Josefina Pimentel speaks with president Leonel Fernandez. Phot presidencia.gob.do
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Comendador, Dominican Republic.- President Leonel Fernandez yesterday cut the ribbon for a set of works built at a cost of RD$200.4 million, including a technical school in Elías Peña province (southwest).
The inaugural ceremony was held in the technical school Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Fe y Alegría, built at a cost of RD$77.2 million and will provide free, quality education for 630 students, said Education minister Josefina Pimentel.
It has nine classrooms, multipurpose hall for 200 people, shops for processing fruits, vegetables and dairy products, agro and automotive mechanics and includes the refurbishing of the old house built by the dictator Rafael Trujillo, turned into an informatics lab.
Fernandez said the school means a radical transformation for the town and province, because it will train human resources that’ll go directly to the job market.
He said it’s a technical institution to develop qualified labor for companies so the young people can immediately obtain employment.
“We’re very happy, very proud that this deep transformation of the school has been obtained and, of course, we need to recognize the father Miguel Seis, a foreigner who came from the United States and has taken root in this place,” Fernandez said, in reference to the parish priest of the Santa Teresa de Jesus church.
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
It is a positive little step, but a lot more has to be done for our young people, education, and technical training are vital to our society. Not 4% but 10% for education Mr Presidente.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes it is a very excellent story and the south west needs much help ..it seems it is getting it now
Written by: Yucahu, 25 Jan 2012 12:28 PM
From: United States, Miami
It's such a pretty area
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
Now the photo op is over, the school director can take the stuff home and start an Internet center.
Of course, the watchie will be bound and gagged.
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
RoyStone, you are right on. Most of encaved Dominicans cannot process such a statement - that's why they are voting you out.
From: United States
roystone am starting to think you were molested by a priest when you were little, since in every article you have to be bashing religion and God, the Gov is a bigger problem to education than the church, if real religious people would have been in the gov the 4% would have been given to the people in the form of education instead of being spent in booze and with their mistress. You prob keep remembering what a few imbeciles in the catholic church did during the 15/16 century and what some of those allah worshipping muslims have done to our world. but blaming every religion and religious individual for the actions of a few dumbasses makes you look even dumber than the few religious individuals you hate.
From: United States
Excellent, with this and the new north to south road, commerce and culture can grow without depending so much on the distrito nacional.
Written by: RoyStone, 26 Jan 2012 8:54 AM
From: Australia
lsantiago77,
"A few dumb-asses"? Obviously you have never fully read the Bible, the Koran, a history book or a newspaper, or opened your eyes and ears.
The Dark Ages, the Crusades the Conquistadors, the inquisition, the Holy Wars, the imprisonment, torture and burning of heretics, witches, scientists and astronomers was not just "what a few imbeciles in the catholic church did during the 15/16 century".
Christians today are still torturing children in Nigeria for witchcraft, forbidding the use of condoms in HIV/AIDS stricken Africa and Latin America, preventing life-saving bio-medical research in 1st-world countries, murdering abortionists, fighting against the teaching of biology in schools, robbing the faithful while promising miracle cures and financial windfalls, etc. The raping of choir-boys by priests is insignificant by comparison.
If "real religious people would have been in the gov" then even less would be spent on education, and more on religious indoctrination.
Written by: RoyStone, 26 Jan 2012 9:00 AM
From: Australia
JPDTrinity,
I presume you are Dominican and had a normal, Christian upbringing. How and when did you break out?
From: United States
roy you do know that there are 5 plus billion religious people in this planet right, including over 2 billion christians, so out of all of those people not all are like you say, as far as catholics and their priests theres millions of them, but its not everyday you see 100 of them on the news for raping someone, i personally think its obiously wrong what some of them have done, and i dont like the idea of living a life without having the right to marry someone which is the reason some of them go crazy, but the bad seeds accounts for prob .01 of the total population of religious people. its like african americans, even though many people despise them and u see most crimes being commited by them, not all of them are bad and criminals like people think.
