Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 8:20 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
More useless malls!
Written by: jhcl2012, 10 May 2012 8:31 AM
From: United States, PA - Mas pa'lante, ¡Manos a la obra!
So, Sr. Josean, only wants schools, hospitals, y comedores (cosas que el PLD ha hecho por pila) built. Hmmmmm, and how are you going to pay for them?
Oh, con "cacara" de huevo!
NEWLINK: Danilo 54.2 Hipólito 42.6
listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/5/9/231800/Encuestadora-Newlink-otorga-a-Danilo-Medina-542-y-a-Hipolito-Mejia-426
PENN SCHOEN: Danilo 51 Hipólito 46
noticiassin.com/2012/05/danilo-medina-51-frente-a-un-46-para-hipolito-mejia-segun-penn-schoen-berland-grupo-sin
ASISA: Danilo 53.2 Hipólito 44.8
asisaresearch.com/app/en/asisanews_det.aspx?id=1239
youtube.com/watch?v=w11x7NtdTW4&feature=youtu.be
GALLUP: Danilo 50.6 Hipólito 44.6
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From: Dominican Republic
Yet you will get mugged or shot going form one mall to another.
This is Venezuelan money laundering at its best.
Written by: jhcl2012, 10 May 2012 8:33 AM
From: United States, PA - Mas pa'lante, ¡Manos a la obra!
@foresthill,
Maybe Dominicans get mugged by members of your family, de seguro tu abuela is the primera atracadora!
Si o no?
(*;@)
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 8:49 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
The Purple Propaganda machine has arrived early today to defend METROLANDIA!
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Useless Mall? This is private investment you Dolk. This is what creates jobs. Josie, you have the brain of a fly born prematurely.
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 9:08 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Don't be a "Pubic Hair!"
The High Paying Jobs for foreigners; the Dominicans will clean the toilets if they don’t higher the cheaper Haitian labor!
From: United States
A swing and a miss..
NEVER happen.
From: Dominican Republic
Relatively close to tourist areas....which one? Boca Chica???
Honestly...not too many people are going to come from Punta Cana during their one week vacation to shop in a mall....with prices in excess of what they would pay for the items back home.
In all the times I go to Santo Domingo to shop, I rarely buy anything....nothing in fact from Accropolis, Blue Mall and the likes...all grossly overpriced.
Written by: bernies, 10 May 2012 10:08 AM
From: United States, key west fl
Josean this article referred to bringing in people from other countries in the region to shop over here. What do the government has to do with private sector putting the money to build all of these high rises all over city. Pretty soon this would be a moderm city with the help of all the overpasses and metro that the government is going to build. Private sector at it best isn't that what any country wants, please explain so that I can understand your point about the Purple propaganda in this article, because honestly I don't see anything on this article that referrers to the government. Josean you are on denial and when that happens there is now way that anyone can show you the light. Wake up brother Hipo and his PPH are not going anywhere.
Written by: DR_guy, 10 May 2012 10:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic
I saw an article that said after the elections ITBIS will be increased to 18 % no matter who wins) , If that is the case than it makes no sense to shop here add 18 % to prices that are sometimes doubled and tripled already.
I only see people eating and hanging out in the malls here not many shopping bags.
Written by: bernies, 10 May 2012 10:49 AM
From: United States, key west fl
The ideal is to have a collective tax code of 10% to everything or so what is Danilo is saying when he makes the example of countries that has reduced their taxes but the collection has increase because more people will be willing to pay it because is lower and does not affect them that much. Hipolito had an inflation rate of 44% and now is under 2 digits. So what happens when the inflation rate goes up?
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 11:07 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
bernies,
The Purple Propaganda reference was to the honorable PURPLE Bottela "jhcl2012's" posting.
However, what we need are more Schools and EDUCATION and not more USELESS malls to congest Cuidad Fernandez even more!
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
Josean is annoyed that there is foreign investment coming into the country and that there are serious attempts to make SD a tourist destination in addition to the beach resorts The area of Churchill and Lincoln between 27 de Febrero and Kennedy is developing very well and there are even good parking positions in all the malls .
It will be better when there are underpasses at 27 de Febrero ..but for some development is a nasty word because they are born with sour grapes ,
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 11:43 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Is this a Money Laundering Project and that's why your so passionate in its defense?
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 11:48 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
from: united states
so, sr. josean, only wants schools, hospitals, y comedores (cosas que el pld ha hecho por pila) built. hmmmmm, and how are you going to pay for them?
u take the money from the choo-choo train,
all aboard a train full of uneducated people riding no where in their lives,
u better take a look at the blue mall the last time i was their the place was empty with real shoopers the people that where walking around the mall all came out of one car or from a motor bike.
lucky if they had 50 pesos in their pockets. shooping in the blue mall i dont think so. casa nelson be better for them.
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 11:51 AM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
tourists want to go to malls to shop?
better u clean up the rivers and streets think its a good place to start
get some education for the young so when leo builds more trains u just might have some intelligent folks riding on these trains.
choo-choo train in la la land.
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 12:01 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
i only see people eating and hanging out in the malls here not many shopping bags.
thank u sir.......
shopping bags? yes they eat some food walk around as the shops go broke.
in the 1st place the dr does not get they many tourists to support all the malls the locals for most part dont have the money to shop in high price shops plaza central- blue mall ----- acroplis.
all very high priced shops. all very nice malls but within 3 blocks of each other yes it would great if u where new york city or garden city in long island with all the money in the world over there but for the most part the locals just dont have the funds to buy over there.
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 12:04 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
guess u guys forget that most of the tourists that come to the dr are the all u can eat gang.
not very big spenders u know. the others are looking for the ladies of the night and not looking to buy them expensive gifts from these shops. maybe they might go to casa nelson in pop and spend like 200-300 pesos for their lady frind but the blue mall i dont think so.
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 12:17 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
miami florida.
13 flights each day come from brazil to miami. 1,000 of tourists every day from brazil just to name one country.
these floks from brazil are buying up conds like they are going out of style, they hit the shops on lincoln road and buy up tons of things from these shops. they are spending millions in south beach.
if the dr can get to be like a south beach then it just might work.
but right now u are not even close to being a south beach.
u can start by cleaning up the rivers, ocean,s and beaches.
stop treating tourists and investors like "prey" then it all just might come true for the dr. get some real police and some that speak english, fix the traffic problems in santo domingo. the noise from the horn blowing.
and the list goes on and on but u can fix it if u really want to.
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 12:27 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
China heads to the Bahamas to build massive US$3.4 billion resort
Luxury hotels, an eco water park, a Jack Nicklaus golf course ... China's investment in the Caribbean is a whopper .
China is funding a US$3.4 billion gaming and entertainment resort in the Bahamas that's being billed as the largest of its kind in the Caribbean.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on February 21, and was attended by ministers of the Bahamas and presidents of Chinese enterprises that are funding and helping to build it.
The showpiece of the project will be a 100,000-square-foot casino, which will be the Caribbean's largest, its developers claim.
The resort will also include a 50,000-square-foot retail strip, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature championship golf course and a 200,000-square-foot convention center.
A 20-acre water park and three spas are being planned on the Bahamian Riviera, along 3,000 fe
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 12:30 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
20-acre water park and three spas are being planned on the Bahamian Riviera, along 3,000 feet of pristine beach.
A cluster of hotels run by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Morgans Hotel Group, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and an unnamed casino hotel promises to create 2,250 new rooms.
The BBC reported that the Export-Import Bank of China will help fund the Baha Mar project, and that the China State Construction Engineering Company will build it. It will be the largest estate to be built by Chinese companies outside China, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Developers say that the Baha Mar resort is expected to create 12,000 new jobs in the Bahamas and contribute to a 10 percent spike in the Bahamian gross domestic product.
Tourism currently accounts for 60 percent of the country's GDP.
ALL ABOARD LEOS CHOO-CHOO- TRAIN......
Written by: danny00, 10 May 2012 12:35 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Useless Mall? This is private investment you Dolk. This is what creates jobs. Josie, you have the brain of a fly born prematurely
WHAT F....ING JOBS?
THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THE BLUE MALL YES THEY HAD SOME DOMINICANS WORKING OVER THEIR AND U KNOW WHAT? THEY WHERE OUTSIDE THEIR FANCY SHOPS THEY WHERE WORKING AT AND THEY WHERE STANDING OUTSIDE THE SHOPS AND "HAWKING" TRYING TO GET CUSTOMERS IN SIDE THEIR SHOPS.. NOT VERY CLASSY ONE WOULD THINK. ..
Written by: anthonyC, 10 May 2012 12:53 PM
From: United States
Written by: josean, .
"However, what we need are more Schools and EDUCATION and not more USELESS malls to congest Cuidad Fernandez even more!"
What the D.R. needs is less people like Josean telling other people what they can do with their own money!
Seriously....Mind your own business.
Also.....Do you have any proof that the money building the mall if from Money Laundering or is it just another case of your jealousy making you talk out of your ass?
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 1:22 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Seriously....Mind your own business.
You go first!
PS
How is that RED commie Sofa you bought at IKEA?
From: United States
Jose hiede vivo don’t deal very we well with the true.. !!
When he got nothing to say, he start his mumbo, jumbo..Communist sofa and another nonsense..
They main issue in this article is that people all over the world feel comfortable investing in D. R because PLD make it a reliable place to invest.
Money talks and B.s Josie walks.. !
Thank you PLD for making us the leader in foreign investment in Central America and the Caribbean!
_____________________________________________________________________
PLD 2012-3000
From: United States
He said because Las Americas International Airport receives flights from various countries, especially the Caribbean and Latin America many tourists of the region can stay in the city to shop, making the new malls being built in the city an attraction for the tourism sector.
sure. i can see guys coming in from all over the caribbean to shop in a mall here. dude, get real. there are stores in other countries, too. what do you think you are going to sell that cannot be bought in a store in Trinidad.?
From: United States
They main issue in this article is that people all over the world feel comfortable investing in D. R because PLD make it a reliable place to invest.
There is A REASON why we are the leaders in foreign investment in the area. And improving every day.. In a lot of places it simply don’t happens
That’s why D.R. is the biggest economy in the area according to Wikipedia
Thank you PLD for making us the leader in foreign investment in Central America and the Caribbean!
You are making us feel proud!
:)
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PLD 2012-3000
Written by: synapse, 10 May 2012 2:44 PM
From: United States
I have long abandoned any commercial interest in the DR for over a year now, but am addicted to reading the news strictly for comic relief. The absurd things that I read never cease to provide me with belly aching laughter. Like this story about the DR being a shopping Mecca for tourists. This gives new meaning to the absolute absurd! With most of the Caribbean destinations being "Duty Free" why would anyone want to pay the 16% VAD tax?
This Venezuelan and his buddy in the Blue Balls mall are nothing but money launderers keeping the long tradition of dirty money flowing in from Venezuela. Isn't the CAP in CAP Cana the initials of Carlos Andres Perez who looted over $70 million from the treasury when he slammed the door on his way out? No one in any right "business mind" could have ever built any of these malls if they needed to make a profit. I predict in 5 years the stores will all close because of the absurd rents and the Malls will become a graveyard for cheap stores.
From: United States
welcome back, synapse. your insightful comments have been sorely missed. i agree, whole heartedlty. this is one of the dumbest things i have ever read. i can see guys spending 700 dollars on air fare from Barbados, to buy some sunglasses in Santo Domingo. heck, guys..ever heard of Amazon, and FEDEX? is it any wonder the idea appeals to victor?
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 3:08 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"This Venezuelan and his buddy in the Blue Balls mall are nothing but money launderers keeping the long tradition of dirty money flowing in from Venezuela."
I knew there was reason why Little Ricky was jumping out of his britches to defense the boondoggle!
He can smell Money Lanundering a mile away!
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 3:11 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
" Isn't the CAP in CAP Cana the initials of Carlos Andres Perez who looted over $70 million from the treasury when he slammed the door on his way out? "
synapse,
I don’t know about what the CAP represents but around here we call it CAP CACA!
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
So...There is no money laundry in Florida?...Can anyone show me a place where dirty money is not invested...Well maybe Cuba, but I doubt it.
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
If dirty money built Cap Cana, Blue Mall, Sambil, etc...I would say bring more by the truck load.
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 3:58 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Is that you Little Ricky with one of your several dozen user names?
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
How many dominicans are employed in Cap Cana, Blue Mall and Sambil?
How many families have benefited from these big investments?
The only thing I can say is that without Cap Cana, Blue Mall and Sambil the DR would be in much worse economical condition.
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
Josean,
Couler lentement jusqu’à toucher tes doigts le fond de l’abysse
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 4:15 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"How many dominicans are employed in Cap Cana, Blue Mall and Sambil?
How many families have benefited from these big investments?"
Those are good questions that 10,000,000 million Dominicans would like to know the answer to!
From: United States
@perludom..
Thank you very accurate comment..
Instead of giving negative comments we need positive people like you that believe in DR and work for it..For everybody prosperity..
All Josie Hiede Vivo negativism just make me sick!
I am sooo happy that our nation is the leader in Central America and the caribbean in investment ..thanks to the PLD!
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PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 4:21 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Some people just Can't HANDLE the Truth!
From: United States
No , Josie Hiede vivo..
You can not handle reality!
:)
So, let me tell you a little secret about reality:
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PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
From: United States
No , Josie Hiede vivo..
You can not handle reality!
:)
So, let me tell you a little secret about reality:
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PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 4:38 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
The closer we get to May 20th the more nervous and repetitive you get!
From: United States
Again, you can not handle your reality..
Wake up Josie stinky!
____________________________________________________________________________
PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 5:49 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
You see what I mean!
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
I can tell none of you hayseed jibaritos have ever been to Plaza las Americas in Sanjuan PR.....San Juan being the aviation hub of the Carribean and Plaza las Americas built in early 60s is still the largest grossing mall in the Carribean.....By Far ......Many many down islanders shop there......It is America you know
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
Where do you want the Venezualans to invest with Nutty Hugo???
Written by: synapse, 10 May 2012 7:12 PM
From: United States
To all the Fools here who praise the DR for being the laundromat because it stimulates an economy and provides jobs, I say to you what are you going to do when it stops and values of goods and Real Estate are actually based on wages instead of dirty money?
The DR has a completely artificial Real Estate market and economy based purely on the dirty money that it allows to come in. it will collapse sooner than later when people realize it isn't real.
Wake Up, this isn't Negative, It is just the truth that you don't want to admit but know it is true.
From: United States
synapse, did you see dreamkiller´s`posting? he referred to hayseed jibaritos. that is what ignorant, uneducated, low information, low exposure, low IQ cretins like victor are. they have never seen the inside of a classroom, so you have to bear with them.
From: United States
@ dreadlock pothead..
You are SUPER jealous of being Dominican.. LOL
And you keep hammering your head why D.R . attract so much money, attention and investment…from people worldwide..
