Santo Domingo.- With three days to
go before handing over power, president Leonel Fernández toured the north western border
provinces of Dajabón and Montecristi to open a training school for the
Specialized Frontier Security Corps (CESFRONT), a club, a sports stadium, and a
housing project.
The total cost of these projects
comes to RD$423 million, said the President’s Office.
The head of state exalted the
importance of the club as well as the fact that the baseball field was named after Dominican baseball legend Juan
Marichal.
The first project, the CESFRONT
training academy, cost over RD$100 million to build and will contribute to
tackling illegal immigration, weapons and drugs trafficking and terrorism.
In a speech, General Santo Domingo
Guerrero Clase said that the military complex has three classrooms, a medical
dispensary, offices, hangars for specialized equipment, a monitoring center,
two cafeterias and a library.
Presidente Fernández then traveled
on to Dajabón, where he formally opened a cultural club “El Ensueño
Dajabonero”, built by the State Projects Engineers Supervisory Office at a cost
of RD$53 million.
Dajabón governor Esther Ramírez said
that it was the most modern cultural center in the region and that it would “encourage
the younger generations to learn about culture”.
Written by: zooma, 13 Aug 2012 7:25 AM
From: United States
This is ribbon cutting all and good.
But, the real indicator of the Fernández legacy will be the eleventh hour presidential pardons. Who is selected to be pardoned will show where his heart or wallet is.
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
He has cut ribbons for unfinished projects too...
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
This is one Asss-backward president.... This should have been done before the back-stabbing
Written by: juanb, 13 Aug 2012 9:46 AM
From: Dominican Republic
He's handing over nothing.
He's just moving his office.
Written by: josean, 13 Aug 2012 10:11 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
jb gran slam!
From: Dominican Republic, La Romana
Number of useless generals, up 1. Border service is not a militairy activity, why should the head of a local part of that service hold the rank of general? Tree days to give away useless promotions!
Written by: josean, 13 Aug 2012 11:14 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Does the USELESS METRO have its own Useless General?
Written by: synapse, 13 Aug 2012 11:34 AM
From: United States
He is the Olympic Gold Medal Winner of Ribbon Cutting with a Credit Card!
Written by: josean, 13 Aug 2012 11:45 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Synapse,
Gran Slam!
From: United States
the ultimate egomaniac does what he does best...promoting himself.
Written by: Danilo, 13 Aug 2012 1:34 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
I think this ribbon cutting business should be done the first monday of every month and not wait until the last week of your term.
From: United States
Cant wait till Danilo takes power on thursday what A wonderful president he will be..he will continue Leonel's good work
Written by: RonEvane 
, 13 Aug 2012 2:48 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Wow, He's going out with a bang, isn't he?..He wants to be remembered as "the one" who built lots of stuff, therefore, should be strongly considered for a future term.! Yes?.. Or so he thinks.
All things considered, the guy has been better than most other presidents. At least our economy has been stable for most of his tenure. Also, building a Metro, as controversial as it has been, is a good thing, regardless of his motivation for it...Still, I wouldn't vote for the guy again.
He's proven to be a part of the big problem with corruption and has not done enought to improve our nation's standing in education.
Good riddance, Leonel!...Glad to see you go.
Medina, haz lo tuyo y triunfemos!
Written by: vacanos, 13 Aug 2012 3:02 PM
From: United States, An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
At the very least Leonel out of a single Peso spend ten cent wisely while the PRD take the whole Peso for themselves. We will have a country for a few more years because papa got beat up in the last election.
Written by: josean, 13 Aug 2012 3:12 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
The three Biggest Dominican Albatrosses of All Time: El Faro a Colon, the Useless METRO and Lie-onel; to bad in three days we can only get rid of one!
Written by: IloveDR, 13 Aug 2012 3:23 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
silly haitian joseana, useless metro? nigga please. The demand for the metro has always been high.
