Yes, help us out of this mess. If the US can facilitate this process of seeking a balanced outcome all the better. Both Tourism and the Environment need to be balanced.

Yankee know how at its finest. Not a good precedent. The US has to get and be involved to help clean up. This is shameful and embarassing.

Great news!

Now the gov't is out of excuses.

Let's do this correctly, for all properties, once and for always. Frankly, I'd much prefer to hire an outside entity for all title transactions, since we have proven extreme incmpetence and corruption and simply must not be trusted.

MJEV.

A country that scumbags sold property 2, 3,... time not to mention city parks. They also incorporates themselves in the US. Breaking and violating US federal laws.

I don't see any of them in jail.

Help is need it, yesturday.

The snake.

Nothing embarrasses a Dominican, not even when a known drug kingpin bangs the wives of the officials and military personnel would even cause an embarrassing situation or when the number one man in Spain's drug cartel poses with the president in the palace for a family picture.

There has been plenty of times when the Republic's hands had to be held to do the obvious and she still hasn't learned.

Yes, it would be great if Washington could help with technical assistance. It may clean up a mess the RD would not, cannot, not willing to be able to handle.

However, it could be considered by Dominican nationalists as an invasion of the country's sovereignty The ambassor 's suggestion to bring in an expert in titles could be a back door attempt by Washington to source US holders of Dominican titles who have not declared their property to the US, rather than an effort being altruistic to the Dominican government to cleanup the titles.

Remember US Rep. Charles Rangel.

Ambassador Yzaguirre, don't you think Washington has enough irons in the fire. This issue is a Dominican issue, created by powerful Dominicans. You will not change the "stripes on this zebra". Do not get involved! What you can do is streamline the USA visa approval process, review and cancel existing visas and improve assistance to existing USA citizens that reside and/or visit the DR. Also have US DEA and their trained canines screen (passengers, crew, ground staff and cargo) every flight departing any DR airport destined to the USA. Concentrate on something you (the USA) can have a positive affect. Thanks.
PS Keep Menendez and Rangel out of the DR for the next 2 years

You're going to have the PUNKS of the world solve the problem?

Great!

What mess is there!? Just annul all these titles and done! If you purchased these lands just sue the person that sold it to you to get your money back!

Yes fix the problem and enforce the law; our future depends on it!

Juango, = 2**s

Breaking NEWS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


The Dominican people have Round One and the Greedy PLD Bastards lose!

Government announces the agreement on Bahía de las Águilas is dismissed, it will wait for verdict

The Presidency of the Republic reported that it had made the decision as a result of the recommendations of a committee of officials responsible for making a feasible plan for the Bay of Eagles, FOLLOWING CRITICISM REGARDING ITS LEGITIMACY ON THE PART OF LARGE SEGMENTS OF THE PUBLIC.

Read the rest at:

Gobierno desestima acuerdo anunciado sobre Bahía de las Águilas, esperará fallo judicial

noticiassin.com/2013/02/gobierno-desestima-acuerdo-anunciado-sobre-bahia-de-las-aguilas-esperara-fallo-judicial/


Now we have to be vigilante that Lie-one'ls PURPLE COURTS don't pull a Fast One!

yes, josean, we just have to hope that the ruling is not reversed by some interim judge.

Dr. Dread it may be a little difficult because on this one the WHOLE World is watching!

by: jasfalon, 21 feb 2013 3:41 pm

from: united states


you're going to have the punks of the world solve the problem?

great! when your at the bottom u call others punks?.
when your best is to be pimps and drug dealers u talk about others..
japan, isreal, just two for now look at what they have done in the last 50 years or so..... what the f....... did the pimps of the dominican do?.....
u should be punks like the united states in your f..... dreams....... fool...

secation 8 and food stamp guy u are......
all snakes collect collect this up on 161st dont they?

punks....... your the punk... u dont know how to be a real man dod u? punk......

Ysaguirre the problem is not about incompetency.

It has to do with corruption.

Something that you cannot control in your own country.

How are you going to solve ours.

To each it's own.

Stick to what you know and can control.

Danny00

I'm American, not Dominican, and I repeat - My country, America, is the PUNK of the world.
Viva Fidel!