And Jamaica don’t even get a dime..
In fact, the old investors and factories are closing in Jamaican..Must be a problem with attitude , national security and education.. ( check on Wikipedia)
And D.R. is the biggest economy in the Caribbean..
Just don’t hate Dready Pothead
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Thanks PLD for bringing the progress of our people..
10 days for celebration
2012-3000
From: United States
victor, the jury is in. you are an idiot, a moron, a cretin and a low grade chopo illiterate. why are you being a pest at this hour? should you not be in bed with your sister?
From: United States
the only problem with education victor, is that you never got any. go read the Human Development Index, and you will see that Jamaica is in a higher category than the DR. oops!
From: United States
go read this, chef boyardee.
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
There is very little chance that the huge amount of money to build the malls in Santo Domingo is money laundering ,,the banks in the DR would have found this out ,,the fact is that much money is fleeing venezuela as are many rich families ,,just as happened years ago from Cuba ,,the Venezuelans have bought into malls, hotels, la estancia Golf course and agricultural land and I disagree with people who say that the capital cannot become a tourist destination ,,When the Coral Highway is completed and the road to Santiago is completed there will be many tourists moving around this country and I hope it is a great boost for Dominican products of all kinds ..but I wish they would stop using polyester in shirts ,,they smell and can not breath like natural cotton ,DR seems to be one of the few tropical countries that deliberately produce uncomfortable clothes with no idea of sizes either .
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 7:18 AM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: synapse, 10 May 2012 7:12 PM
From: United States
To all the Fools here who praise the DR for being the laundromat because it stimulates an economy and provides jobs, I say to you what are you going to do when it stops and values of goods and Real Estate are actually based on wages instead of dirty money?"
By your logic then DR should put severe restrictions on investment flows into the nation. And what have we to make of the trillions of dollars that flow around the world? Ever wonder why certain countries seem to attract positive flows while others go begging hat in hand?
While in the long run, a property market needs to have a sustained base to support its price levels, the market in DR is not solely based on domestic considerations. There are many who are establishing vacation and retirement investments. Let's see what happens in the next ten years before we judge too harshly. Investments in durables fixed assets are important to small nations like DR.
Written by: josean, 11 May 2012 7:45 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Too Much verbiage and very little performance...... CLASSIC PLD FUNGLODE Double Speak á la Lie-onel Fernandez!
It just a Useless Mall period! It’s not a biopharmaceutical that's being proposed for God's sake.
It is just a glorified Flea Market for Novo Rich of the PLD and their Narco-Laundering Partners.
This will have ZERO impact on the UNEMPLOYMENT rate, GDP or on the quality of life of the Majority of Dominicans!
Written by: RonEvane 
, 11 May 2012 8:13 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Atabey, it amazes me how some of the posters here know so much about real state, money laundering, investing, government incentives, taxes, internal and external commerce, etc!
Isn't it fantastic how these people know heck more than these foreign investors do, about how things work, and the dynamics of the DR economy!?
Wouldn't you love to have them as personal or corporate financial advisers?!
Gee, I wonder who didn't tell all these people investing in DR, that it was a bad idea, in the first place!?
Why does DR have the biggest economy in Central America, Caribbean and the 8th in Latin America? Did someone screw up the numbers?
Is this a purple government ploy to rig up the elections!?
Can you help me get answers, Atabey, I'm so confused.....!!
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 10:52 AM
From: United States, NYC
Ron,
One of these days-but don't bet the kitchen sink- Comrade Josean will wake up and tears will rain down his cheeks when his eyes open to the realization that all his troubles concerning the modernization and development of the DR simply didn't pan out as he thought a decade (2012) before. But come 2024, when the Metro is completed and the connecting buses are fully integrated along with, at least, a Rail system connecting the North and South with port facilities at either end networked with roads into the Cibao Valley, then he'll be able to RIP. And I almost forgot to mention: more than 4% PIB will be the outlays in the education sector.
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:15 AM
From: Australia
The country needs investment that creates wealth, not more places to spend it on expensive imported junk.
From: United States
says Atabey
By your logic then DR should put severe restrictions on investment flows into the nation. And what have we to make of the trillions of dollars that flow around the world? Ever wonder why certain countries seem to attract positive flows while others go begging hat in hand?
several countries have done just that. firstly, many do not want hot money, which comes in looking for short term , high interest bearing profits, then flies out at the first stage of contagion, causing exactly what happened to the Eastern economies in 1999. Japan certainly had restrictions on the inflows of FDI and the establishment of MNEs in the 1950s. also, if FDI is applied to certain sectors, it is actually DETRIMENTAL to the economy, as it offers no linkages, no spillover, and operates enclave economies, which are more extractive than advantageous, and could add to balance of payment reductions. FDI is no panacea, and has to be well understood before claiming how great it is.
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 12:20 PM
From: United States, NYC
Correct me Dread. But it's a tad difficult to remove these fixed assets, bridges, sanitation facilities, roads, Ports, trains, tunnels, malls, etc. LOL
If hot money created more of these fixed assets SO WHAT. You think all those facilities created across the globe were built with PRISTINE FLOWS OF CAPITAL? Get Real. Economic history shows many movements of hot money orchestrating outcomes far less detrimental to the benefits of the host nation than what imagine. And remember this is JUST AN ASSUMPTION of hot money. For all we know it might be the "pristine type" the likes of Switzerland "will only handle" LOL WE have booms and bust cycles. Tell me something that's earth-shattering.
Take your morality tale to China, Russia and India. See what they think of it.
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 12:25 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:15 AM
From: Australia
The country needs investment that creates wealth, not more places to spend it on expensive imported junk."
And so the nation has created fixed assets like bridges, logistical components-Metros and Ports- that will link up with roads to the heartland Cibao valley- and produce the synergy that Dready harps about so much. But just remember that ROME WASN'T BUILT IN ONE DAY. DR has enormous legacy deficits that will take some more decades to pan-out. These legacy problems weren't created in the past few years, BTW. They have been on the boiler for many decades. The stove has only recently been turned on, so you'll have to wait for the medium rare or medium well done portion to ease your concerns. The beers you can have right away!
From: United States
says Atabey
Correct me Dread. But it's a tad difficult to remove these fixed assets, bridges, sanitation facilities, roads, Ports, trains, tunnels, malls, etc. LOL
hot money does not buy fixed assets, Atabey. that is not how it works. hot money does not build bridges. government does that. hot money is private financing. bridges and tunnels are PUBLIC spending. i am not going to getinto an argument about foreign direct investment with you, as i once asked you a list of questions about it, and you ran away. shall i pull up the list from the archives, and maybe, just maybe, you will address it this time, instead of making your usual snide, underhanded, condescending remarks? as a matter of fact, i think i will
Written by: josean, 11 May 2012 12:29 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:15 AM
From: Australia
The country needs investment that creates wealth, not more places to spend it on expensive imported junk."
Thank you Roy!
You see Attabey that'st the point without all your Apologist PLD inspired verbiage.....that you and Lie-onel think makes you sound smarter than any one else!
The MAll is a BULL Shit idea!
From: United States
here we go, Atabey. knock yourself out. while you are at it, you might want to include some panel data, from cross country regressions, dealing with developing, and transitional economies
Written by: dreadlocks, 31 Jan 2012 1:41 PM
From: United States
Or do you so soon forget the beat downs I've given you on the subject?
beat downs, he says. the true vernacular of a street thug, not one who thinks that he is an academic. while we are on the subject of your recent flavor of the month, FDI, please give me your take on the influx of FDI into the DR, and its efficacy, with the following issues as the focus of inquiry
1...give me a breakout of FDI, by economic sector
2...give me the opportunity costs associated with attracting said FDI to these shores
3..tell me if the FDI is market seeking, or resource seeking..
4...give me a relative breakout of debt equity swaps as a portion of FDI
Written by: josean, 11 May 2012 12:39 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
A report on the USELESS METRO!
FLASH........................BREAKINGNEWS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Lie one is it suppose to RAIN inside your Marvelos METRO?
The $2,OOO,OOO,OOO BILLION Dollar US METRO is already begining to LEAK!
noticiassin.com/2012/05/opret-explica-causas-de-filtraciones-en-estacion-del-metro/
From: United States
5...Give me some information regarding the Crowd In effects , vis a vis foreign firms, and the Crowd Out of local manufacturers
6..tell me what backward, and forward linkages have been developed, to enhance the performance of the local economy
7...tell me about the efficacy of technology transfer occasioned by the aforementioned Foreign Direct Investment
From: United States
Written by: dreadlocks, 31 Jan 2012 1:50 PM
From: United States
a good place to start would be to explain the horizontal, and vertical linkages, and the ability of the local population to incorporate disembodied, and embodied technologies
7 tell me about the effects of the creation of a dual economy, where relatively advanced MNEs, with superior best practices methodologies, seek to operate within an economy characterized by information asymmetry
8 ..give us your take on the speed at which you think diminishing returns to capital will set in, given the relative underdevelopment of the human capital sector
9...give us an idea of the consequences on the performance of the agricultural sector, occasioned by urban drift, due to the locational tendencies of the MNEs
From: United States
give your take on the absorptive capacity of best practices methodologies, given the discrepancies in technological state between the host country, and the lender countries. you can simplify this part, by ventilation the following subsectors
a..the technology gap
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Written by: dreadlocks, 31 Jan 2012 1:55 PM
From: United States
b...the human capital presence
c...the stte of development of the financial institutions
d..the state of development of governmental institutions
e information asymmetry..the resource costs of the transfers
f..the level of formal l technological education, facilitating the technological transfers
so, go for broke, brother. give me one of your patented beatdowns. i am waiting, and have some more dry powder in store for you.
From: United States
Dreadlock pothead photos:
kval.com/news/national/94705279.html
From: United States
victor, take a break. right at this moment, it is the adults´turn at the thread.
From: United States
dread pothead..
That's the prosperity and 95 % of professionals that you were talking about yesterday?
From: United States
hey, vic, lay off the sex with your sisters, if they come to visit you in the USA. incest is illegal in that country.
From: United States
MADRID, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A groundbreaking report by the US Department of Labor lists countries and products worldwide where the worst forms of labor abuses have been documented. Sugarcane production in the Dominican Republic was specifically mentioned for child labor and forced labor practices, among other abuses, corroborating the repeated denunciations made by Fr. Christopher Hartley of human rights and labor violations on Dominican sugar plantations.
hey, vic, you mean to tell me that in the year 2012,there is still slavery in your country?they abolished it everywhere else, as best i know.
From: United States
Dreadloclk pothead...
One of your fellows professionals had an accident at work TODAY in Florida:
sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-cop-shot-turnpike-20120510,0,4332380.story
From: United States
what are you doing now, vic? trying to check with wikipedia to see if you can find the last time your baseball team, ¨the best in the world¨, actually ever won anything? or, are you looking up about your Hall of Fame Basketball players? while you are at it, check to see how many world champions you have had in boxing, heavyweight division, especially.
From: United States
Dread Pothead:
How can you commit a robbery in a barber shop at 11 am? He though that he was going to get millionaire?
Typical Jamaican behavior!
:)
From: United States
says the chimpanzee, victor
Typical Jamaican behavior!
typically Dominican behavior, to assume facts not in evidence. where does it say that the gunman was JAMAICAN? because he has dreadlocks, and is black? that is why you guys come dead last in the world in academic testing, on a routine basis.
From: United States
Dread Pothead:
In the black community, dreadlock is way old fashion..
Believe me.. He is Jamaican..
From: United States
while on the subject of crime, victor. 25% of all incarcerated people in New York State are Dominican
If we consider the high end estimate for Dominicans living in NY at 800,000 and the New York State population to be 19.5 million, then by the laws of simple fractional mathmatics we can determine that the Dominican percentile population in New York State is 2.4375%.
NOW I ASK YOU IS THERE ANY OTHER ETHNICAL CLASS ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. (with a minimum of 100,000 residents) WHERE 2.45% OF THE POPULATION MAKE UP 25% OF THE ENTIRE INCARCERATED COMMUNITY???????????
I know of no immigrant group in the US where there exists a higher criminality rate and I would surmise from the incredible breadth of those figures that none exists. Just imagine that the percentage of jailed convicts in NY is 10x higher than it's relative resident percentage.
From: United States
vic, can you provide statistics to show that there is another group with a higher criminality rate?
From: United States
Dread Pothead:
25% of people incarcerated in NYC are dominicans?
Give me some of that ganja..
I want some too!
: ) lol
From: United States
stick to crack. ganja is for jamaicans.
From: United States
Dread Pothead:
I was playing around but you were right..
That’s part of your drug addict culture..
That’s why people don’t like Jamaicans anywhere…. Specially the "professionals" friends of yours..
From: United States
that is enough of you for today, vic. i cannot devote a whole day to playing with pets.
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
Dread,
That's funny the place where these issues are published and discussed "MADRID, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/"-- Is not Madrid the same place where 400 yrs ago the empire was discussing how to grow their economy at the expense of the most unimaginable atrocities on millions of aborigines?
I don't know how the Europeans will deal with this debt crisis....unfortunately for them there is not more available land for them to discover and many Indians for them to abuse.
Piracy and slavery gave the English lots of riches in the colonial times that they still enjoy today. 300 years later, we celebrate the Pirate culture and their legacy.
In 300 year the kids will run around with guns and masks of today’s most famous drug lords during hallowing season.
The word is full of hypocrisies.
From: United States
Dreadlock...
The worst part of everything is that you know that I am right..
And that's sad..
From: United States
yes, you are right. just like you are an executive chef. just like the DR is the best in the world in baseball.
From: United States
Dread Pothead :
We have the best baseball players for each position, and the guys with the best record and best salaries in MLB are dominicans..
So, yes, we 're the best in the world in baseball..
Thanks for asking..
:)
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 4:12 PM
From: Australia
ohhhvictor,
I thought I explained this before.
When a Dominican-born baseball player learns to play properly from Americans, revokes his Dominican citizenship to become an American, lives in USA and plays for an American team, (not the Dominican team), he's no-longer a "Dominican baseball-player". The Dominican baseball team is pathetic, even beaten by the Australian team - a country where baseball is a insignificant sport.
So you don't "have" the best baseball players for any position!
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 4:22 PM
From: Australia
In the gospel according to perlurdom,
"Piracy and slavery gave the English lots of riches in the colonial times that they still enjoy today."
The English colonies of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land (now known as the Commonwealth of Australia) never had slavery or piracy, yet enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world, and one of very few economies that avoided a recession during the Global Economic Crisis.
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 4:36 PM
From: United States, NYC
Roy,
To put into a sport you might be better familiar with Soccer or Futbol for our Spanish speaking audience, The Netherlands or La Maquina Naranja
2010 FIFA World Cup: Greatest Teams to Never Win the World Cup
By
Andrew Kearney
on May 14, 2010
1: Holland 1974
Frankly, you could make a whole slideshow just about the Dutch national side.