Written by: Yucahu, 13 Aug 2012 3:40 PM
From: United States, Miami
It's true he has done a lot. But dude gotta go, he's finally reactivated his dormant self. If only he could help cut down on the crime the same way he cuts them ribbons things would be a lot different.
Written by: RonEvane , 13 Aug 2012 3:57 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
@Ilove DR...The half-wit has not the capacity to differenciate between logic and folly.
It's best to ignore and pity the compulsive idiot. It's not his fault being born retarded and incapacitated.
Que Dios lo salve de si-mismo.!
Written by: josean, 13 Aug 2012 4:20 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
The No-whit supports Non-priority METROS when millions of Dominican children are starving for a competative EDUCATION!
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
Ron,
You and Yuca can stop spooning now, the other IDEA for the cross-border train w/o actually crossing the border is a better and logical idea, the whole island benefits from it, not just the SDQ area. So, before you gals toot your horn and complement each other with a reach-around, lets see the price tag first........
OKAY!!!!
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
lol... My apologies Ron, I jumped the gun
From: Norway
The head clown of DR. If you voted for him 1st term it might be an excuse, but if you did continue
consider yourself in his ranks - u are just happy to be with the clown of your own.
Written by: vacanos, 13 Aug 2012 4:54 PM
From: United States, An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Josie you still kicking yourself over the Metro? Good lord I though that you came out of your little world by now. Believe it or not the Metro have been good to the country.
But if you are one of those Commies like Hubieres then nothing can persuade you to start living in the real world. I have a feeling that you are a relative of Juan Hubieres?>
Written by: RonEvane , 13 Aug 2012 6:09 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"Believe it or not the Metro have been good to the country."
Vacanos, only locos and altaneros would opt for paying $5.50USD per gallon of regular gas, ($6.75, for premium) and keep bleeding the country of needed $$ by purchasing oil to power gas-guzzlers!
Our Metro charges $0,50cents per ride, but it's subsidized, which syphons money from other important projects, true, but at least the money STAYS in our economy, not in Chavez's coffers.
Anyone with a little common sense, can see this. Unfortunately, (and to our chagrin), there are a few typical Dominican super-idiots, that do not have that ability...Alas!
From: Dominican Republic
vacanos "Believe it or not the Metro have been good to the country."
You do mean parts Santo Domingo right? Not the "country"
Or could you tell us how a person in Santiago or La Romana or even someone living out near the airport benefits for it?
I live in Santo Domingo and it runs know where near where I live, so what is my benefit?
I also see no reduction in traffic! How does the SD traffic look from up there in the US?
Written by: Danilo, 13 Aug 2012 6:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
Josean likes to speak with his mouth full, full of cacalami.
The metro is here to stay, let's shut up and make the best of it!
Written by: generoso, 13 Aug 2012 6:49 PM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
Now that the military in charge of the border (Cesfront) has their own school and quarters, maybe they will focus their attention, and wake up, and try enforcing the DR immigration laws.
Hey guys 2.5 million illegals and they keep coming in as we speak...........
I am dying here!
Written by: Danilo, 13 Aug 2012 7:22 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
If we could at least get one third of those illegals out of the country it would make everything so much smoother for the government and for Dominican citizens, and if we could get half of them out, we would probably have enough resources for all.
Btw, I love how the UN likes to publish a minuscule number for the amount of illegal Haitians in our country.
Written by: vacanos, 13 Aug 2012 7:44 PM
From: United States, An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Stillhere
Josie need some love. Go give it to him :)
Written by: RoyStone, 13 Aug 2012 8:08 PM
From: Australia
Danilo,
Get rid of the illegals, then who's gonna do all your dirty, hard jobs for a pittance?
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Stop the ranting joseana you're not even Dominican. Anything happening in this country does not affect you, except for our constitution, and your illegal family born in this country.