For all of the the US's faults and excesses - solid land titles is certainly not one of them. Land surveys in the US are pretty well cut and dried and title searches can clean up ambiguities - title insurance is cheap as there is not much problem. This is one area of expertise DR should take advantage of and emulate.

Creo que se le estan dando mucho poder de inmicuirse en los asuntos del pais, a este gringo ambassador.
nunca es confiado en esas metidas de narices en los asuntos internos del pais.
No me importa si por bien o por mal, pero estos son asuntos dominicanos, como los sonaron los padres de la patria, y por la que se ha derramado mucha sangre.

no se como es que nunca he oido a nadie de otro pais, diciendole al gobierno de USA lo que tiene que hacer en su pais.
Necesiatmos un gobierno con cojones que se de a respetar. este pais es D.R. o es P.R.?

"...Yzaguirre yesterday joined the ever lower voices in the scandal of the fraudulent titles...."

Ever lower voices? Why state it as such? This suggests back room mumbling, hushed tones, and skull duggery - and it makes this ambassador sound a little shady by inclusion.

Is there more to this story? Or is this a case of poor authoring, or perhaps, just a bad attempt at sensationalizing?

The RD needs no help in un-raveling this mess. Outside nations need to keep their fingers out of the Dominican's business, (yes - including my own).

Look - President Danilo has proven time and again that he's got a handle on things. It's time to butt out and let this nation conduct its own affairs. It took from the 60's to make this mess, so it'll take some time to make it right. President Danilo must feel as though he has become leader of the world's largest "Gordian knot". Get out of the way and give the poor guy some room to breathe.

But, then again, what do I know?

I don't know about ""President Danilo has proven time and again that he's got a handle on things"" statement. Isn't his gov't the one that proposed a 45%/55% split with land robbers of the national patrimony? Frankly, I am not so sure I trust the guy, especially when his administration is so heavily populated with remnants of the criminal LF administration. Fact is I tbelieve he's rather incompetent and weak, and may lack requisite testicular fortitude to deal effectively with the many critical issues our country faces such as: unemployment rate; gap between rich and poor; basic education; bloated, useless military and judicial branches; rampant corruption; bus drivers union; the salami debacle; property title mess; the Haitian invasion; drugs; etc, etc, etc.

MJEV.

I think what it proves is Lie-onel and his corrupt goons have a HANDLE on HIM and he backed off after the massive outcry!

His "moscita muerta" innocence persona is begining to wear thin!

glomar, i had high hopes for Danilo, but i am beginning to realize that he is a back seat driver, and the real guys at the wheel are just taking him where they want him to go. if he really had some true balls, they would have been building new jails by now, to lock up the criminals that really run the show. stand by for an article i just posted in the forum

Government offices evade tax payments

The president of the Chamber of Accounts (CCRD), the governmental accountability office, says that many government entities retain taxes from their employees, but do not report them to the Department of Taxes (DGII). As reported in Listin Diario, Licelot Marte de Barrios said that she met with directors and financial offices of several delinquent government offices. "We have detected a sizeable practice of retaining taxes and not paying these funds to the state. There are very large sums involved, beyond what you could imagine. There are institutions that owe millions of pesos," she said.

know what that means? even though the government just imposed an onerous paquetazo, because of revenue shortfalls, the taxes are being collected, but are being stolen. ask Danilo by whom they are being embezzled.

@Dr. Dread,

My sentiments, precisely. Regrettably, we've become accustomed to inefficient, ineffective and corrupt gov'ts and our expectations are very low and just above basement level. How do you suppose a guy like the Hipo's election could otherwise be justified?

It never ceases to amaze me that we had a university long before the USA was a bonafide nation, yet the US is a 1st world country and we seem to linger at the bottom of the barrel, in most important aspects and by all measures. Regrettably, my people continue to demonstrate a horrendous predilection for electing inadequate and incapable leaders, who are corrupted beyond description (LF), or totally crazy like the Hipo. As for the present guy, he is just weak and and inept and a puppet. Hopeless situation, I must say.

MJEV.

glomar, it is time for the population to take the big plunge. roll the dice, and elect a leader who is not from the establishment. things are never going to change with this cast of usual characters. never.

How about an honest farmer for president ??