How a country that has produced players such as Cruyff, Van Basten, Gullitt, Rijkaard and Bergkamp has never won a World Cup will forever remain a mystery.
In the 1974 World Cup, Holland were praised for their highly innovative style of play that had been dubbed 'Total Football.' This philosophy meant players were not restricted to one position on the pitch and were free to move about.
The 1974 World Cup final was not to just be a victory for Holland, it was to be a victory for Total Football, figure-headed by Johann Cruyff, who is in many people's opinion the greatest player of all time .
So some luck goes into too
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 4:53 PM
From: Australia
Interesting point, Atabey,
But frankly, I couldn't give a rat's ass about spectator sports. Sport, like eating and sex, is for doing, not watching. The Dutch are very smart, and arguably lead Europe of the Dark Ages (lead in, incidentally, by the Catholic Church that Dominicans are so fond of) and into the Reformation. Perhaps they have a more intelligent attitude to sport too?
If we're gonna talk football, in Australia, soccer is mostly a girl's game. Real men play Australian Rules football. Take a look and you'll see why Dominicans could never play it.
From: United States, Bay Area, CA - (Dei sitio)
Roy,
Using one of your favorite expressions, both Australia and NZ (population wise) mean a rat's ass when compared to the rest of the English world. Besides, the British crown that you are still faithful to benefited enormously from the piracy and slave trading back in the colonial times.
Written by: josean, 11 May 2012 5:29 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
BREAKINGNEWS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"MIAMI, United States.-Private investigator Angel Martinez said the senator Felix Bautista leads a list of Dominican officials alleged that the U.S. government wants to criminally prosecute cases ranging from money laundering, bribery, drug trafficking and even attempted murder ."
Read the rest at Acento.com
Written by: josean, 11 May 2012 5:48 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Something else besides Lie-onel's METRO is LEAKING:
The Heat is On!
Miami, FL. - The Private Investigator Angel Martinez revealed that Senator Felix Bautista heads the list of Dominican officials that the U.S. wants to criminally prosecute cases ranging from money laundering, bribery, drug trafficking and even attempted murder.
Angel Martinez is a private investigator licensed by the State Department. He is a U.S. resident and has written several books on drugs and organized crime and has worked for various U.S. Intelligence agencies and has testified in U.S. court against the organized crime world.
Read the rest at:
lahoralatina.net/2012/05/investigador-estadounidense-felix.html
From: United States
Atabey, the Dutch team that started the total football revolution, with Cruyff, did not win the world cup, and, surprisingly so. however, they went to the final, and were beaten by a fearsome German team. you cannot compare it with the Dominican baseball teams , that bring all the stars, and get booted in the first round, just about every tournament. there was baseball in the olympics for 6 games, and you guys never as much as won a bronze, let alone a gold.
From: United States
well, victor, since you are the best, go prove it, by winning something. i will not just take your word for it. until you beat somebody, and your world ranking is no longer number 12,behind teams like Australia.i do not give a rat´s ass about what you think.
From: United States
A Cuban private investigador?
OMG you can find dozens of those in Hialeah!
You can see a new one every day on Miami news usually talking about Fidel Castro new secret plans!
You can become a P.I. for U$95.- and classes by mail
Josie Hiede vivo..You are the MASTER of disinformation and sensationalism!
Are you stupid enough to believe a Cuban? Only Josie H.Vivo
______________________________________
PLD 2012-3000
From: United States
says vic
You can become a P.I. for U$95.- and classes by mail
how about an executive international chef, like you?
From: United States
@Dreadlock Pothead, the Dominican hater.
In PROFESSIONAL sports, more specifically baseball, Dominicans are paid to be the best ( and we ‘re!)
No boring jogging like Jamaicans..
By the way, I love the photo of your professional team! : syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/30_dead_in_battle_with_gang_pr.html
From: United States
@Dreadlock Pothead, the Dominican hater.
It took me 4 years of hotel management in a Dominican American university, 2 year of culinary in the best institute of Latin-American in a third country , and 15 years working in the field with some of the best chef of USA...
By the way, not a chef no more..
Any more questions?
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 8:23 PM
From: United States, NYC
"Written by: dreadlocks,
Atabey, the Dutch team that started the total football revolution, with Cruyff, did not win the world cup, and, surprisingly so. however, they went to the final, and were beaten by a fearsome German team. you cannot compare it with the Dominican baseball teams , that bring all the stars, and get booted in the first round, just about every tournament. there was baseball in the olympics for 6 games, and you guys never as much as won a bronze, let alone a gold."
Again, missing the forest for the tress. THE POINT is that GREAT TEAMS do fail in these tournaments! Another eternal failure that FINALLY made it out of the woods, La Roja, or Team Spain, only won their FIRST World Cup in 2010! I was in Cuba and had some conversation with the baseball crazy Cubans. Many told me that they knew they dodged a bullet when they defeated the DR. They told me "your guys were not in season form" Cuba had correctly assigned their maximum attention to Team DR.
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
On the subject of boxing ......after Cotto lost on Sat past it is the first time in over 30 years that Puerto Rico will not have a.reigning world champion.........if. Borinquen was a country it would be the largest economy in the Carribean..........how do do you like them apples??.....
From: United States
says vic
It took me 4 years of hotel management in a Dominican American university,
you could not gain entry to a university in a hundred years.
From: United States
says Atabey
Again, missing the forest for the tress. THE POINT is that GREAT TEAMS do fail in these tournaments!
great teams do fail, but not ALL THE TIME. when you fail, all the time, you are not great. you just think so, but the results say otherwise.
Written by: Atabey, 11 May 2012 8:36 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: dreadlocks, 11 May 2012 8:33 PM
From: United States
says Atabey
Again, missing the forest for the tress. THE POINT is that GREAT TEAMS do fail in these tournaments!
great teams do fail, but not ALL THE TIME. when you fail, all the time, you are not great. you just think so, but the results say otherwise."
Could you please state your definition of "all the time"? I take that to mean 100% of the time.
Perhaps you have another definition.
From: United States
@Dreadlock Potheat
-yeah , right ,
I know you are jealous, maybe because I am dominican.. just dont hate!
-In professional sports, money talks and B.S. walks..So, dominicans in baseball are the best of the best of the best!
Written by: RonEvane , 11 May 2012 10:59 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Yes, that's right, Victor. When it comes to Latin baseball players, we certainly are the best!
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:03 PM
From: Australia
Step aside New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London and Rome, here comes the Santo Domingo!
From: United States
@Roystone..
In any other professional sport , that would be a joke...
In baseball, we are the law..
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:16 PM
From: Australia
Pardon me, I thought being a great sportsman was about sportsmanship, national pride and team spirit, not money. Is that why the Dominican Republic never wins anything in sport? "Money talks" - of course!
Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:28 PM
From: Australia
"Step aside New York, Hong Kong, Paris, London and Rome, here comes the Santo Domingo!"
I was talking about shopping tourism (the topic of the news article) not baseball (which it totally irrelevant as far as Dominican tourism is concerned, as there is no world-class baseball, baseball teams or baseball-players here).
From: United States
@RoyStone..
Everybody knows that the best basketball in the world ins not played in the Olympics, but in the NBA.
A lot of the best players are not allow to participate by their respective teams and most of the times , it’s stipulated in the contracts..
That’s why you saw USA team fail to Puerto Rico Argentina, Turkey etc..Because they send college students to international competitions against professional players in their respective countries.Lat year pre Olympics’, USA didn’t send a single NBA player
The same thing happens in baseball..We have send amateurs to international competitions. The only one that have no so much restrictions is La serie del Caribe, and it’s highly controlled by MLB.
Even some of the best Dominican players have never been able to play under contract with the Dominican baseball league, Like A Rod, because of the fear that they get injured..
Ironic , isn’t it?
But does everybody knows where are the best baseball players from? Hell yes!
Written by: RoyStone, 12 May 2012 2:06 AM
From: Australia
ohhhvictor
Maybe you are right, and maybe I'm crazy, but I don't care a hoot about professional sport, or any spectator sport. I couldn't care less if Australia never won another medal at the Olympic Games. What would make me very happy and proud, would be if every Australian played a little sport, running, swimming, cycling, whatever, really badly, but maintained a good, basic level of health and fitness, no more obesity, heart disease, etc.
Then I'd be so damn proud I'd never shut-the-fu*k up!
From: United States
hey victor, and Atabey
nobody denies that there is fabulous baseball talent in the DR. far from it. there is an embarrassment of riches. but talent alone does not make winners. it takes guts, determination, swagger, perseverance, self confidence, teamwork, strategy, attitude, preparation, achievement motivation, intestinal fortitude, and , quite simply, the qualities of a winner. some people have these qualities. they are called WINNERS. others do not. they are called LOSERS. they are the guys who never win, but are able to forever give you a litany of excuses why they lose. they are like A Rod. they can bat 450 in the regular season, but, when time comes for the big dance, and all the chips are on the table, he leaves 100 guys stranded on base, and can barely break 200. when you have won no major tournament in 65 years, do not tell me how great you are. when you never as much as won an olympic bronze, you are only great in your own mind.
From: United States
do not tell me about your labor pains. show me the baby. as my hero, the late Al Davis said...JUST WIN, BABY. winners revel in the thrill of victory. LOSERS make excuses, while wallowing in the agony of defeat.
From: United States
says victor
The same thing happens in baseball..We have send amateurs to international competitions.
and i guess the team from Holland that kicked your ass is brimming with MLB all stars, right?
From: United States
SAYS VICTOR
In any other professional sport , that would be a joke...
In baseball, we are the law.
GO TELL THAT TO THE 11 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT RANK ABOVE YOU IN THE WORLD BASEBALL RATINGS.
From: United States
dreadlock..
you are really REALLY jealous of dominicans..
In sports , money talks, and B.S. walks.. And we are ther # 1 in the world in baseball salaries
does your atletes make U$250 million to run on tracks?
Hell no.. Specially in a small nation of drug addicts..
Keep running and smoking your s***t!
Dont hate, dont hate!
Written by: danny00, 12 May 2012 12:35 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
u guys fight with each other,
the answer is very easy, just look how the unemployment has dropped from the very high numbers how down to 2% for the dominician republic.
u see the malls are the answer.......lol.....lol.
one guy said hey! they clean money in miami dont they?
sure money laundering the drug business is a very nice thing for the dr.
support these business and u will travel a long way.
choo- choo train........
Written by: danny00, 12 May 2012 12:40 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
Written by: ohhhvictor, 12 May 2012 12:33 PM
From: United States
dreadlock..
you are really REALLY jealous of dominicans..
In sports , money talks, and B.S. walks.. And we are ther # 1 in the world in baseball salaries
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS DOMINICANS ARE #1 IN JAILS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND IAM DOMINICAN GUY
SHIT TAKE YOUR BASSBALLS AND SHOVE THEM, I NEED TO KEEP MY HEAD DOWN THEN REAL PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT DOMINICANS.. SHAME ON U AND THE REST OF THE LOW-LIFES.
{THEY CAN HIT A BALL BUT CANT READ OR WRITE. IDIOTS}.
Written by: danny00, 12 May 2012 12:41 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
jealous of dominicans
who in their right mind would be jealous of low-lifes?.
better take your finger out of your nose before it grows any larger fool.
Written by: danny00, 12 May 2012 12:48 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
couple of monkeys that can play ball for the the rest its selling drugs, ladies of the night, shop liffting, and stealing cell phones from little girls
lies even the monkeys that play ball need to lie about their names,
fraud and more fraud from the dr gang.
idiots your 200 years behind the rest of the world.
and with all your bull your going no where in this world. with your hotels
{all u can eat} cheap food and wiskey your going no where.
the best in the caribbean? man thats bull shit.....
low life drug dealers thats all u can do fool..
From: United States
well, victor, how do you like those replies from your fellow Dominican? i guess he is a hater , too? besides, it is interesting how the topic has shifted from the best, to the best paid. so, by your monkey man logic, rappers are more gifted musicians than concert violinists, because they make more money, right. once more, victor...
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WON SOMETHING?
Written by: RonEvane , 12 May 2012 6:20 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"GO TELL THAT TO THE 11 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT RANK ABOVE YOU IN THE WORLD BASEBALL RATINGS."
What other countries are these, Dread?
From: United States
Ron evan..
I dont know anywhere else in the world, but here..
The lowest life
, the guetto drug addict,
the people that dont take a shower in 2 weeks,
the guys that have longs brown nails and walk stoned on the streets like ghost,
like the guy that shoot 3 cops YESTERDAY in Miami and with just 23 years old had a LONG criminal record ( check miami herald)...
You dont need to ask
He is a normal jamaican...
From: United States
Rank 2010 Member Federation Total Pts
1 1 Cuba 956.02
2 2 United States 893.25
3 3 Korea 766.70
4 4 Japan 656.42
5 6 Netherlands 483.51
6 8 Canada 458.83
7 5 Chinese Taipei 444.04
8 7 Venezuela 393.63
9 11 Puerto Rico 249.73
10 9 Mexico 241.23
11 10 Australia 225.97
12 13 Dominican Republic 204.20
13 12 Italy 177.94
14 14 Nicaragua 127.56
15 16 Panama 90.24
16 15 China 83.48
17 19 Germany 51.24
18 17 Spain 49.01
19 22 Netherlands Antilles 48.98
20 20 Czech Republic 45.46
21 25 Pakistan 43.00
22 21 Great Britain 33.32
23 18 Thailand 30.88
24 30 Croatia 29.07
25 28 Colombia 28.75
26 33 Greece 21.50
27 26 Hong Kong 20.25
28 29 Sweden 19.95
29 39 Belgium 19.75
30 32 Argentina 19.50
31 40 Sri Lanka 18.50
32 31 Indonesia 16.50
33 24 South Africa 14.12
34 NR N. Mariana Islands 12.50
35 35 Russia 12.45
36 49 Afghanistan 11.25
37 36 Brazil 11.00
38 23 Philippines 10.33
39 NR Guam 10.00
40 27 France 8.50
From: United States
says the pond scum, victor
He is a normal jamaican...
no,he is the normal jamaican that you find in your ghetto. being a piece of garbage, those are the types of jamaicans you associate with, and know about. when i am in the Dominican Republic, i do not associate with lowlife like you. i associate with the educated classes of Dominicans, not barrio chopo illiterates at your level. you are well versed in the habits of jamaican lowlives,because water finds its own level. if you were in the DR, i would not allow you to clean my shoes, you piece of illiterate garbage.
From: United States
No bro,
I dont deal with jamaicans.
All jamaicans are cut alike…period.
Written by: josean, 12 May 2012 9:35 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Dread,
I thank you for exposing this Racist Purple Punk, because every time he post his incoherent rectal vile nonsense the PLD loses dozens of votes.
From: United States
It's no racist..
in my vocabulary.. friends and drugs dont mix.
