stuff-up your voice-coils, then buy new bigger amplifier and speakers to drown out the other guy´s upgraded system, and impose your own boring Bachata, tedious Merangue, or brain-dead Hip-Hop on the environment!
Written by: williom, 4 Mar 2011 2:12 PM
From: United States
Damn, Roy! You really had my back and you really brought your stuff with you. Too bad, I cannot be as active as I'd like to be here in DT. Though, it's impossible for me to be as sharp as you.
@Dread
I am glad we made your day. And Roy did a very good job expressing his thoughts in this matter. Hopefully, others will grasp at least some of it, pause a bit, start thinking in a totally different manner.
__________________
I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
"Bertrand Russell"
Written by: danny00, 4 Mar 2011 5:24 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 10:21 AM
From: Australia
@danny00,
You mention education in Finland, but you forgot to mention that according to Eurobarometer Poll (2005), only 41% of Finns
YES BUT IF MY MATH IS CORRECT WHICH 99% OF THE TIME IT IS THAT LEAVES THE FINS WITH 59%
Written by: RoyStone, 4 Mar 2011 6:54 PM
From: Australia
@danny00,
Opps, I didn´t finish ...
only 41% of Finns believe there is a god.
The point I am making, is Finland´s advantage over DR is non-belief in an imaginary friend in the sky.
I rest my case!
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
what a whiole lot of rubbishy and rubbery statistics just to try to bebunk faith
Written by: RoyStone, 6 Mar 2011 12:21 AM
From: Australia
@Ricardolito
You are right!
Faith cannot be debunked by evidence - the definition of faith is belief in things that don´t exist.
Believers are immune to logic and science - that is why they still believe in their imaginary friend in the sky!
Oh .. and next time you talk to God, can you ask him why he slaughtered thousands of innocent Egyptian children during the passover? Also ask what he was thinking about when he instructed Moses and the Israelites to rape all the Caananite virgins.
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Thank you Taiwan for your cooperation.
The ties btw Taiwan and the DR are long standing.
The money will be drained by the government cronies of Leonel before it even gets to where its supposed to.
She says the centre will operate on the basis of human and gender rights but as the centre is only for women , what rights do men have ??
I hope she does not use this machine to look for early pregnancies and based on the above article she may not be too good with her advice.
Dread you are correct, that is the scum bag lady who raped the education system.
You Dominicans have to get rid of the Groundhogs day mentality. If you do not remember history, it will repeat itself.
Alejandrina German, will skim off the top and resell the equipment twice. When are you going to learn, this is embarrassing.
South Korea is one of the Great success stories of modern economic developmen
it is interesting, Atabey, that South Korea, once poorer than the DR, being little more than a bomb crater in the 50s, now boasts the fastest internet speeds on planet earth, while we languish in 129th place in that metric. nice.
I thought this woman was taken out of commission, but, then again Leo is still the president.
What South Korea's journey shows is that it is possible to modernize and develop a nation from poor status to modern rich status. The journey is painful and requires huge sacrifice, especially from the people, over several decades, 3 or 4, at a minimum. I once had a professor from south Korea ask me why is your country, DR, underdeveloped? It has so many advantages and is close to the largest consumer market, USA, on earth! At the time I told him that lack of elite consensus and in-fighting coupled with a long dictatorship that usurped many of the capitalist initiative of the local elite thus denying the modern development of capitalism in DR.
DR had its moment as I've expressed before after the aborted Civil War of 1965. But our leaders did not follow the painful but remunerative path of real modernization and development. Sad but an illustrative tale of two countries and path divergence development.
They'd sure get lazy arses up and working with pick and shovel.
And they could give Alejandrina a shovel too. I'd like to see her dig her own deep six.
I would much much rather live in the DR with Dominicans in the very laid back , rather lazy Dominican way ..there is a great difference between Asians and Latins and I would not judge which is the better but in economic energy terms it is no contest .Asians win hands down .
Ricardolito, 3 Mar 2011 12:25 PM
what has this got to do with Taiwan ??? the story is about a donation from Korea . And mammography equipment has nothing to do with pregnancies or sexual activities but is the seach in the breast for possible cancer by low level x ray machines
Written by: Atabey, 3 Mar 2011 1:07 PM
From: United States
Interesting that a nation that was once poorer than DR in the late 1950s should now have the means to support health initiatives to help the once richer nation. South Korea has made the difficult transition into the modern league of nations. That significant achievement is one we, in DR, can only wish or dream about. How did South Korea achieve such a wondrous transformation from poor member of the international community to a modern powerhouse of high tech, strong education, and massive export platform?
also please look at finland.
they for sure would teach the dr
finland a small country of 5.3 million people, only two decades ago they was by most measures the poorest countries in northen europe.
finland today boasts the headquaters of the cell phone maker nokia.