Written by: RoyStone, 13 Aug 2012 8:22 PM
From: Australia
Stillhere,
What's good for Santo Domingo is good for the country. Sure not every Dominican lives there, but the Dominican Republic's biggest city has one of the highest concentrations of its population living there - more than London, New York, Moscow and Sydney - all that benefit greatly from their underground railway system. Given the massively inadequate state of the road system, the total absence of freeways and the appalling driving habits of Dominican moterists, a Metro for Santo Domingo is even more desirable. It just needs to be far more extensive than it is at the moment. If ans when there is a surface rail to Santiago, and if it integrates with the Metro, then it will be even more useful, making daily commuting a practical possibility.
Written by: RoyStone, 13 Aug 2012 8:29 PM
From: Australia
I'm sure the baseball field will "contribute to tackling illegal immigration, weapons and drugs trafficking and terrorism.'
Only 3 classrooms? That's 1 classroom per 67 generals, (not counting the other ranks, if there are any).
Written by: RonEvane , 13 Aug 2012 8:43 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"I live in Santo Domingo and it runs nowhere near where I live, so what is my benefit?"
Stillhere, the Metro cannot serve the entire capital....yet!
Give it a few years to build the fulfilled and concluded system, and you'll have a station within walking distance.!
That is the plan and the perfect solution to many of our obstacles to prosperity, beginning with reduction in oil imports, to the ease, safety and comfort of commuting to work and school!
Believe me friend, nothing as positive has happen in our nation, as this crazy, but effective way to advance our lot in life.!!
The next step is to build railroads fueled with Biodiesel produced in our own country.!!
Stillhere, you and I and many of us, the forward-thinking people of present time, will build the foundation of happiness and prosperity for generations to come!! It's feasible,. It is palpable and within our capability to make it a reality.!!
You'll see!!!!....er, no. I'm not being delusional.!..............?
Written by: Danilo, 13 Aug 2012 9:26 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
5 illegals do the job that one dominican can do with proper machinery... in the short run it seems a lot cheaper to use the illegals since you don't have to buy modern machinery
Written by: Danilo, 13 Aug 2012 9:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
Btw, does anybody know if the government has a website where they publish all the projects they undertake?
From: Dominican Republic
vacanos Stillhere
Josie need some love. Go give it to him :)
Why do you don't want to or can't answer the question?
Ron. my problem is not with having a metro, it is the cost at this time with metro line 2 running short on money already, the fact that all metros around the world run to a CBD, Santo Domingo has no CBD to speak of, that it came at the expense to the whole nation , not the city. Last .. a rail network between major towns is more needed and would move freight and passengers, including tourists.
Yes a metro is a good thing when all linked together and have a clear path to why it goes somewhere, but it's not the countries major priority for the vast amount spent on it.
Written by: airgordo, 13 Aug 2012 11:55 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: RonEvane
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Wow, He's going out with a bang, isn't he?..He wants to be remembered as "the one" who built lots of stuff, therefore, should be strongly considered for a future term.! Yes?.. Or so he thinks.
All things considered, the guy has been better than most other presidents. At least our economy has been stable for most of his tenure. Also, building a Metro, as controversial as it has been, is a good thing, regardless of his motivation for it...Still, I wouldn't vote for the guy again.
He's proven to be a part of the big problem with corruption and has not done enought to improve our nation's standing in education.
Good riddance, Leonel!...Glad to see you go.
Medina, haz lo tuyo y triunfemos!
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he has solved NOTHING, he has NOTHING to show on 12 years on the office as the same problems he got when he got in ARE NOW EVEN WORST...NO ONE asked for that stupid metro, or him investing the FUTURE of this country on th
Written by: airgordo, 13 Aug 2012 11:59 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: RoyStone, 13 Aug 2012 8:08 PM
From: Australia
Danilo,
Get rid of the illegals, then who's gonna do all your dirty, hard jobs for a pittance?
---
This country was founded on 1844...guess who did all that stuff BEFORE the massive illegal flow??...yes, those people did not come from mars, did they?
Written by: airgordo, 14 Aug 2012 12:03 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Written by: stillhere, 13 Aug 2012 6:34 PM
From: Dominican Republic
vacanos "Believe it or not the Metro have been good to the country."