Obviously in your, yes.. Not in mine..
Drugs are part of their culture
It's a cultural thing , not a racial thing
Written by: josean, 12 May 2012 9:57 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Please Keep posting your Vile Racist comments your helping Danilo's cause tremendously!
From: United States
If there is something that this country teach me is to REALLY avoid people using drugs..
That's looking for problems..
Period
Written by: josean, 12 May 2012 10:12 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Why you did time for selling Drugs for the PLD?
Written by: RonEvane , 12 May 2012 11:33 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
"Rank 2010 Member Federation Total Pts"
Dread, what's all this stuff you're putting up?..Who does this ranking???
Does this have anything to do with baseball?...If so, are you saying the Cubans are better at the game than the US?...Are you kidding me? ...And that the Netherlands has better players than DR?
where did you get this nonsense?
I'd like to see what this is all about. What's the link?
From: United States
asks Ron
And that the Netherlands has better players than DR?
where did you get this nonsense?
did you read my posting, Ron? nobody says the the Netherlands has better players than the DR. what the issue is about here is RESULTS. maybe the Netherlands ranks above the DR in this table because they kicked your ass in the very latest international tournament. i do not need to hear how good you are. prove it. your guys remind me of a sprinter from Jamaica called Asafa Powell. he has set the 100 meter world record 3 times. however, when the time comes to show his stuff, he always fails. never won an individual medal, beaten by lesser lights. that is the DR baseball team. it has more excuses than the constellations have stars. always some nonsense about not sending the best team, or anyone can lose in a short series. GO WIN SOMETHING! then you will improve your rankings. the last time you won a world tournament was in 1948! still want to be known of as the best?
From: United States
says the chimpanzee , victor
Written by: ohhhvictor, 12 May 2012 10:10 PM
From: United States
If there is something that this country teach me is to REALLY avoid people using drugs..
That's looking for problems..
Period
it should have taught you not to sell them. fear not, in short order, i expect you to be just one more of the 5000 Dominicans deported for crimes committed in the USA, not the least of which is selling drugs. then, you will be back where you belong, in some barrio in the DR, pimping your mother and daughters to gringo, and living off the comision.
Written by: RonEvane , 14 May 2012 12:13 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dread, in the latest "world baseball series", Canada beat the US. Cuba beat the DR and Cuba was beaten by Japan!
Now, judging by those results, which country would you say has the better players?
Any nation can be beaten, at least, once. No matter how good or consistent winners they may be.
What you're saying is, that because in someone's askew ranking method, the DR lost to the Netherlands, we are shitty baseball players...worse than 11 other nations!!....
The rationale in your argument, astounds me!!....Good golly!..
No team can win 100% of the time..It's impossible!!
From: United States
Ron, let me try this, once more with feeling. i am at pains to state that the DR has, quite possibly, the best TALENT. the best pitchers, the best fielders. the best batters. the best base runners. however, that does not make them the best TEAM, since results are a little more than talent, and are decided by the intangibles to which i alluded.
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:01 PM
From: United States, NYC
"they are like A Rod. they can bat 450 in the regular season, but, when time comes for the big dance, and all the chips are on the table, he leaves 100 guys stranded on base, and can barely break 200. when you have won no major tournament in 65 years, do not tell me how great you are. when you never as much as won an olympic bronze, you are only great in your own mind." Dready
Again, you're example is off: A-Rod has produced in the Play-Offs. Yes, he's had his issues with some SERIES, but if you take his overall numbers!!! guess what? A-Rod HAS PRODUCED!
Playoff Numbers:
Games:68
AB:299 HR:13-- Runs:42-- RBI:41--SB:8-- BB%12.4 %--K%:21.1 %-- ISO:.221 --BABIP:.318 AVG:.277 OBP:.386 SLG:.498 xOBA:.381 wRC+132
Career
AB:2436 --AB10780--HR:634 --Runs:1843--RBI:1907--SB:308--BB%--11.0 %--K%:18.0 % ISO:.264--BABIP: .318--AVG:.301--OBP: .386--SLG:.565--wOBA:.407--wRC+:147
Do your due diligence before embarking on the trip Dready. LOL
From: United States
go tell that to the Yankee team of last year.
From: United States
here is some of my due diligence, Atabey. articles written by people who know more about the game than you do, although you might not agree
The Curse Of A-Rod: Why the Yankees are Doomed to Failure with A-Fraud
go and read that. do some due diligence.
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Time for A-Rod to turn around playoff slump
By Joe Pawlikowski
The past three postseasons have been rough on Alex Rodriguez. The Yankees haven’t won a series and Alex, their best hitter, hasn’t contributed much. It’s a recipe for press disaster. Take a player who puts up gaudy numbers, combine it with a little postseason failure, and in just a few short seasons you have a half-baked “he can’t hit in the postseason” narrative. It’s one that will haunt Alex Rodriguez until he earns a ring.
From: United States
With another Alex Rodriguez failure, the last of the vaunted American League East went down with a wimper.
The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Thursday, putting the finishing touches on a season that shows for all its juice, the AL East still has some serious work to do.
For the Yankees, it was yet another postseason let down. They won the 2009 World Series, but my Yankee fan friends are quick to point out today how empty that feels right now. It's tough to be happy when you're supposed to win, I suppose. A-Rod capped his postseason last night by striking out three times, including in the seventh inning with the bases loaded.
enjoying my due diligence, Atabey, or shall i continue?
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:35 PM
From: United States, NYC
Dready,
Be careful, be very careful least you fail to heed my advise: let it rest old Chap.
Your example ain't got no bite in it. The numbers above that I posted can be found in Fangraphs.
And please remember that "we are talking about THE ENTIRETY of his playoff experience.
The Seattle years and Yankee years. He didn't make the Playoffs while at Texas.
Yes, in MONEY sports it's "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY" that counts.
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:37 PM
From: United States, NYC
Is Alex Rodriguez Too Harshly Criticized for His Playoff Performances?:
By Lee Andrew Henderson, Dec 12, 12:31 pm EST
One of the most criticized players in all of Major League Baseball is Alex Rodriguez. When fans want to criticize A-Rod there are usually three points they go after. 1) Steroids 2) His desire to be Derek Jeter or 3) His poor playoff performance. Now I can't help Mr. Rod on the first two points but his poor playoff history is very overrated.
Before we delve into Rodriguez's playoff history-and some comparisons to other players-let's remember a few things about playoff performances.
1) One playoff series is, at most, seven games and can be as few as three games. This is about as small a sample size as you'll get in baseball and the statisticians love to complain about small sample sizes. With a small sample size stats that are based on percentages are going to be lower most of the time
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:37 PM
From: United States, NYC
2) It's the playoffs. It's more difficult to hit because the pitcher is geeked up unlike any other time of the year.
3) Alex Rodriguez has always been the best player on his team in the regular season. Which means pitchers, managers, coaches, game plans are all going to be focused around getting him out more than any other player.
4) It's not fair to compare Rodriguez to Derek Jeter. Yes, Rodriguez isn't Jeter in the playoffs. Who is Jeter in the playoffs? He's one of the best all-time. Telling Rodriguez he's not a good playoff baseball player until he's as good as Jeter in the playoffs would be like my nephew drawing a picture for me and telling him to get back to me when he draws as good as Picasso. When Ichiro, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, or any other random MLB star doesn't perform in the playoffs nobody would say, "well, he's no Jeter!' So A-Rod should not get the same treatment either.
Written by: josean, 14 May 2012 12:38 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
God dread, keep him busy with this nonsense he thrives at it!
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:38 PM
From: United States, NYC
All of that is to say that expecting the star player-that an opposing team is focusing on-to have incredible numbers in a small sample size is being unrealistic. Rodriguez is a career .302 hitter with an OPS of .953. During the playoffs those numbers only dip to .277 and .884. Would you like for your best hitter to hit the same in the playoffs as in the regular season or even better? Of course you would. But that also isn't a significant drop. Rodriguez's naysayers act likes he's a .200 hitter in the playoffs.
Sans two at-bats in the 1995, Rodriguez's first experience in the MLB playoffs was in 1997. At the ripe age of 21-years old. Rodriguez's only scoring contribution was a solo home run but for the series he batted .313 with an OPS of .875. The next season A-Rod played two playoff series with the Mariners. In the first series against the White Sox he had a similar performance to the previous series. He didn't contribute much to the scoring-2 RBI and 0 runs-but he wasn't a de
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:39 PM
From: United States, NYC
Sans two at-bats in the 1995, Rodriguez's first experience in the MLB playoffs was in 1997. At the ripe age of 21-years old. Rodriguez's only scoring contribution was a solo home run but for the series he batted .313 with an OPS of .875. The next season A-Rod played two playoff series with the Mariners. In the first series against the White Sox he had a similar performance to the previous series. He didn't contribute much to the scoring-2 RBI and 0 runs-but he wasn't a detriment with his .308 average either.
In the next round the Mariners played the mighty New York Yankees. Rodriguez is a 24-year old kid on the biggest stage of them all against the Yankees in the playoffs. Rodriguez proceeds to bat .409 with a 1.253 OPS, blasts two home runs, knocks in five runs and scores four more runs. Funny how Yankees fans remember a few poor performances by A-Rod but they forgot the year that the 24-year old got the best of them.
Written by: josean, 14 May 2012 12:40 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
See what I mean!
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:40 PM
From: United States, NYC
Rodriguez never made the playoffs with the Rangers so his next playoff performance was as a New York Yankee. His first series went smashingly. Rodriguez batted .421 with a 1.213 OPS against the Minnesota Twins. The next series was the infamous Boston Red Sox championship run. The Yankees went up 3-0 in the ALCS and I think the Yankees fans forget that Rodriguez had some huge hits in those games. Rodriguez ended up with a mediocre line after the last four games, but what Yankees player didn't come out of that series looking bad?
I think the main reason A-Rod gets so much hate is because after the Red Sox won the World Series the heat was on and it was the following two postseasons that Rodriguez had his worst playoff performance. In 2005 Rodriguez batted a lowly .133 against the Los Angeles Angels and the following season it got worse when he hit .071 against the Detroit Tigers the next season.
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:41 PM
From: United States, NYC
The following season was mediocre—.267 BA, .820 OPS, one home run, one RBI-but Rodriguez bounced back in 2009 with a .455 BA and 1.500 OPS in the ALDS and a .429 BA and 1.519 OPS in the ALCS. The batting average dipped to .250 in the World Series but in the end A-Rod hit six home runs and 18 RBI in one postseason.
The 2010 season saw a good ALDS followed by a bad ALCS and the 2011 Rodriguez batted just .111. However, everyone focuses on the bad when it comes to Rodriguez. Overall Rodriguez had six really good to great playoff series, four average playoff series and four bad playoff series. In fourteen playoff series he was bad in four of them. That's all. But many people would have you believe he was bad in most of them or at least half of them.
Let's also consider this. How often is playoff performance discussed when it comes to the greatest baseball players of all-time? Perhaps if a player does really well in postseason-Reggie Jackson comes to mind-then it will be a bonus
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:42 PM
From: United States, NYC
Perhaps if a player does really well in postseason-Reggie Jackson comes to mind-then it will be a bonus for them but not many all-time greats are penalized for being bad in the posteason.
Rodriguez is one of the greatest third baseman to ever play Major League Baseball. Another great player at that position was Mike Schmidt, a player that Rodriguez has easily bested in playoff performance. Schmidt was just a .236 hitter in the postseason with a .690 OPS. Schmidt did knock in seven runs in the 1980 World Series but never had more than two RBI in any other playoff series.
Frank Robinson is one of the most admired players in baseball history and has his number retired from the entire league. Robinson only batted .238 in the postseason and only batted over .300 in a series once. Stan Musial is one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history but only batted .222 in the playoffs. Unfortunately Ted Williams only played in one postseason but he didn't rise to the occasion, batt
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:43 PM
From: United States, NYC
Frank Robinson is one of the most admired players in baseball history and has his number retired from the entire league. Robinson only batted .238 in the postseason and only batted over .300 in a series once. Stan Musial is one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history but only batted .222 in the playoffs. Unfortunately Ted Williams only played in one postseason but he didn't rise to the occasion, batting .200 with just one RBI. Everybody is familiar with "The Catch" made by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series but he only batted .247 with a .660 OPS in the postseason.
Nobody ever says, "Man, Willie Mays was great but he didn't do very well in the postseason." You know who else nobody says that about? Mickey Mantle. Mantle is one of the most beloved Yankees of all-time and nobody ever criticizes his playoff performance when the truth is Mantle and Rodriguez have almost identical postseason stats:
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 12:44 PM
From: United States, NYC
Mantle 65 G .257 BA .908 OPS 18 HR 40 RBI 3 SB 43 BB 54 K 42 R
Rodriguez 68 G .277 BA .884 OPS 13 HR 41 RBI 8 SB 37 BB 63 K 42 R
In fact, even though Mantle's overall numbers are similar, he actually had fewer good series. The only series that Mantle hit really well were the 1952 World Series and the 1960 World Series. Mantle posted batting averages of .208 or lower in the 1951 World Series, 1953 World Series, 1955 World Series, 1961 World Series and 1963 World Series. I hate to break it to the baseball world-especially the Yankees fans-but if Rodriguez sucks in the playoffs then so does Mantle.
Sources:
All stats were found at Baseball-Reference.com
From: United States
guess what, Atabey. i really could care less what you think. i read the opinions of people who get paid to comment on baseball, and other sports. i do not care about the opinion of some sabelotodo called Atabey. how's that for reality?
Written by: Atabey, 14 May 2012 2:22 PM
From: United States, NYC
Frank Robinson ( .238 in the postseason, over .300 in a series once.)
Stan Musial is one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history but only batted .222 in the playoffs.
Ted Williams only played in one postseason but he didn't rise to the occasion, batting .200 with just one RBI.
"The Catch" made by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series but he only batted .247 with a .660 OPS in the postseason.
Mantle 65 G .257 BA .908 OPS 18 HR 40 RBI 3 SB 43 BB 54 K 42 R
Rodriguez 68 G .277 BA .884 OPS 13 HR 41 RBI 8 SB 37 BB 63 K 42 R
In fact, even though Mantle's overall numbers are similar, he actually had fewer good series. The only series that Mantle hit really well were the 1952 World Series and the 1960 World Series. Mantle posted batting averages of .208 or lower in the 1951 World Series, 1953 World Series, 1955 World Series, 1961 World Series and 1963 World Series.
Go on pretending you know enough about baseball Dready. Those names are all HOF. LOL
Written by: RoyStone, 14 May 2012 9:34 PM
From: Australia
The article is about "Venezuelan developer wagers on shopping tourism" What has baseball got to do with it? Come to think of it, what has baseball got to do with anything of importance?
Written by: RonEvane , 15 May 2012 12:00 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Dread, the best team, especially in baseball, does not always win!..That's a given. It takes more than TALENT to win at ANYTHING!...