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
RoyStone,
Yes, I was born in DR and brought up by two great well educated Dominicans who believe in moral values, real family visionary objectives and a true republic. And yes, both religious - not neccesarily catholics. I had a great childhood, best time of my life - high school in DR. I went to LA UASD, awesome too.
That's why when I read some of these posts I regret being Dominican. It's like an insult to my knowledge of what a true Dominican used to be?
Today, it's like we've been hijacked by some strange alien essence that robbbed us from what we really are and used to be!!!
I feel sorry for most of us...I hope the universe sends a good man our way who can bring back the real DR!!
I just only HOPE!!
Written by: RoyStone, 26 Jan 2012 3:34 PM
From: Australia
lsantiago77,
It seems you have given the matter some thought, and I applaud you for doing so. However I remind you, that to be a Christian you must believe and obey, without question. Its called faith, and the more irrational it is, the more virtuous and worthy of paradise you are.
Regardless I do not accept it is a case of a few bad Christians, spoiling it for the two-billion odd good ones. The problem is the fundamental basis of the religion itself - the Bible and the church. There are no moderate Christians, only people who by ignorance, conscience or common sense, do not comply with all the basic requirements of the faith. Those who do are the fundamentalist who commit the atrocities. You can't "cherry-pick" the Ten Commandments and still justifiably call yourself a Christian. Most Christians can't even list them, or have read Exodus or Deuteronomy. However their sheer numbers provide the broad base that supports the fundamentalists. The rest are kidding themselves.
Written by: RoyStone, 26 Jan 2012 3:39 PM
From: Australia
JPDTrinity, do you still live in the Dominican Republic, and if not, when did you leave?
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Of course, the watchie will be bound and gagged.
"A few dumb-asses"? Obviously you have never fully read the Bible, the Koran, a history book or a newspaper, or opened your eyes and ears.
The Dark Ages, the Crusades the Conquistadors, the inquisition, the Holy Wars, the imprisonment, torture and burning of heretics, witches, scientists and astronomers was not just "what a few imbeciles in the catholic church did during the 15/16 century".
Christians today are still torturing children in Nigeria for witchcraft, forbidding the use of condoms in HIV/AIDS stricken Africa and Latin America, preventing life-saving bio-medical research in 1st-world countries, murdering abortionists, fighting against the teaching of biology in schools, robbing the faithful while promising miracle cures and financial windfalls, etc. The raping of choir-boys by priests is insignificant by comparison.
If "real religious people would have been in the gov" then even less would be spent on education, and more on religious indoctrination.
I presume you are Dominican and had a normal, Christian upbringing. How and when did you break out?
Yes, I was born in DR and brought up by two great well educated Dominicans who believe in moral values, real family visionary objectives and a true republic. And yes, both religious - not neccesarily catholics. I had a great childhood, best time of my life - high school in DR. I went to LA UASD, awesome too.
That's why when I read some of these posts I regret being Dominican. It's like an insult to my knowledge of what a true Dominican used to be?
Today, it's like we've been hijacked by some strange alien essence that robbbed us from what we really are and used to be!!!
I feel sorry for most of us...I hope the universe sends a good man our way who can bring back the real DR!!
I just only HOPE!!
It seems you have given the matter some thought, and I applaud you for doing so. However I remind you, that to be a Christian you must believe and obey, without question. Its called faith, and the more irrational it is, the more virtuous and worthy of paradise you are.
Regardless I do not accept it is a case of a few bad Christians, spoiling it for the two-billion odd good ones. The problem is the fundamental basis of the religion itself - the Bible and the church. There are no moderate Christians, only people who by ignorance, conscience or common sense, do not comply with all the basic requirements of the faith. Those who do are the fundamentalist who commit the atrocities. You can't "cherry-pick" the Ten Commandments and still justifiably call yourself a Christian. Most Christians can't even list them, or have read Exodus or Deuteronomy. However their sheer numbers provide the broad base that supports the fundamentalists. The rest are kidding themselves.