You do mean parts Santo Domingo right? Not the "country"
Or could you tell us how a person in Santiago or La Romana or even someone living out near the airport benefits for it?
I live in Santo Domingo and it runs know where near where I live, so what is my benefit?
I also see no reduction in traffic! How does the SD traffic look from up there in the US?
---
BINGO!!! MY hard earned MONEY was buried on that stupid hole that does NOTHING to improve MY LIFE, it does not even improves +90% of the lives of people that live on Santo Domingo!! WHY was the money to EDUCATE the WHOLE COUNTRY was buried on a stupid hole THAT NO ONE ASKED??? and even more NO ONE PROMISED!! no even the clown who made it Build!!
Written by: josean, 14 Aug 2012 1:15 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Hi I am josean and I endorse the following opinion:
"Leonel Fernández Reyna wanted to be a Pharaoh and ruled against the country"
"Pedro Catrain, political analyst and lawyer, harshly criticized the management of Dr. Fernández and did not make any concessions to those that give many praise administration that concludes."
"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-With governmental management of 8 years of Leonel Fernandez the country receded institutionally and politically, and the President of the Republic only insisted on preparing conditions for his next return to power, forgetting its high responsibility to Dominican society."
"The judgment was rendered by the lawyer and political scientist Pedro Catrain, who censured in a rough way the unethical conduct of the President of the Republic, who allowed corruption, did not deliver EDUCATION resources and provided for the institutional regression of various State bodies, including Congress and the judiciary."
.
continued:
Written by: josean, 14 Aug 2012 1:17 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"See the interview below with Pedro Catrain, regarding the departure of Dr. Leonel Fernández from the Presidency of the Republic this August 16."
Like Warner Wolfe says let’s go to the video tape:
acento.com.do/index.php/news/20248/56/Leonel-Fernandez-Reyna-quiso-ser-un-faraon-y-goberno-contra-el-pais.html
Note:
Disclaimer, I josean had no influence whatsoever on Dr. Catrain’s comments!
Written by: generoso, 14 Aug 2012 1:38 AM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
Catrain ran for congress and got two votes, his private practice is in shambles.
"He who liveth in a glass house, should not hurl stones".
Everybody now is throwing stones at LF, because he is on his way out, why didn't they speak up a year ago? That is a cheap shot, even if it is all true.
Written by: josean, 14 Aug 2012 2:19 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"That is a cheap shot, even if it is all true."
Now there is a contradiction if I ever saw one!
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Haitiano, tu eres como el mojon que no coje cabeza.
Tu quieres ser Dominicano a la mala.
Written by: josean, 14 Aug 2012 8:05 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Y tu un ser humano, parasito!
Written by: danny00, 14 Aug 2012 9:22 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
get rid of the illegals, then who's gonna do all your dirty, hard jobs for a pittance?
if u like it or not but the truth of the matter is
haitian workers have long been a mainstay of dominican agriculture, construction and other low-wage industries.
used to watch the haitians go into the sugar cane fields to cut the cane while the dominicans stood of the side lines holding their presidente in their hands and in the shade.
sure the dominicans are going into the fields but not in this life time.
if they did this now can they then pay attention to their drug business and the business of robbing cell phones from young girls.
ok! tell me now.
choo choo train
all aboard. better the dominicans ride the choo choo to the blue mall and get some good salami to eat.
From: United States
will someone who supports the efficacy of the metro please show me some studies pertaining to
1..carbon particulate reduction
2...reduction in traffic congestion
3...reduction in drive times
4..reduction in consumption of petroleum and its derivatives
when someone does that, then we can argue the relative merits of the initiative. otherwise, it is just a case of taking sides.
by the way, we can also get into the opportunity costs of undertaking the metro, versus other pressing initiatives. and, do not forget, it will have to be subsidized, in perpetuity. that is money that could have gone elsewhere.
finally, the sunway system in a city like NYC takes productive people from outlying areas, into the business centers. Wall Street types, and other productive people, use it to go to work in the hubs of commerce. what is the demographic of the catchment areas of the metro, and its stops along the route?