So the best team did not win the crown!... That's something that happens everyday!...By your reasoning, the best team must ALWAYS win! That's impossible!
The law of averages says, that in 100% of the time, the best team will win MOST games, not ALL, no way!
What I get from you is that, because the Netherlands kick our butts ONCE, they now rank higher than DR does!..That's preposterous!
Written by: RoyStone, 15 May 2012 1:01 AM
From: Australia
Ron,
I don't know or care about baseball, it is irrelevant. Regardless, the best team on the day always wins that day. That's what winning means. Some teams are are the best team more often, so they win the series, tournament, crown, whatever. So what?
Written by: RonEvane , 15 May 2012 7:22 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
No, Roy, the best team of the day, DOES NOT always win the game or contest. Many direct causes and intangibles influence the outcome of the game.
My point is that TALENT alone, does not guarantee success every single time!..Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory!
Written by: RoyStone, 15 May 2012 7:35 AM
From: Australia
Winning is the only definitive criterion. The rest are just excuses - something the Dominican teams excel in, it seems. Maybe "Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory" but I will say it outright - you're only as good as your last victory, sorry, but loosers are loosers, no matter what the excuse.
Written by: RonEvane , 15 May 2012 8:07 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Alrighty, then. ..Let me ask you a simple question:..How do you think anyone gets good at anything, if not by trial and error?..Does a successful person gets it right every time?
Have you made enough mistakes in your life for which you have learned not to do the same thing, the same way again?..
Do you think Warren Buffett gets it right EVERY time? Is he a "looser"?, as you put it?
At the risk of sounding smug, I'll say this: I am a winner!.. but only because I LOST quite a few of my efforts to win!...How about you, Roy, are you a winner!?
From: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), The Dentist will see you now
OOoi Have a cold of water to throw on you guys who think SD is going to be a Caribbean shopping destinación ......Taubman Real Estate just announced a 450 million dollar súper mall in San Juan PR 2 miles from the busiest airport in the Caribbean that will include a108 thousand square ft Saks Fifth Ave and a104 thousand ft Nordstroms plus a100 other luxury stores.....total square footage 640 thousand square ft .....with a Crowne Plaza hotel and casino.....this and Plaza Las Américas in Hato Rey should end any Dreamscape about shoppers coming to SD.......in fact Dominicans will be going to San Juan to shop
From: United States
get out the hose, dreamkiller. that way, you can throw cold water on the guys who tell us the the DR has the best music, the best food, the best women, the best economy, the best sports teams, they are taking over the USA economy, they have the most restaurants in NYC, they have the very best of everything. fire hydrant, please.
Written by: RoyStone, 17 May 2012 3:58 PM
From: Australia
I don't, know the figures, but it appears to me that San Juan airport handles far more flights than all Dominican airports put together. Maybe someone here knows?
Written by: RoyStone, 17 May 2012 4:10 PM
From: Australia
Ron,
There is no comparison between success in business and success in sport. In sport the rules are clear and the conditions are identical for both teams. In every game there is a winner and a loser (except maybe girls' games like soccer where scores are so low and draws are common). There is no such thing as "win-win" in sport. By contrast, winning in business does not require some else losing. How many qualified cosmetic surgeons or accountants do you know, are "loosers" forced to live off welfare?
Written by: RonEvane , 17 May 2012 4:11 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Some would say the best, others not...Just like colors and size, it's all a matter of taste!...
I bet some say that Jamaicans have the best of all you've mentioned above. Would you dispute that, Dread?
I take it you don't think much of my DR yet you go there occasionally or reside there permanently, don't know which....but I know deep inside you must have a love for our land. If not, you wouldn't criticize it as much!..Si o no?
From: United States
says RonEvane
I bet some say that Jamaicans have the best of all you've mentioned above. Would you dispute that, Dread?
absolutely not. they also need the hose on them. i do not say that we have the best of anything, simply because it is Jamaican. to me, salsa rules, and i am not Boricua.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 7:45 AM
From: United States, NYC
Yes esteemed poster from the South Atlantic. PR is still ahead. What we need to keep in mind are the trends. DR will be the fastest growing economy
Table 2-7.
GDP per capita/averages,
PPP US$ % change, 2010-2015 % change, 2010-2030
Dominican Republic ------------------33----------- 178
Cuba---------------------------------------38------------ 172
Brazil-------------------------------------- 35------------ 162
Chile---------------------------------------39-------------156
Costa Rica-------------------------------30------------- 144
Peru--------------------------------------- 36------------- 141
El Salvador------------------------------ 33------------- 133
Argentina---------------------------------34-------------- 124
Colombia---------------------------------35----------------121
Mexico-------------------------------------27--------------- 111
Ecuador----------------------------------- 25------------- 103
Venezuela 15 99
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit: Co
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 7:50 AM
From: United States, NYC
And those numbers will, all things being equal, drive investments in the region. So DR will get a substantial piece of the offerings. And if Haiti ever gets on track, then the stimulus in DR will be even greater as Haiti's economic expansion will feed DR's economic expansion.
WHat DR needs to do is correct its LAW and Order issues, continue the trend of providing a BUSINESS FRIENDLY Environment! We still have some ways to go there! And get more efficient resource management in several sectors that are drying up precious funds better allocated in primary and secondary education-among other important areas.
Tax collection and Property Registry needs to come fully on line and efficiently handled.
Yes, many problems but as someone USE TO SAY, the Trends young man, the trends.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 8:24 AM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: RoyStone, 15 May 2012 7:35 AM
From: Australia
Winning is the only definitive criterion. The rest are just excuses - something the Dominican teams excel in, it seems. Maybe "Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory" but I will say it outright - you're only as good as your last victory, sorry, but loosers are loosers, no matter what the excuse."
By such a standard Brazil, Italy and Germany winners of the vast majority of the World Cups would be considered LOSERS!
ONLY SPAIN WOULD BE CONSIDERED A WINNER!
No, I don't buy YOUR definition of WINNER.
IT IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT DR HAS UNDERPERFORMED AT WORLD TOURNAMENTS.
But as I've pointed out, many other nations-INCLUDING YOUR ONLY WINNER SPAIN-have done so!
Also, keep in mind, that for many years DR COULD NOT SEND ITS BEST TO THESE TOURNAMENTS. MOST of our best talents were in the professional leagues and thus barred from participating in many of these tournaments. Even now, DR se
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 8:32 AM
From: United States, NYC
Even now, DR sends below top grade talents to many tournaments, like was the case with the team sent to Australia.
The vast majority of DR's talent in baseball is bottled up in the professional leagues around the world and most of these professional teams and leagues WILL NOT ALLOW their investments to play in tournaments. And since these tournaments DON'T PAY why would any sane person risk his career playing in them?
As many wise baseball people acknowledge, short tournament play hugely favors teams in sport form or in other words: teams that are fully prepared. Often, the tournaments are played during the pre-season and the Cubans and Asians, among the teams that have their professional baseball schedule geared towards such tournaments are the better prepared teams.
Again, this is not to say that overall the DR has underperformed. But in short tournament play, a few key plays can swing a game or two and a small nation team can upset an established powerhouse.
OJO!
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 9:32 AM
From: United States, NYC
RoyStone,
I don't, know the figures, but it appears to me that San Juan airport handles far more flights than all Dominican airports put together. Maybe someone here knows?"
" This is a list of the busiest airports in the Caribbean region by passenger traffic. Statistic are available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The present list intends to include all the international airports located in the area geographically defined as Caribbean, comprising Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, The Bahamas Islands and Trinidad and Tobago.
Given the fact that each country has a different body to control these statistics, the compilation of data is difficult and no homogeneously distributed. The information here presented represents the best available data in different Internet sources. The list content statistics for different years since each country authority does not have strong regulations reporting passengers traffic.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 9:34 AM
From: United States, NYC
The ranking is ordered according to total passenger traffic (unless the footnotes indicate the contrary). Information on aircraft movements or cargo movements are not available for all the airports."
Totals:
Dominican Republic ==9, 585,648 with 4, 460,583 in Punta Cana International Airport and Santo Domingo =3,074,445 and Santiago = 928,944 and Puerto Plata= 755,877
Puerto Rico=========8, 811,290 with 7, 933,381 in Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport,Carolina. The next major airport is Aguadilla with 471,228.
So the scales IN ONE MAJOR AIRPORT are with PR for now.
The trends point to the DR becoming very important. With multiple large Airports. Just check out the trends or growth between the arrivals in PR and DR over the last 20, 10 years. Of course, 8 million passengers PR's San Juan is what makes the business decision desirable now. But looking towards the future, DR has trending on her side. And Cubita is also on the radar.
So Roy: Incorrect.
From: United States
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 8:32 AM
From: United States, NYC
Even now, DR sends below top grade talents to many tournaments, like was the case with the team sent to Australia.
more excuses. i had no idea that the Netherlands, and Australia had a wealth of top grade talent to send to baseball tournaments. they win, by applying the intangibles you do not possess, like discipline, teamwork, planning, selflessness, guts, determination, achievement motivation, and other things that make winners winners. those who do not have these qualities lose, and make excuses, all livelong day.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 10:37 AM
From: United States, NYC
Top of the morning Dready!!!!
and Roy's assumption????? Eh??
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 10:39 AM
From: United States, NYC
Care to take on the The Economist projections?
GDP per capita/averages,
PPP US$ % change, 2010-2015 % change, 2010-2030
Dominican Republic ------------------33----------- 178
Cuba---------------------------------------38------------ 172
Brazil-------------------------------------- 35------------ 162
Chile---------------------------------------39-------------156
Costa Rica-------------------------------30------------- 144
Peru--------------------------------------- 36------------- 141
El Salvador------------------------------ 33------------- 133
Argentina---------------------------------34-------------- 124
Colombia---------------------------------35----------------121
Mexico-------------------------------------27--------------- 111
Ecuador----------------------------------- 25------------- 103
Venezuela --------------------------------15--------------- 99
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit: Co
From: United States
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 10:39 AM
From: United States, NYC
Care to take on the The Economist projections?
only with someone who has studied economics, and understands what the numbers really mean. i am tired of wasting time in infantile games with sabelotodos, who believe that they have a monopoly on knowledge.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 2:50 PM
From: United States, NYC
The ranking is ordered according to total passenger traffic (unless the footnotes indicate the contrary). Information on aircraft movements or cargo movements are not available for all the airports."
Totals:
Dominican Republic ==9, 585,648 with 4, 460,583 in Punta Cana International Airport and Santo Domingo =3,074,445 and Santiago = 928,944 and Puerto Plata= 755,877
Puerto Rico=========8, 811,290 with 7, 933,381 in Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport,Carolina. The next major airport is Aguadilla with 471,228.
So the scales IN ONE MAJOR AIRPORT are with PR for now.
The trends point to the DR becoming very important. With multiple large Airports. Just check out the trends or growth between the arrivals in PR and DR over the last 20, 10 years. Of course, 8 million passengers PR's San Juan is what makes the business decision desirable now. But looking towards the future, DR has trending on her side. And Cubita is also on the radar.
So Roy: Incorrect assumption.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 2:54 PM
From: United States, NYC
Dready,
Care to take up Roy's position?
And as to The Economist Intelligence estimates. Whilst I understand that these are merely projections and both bone and flesh need to be collected to make these projections come true, it nevertheless points to good trending for DR, Cuba in the medium and long term.
You can't say DR's PLD or PRD paid off The Economist to project DR as a big winner in future, can you?
Written by: RoyStone, 18 May 2012 5:12 PM
From: Australia
Thanks for the airport figures, Atabey
Not being Dominican, I am happy to accept my observation was incorrect.
On the sport thing, if "Brazil, Italy and Germany (are) winners of the vast majority of the World Cups" then by my definition they are winners, not loosers.
As far as "MOST of our best talents were in the professional leagues" then they are not "yours" any more - they belong body, heart and soul to the American team that bought them, and most I believe have taken up US citizenship too. I freely admit I'm no expert on baseball, but I thought it was a team sport.
In successful countries, sportsmen aspire to represent their county and win for their country. Dominican-born sportsmen can't wait to abandon their country to make money for themselves. Perhaps it is this same attitude that has made the Dominican Republic a crime-ridden rubbish-tip and a kleptocracy?
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 7:06 PM
From: United States, NYC
First Roy, you established a definition of "you're ONLY as good as your last game or competition.
To wit: Written by: RoyStone, 15 May 2012 7:35 AM
From: Australia
Winning is the only definitive criterion. The rest are just excuses - something the Dominican teams excel in, it seems.
Maybe "Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory" but I will say it outright
- you're only as good as your last victory, sorry, but loosers are loosers, no matter what the excuse."
"You're ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST VICTORY...."
By THAT STANDARD Germany, Italy and Brazil ARE ALL LOSERS.
Second,
"As far as "MOST of our best talents were in the professional leagues" then they are not "yours" any more - they belong body, heart and soul to the American team that bought them, and most I believe have taken up US citizenship too. I freely admit I'm no expert on baseball, but I thought it was a team sport. "
Most Dominicans who play for professional teams are
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 7:09 PM
From: United States, NYC
OVERWHELMING NOT citizens of the host nation. That is, USA or Japan or Mexico. They play as professionals and their contract often stipulates that the TEAM has the right to block the players participation in any tournament. The players are very often from the poorest social-economic classes in DR and no sane person coming from such humble station will risk being terminated by going against their professional teams conditions.
Some of the best Dominican talent is in the A-AAA and development programs run by MLB. Their participation, especially the most important players, the pitchers, are denied participation in non-league play for their native countries. This is not Cricket or some other relatively low money game, but a multi-billion dollar industry the MLB. Players can make tens of millions of dollars annually. Unheard of and undreamed for any Cricket player. The Aussies are relatively new to baseball and have no doubt developed a decent minor league level team quality.
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 7:17 PM
From: United States, NYC
As with the Netherlands, these teams can under a short sample size-which is what is played in tournaments- offer surprises to more established teams with pedigrees far above their own.
I remember reading Costa Rica defeated mighty Brazil and Italy!
Competition
10-- June 1960 -- Costa Rica vs Brazil ,, 3–0 ,,, Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Panamerican Championship
11 --June 1984 -- Costa Rica vs Italy ,, 1–0 ,, Rose Bowl, Pasadena ,,, 1984 Olympic Games
But don't worry, with the coming economic expansion on both sides of the island more Dominicans will establish the stability and station in life to offer the country talented players to compete with other lands.
We can not undue the past, all we can do is try to do better in the present and future. Things look far better today than 20 years ago or 30 years ago or 40 years ago. For outsiders who are blessed to have had an easier time of it, these developments might appear small and too lengthy, but to those of
Written by: Atabey, 18 May 2012 7:27 PM
From: United States, NYC
us who have known the enormous sacrifices and decades of poor management decision making, the failed attempts at modernity and development, the dictators, the poor health, the plague of stop and go policies, the sheer awfulness and debilitating crisis of modernity and development, etc., the future looks far brighter and forth coming.