@ Dr. Dread,

I would agree with your stated view above. I'd further change the governance slot to 5 years, and limit it to two terms total, either successive or staggered; same for all members of congress. Furthermore, I would limit the military and police in size and restrict it to just two generals, and combine the navy and air force into one entity; likewise for army and police. After that, we'd have to work on number of deputies and senators and pare them down to a reasonable number, commensurate with what other more advanced countries with similar populations allow. I would also reduce their salaries to what we can afford and what the position should dictate, based on a comparison to other country, adjusted for GNP. I would also remove the decree powers from the president, and establish a system more closely aligned with a parliamentary principles. this would be just for starters, with certainly more reforms to come.

MJEV.

@Dom,

You don't mean the Hipo-do you?

Please say it isn't so. The man is an absolute embarrassment to to Dominicans specifically and the human race in general.

MJEV.

absolutely great ideas, glomar. besides that, non essential government posts should not be determined by political affiliation. why should a guy who works at rentas internas lose a clerical job because he voted for the other party? how will anyone ever have sufficient tenure in any job to become an expert? the DR governmental system needs a complete remake. it is stuck in the 19th century. how in God's green earth can they expect to pay a teacher 10,000 pesos a month ( the minimum salary is a little over 8000), and expect results? i read in another blog where a teacher gave the students this task as a homework assignment

look for the national flag and national anthem of Africa!

how in Sam Hill are we going to go forward at that rate?

absolutely great ideas, glomar. besides that, non essential government posts should not be determined by political affiliation. why should a guy who works at rentas internas lose a clerical job because he voted for the other party? how will anyone ever have sufficient tenure in any job to become an expert? the DR governmental system needs a complete remake. it is stuck in the 19th century. how in God's green earth can they expect to pay a teacher 10,000 pesos a month ( the minimum salary is a little over 8000), and expect results? i read in another blog where a teacher gave the students this task as a homework assignment

look for the national flag and national anthem of Africa!

how in Sam Hill are we going to go forward at that rate?

@Dr. Dread,

Amen!

MJEV.

originalmrbb Said:

"Is there more to this story? Or is this a case of poor authoring, or perhaps, just a bad attempt at sensationalizing?"


That is exactly it.

The real news, is Barrick Gold and the extraction of our gold,

for pennies on the declining US Dollar.

The poison left behind with permanent ecological damage to our country, and our home.

Those are the real issues of concern for our Dominican people,


Meanwhile we are all being entertained, with the sensationalizing of Bahia de Las Aguilas, a 16 years old news.


Open your eyes people !!!

Barrick gold will hurt us more in the present and in the future.

Bahia De Las Aguilas is a legal matter, so it should be resolved by the courts.

What we need is to hold the judges accountable for the sentences they give on the issue.

Viva Quisqueya !!

Y a los malos Quisqueyanos que les corten los granos !!!

Nothing will ever get done in the R.D. until the laws of the land get enforced. The central government is waaay too weak to clean up its toyos . The government has got to eliminate incompetence and corruption in the police force. One way is to retrain and educate the officers. Those that can pass examinations should be allowed to stay and be given a pay raise. On the other side of the equation are the corrupt-azz judges who need to be monitored and caught for taking bribes.

The Purpose of the Dominican PURPLE Government is to promte Incompetence so they can get away with the CORRUPTION!

This does not happen by accident, this happens by Design!

Sort of a political planned obsolescence!

This provocative dialogue is great! And you know what? This is the first column of comments that I've read which has none of the slander and vulgarity of the past. This - in and of itself - deserves a headline. Way to go people! This is awesome - and what's more - it's highly educational for those of us on the outside. It transforms us from the un-affected to the involved. Thanks.

Thanks for the comment Rokete. We have MY gov't dabbling in the Barrick issue, and then EE UU trying to be a player in the Bahia de las Aguilas debacle - both of which are legal issues to be solved by a sovereign nation. Keep lifting the carpet folks! Let's find out exactly "why" it’s so bumpy under there.

This brand of intellectual dialogue, exchange, and interchange, ('intellectual' meaning absent of vulgarities), is the correct path toward meaningful and lasting change. It is the wind necessary for the winnowing of circumstance, and therefore the fuel of real substance and progress.