From: United States
will someone who supports the efficacy of the metro please show me some studies pertaining to
1..carbon particulate reduction
2...reduction in traffic congestion
3...reduction in drive times
4..reduction in consumption of petroleum and its derivatives
when someone does that, then we can argue the relative merits of the initiative. otherwise, it is just a case of taking sides.
by the way, we can also get into the opportunity costs of undertaking the metro, versus other pressing initiatives. and, do not forget, it will have to be subsidized, in perpetuity. that is money that could have gone elsewhere.
finally, the subway system in a city like NYC takes productive people from outlying areas, into the business centers. Wall Street types, and other productive people, use it to go to work in the hubs of commerce. what is the demographic of the catchment areas of the metro, and its stops along the route?
Written by: danny00, 14 Aug 2012 9:33 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
Written by: dreadlocks, 14 Aug 2012 9:27 AM
From: United States
will someone who supports the efficacy of the metro please show me some studies pertaining to
1..carbon particulate reduction
2...reduction in traffic congestion
3...reduction in drive times
4..reduction in consumption of petroleum and its derivatives
BE NICE IF THE PEOPLE IN CHINA WOULD READ THIS COMMENT, BUT GUESS THE DR IS A GOOD START IF ANY ONE WILL LISTEN TO THE ABOVE {DON'T THINK SO}
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
All aboard the African klan is in the house.
Y quienes son los parasitos? LOSERS.
Written by: josean, 14 Aug 2012 10:14 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Weak an un-original like your parasite hero Lie-onel!
From: United States, NJ
My personal opinion on the METRO building is:
Every Dominican in the back of his head had " If we could have a metro build like the one in NYC
for a growing population in SD" but again where are we going to get the fundings for such megga project? No one gives you any thing, with out strings attached. The time was riped after the earth quake in Haiti, and the first thing to show up was A US air craft carrier instead of 3 or 4 Navy Hopsital ships,All nations in the world promissed to help reconstruct Haiti very few came thru there after.The only country that showed up for a price was DR in exchange for building such a Megga project by the W/B, IMF, who opened credit line to the present DR gvt, backed up by WDC,,DR has promised to absorve all illegals and cheap labor from Haiti in exchanged for the loans.The US"s economy been the only healthy one, took it upon hemselves with their power and influence to relocate...
From: United States, NJ
continue:
Once the Haitians were placed onboard US Hospital Ships there was no way out for the USA but to take them in the main land, which they were not about to do.The cheapest and most logical way for them was to force the DR gvt to take them all in,even if our DR hospitals became full of all kind of Haitians and contageous deseases that were carried by them. To have such ungratefull
Haitians demanding of what DR should do for them via UN, and French nationalized Haitians
LF did not give it a two hoops the outcome of all these as long as his Megga project got build and its outcome.
If you ask me I don't think the DR nation owes the W/B or the IMF a cent and call it all even except
help them complete the Metro at no cost to DR as agree.I would suggest that Mr Tolentino and DR
gvt envolved in all these transaction give the DR people full accotability for what took place and bring it to light.
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This is ribbon cutting all and good.
But, the real indicator of the Fernández legacy will be the eleventh hour presidential pardons. Who is selected to be pardoned will show where his heart or wallet is.
He's handing over nothing.
He's just moving his office.
jb gran slam!
Does the USELESS METRO have its own Useless General?
He is the Olympic Gold Medal Winner of Ribbon Cutting with a Credit Card!
Synapse,
Gran Slam!
Wow, He's going out with a bang, isn't he?..He wants to be remembered as "the one" who built lots of stuff, therefore, should be strongly considered for a future term.! Yes?.. Or so he thinks.
All things considered, the guy has been better than most other presidents. At least our economy has been stable for most of his tenure. Also, building a Metro, as controversial as it has been, is a good thing, regardless of his motivation for it...Still, I wouldn't vote for the guy again.