Yes, there are many problems to be solved in DR. But we at least are moving in the right direction. It's taken too much time, but better late than never, no?
P.S.
Check those Economist Intelligence estimates?
Written by: RonEvane , 18 May 2012 11:40 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Atabey...The difference between you and Roy is that he sees only the present; but you see past, present, and future!...quite clearly!
Written by: RoyStone, 19 May 2012 3:00 AM
From: Australia
Some people are so open minded, their brain falls out. There is a difference between being imaginative and being delusional.
Written by: RonEvane , 19 May 2012 8:51 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Some people see what's in front of them, and deem it a pig sty;.. Others see the same thing and deem it, a pile of manure. That is what we call progressive thinking...Nothing delusional about it.
From: United States
says sabelotodo
Competition
10-- June 1960 -- Costa Rica vs Brazil ,, 3–0 ,,, Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Panamerican Championship
when last have they beaten Brazil, Mr Know it all? that was 1960! 12 years after you won your last tournament! as Roy says, you are only as good as your last victory. so, you were good in 1948. today, you have all the talent, but YOU SUCK! you cannot beat anyone who can play the game at a high level. but, you sure can make EXCUSES! go win something, with all that talent you have. LOSERS!
From: United States
Atabey, you wrote in the forum once that Jamaica is a one trick pony in sports. at least our pony can do a trick. yours loses, and makes excuses.
Written by: RonEvane , 19 May 2012 11:30 AM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Years ago, Jamaica had the biggest economy in the Caribbean...Today, YOU SUCK!...
We in DR have it, and wont give it back to anyone, least of all, Ganja land!
From: United States
you might have the biggest, but big does not mean best. keep taking your information cues from Atabey, and you will surely learn a lot. first of all, what does having the BIGGEST economy mean? the biggest GDP number? well, you should! you have the biggest country, next to Cuba, and the biggest population, so you should have the biggest economy, since the components of all the economies are roughly the same, in terms of resources, and stage of development. you have a bigger economy than Jamaica, but what does that mean for the people? does it give you the best education system? does it reduce the number of people living under the poverty line? does it give you the best health care system? does it cure the corruption in society? does it give you the best electricity delivery? how about drinking water? can you drink from the running water sources, without ending up in inrensive care? does it reduce the number of children going hungry?
From: United States
go read the Human Development Index, and learn something. we still rank above you, when ALL the factors of human development are taken into account. actually, we are in a HIGHER CATEGORY, altogether. the fact that the Jamaican economy is passing through rough times means nothing, in the long run. the world passed through the great depression. the USA economic indicators are worse than some of the Sub Saharan countries, which are hellholes in which to live. so, keep taking your cues from a guy who cannot do simple mathematics, and see how much you learn.
From: United States
says RonEvane
, Ganja land!
i much prefer dealing in weed, than renting the female members of my family to gringos
Written by: RonEvane , 19 May 2012 1:05 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Are upset, Dread?...Was it something I said?
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 1:06 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: dreadlocks, 19 May 2012 11:55 AM
From: United States
says RonEvane
, Ganja land!
i much prefer dealing in weed, than renting the female members of my family to gringos"
As IF in jolly old Jamaica PROSTITUTION IS UNKNOWN. Save it for Josean or some other of your worthless scum pack members.
DR has probably the third highest population number after Cuba and HAITI. And you OF COURSE FAIL to mention that Jamaica HAD A SUBSTANTIAL LEAD OVER DR and has since, 30--40 years, LOST IT in a reign of mismanagement. Yes, you have a higher HDI, but guess what? You had a far higher gap in your favor BEFORE. So the trendings are doing you in again, old fart.
In DR the talk is about Metros, higher spending for Education, roads, bridges, Rail links with New Ports, Mining contracts, Carnival Cruise investments, etc. What about Jamaica?
Go and take allllllllllll your "glass half-empty" non-sense and apply it to a nation-state in true pitiful status: Jamaica.
From: United States
says RonEvane
Are upset, Dread?...Was it something I said?
maybe. think about it, and, if you cannot figure it out, i will help you.
From: United States
says Atabey
As IF in jolly old Jamaica PROSTITUTION IS UNKNOWN
it is known, all right. it is just that guys do not pimp their own mothers, and daughters. that is not good stuff to do.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 1:22 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: dreadlocks, 19 May 2012 1:17 PM
From: United States
edit"
Dready's best contribution to the discussion so far.
From: United States
says Atabey
Dready's best contribution to the discussion so far.
you mean the one about the pimps?
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 1:25 PM
From: United States, NYC
It appears Dready's been away too long from the Old country Jamaica:
Some mothers are heartless pimps - Letters to ... - Jamaica Observer
Apr 19, 2012 ... Jamaica Observer – A Jamaican Newspaper & Your Source for the Latest ...
substance abuse, prostitution, regressive behaviours, running away ... Many of
these women we call mothers double up quite efficiently as their children's pimps.
... There are definitely women out there pimping their daughters, and ...
From: United States
yes, but they are a long way from being number 4 in the WORLD for the exportation of prostitutes.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 1:31 PM
From: United States, NYC
Child Prostitution - Jamaica
Child Prostitution in Jamaica .... about age of consent, the
majority of firstborns in this country have been born to teen-age mothers, ...
My Parent And My Pimp - Child prostitution in Jamaica ...
What is not known is that there are Jamaica women who will send their daughters and sons out nightly to "work the ...
You see Dready YOU ALWAYS 'te deslatas" and show YOUR TRUE COLOURS!!
You make bitter and nasty comments about Dominicans, their women, daughters, husbands, etc., and YET!!!! YOU want to see the speck in Dominican eyes and "tapar el Sol con un dedo"
"why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have ... splinter of wood in the eye of your brother and do not put your mind"
Indeed.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 1:36 PM
From: United States, NYC
The market demands quality and puts a premium on better content. Sorry, but your product does not have the goods of the Spanish Islands.
With such interest in the subject and command of persons involved, I guess we now know why Dready has chosen to spend soooooooooo much time visiting DR. Remember Dready if you are a US citizen it is against the law to engage in these activities with minors.
From: United States
i repeat
Written by: dreadlocks, 19 May 2012 1:26 PM
From: United States
yes, but they are a long way from being number 4 in the WORLD for the exportation of prostitutes.
From: United States
says stillhere
But if DR plays its cards right"
That is a very big IF...
The more things change the more things will stays the same... with the same old hands put out to have their pockets filled....
As we have all seen the reports about imported amounts of goods and the how far over the amounts allowed, as they continue to go up with no repercussions for those flaunting the quotas.
stillhere, i do not even bother posting in the forum , anymore. itis a wasteland, destroyed by the likes of morons like Atabey, whose biggest word is IF. he has no concept of economics, but thinks he knows something. so, i let him have his little fun. the intelligent people can tell which of us understands development economics, and which is the ignorant , uneducated, poseur.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 2:05 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: dreadlocks,
says RonEvane
, Ganja land!
i much prefer dealing in weed, than renting the female members of my family to gringos"
Child Prostitution Widespread in Jamaica PDF
Jamaica Observer, July 21, 2002
Children, Some As Young As 10 And 11 Years Old, Are Engaged In Prostitution.
Study listed nine categories of children engaging in sex for gain and said they were pushed basically by lack of economic support, love and affection. The first of the nine categories listed was children living and working on the streets, mostly boys between ages 12 and 18"
Reasons for child prostitution
Dave Campbell, Jamaica Gleaner, June 17, 2006
Children are now seen as bread winners for some families, as the parents realise that people are more responsive to a child's cry for help.
As a result of this, parents send their children, especially females, to hustle for the family by engaging them in sexual activities with older men, while subjecting the
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 2:07 PM
From: United States, NYC
As a result of this, parents send their children, especially females, to hustle for the family by engaging them in sexual activities with older men, while subjecting them to both physical and mental abuse which will later have a greater psychological effect on them in life.
Gateways to exploitation
Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2007 -- Source: ECPAT International
JAMAICA - Male and female sex workers operating in tourist areas are known as “beach boys” and “beach girls.” Working on the beach, they make private contacts with tourists. Additionally, there are reports of van operators who take passengers to safe houses for sex with boys and girls. Some girls are sent out to the beach by their parents to wait for men. In general, clients are mostly Westerners, but local men are also involved. Boy prostitution, described as “rent-a-dread,” also occurs.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 2:08 PM
From: United States, NYC
Companies involved in human trafficking
Howard Campbell, Jamaica Gleaner, April 28, 2007
"If you had asked me three or four years ago, I would tell you that, 'Look, these things don't happen in Jamaica'," he said. "But, believe me, it happens." The Justice Minister said that since the task force was set up by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in 2005, many cases of human trafficking have been unearthed. Many involve children.
EXPLOITING THE YOUNG - Using the sensational 'sale' of a teenage girl by her parents to a man in St. Elizabeth as an example, Mr. Nicholson said the exploitation of young boys and girls in Jamaica was widespread. He warned that, under the law, not only persons who know of the deed can be jailed.
From: United States
as i said Atabey, it happens, but is the exception, rather than the rule. you know the difference, right? it makes news in Jamaica, because it is anomalous. it does not make news here, since it is par for the course.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 2:12 PM
From: United States, NYC
The paedophiles are here
Martin Henry, Jamaica Gleaner, June 8, 2006
Whatever the law may wish to say about age of consent, the majority of firstborns in this country have been born to teen-age mothers, and a large proportion of these to mothers under the age of consent. The age of first sex is well-documented to be in the early teens.
Transactional sex in a rich variety of prostitutional commercial exchange, from the onset of puberty, is a dominant feature of Jamaican culture.
My Parent And My Pimp - Child prostitution in Jamaica
Stephen-Claude Hyatt, Jamaica Gleaner, December 6, 2001
What is not known is that there are Jamaica women who will send their daughters and sons out nightly to "work the beat" and take money home to them. Many of these children are not allowed back into the home unless a certain amount of money is made nightly.
My Parent And My Pimp - Child prostitution in Jamaica
What was that about PIMP, Dready?? Eh??
From: United States
i already told you that it existed, but that it is the fodder of sensational press releases. in the DR, it does not make the news, since it is not newsworthy.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 2:16 PM
From: United States, NYC
Written by: dreadlocks, 19 May 2012 2:10 PM
From: United States
as i said Atabey, it happens, but is the exception, rather than the rule. you know the difference, right? it makes news in Jamaica, because it is anomalous. it does not make news here, since it is par for the course."
A little HUMILITY setting in Dready?? LOL
And What about this FOR "but is the exception"
"Transactional sex in a rich variety of prostitutional commercial exchange, from the onset of puberty, is a dominant feature of Jamaican culture."
???????????
From: United States
says Atabey
Transactional sex in a rich variety of prostitutional commercial exchange, from the onset of puberty, is a dominant feature of Jamaican culture.
it is a matter of degrees, Atabey. in one society, it is a regular feature of daily life. in another, it is the topic of sensational newspaper articles.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 3:11 PM
From: United States, NYC
Perhaps the ganga clouds the mind.........LOL
From: United States
not as bad as the crack you guys love so much. as least the weed is organic.
Written by: RonEvane , 19 May 2012 3:41 PM
From: United States, Gaithersburg, Maryland
Crack bad; weed, good.
From: United States
tell that to Atabey. i already had that one figured out.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 4:38 PM
From: United States, NYC
"Rent a dread" Dready,
I destroyed your argument. Go and sell that piece of worthless junk to mindless scum like Joseyy.
Better yet, do something for the Old country, she in need of help, Man. But remember that engaging in child prostitution is illegal for US citizens. Or is that the reason you don't go back and visit Jamaica??
Written by: RoyStone, 19 May 2012 7:36 PM
From: Australia
Smoking weed is very bad for health and the brain, but crack in the Dominican Republic is wonderful and readily available and of the highest quality (oh - were you referring to the drug?)
From: United States
says Atabey
I destroyed your argument.
sorry, sabelotodo, but i am fresh out of medals, and cookies. i had no idea that the site was for children , who think posting is a sport, which you win. so,i did not buy enough medals at the closeout. my bad. now that i know that i am dealing with juveniles, i will stock up.
Written by: RoyStone, 19 May 2012 8:02 PM
From: Australia
Dready,
"Arguing on a blog-site is like the Special Olympics - even if you win you are still retarded"
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 8:10 PM
From: United States, NYC
Chimp,
I've got some cookies for yea.
Written by: Atabey, 19 May 2012 8:11 PM
From: United States, NYC
Care to take on the The Economist projections?
GDP per capita/averages,
PPP US$ % change, 2010-2015 % change, 2010-2030
Dominican Republic ------------------33----------- 178
Cuba---------------------------------------38------------ 172
Brazil-------------------------------------- 35------------ 162
Chile---------------------------------------39-------------156
Costa Rica-------------------------------30------------- 144
Peru--------------------------------------- 36------------- 141
El Salvador------------------------------ 33------------- 133
Argentina---------------------------------34-------------- 124
Colombia---------------------------------35----------------121
Mexico-------------------------------------27--------------- 111
Ecuador----------------------------------- 25------------- 103
Venezuela --------------------------------15--------------- 99
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit: C
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More useless malls!
Oh, con "cacara" de huevo!
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**** EL CAMBIO SEGURO ****
DANILO PRESIDENTE 2012-2016
This is Venezuelan money laundering at its best.
Maybe Dominicans get mugged by members of your family, de seguro tu abuela is the primera atracadora!
Si o no?
(*;@)
The Purple Propaganda machine has arrived early today to defend METROLANDIA!
Don't be a "Pubic Hair!"
The High Paying Jobs for foreigners; the Dominicans will clean the toilets if they don’t higher the cheaper Haitian labor!
A swing and a miss..
NEVER happen.
Honestly...not too many people are going to come from Punta Cana during their one week vacation to shop in a mall....with prices in excess of what they would pay for the items back home.
In all the times I go to Santo Domingo to shop, I rarely buy anything....nothing in fact from Accropolis, Blue Mall and the likes...all grossly overpriced.
I only see people eating and hanging out in the malls here not many shopping bags.
bernies,
The Purple Propaganda reference was to the honorable PURPLE Bottela "jhcl2012's" posting.
However, what we need are more Schools and EDUCATION and not more USELESS malls to congest Cuidad Fernandez even more!