, and they have today cutting edge paper and pulp technology.
today they rank 31 in the world in freeddom houses ranking of the worlds most democratic countries. have much i could tell u about this country but have not the time how.
anyway when asked how they did this turn around they said they have 3 secrects.
education, education and education. that was their secrect.
and this is not bull iam throwing out.
they put their money in to the school system and it paid off for them well.
they rank 31 in the world in freeddom houses ranking of the worlds most democratic countries. have much i could tell u about this country but have not the time how.
THAT IS #1 IN THE WORLD.
SEE WHAT EDUCATION CAN DO HISTORY PROVES THIS LEO IS DEAD WRONG
METRO?
his bed-partners?
think for sure hes going down the wrong road.
some comment about uncle sam and his strings, well i would for sure have u this uncle then the group i speak about above pulling my strings.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/12/113_45496.html
These people just want us to go down with them.
Dr. Dread,
You took words out of my mouth on Alejandrina German.
This woman is most definitely not trustworthy and must never be allowed near any funds intended for the people. She is corrupt to the core, and very much looks the part.
She's brought much shame to her family name. I knew a very close relative of hers who was a man of great integrity, highly educated and beyond reproach, a man whom many of us were lucky to call friend.
For all of positive above comments on Koreans, regrettably, we must add a further attribute: "suckers". They've been had by "silk-hands" Alejandrina.
MJEV.
You
You
Your comments are very true, but you miss one major factor. Religion.
In South Korea,
46.5% are Atheist
22.8% are Buddhist
18.3% are Protestant and
10.9% are Roman Catholic
In the Dominican Republic,
70% are Roman Catholic
20% are Evangelist
In Haiti
80% are Roman Catholic
16% are Evangelist
You can draw your own conclusions.
Roystone, you are correct again-
That's why I do not comment as much as I would like to. People failed to realize that RELIGION is the root of all problems in ALL under-developed countries. Look at any of them. Let's stay locally as in Hispaniola. Religion brought a deep lack of motivation, lack of education... As a result, you have high crime rates, corruptions on all levels that impede the vital progress. Meanwhile, Religion causes Babies having Babies -adding more to the misery.
In Norway with a high level of Atheists, police officers do not even carry guns due to its extreme low crime rate. In the USA, the jail is turned into a high profitable business. Unfortunately, the religious zealots highjacked the USA political spectrum and you can see how its overall structure is not responding to the global challenges.
.....
When you show someone is riding a Dinosaur as part of your teaching gimmick, you must then biblically teach him that the circumference of a circle is exactly 3 times its diameter with Pi = 3.
The real value of Pi is:
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 ...
In the USA, I can walk with a t-shirt that says: "God loves you". Yet, if I walk with one that says: "There is no God", the loving Christians would beat me to death in the name of their Sky-Daddy.
Someone is always making money off of the gullible minds. An impoverished country will never advance as long as its occupants are waiting to go eat some delicious pie in Heaven -while the corrupt politicians brashly eat the country's entire pie. I read tirelessly here how the uneducated Haitians are badly behaving in the DR side, and how the DR education system is not functioning, well...
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You see, Illiteracy causes Poverty. Poverty causes Crime. Crime causes Insecurity. Insecurity causes Anxiety... Religion is blooming. Let's not talk about gender inequality. Now, do you think Microsoft, Toyota would invest in a situation like this?
I leave you with this: If Hispaniola secularly becomes free of this brain-washing propaganda, education would fix most of its problem. Both countries would live in Harmony. And I bet you that future DR generation would replace the word "Dios" in the flag ...unanimously.
I am not holding my breath for Hispanola to become ¨free of this brain-washing propaganda¨. Certainly Atheism is increasing in enlightened countries, however the world´s population explosion is happening in countries determined to remain uneducated. Also fundamentalism is on the rise and democracies and dictatorships are being replaced by theocracies. Fundamentalist Islam is taking over the middle east, and fundamentalist Evangelist Christianity is taking over USA. We are slipping in to another Dark Ages, probably deeper than the last, due to technology.
¨Ministry of Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion Center for Youngsters in the Dominican Republic¨? - I have not noticed anything lacking in DR young women´s sexuality or fertility - both are leading the world! Where I live most girls are pregnant by 16 years of age, (Just like the ¨virgin ¨ in the holy buy-bull?), despite the ready availability of free contraception from the government.
Source: International Obesity Taskforce, International Association for the Study of Obesity
http://www.allcountries.org/ranks...._prevalence_of_adult_obesity.html
I am an Anglican and my faith is important just as faith is very important in Japan and most Asian countries and I regard atheists as having something missing in their lives .I think the most horrible thing about religion is the influence of fundamentalists .It is they who cause the dreadful problems ...much better to live and let live.
You mention education in Finland, but you forgot to mention that according to Eurobarometer Poll (2005), only 41% of Finns believe there is a god, and according to Zuckerman (2005) up to 60% of Finns are agnostics, atheists, or non-believers.
Science, education & secularism = civilization, wealth & justice
Superstition, religious faith & ignorance = violence, poverty & corruption
some people believe
Great God will come from the sky
wipe away all suffering
and make everybody feel high
then, he goes on to remind
if you know what life is worth
you will look for yours on earth.
true words.