He's proven to be a part of the big problem with corruption and has not done enought to improve our nation's standing in education.
Good riddance, Leonel!...Glad to see you go.
Medina, haz lo tuyo y triunfemos!
At the very least Leonel out of a single Peso spend ten cent wisely while the PRD take the whole Peso for themselves. We will have a country for a few more years because papa got beat up in the last election.
The three Biggest Dominican Albatrosses of All Time: El Faro a Colon, the Useless METRO and Lie-onel; to bad in three days we can only get rid of one!
@Ilove DR...The half-wit has not the capacity to differenciate between logic and folly.
It's best to ignore and pity the compulsive idiot. It's not his fault being born retarded and incapacitated.
Que Dios lo salve de si-mismo.!
The No-whit supports Non-priority METROS when millions of Dominican children are starving for a competative EDUCATION!
You and Yuca can stop spooning now, the other IDEA for the cross-border train w/o actually crossing the border is a better and logical idea, the whole island benefits from it, not just the SDQ area. So, before you gals toot your horn and complement each other with a reach-around, lets see the price tag first........
OKAY!!!!
consider yourself in his ranks - u are just happy to be with the clown of your own.
But if you are one of those Commies like Hubieres then nothing can persuade you to start living in the real world. I have a feeling that you are a relative of Juan Hubieres?>
Vacanos, only locos and altaneros would opt for paying $5.50USD per gallon of regular gas, ($6.75, for premium) and keep bleeding the country of needed $$ by purchasing oil to power gas-guzzlers!
Our Metro charges $0,50cents per ride, but it's subsidized, which syphons money from other important projects, true, but at least the money STAYS in our economy, not in Chavez's coffers.
Anyone with a little common sense, can see this. Unfortunately, (and to our chagrin), there are a few typical Dominican super-idiots, that do not have that ability...Alas!
You do mean parts Santo Domingo right? Not the "country"
Or could you tell us how a person in Santiago or La Romana or even someone living out near the airport benefits for it?
I live in Santo Domingo and it runs know where near where I live, so what is my benefit?
I also see no reduction in traffic! How does the SD traffic look from up there in the US?
The metro is here to stay, let's shut up and make the best of it!
Hey guys 2.5 million illegals and they keep coming in as we speak...........
I am dying here!
Btw, I love how the UN likes to publish a minuscule number for the amount of illegal Haitians in our country.
Stillhere
Josie need some love. Go give it to him :)
Get rid of the illegals, then who's gonna do all your dirty, hard jobs for a pittance?
What's good for Santo Domingo is good for the country. Sure not every Dominican lives there, but the Dominican Republic's biggest city has one of the highest concentrations of its population living there - more than London, New York, Moscow and Sydney - all that benefit greatly from their underground railway system. Given the massively inadequate state of the road system, the total absence of freeways and the appalling driving habits of Dominican moterists, a Metro for Santo Domingo is even more desirable. It just needs to be far more extensive than it is at the moment. If ans when there is a surface rail to Santiago, and if it integrates with the Metro, then it will be even more useful, making daily commuting a practical possibility.
Only 3 classrooms? That's 1 classroom per 67 generals, (not counting the other ranks, if there are any).
"I live in Santo Domingo and it runs nowhere near where I live, so what is my benefit?"
Stillhere, the Metro cannot serve the entire capital....yet!
Give it a few years to build the fulfilled and concluded system, and you'll have a station within walking distance.!
That is the plan and the perfect solution to many of our obstacles to prosperity, beginning with reduction in oil imports, to the ease, safety and comfort of commuting to work and school!
Believe me friend, nothing as positive has happen in our nation, as this crazy, but effective way to advance our lot in life.!!
The next step is to build railroads fueled with Biodiesel produced in our own country.!!
Stillhere, you and I and many of us, the forward-thinking people of present time, will build the foundation of happiness and prosperity for generations to come!! It's feasible,. It is palpable and within our capability to make it a reality.!!