It will be better when there are underpasses at 27 de Febrero ..but for some development is a nasty word because they are born with sour grapes ,
Is this a Money Laundering Project and that's why your so passionate in its defense?
so, sr. josean, only wants schools, hospitals, y comedores (cosas que el pld ha hecho por pila) built. hmmmmm, and how are you going to pay for them?
u take the money from the choo-choo train,
all aboard a train full of uneducated people riding no where in their lives,
u better take a look at the blue mall the last time i was their the place was empty with real shoopers the people that where walking around the mall all came out of one car or from a motor bike.
lucky if they had 50 pesos in their pockets. shooping in the blue mall i dont think so. casa nelson be better for them.
better u clean up the rivers and streets think its a good place to start
get some education for the young so when leo builds more trains u just might have some intelligent folks riding on these trains.
choo-choo train in la la land.
thank u sir.......
shopping bags? yes they eat some food walk around as the shops go broke.
in the 1st place the dr does not get they many tourists to support all the malls the locals for most part dont have the money to shop in high price shops plaza central- blue mall ----- acroplis.
all very high priced shops. all very nice malls but within 3 blocks of each other yes it would great if u where new york city or garden city in long island with all the money in the world over there but for the most part the locals just dont have the funds to buy over there.
not very big spenders u know. the others are looking for the ladies of the night and not looking to buy them expensive gifts from these shops. maybe they might go to casa nelson in pop and spend like 200-300 pesos for their lady frind but the blue mall i dont think so.
13 flights each day come from brazil to miami. 1,000 of tourists every day from brazil just to name one country.
these floks from brazil are buying up conds like they are going out of style, they hit the shops on lincoln road and buy up tons of things from these shops. they are spending millions in south beach.
if the dr can get to be like a south beach then it just might work.
but right now u are not even close to being a south beach.
u can start by cleaning up the rivers, ocean,s and beaches.
stop treating tourists and investors like "prey" then it all just might come true for the dr. get some real police and some that speak english, fix the traffic problems in santo domingo. the noise from the horn blowing.
and the list goes on and on but u can fix it if u really want to.
Luxury hotels, an eco water park, a Jack Nicklaus golf course ... China's investment in the Caribbean is a whopper .
China is funding a US$3.4 billion gaming and entertainment resort in the Bahamas that's being billed as the largest of its kind in the Caribbean.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Nassau, Bahamas, on February 21, and was attended by ministers of the Bahamas and presidents of Chinese enterprises that are funding and helping to build it.
The showpiece of the project will be a 100,000-square-foot casino, which will be the Caribbean's largest, its developers claim.
The resort will also include a 50,000-square-foot retail strip, an 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature championship golf course and a 200,000-square-foot convention center.
A 20-acre water park and three spas are being planned on the Bahamian Riviera, along 3,000 fe
A cluster of hotels run by Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, Morgans Hotel Group, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and an unnamed casino hotel promises to create 2,250 new rooms.
The BBC reported that the Export-Import Bank of China will help fund the Baha Mar project, and that the China State Construction Engineering Company will build it. It will be the largest estate to be built by Chinese companies outside China, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Developers say that the Baha Mar resort is expected to create 12,000 new jobs in the Bahamas and contribute to a 10 percent spike in the Bahamian gross domestic product.
Tourism currently accounts for 60 percent of the country's GDP.
ALL ABOARD LEOS CHOO-CHOO- TRAIN......
Useless Mall? This is private investment you Dolk. This is what creates jobs. Josie, you have the brain of a fly born prematurely
WHAT F....ING JOBS?
THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THE BLUE MALL YES THEY HAD SOME DOMINICANS WORKING OVER THEIR AND U KNOW WHAT? THEY WHERE OUTSIDE THEIR FANCY SHOPS THEY WHERE WORKING AT AND THEY WHERE STANDING OUTSIDE THE SHOPS AND "HAWKING" TRYING TO GET CUSTOMERS IN SIDE THEIR SHOPS.. NOT VERY CLASSY ONE WOULD THINK. ..
"However, what we need are more Schools and EDUCATION and not more USELESS malls to congest Cuidad Fernandez even more!"
What the D.R. needs is less people like Josean telling other people what they can do with their own money!
Seriously....Mind your own business.
Also.....Do you have any proof that the money building the mall if from Money Laundering or is it just another case of your jealousy making you talk out of your ass?
Seriously....Mind your own business.
You go first!
PS
How is that RED commie Sofa you bought at IKEA?
Jose hiede vivo don’t deal very we well with the true.. !!
When he got nothing to say, he start his mumbo, jumbo..Communist sofa and another nonsense..
They main issue in this article is that people all over the world feel comfortable investing in D. R because PLD make it a reliable place to invest.
Money talks and B.s Josie walks.. !
Thank you PLD for making us the leader in foreign investment in Central America and the Caribbean!
_____________________________________________________________________
PLD 2012-3000
sure. i can see guys coming in from all over the caribbean to shop in a mall here. dude, get real. there are stores in other countries, too. what do you think you are going to sell that cannot be bought in a store in Trinidad.?
There is A REASON why we are the leaders in foreign investment in the area. And improving every day.. In a lot of places it simply don’t happens
That’s why D.R. is the biggest economy in the area according to Wikipedia
Thank you PLD for making us the leader in foreign investment in Central America and the Caribbean!
You are making us feel proud!
:)
_____________________________________________________________________
PLD 2012-3000
I have long abandoned any commercial interest in the DR for over a year now, but am addicted to reading the news strictly for comic relief. The absurd things that I read never cease to provide me with belly aching laughter. Like this story about the DR being a shopping Mecca for tourists. This gives new meaning to the absolute absurd! With most of the Caribbean destinations being "Duty Free" why would anyone want to pay the 16% VAD tax?
This Venezuelan and his buddy in the Blue Balls mall are nothing but money launderers keeping the long tradition of dirty money flowing in from Venezuela. Isn't the CAP in CAP Cana the initials of Carlos Andres Perez who looted over $70 million from the treasury when he slammed the door on his way out? No one in any right "business mind" could have ever built any of these malls if they needed to make a profit. I predict in 5 years the stores will all close because of the absurd rents and the Malls will become a graveyard for cheap stores.
"This Venezuelan and his buddy in the Blue Balls mall are nothing but money launderers keeping the long tradition of dirty money flowing in from Venezuela."
I knew there was reason why Little Ricky was jumping out of his britches to defense the boondoggle!
He can smell Money Lanundering a mile away!
" Isn't the CAP in CAP Cana the initials of Carlos Andres Perez who looted over $70 million from the treasury when he slammed the door on his way out? "
synapse,
I don’t know about what the CAP represents but around here we call it CAP CACA!
Is that you Little Ricky with one of your several dozen user names?
How many families have benefited from these big investments?
The only thing I can say is that without Cap Cana, Blue Mall and Sambil the DR would be in much worse economical condition.
Couler lentement jusqu’à toucher tes doigts le fond de l’abysse
"How many dominicans are employed in Cap Cana, Blue Mall and Sambil?
How many families have benefited from these big investments?"
Those are good questions that 10,000,000 million Dominicans would like to know the answer to!
Thank you very accurate comment..
Instead of giving negative comments we need positive people like you that believe in DR and work for it..For everybody prosperity..
All Josie Hiede Vivo negativism just make me sick!
I am sooo happy that our nation is the leader in Central America and the caribbean in investment ..thanks to the PLD!
_________________________________________________________________________
PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
Some people just Can't HANDLE the Truth!
No , Josie Hiede vivo..
You can not handle reality!
:)
So, let me tell you a little secret about reality:
____________________________________________________________________________
PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
No , Josie Hiede vivo..
You can not handle reality!
:)
So, let me tell you a little secret about reality:
____________________________________________________________________________
PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
The closer we get to May 20th the more nervous and repetitive you get!
Again, you can not handle your reality..
Wake up Josie stinky!
____________________________________________________________________________
PLD for the progress of our people..10 days for celebration
2012-3000
You see what I mean!
To all the Fools here who praise the DR for being the laundromat because it stimulates an economy and provides jobs, I say to you what are you going to do when it stops and values of goods and Real Estate are actually based on wages instead of dirty money?
The DR has a completely artificial Real Estate market and economy based purely on the dirty money that it allows to come in. it will collapse sooner than later when people realize it isn't real.
Wake Up, this isn't Negative, It is just the truth that you don't want to admit but know it is true.
You are SUPER jealous of being Dominican.. LOL
And you keep hammering your head why D.R . attract so much money, attention and investment…from people worldwide..
And Jamaica don’t even get a dime..
In fact, the old investors and factories are closing in Jamaican..Must be a problem with attitude , national security and education.. ( check on Wikipedia)
And D.R. is the biggest economy in the Caribbean..
Just don’t hate Dready Pothead
____________________________________________________________________________
Thanks PLD for bringing the progress of our people..
10 days for celebration
2012-3000
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
From: United States
To all the Fools here who praise the DR for being the laundromat because it stimulates an economy and provides jobs, I say to you what are you going to do when it stops and values of goods and Real Estate are actually based on wages instead of dirty money?"
By your logic then DR should put severe restrictions on investment flows into the nation. And what have we to make of the trillions of dollars that flow around the world? Ever wonder why certain countries seem to attract positive flows while others go begging hat in hand?
While in the long run, a property market needs to have a sustained base to support its price levels, the market in DR is not solely based on domestic considerations. There are many who are establishing vacation and retirement investments. Let's see what happens in the next ten years before we judge too harshly. Investments in durables fixed assets are important to small nations like DR.
Too Much verbiage and very little performance...... CLASSIC PLD FUNGLODE Double Speak á la Lie-onel Fernandez!
It just a Useless Mall period! It’s not a biopharmaceutical that's being proposed for God's sake.
It is just a glorified Flea Market for Novo Rich of the PLD and their Narco-Laundering Partners.
This will have ZERO impact on the UNEMPLOYMENT rate, GDP or on the quality of life of the Majority of Dominicans!
Atabey, it amazes me how some of the posters here know so much about real state, money laundering, investing, government incentives, taxes, internal and external commerce, etc!
Isn't it fantastic how these people know heck more than these foreign investors do, about how things work, and the dynamics of the DR economy!?
Wouldn't you love to have them as personal or corporate financial advisers?!
Gee, I wonder who didn't tell all these people investing in DR, that it was a bad idea, in the first place!?
Why does DR have the biggest economy in Central America, Caribbean and the 8th in Latin America? Did someone screw up the numbers?
Is this a purple government ploy to rig up the elections!?
Can you help me get answers, Atabey, I'm so confused.....!!
One of these days-but don't bet the kitchen sink- Comrade Josean will wake up and tears will rain down his cheeks when his eyes open to the realization that all his troubles concerning the modernization and development of the DR simply didn't pan out as he thought a decade (2012) before. But come 2024, when the Metro is completed and the connecting buses are fully integrated along with, at least, a Rail system connecting the North and South with port facilities at either end networked with roads into the Cibao Valley, then he'll be able to RIP. And I almost forgot to mention: more than 4% PIB will be the outlays in the education sector.
By your logic then DR should put severe restrictions on investment flows into the nation. And what have we to make of the trillions of dollars that flow around the world? Ever wonder why certain countries seem to attract positive flows while others go begging hat in hand?
several countries have done just that. firstly, many do not want hot money, which comes in looking for short term , high interest bearing profits, then flies out at the first stage of contagion, causing exactly what happened to the Eastern economies in 1999. Japan certainly had restrictions on the inflows of FDI and the establishment of MNEs in the 1950s. also, if FDI is applied to certain sectors, it is actually DETRIMENTAL to the economy, as it offers no linkages, no spillover, and operates enclave economies, which are more extractive than advantageous, and could add to balance of payment reductions. FDI is no panacea, and has to be well understood before claiming how great it is.
Correct me Dread. But it's a tad difficult to remove these fixed assets, bridges, sanitation facilities, roads, Ports, trains, tunnels, malls, etc. LOL
If hot money created more of these fixed assets SO WHAT. You think all those facilities created across the globe were built with PRISTINE FLOWS OF CAPITAL? Get Real. Economic history shows many movements of hot money orchestrating outcomes far less detrimental to the benefits of the host nation than what imagine. And remember this is JUST AN ASSUMPTION of hot money. For all we know it might be the "pristine type" the likes of Switzerland "will only handle" LOL WE have booms and bust cycles. Tell me something that's earth-shattering.
Take your morality tale to China, Russia and India. See what they think of it.
From: Australia
The country needs investment that creates wealth, not more places to spend it on expensive imported junk."
And so the nation has created fixed assets like bridges, logistical components-Metros and Ports- that will link up with roads to the heartland Cibao valley- and produce the synergy that Dready harps about so much. But just remember that ROME WASN'T BUILT IN ONE DAY. DR has enormous legacy deficits that will take some more decades to pan-out. These legacy problems weren't created in the past few years, BTW. They have been on the boiler for many decades. The stove has only recently been turned on, so you'll have to wait for the medium rare or medium well done portion to ease your concerns. The beers you can have right away!
Correct me Dread. But it's a tad difficult to remove these fixed assets, bridges, sanitation facilities, roads, Ports, trains, tunnels, malls, etc. LOL
hot money does not buy fixed assets, Atabey. that is not how it works. hot money does not build bridges. government does that. hot money is private financing. bridges and tunnels are PUBLIC spending. i am not going to getinto an argument about foreign direct investment with you, as i once asked you a list of questions about it, and you ran away. shall i pull up the list from the archives, and maybe, just maybe, you will address it this time, instead of making your usual snide, underhanded, condescending remarks? as a matter of fact, i think i will
"Written by: RoyStone, 11 May 2012 11:15 AM
From: Australia
The country needs investment that creates wealth, not more places to spend it on expensive imported junk."
Thank you Roy!
You see Attabey that'st the point without all your Apologist PLD inspired verbiage.....that you and Lie-onel think makes you sound smarter than any one else!
The MAll is a BULL Shit idea!
Written by: dreadlocks, 31 Jan 2012 1:41 PM
From: United States
Or do you so soon forget the beat downs I've given you on the subject?
beat downs, he says. the true vernacular of a street thug, not one who thinks that he is an academic. while we are on the subject of your recent flavor of the month, FDI, please give me your take on the influx of FDI into the DR, and its efficacy, with the following issues as the focus of inquiry
1...give me a breakout of FDI, by economic sector
2...give me the opportunity costs associated with attracting said FDI to these shores
3..tell me if the FDI is market seeking, or resource seeking..
4...give me a relative breakout of debt equity swaps as a portion of FDI
FLASH........................BREAKINGNEWS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Lie one is it suppose to RAIN inside your Marvelos METRO?