You are wrong on nearly all counts:
Just because attendance at Catholic Churches (and your precious Anglican Church) is dropping off, religion is booming in DR and elsewhere. Fundamentalist Evangelist churches are making a killing in the DR.
The Vatican is still the richest multinational corporation in the world (assets, income, tax exemption, diplomatic immunity, banking, secular industries, influence in government, brand awareness, etc.) they don´t poor DR peasant clients.
So-called ¨moderate¨ churches have no future - smart, educated moderates become Atheists and stupid, uneducated ones become fundamentalists.
You are right that Atheists have something missing in their life - fear of eternity in the fires of hell or reliance on an imaginary friend in the sky.
@dreadlocks
You are half right - people are not ¨finding¨ god, they already believe in Jesus but are just switching brands due to very aggressive marketing.
You are half right - people are not ¨finding¨ god, they already believe in Jesus but are just switching brands due to very aggressive marketing.
i stand corrected. but the constant , Roy, is that they believe in something other than themselves. instead of relying on their inputs to improve their conditions, they are going to the iglesia 6 nights a week, hoping that the sky god will finally get around to responding to their supplications, and award them a visa to the kingdom of plenty.
You say ¨faith is very important in Japan and most Asian countries¨
Wrong!
Very Wrong!
About 70 percent of Japanese profess no religious membership,[7][8] according to Johnstone (1993:323), 84% of the Japanese claim no personal religion.
According to Wikipedia, in China ¨40% and 60%, is mostly agnostic or non-religious¨
The minority of Asians who are religious are Buddhist and do not believe in a god. Buddha is a state of being, not an imaginary friend in the sky, listening to prayers and making statues cry or putting images of himself on burnt toast.
Still, as a Xtian, you must not let reality get in the way of your blind faith!
I assume your ¨visa to the kingdom of plenty¨ is life in heaven after death.
There is a fundamental difference between the products sold by Catholic and Evangelical churches.
Catholics promise reward in heaven after death, and avoidance from eternity in torment in hell, by believing in Jesus and the Pope, and feeling guilty for your (and Adam´s) life of sin.
Evangelists by contrast promise miracle cures and financial windfalls in this life, provided you pay them enough money then wait your turn.
Many DR Catholics believe in Jesus and voodoo so are ripe for conversion to Evangelism, and the lotteries (bancas) are booming too! Where I live there are no news-stands, bookshops or libraries, but there is a bar, banca or a god-shop on nearly every corner.
Of course, we can picture a rosy future of personal educators, no need to leave the home for schooling! Communal schemes to retain our social habits. And less need to birth children since personal assistants will fill in the void and provide help on demand.
Hey I´m glad you mentioned cabanas. When I first came here and saw the cabana precinct of Santo Domingo, I thought it was a mini Las Vegas!
Still they provide a necessary service - where else can a girl take her boyfriend while still living with her parents and pretending to be a virgin? Where else can a boss take his secretary for lunchtime siesta?
Thank you for mentioning the Singularity Moment - I did not know about it before and have just started reading up on it.
Absolutely fascinating! My first impression is feasible, maybe even inevitable. It may lead to the destruction of humanity, or maybe it´s salvation - I need to read, l am and think more before forming an opinion.
Maybe some AI for DR may be a good thing ... fill the void in RI (real intelligence)?
You say ¨they do not understand the bare minimum about acoustics¨
You are wrong.
Every DR guys understands you turn up your sound system till you drown out the other guy, produce distortion and square waves to stuff-up your voice-coils, then buy new bigger amplifier and speakers to drown out the other guy´s upgraded system, and impose your own boring Bachata, tedious Merangue, or brain-dead Hip-Hop on the environment!
Damn, Roy! You really had my back and you really brought your stuff with you. Too bad, I cannot be as active as I'd like to be here in DT. Though, it's impossible for me to be as sharp as you.
@Dread
I am glad we made your day. And Roy did a very good job expressing his thoughts in this matter. Hopefully, others will grasp at least some of it, pause a bit, start thinking in a totally different manner.
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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world.
"Bertrand Russell"
From: Australia
@danny00,
You mention education in Finland, but you forgot to mention that according to Eurobarometer Poll (2005), only 41% of Finns
YES BUT IF MY MATH IS CORRECT WHICH 99% OF THE TIME IT IS THAT LEAVES THE FINS WITH 59%
Opps, I didn´t finish ...
only 41% of Finns believe there is a god.
The point I am making, is Finland´s advantage over DR is non-belief in an imaginary friend in the sky.
I rest my case!
You are right!
Faith cannot be debunked by evidence - the definition of faith is belief in things that don´t exist.
Believers are immune to logic and science - that is why they still believe in their imaginary friend in the sky!
Oh .. and next time you talk to God, can you ask him why he slaughtered thousands of innocent Egyptian children during the passover? Also ask what he was thinking about when he instructed Moses and the Israelites to rape all the Caananite virgins.