You'll see!!!!....er, no. I'm not being delusional.!..............?
Josie need some love. Go give it to him :)
Why do you don't want to or can't answer the question?
Ron. my problem is not with having a metro, it is the cost at this time with metro line 2 running short on money already, the fact that all metros around the world run to a CBD, Santo Domingo has no CBD to speak of, that it came at the expense to the whole nation , not the city. Last .. a rail network between major towns is more needed and would move freight and passengers, including tourists.
Yes a metro is a good thing when all linked together and have a clear path to why it goes somewhere, but it's not the countries major priority for the vast amount spent on it.
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Wow, He's going out with a bang, isn't he?..He wants to be remembered as "the one" who built lots of stuff, therefore, should be strongly considered for a future term.! Yes?.. Or so he thinks.
All things considered, the guy has been better than most other presidents. At least our economy has been stable for most of his tenure. Also, building a Metro, as controversial as it has been, is a good thing, regardless of his motivation for it...Still, I wouldn't vote for the guy again.
He's proven to be a part of the big problem with corruption and has not done enought to improve our nation's standing in education.
Good riddance, Leonel!...Glad to see you go.
Medina, haz lo tuyo y triunfemos!
---
he has solved NOTHING, he has NOTHING to show on 12 years on the office as the same problems he got when he got in ARE NOW EVEN WORST...NO ONE asked for that stupid metro, or him investing the FUTURE of this country on th
From: Australia
Danilo,
Get rid of the illegals, then who's gonna do all your dirty, hard jobs for a pittance?
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This country was founded on 1844...guess who did all that stuff BEFORE the massive illegal flow??...yes, those people did not come from mars, did they?
From: Dominican Republic
vacanos "Believe it or not the Metro have been good to the country."
You do mean parts Santo Domingo right? Not the "country"
Or could you tell us how a person in Santiago or La Romana or even someone living out near the airport benefits for it?
I live in Santo Domingo and it runs know where near where I live, so what is my benefit?
I also see no reduction in traffic! How does the SD traffic look from up there in the US?
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BINGO!!! MY hard earned MONEY was buried on that stupid hole that does NOTHING to improve MY LIFE, it does not even improves +90% of the lives of people that live on Santo Domingo!! WHY was the money to EDUCATE the WHOLE COUNTRY was buried on a stupid hole THAT NO ONE ASKED??? and even more NO ONE PROMISED!! no even the clown who made it Build!!
Hi I am josean and I endorse the following opinion:
"Leonel Fernández Reyna wanted to be a Pharaoh and ruled against the country"
"Pedro Catrain, political analyst and lawyer, harshly criticized the management of Dr. Fernández and did not make any concessions to those that give many praise administration that concludes."
"SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-With governmental management of 8 years of Leonel Fernandez the country receded institutionally and politically, and the President of the Republic only insisted on preparing conditions for his next return to power, forgetting its high responsibility to Dominican society."
"The judgment was rendered by the lawyer and political scientist Pedro Catrain, who censured in a rough way the unethical conduct of the President of the Republic, who allowed corruption, did not deliver EDUCATION resources and provided for the institutional regression of various State bodies, including Congress and the judiciary."
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continued:
"See the interview below with Pedro Catrain, regarding the departure of Dr. Leonel Fernández from the Presidency of the Republic this August 16."
Like Warner Wolfe says let’s go to the video tape:
acento.com.do/index.php/news/20248/56/Leonel-Fernandez-Reyna-quiso-ser-un-faraon-y-goberno-contra-el-pais.html
Note:
Disclaimer, I josean had no influence whatsoever on Dr. Catrain’s comments!
"He who liveth in a glass house, should not hurl stones".
Everybody now is throwing stones at LF, because he is on his way out, why didn't they speak up a year ago? That is a cheap shot, even if it is all true.
"That is a cheap shot, even if it is all true."
Now there is a contradiction if I ever saw one!
Tu quieres ser Dominicano a la mala.
Y tu un ser humano, parasito!
if u like it or not but the truth of the matter is
haitian workers have long been a mainstay of dominican agriculture, construction and other low-wage industries.
used to watch the haitians go into the sugar cane fields to cut the cane while the dominicans stood of the side lines holding their presidente in their hands and in the shade.
sure the dominicans are going into the fields but not in this life time.
if they did this now can they then pay attention to their drug business and the business of robbing cell phones from young girls.
ok! tell me now.
choo choo train
all aboard. better the dominicans ride the choo choo to the blue mall and get some good salami to eat.
1..carbon particulate reduction
2...reduction in traffic congestion
3...reduction in drive times
4..reduction in consumption of petroleum and its derivatives
when someone does that, then we can argue the relative merits of the initiative. otherwise, it is just a case of taking sides.
by the way, we can also get into the opportunity costs of undertaking the metro, versus other pressing initiatives. and, do not forget, it will have to be subsidized, in perpetuity. that is money that could have gone elsewhere.
finally, the sunway system in a city like NYC takes productive people from outlying areas, into the business centers. Wall Street types, and other productive people, use it to go to work in the hubs of commerce. what is the demographic of the catchment areas of the metro, and its stops along the route?
1..carbon particulate reduction
2...reduction in traffic congestion
3...reduction in drive times
4..reduction in consumption of petroleum and its derivatives
when someone does that, then we can argue the relative merits of the initiative. otherwise, it is just a case of taking sides.
by the way, we can also get into the opportunity costs of undertaking the metro, versus other pressing initiatives. and, do not forget, it will have to be subsidized, in perpetuity. that is money that could have gone elsewhere.
finally, the subway system in a city like NYC takes productive people from outlying areas, into the business centers. Wall Street types, and other productive people, use it to go to work in the hubs of commerce. what is the demographic of the catchment areas of the metro, and its stops along the route?
From: United States
will someone who supports the efficacy of the metro please show me some studies pertaining to
1..carbon particulate reduction
2...reduction in traffic congestion
3...reduction in drive times
4..reduction in consumption of petroleum and its derivatives
BE NICE IF THE PEOPLE IN CHINA WOULD READ THIS COMMENT, BUT GUESS THE DR IS A GOOD START IF ANY ONE WILL LISTEN TO THE ABOVE {DON'T THINK SO}
Y quienes son los parasitos? LOSERS.
Weak an un-original like your parasite hero Lie-onel!
Every Dominican in the back of his head had " If we could have a metro build like the one in NYC
for a growing population in SD" but again where are we going to get the fundings for such megga project? No one gives you any thing, with out strings attached. The time was riped after the earth quake in Haiti, and the first thing to show up was A US air craft carrier instead of 3 or 4 Navy Hopsital ships,All nations in the world promissed to help reconstruct Haiti very few came thru there after.The only country that showed up for a price was DR in exchange for building such a Megga project by the W/B, IMF, who opened credit line to the present DR gvt, backed up by WDC,,DR has promised to absorve all illegals and cheap labor from Haiti in exchanged for the loans.The US"s economy been the only healthy one, took it upon hemselves with their power and influence to relocate...
Once the Haitians were placed onboard US Hospital Ships there was no way out for the USA but to take them in the main land, which they were not about to do.The cheapest and most logical way for them was to force the DR gvt to take them all in,even if our DR hospitals became full of all kind of Haitians and contageous deseases that were carried by them. To have such ungratefull
Haitians demanding of what DR should do for them via UN, and French nationalized Haitians
LF did not give it a two hoops the outcome of all these as long as his Megga project got build and its outcome.
If you ask me I don't think the DR nation owes the W/B or the IMF a cent and call it all even except
help them complete the Metro at no cost to DR as agree.I would suggest that Mr Tolentino and DR
gvt envolved in all these transaction give the DR people full accotability for what took place and bring it to light.
Am open for comments.