The $2,OOO,OOO,OOO BILLION Dollar US METRO is already begining to LEAK!
noticiassin.com/2012/05/opret-explica-causas-de-filtraciones-en-estacion-del-metro/
6..tell me what backward, and forward linkages have been developed, to enhance the performance of the local economy
7...tell me about the efficacy of technology transfer occasioned by the aforementioned Foreign Direct Investment
From: United States
a good place to start would be to explain the horizontal, and vertical linkages, and the ability of the local population to incorporate disembodied, and embodied technologies
7 tell me about the effects of the creation of a dual economy, where relatively advanced MNEs, with superior best practices methodologies, seek to operate within an economy characterized by information asymmetry
8 ..give us your take on the speed at which you think diminishing returns to capital will set in, given the relative underdevelopment of the human capital sector
9...give us an idea of the consequences on the performance of the agricultural sector, occasioned by urban drift, due to the locational tendencies of the MNEs
a..the technology gap
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Written by: dreadlocks, 31 Jan 2012 1:55 PM
From: United States
b...the human capital presence
c...the stte of development of the financial institutions
d..the state of development of governmental institutions
e information asymmetry..the resource costs of the transfers
f..the level of formal l technological education, facilitating the technological transfers
so, go for broke, brother. give me one of your patented beatdowns. i am waiting, and have some more dry powder in store for you.
kval.com/news/national/94705279.html
That's the prosperity and 95 % of professionals that you were talking about yesterday?
hey, vic, you mean to tell me that in the year 2012,there is still slavery in your country?they abolished it everywhere else, as best i know.
One of your fellows professionals had an accident at work TODAY in Florida:
sun-sentinel.com/news/local/crime/fl-cop-shot-turnpike-20120510,0,4332380.story
Dread Pothead:
How can you commit a robbery in a barber shop at 11 am? He though that he was going to get millionaire?
Typical Jamaican behavior!
:)
Typical Jamaican behavior!
typically Dominican behavior, to assume facts not in evidence. where does it say that the gunman was JAMAICAN? because he has dreadlocks, and is black? that is why you guys come dead last in the world in academic testing, on a routine basis.
Dread Pothead:
In the black community, dreadlock is way old fashion..
Believe me.. He is Jamaican..
If we consider the high end estimate for Dominicans living in NY at 800,000 and the New York State population to be 19.5 million, then by the laws of simple fractional mathmatics we can determine that the Dominican percentile population in New York State is 2.4375%.
NOW I ASK YOU IS THERE ANY OTHER ETHNICAL CLASS ANYWHERE IN THE U.S. (with a minimum of 100,000 residents) WHERE 2.45% OF THE POPULATION MAKE UP 25% OF THE ENTIRE INCARCERATED COMMUNITY???????????
I know of no immigrant group in the US where there exists a higher criminality rate and I would surmise from the incredible breadth of those figures that none exists. Just imagine that the percentage of jailed convicts in NY is 10x higher than it's relative resident percentage.
Dread Pothead:
25% of people incarcerated in NYC are dominicans?
Give me some of that ganja..
I want some too!
: ) lol
Dread Pothead:
I was playing around but you were right..
That’s part of your drug addict culture..
That’s why people don’t like Jamaicans anywhere…. Specially the "professionals" friends of yours..
That's funny the place where these issues are published and discussed "MADRID, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire/"-- Is not Madrid the same place where 400 yrs ago the empire was discussing how to grow their economy at the expense of the most unimaginable atrocities on millions of aborigines?
I don't know how the Europeans will deal with this debt crisis....unfortunately for them there is not more available land for them to discover and many Indians for them to abuse.
Piracy and slavery gave the English lots of riches in the colonial times that they still enjoy today. 300 years later, we celebrate the Pirate culture and their legacy.
In 300 year the kids will run around with guns and masks of today’s most famous drug lords during hallowing season.
The word is full of hypocrisies.
The worst part of everything is that you know that I am right..
And that's sad..
Dread Pothead :
We have the best baseball players for each position, and the guys with the best record and best salaries in MLB are dominicans..
So, yes, we 're the best in the world in baseball..
Thanks for asking..
:)
I thought I explained this before.
When a Dominican-born baseball player learns to play properly from Americans, revokes his Dominican citizenship to become an American, lives in USA and plays for an American team, (not the Dominican team), he's no-longer a "Dominican baseball-player". The Dominican baseball team is pathetic, even beaten by the Australian team - a country where baseball is a insignificant sport.
So you don't "have" the best baseball players for any position!
"Piracy and slavery gave the English lots of riches in the colonial times that they still enjoy today."
The English colonies of New South Wales and Van Dieman's Land (now known as the Commonwealth of Australia) never had slavery or piracy, yet enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world, and one of very few economies that avoided a recession during the Global Economic Crisis.
To put into a sport you might be better familiar with Soccer or Futbol for our Spanish speaking audience, The Netherlands or La Maquina Naranja
2010 FIFA World Cup: Greatest Teams to Never Win the World Cup
By
Andrew Kearney
on May 14, 2010
1: Holland 1974
Frankly, you could make a whole slideshow just about the Dutch national side.
How a country that has produced players such as Cruyff, Van Basten, Gullitt, Rijkaard and Bergkamp has never won a World Cup will forever remain a mystery.
In the 1974 World Cup, Holland were praised for their highly innovative style of play that had been dubbed 'Total Football.' This philosophy meant players were not restricted to one position on the pitch and were free to move about.
The 1974 World Cup final was not to just be a victory for Holland, it was to be a victory for Total Football, figure-headed by Johann Cruyff, who is in many people's opinion the greatest player of all time .
So some luck goes into too
But frankly, I couldn't give a rat's ass about spectator sports. Sport, like eating and sex, is for doing, not watching. The Dutch are very smart, and arguably lead Europe of the Dark Ages (lead in, incidentally, by the Catholic Church that Dominicans are so fond of) and into the Reformation. Perhaps they have a more intelligent attitude to sport too?
If we're gonna talk football, in Australia, soccer is mostly a girl's game. Real men play Australian Rules football. Take a look and you'll see why Dominicans could never play it.
Using one of your favorite expressions, both Australia and NZ (population wise) mean a rat's ass when compared to the rest of the English world. Besides, the British crown that you are still faithful to benefited enormously from the piracy and slave trading back in the colonial times.
BREAKINGNEWS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"MIAMI, United States.-Private investigator Angel Martinez said the senator Felix Bautista leads a list of Dominican officials alleged that the U.S. government wants to criminally prosecute cases ranging from money laundering, bribery, drug trafficking and even attempted murder ."
Read the rest at Acento.com
Something else besides Lie-onel's METRO is LEAKING:
The Heat is On!
Miami, FL. - The Private Investigator Angel Martinez revealed that Senator Felix Bautista heads the list of Dominican officials that the U.S. wants to criminally prosecute cases ranging from money laundering, bribery, drug trafficking and even attempted murder.
Angel Martinez is a private investigator licensed by the State Department. He is a U.S. resident and has written several books on drugs and organized crime and has worked for various U.S. Intelligence agencies and has testified in U.S. court against the organized crime world.
Read the rest at:
lahoralatina.net/2012/05/investigador-estadounidense-felix.html
OMG you can find dozens of those in Hialeah!
You can see a new one every day on Miami news usually talking about Fidel Castro new secret plans!
You can become a P.I. for U$95.- and classes by mail
Josie Hiede vivo..You are the MASTER of disinformation and sensationalism!
Are you stupid enough to believe a Cuban? Only Josie H.Vivo
______________________________________
PLD 2012-3000
You can become a P.I. for U$95.- and classes by mail
how about an executive international chef, like you?
In PROFESSIONAL sports, more specifically baseball, Dominicans are paid to be the best ( and we ‘re!)
No boring jogging like Jamaicans..
By the way, I love the photo of your professional team! : syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/30_dead_in_battle_with_gang_pr.html
It took me 4 years of hotel management in a Dominican American university, 2 year of culinary in the best institute of Latin-American in a third country , and 15 years working in the field with some of the best chef of USA...
By the way, not a chef no more..
Any more questions?
Atabey, the Dutch team that started the total football revolution, with Cruyff, did not win the world cup, and, surprisingly so. however, they went to the final, and were beaten by a fearsome German team. you cannot compare it with the Dominican baseball teams , that bring all the stars, and get booted in the first round, just about every tournament. there was baseball in the olympics for 6 games, and you guys never as much as won a bronze, let alone a gold."
Again, missing the forest for the tress. THE POINT is that GREAT TEAMS do fail in these tournaments! Another eternal failure that FINALLY made it out of the woods, La Roja, or Team Spain, only won their FIRST World Cup in 2010! I was in Cuba and had some conversation with the baseball crazy Cubans. Many told me that they knew they dodged a bullet when they defeated the DR. They told me "your guys were not in season form" Cuba had correctly assigned their maximum attention to Team DR.
It took me 4 years of hotel management in a Dominican American university,
you could not gain entry to a university in a hundred years.
Again, missing the forest for the tress. THE POINT is that GREAT TEAMS do fail in these tournaments!
great teams do fail, but not ALL THE TIME. when you fail, all the time, you are not great. you just think so, but the results say otherwise.
From: United States
says Atabey
Again, missing the forest for the tress. THE POINT is that GREAT TEAMS do fail in these tournaments!
great teams do fail, but not ALL THE TIME. when you fail, all the time, you are not great. you just think so, but the results say otherwise."
Could you please state your definition of "all the time"? I take that to mean 100% of the time.
Perhaps you have another definition.
-yeah , right ,
I know you are jealous, maybe because I am dominican.. just dont hate!
-In professional sports, money talks and B.S. walks..So, dominicans in baseball are the best of the best of the best!
Yes, that's right, Victor. When it comes to Latin baseball players, we certainly are the best!
In any other professional sport , that would be a joke...
In baseball, we are the law..
I was talking about shopping tourism (the topic of the news article) not baseball (which it totally irrelevant as far as Dominican tourism is concerned, as there is no world-class baseball, baseball teams or baseball-players here).
Everybody knows that the best basketball in the world ins not played in the Olympics, but in the NBA.
A lot of the best players are not allow to participate by their respective teams and most of the times , it’s stipulated in the contracts..
That’s why you saw USA team fail to Puerto Rico Argentina, Turkey etc..Because they send college students to international competitions against professional players in their respective countries.Lat year pre Olympics’, USA didn’t send a single NBA player
The same thing happens in baseball..We have send amateurs to international competitions. The only one that have no so much restrictions is La serie del Caribe, and it’s highly controlled by MLB.
Even some of the best Dominican players have never been able to play under contract with the Dominican baseball league, Like A Rod, because of the fear that they get injured..
Ironic , isn’t it?
But does everybody knows where are the best baseball players from? Hell yes!
Maybe you are right, and maybe I'm crazy, but I don't care a hoot about professional sport, or any spectator sport. I couldn't care less if Australia never won another medal at the Olympic Games. What would make me very happy and proud, would be if every Australian played a little sport, running, swimming, cycling, whatever, really badly, but maintained a good, basic level of health and fitness, no more obesity, heart disease, etc.
Then I'd be so damn proud I'd never shut-the-fu*k up!
nobody denies that there is fabulous baseball talent in the DR. far from it. there is an embarrassment of riches. but talent alone does not make winners. it takes guts, determination, swagger, perseverance, self confidence, teamwork, strategy, attitude, preparation, achievement motivation, intestinal fortitude, and , quite simply, the qualities of a winner. some people have these qualities. they are called WINNERS. others do not. they are called LOSERS. they are the guys who never win, but are able to forever give you a litany of excuses why they lose. they are like A Rod. they can bat 450 in the regular season, but, when time comes for the big dance, and all the chips are on the table, he leaves 100 guys stranded on base, and can barely break 200. when you have won no major tournament in 65 years, do not tell me how great you are. when you never as much as won an olympic bronze, you are only great in your own mind.
The same thing happens in baseball..We have send amateurs to international competitions.
and i guess the team from Holland that kicked your ass is brimming with MLB all stars, right?
In any other professional sport , that would be a joke...
In baseball, we are the law.
GO TELL THAT TO THE 11 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT RANK ABOVE YOU IN THE WORLD BASEBALL RATINGS.
you are really REALLY jealous of dominicans..
In sports , money talks, and B.S. walks.. And we are ther # 1 in the world in baseball salaries
does your atletes make U$250 million to run on tracks?
Hell no.. Specially in a small nation of drug addicts..
Keep running and smoking your s***t!
Dont hate, dont hate!
the answer is very easy, just look how the unemployment has dropped from the very high numbers how down to 2% for the dominician republic.
u see the malls are the answer.......lol.....lol.
one guy said hey! they clean money in miami dont they?
sure money laundering the drug business is a very nice thing for the dr.
support these business and u will travel a long way.
choo- choo train........
From: United States
dreadlock..
you are really REALLY jealous of dominicans..
In sports , money talks, and B.S. walks.. And we are ther # 1 in the world in baseball salaries
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS DOMINICANS ARE #1 IN JAILS ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
AND IAM DOMINICAN GUY
SHIT TAKE YOUR BASSBALLS AND SHOVE THEM, I NEED TO KEEP MY HEAD DOWN THEN REAL PEOPLE SPEAK ABOUT DOMINICANS.. SHAME ON U AND THE REST OF THE LOW-LIFES.
{THEY CAN HIT A BALL BUT CANT READ OR WRITE. IDIOTS}.
who in their right mind would be jealous of low-lifes?.
better take your finger out of your nose before it grows any larger fool.
lies even the monkeys that play ball need to lie about their names,
fraud and more fraud from the dr gang.
idiots your 200 years behind the rest of the world.
and with all your bull your going no where in this world. with your hotels
{all u can eat} cheap food and wiskey your going no where.
the best in the caribbean? man thats bull shit.....
low life drug dealers thats all u can do fool..
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WON SOMETHING?
"GO TELL THAT TO THE 11 OTHER COUNTRIES THAT RANK ABOVE YOU IN THE WORLD BASEBALL RATINGS."
What other countries are these, Dread?
I dont know anywhere else in the world, but here..
The lowest life
, the guetto drug addict,
the people that dont take a shower in 2 weeks,
the guys that have longs brown nails and walk stoned on the streets like ghost,
like the guy that shoot 3 cops YESTERDAY in Miami and with just 23 years old had a LONG criminal record ( check miami herald)...
You dont need to ask
He is a normal jamaican...
Rank 2010 Member Federation Total Pts
1 1 Cuba 956.02
2 2 United States 893.25
3 3 Korea 766.70
4 4 Japan 656.42
5 6 Netherlands 483.51
6 8 Canada 458.83
7 5 Chinese Taipei 444.04
8 7 Venezuela 393.63
9 11 Puerto Rico 249.73
10 9 Mexico 241.23
11 10 Australia 225.97
12 13 Dominican Republic 204.20
13 12 Italy 177.94
14 14 Nicaragua 127.56
15 16 Panama 90.24
16 15 China 83.48
17 19 Germany 51.24
18 17 Spain 49.01
19 22 Netherlands Antilles 48.98
20 20 Czech Republic 45.46
21 25 Pakistan 43.00
22 21 Great Britain 33.32
23 18 Thailand 30.88
24 30 Croatia 29.07
25 28 Colombia 28.75
26 33 Greece 21.50
27 26 Hong Kong 20.25
28 29 Sweden 19.95
29 39 Belgium 19.75
30 32 Argentina 19.50
31 40 Sri Lanka 18.50
32 31 Indonesia 16.50
33 24 South Africa 14.12
34 NR N. Mariana Islands 12.50
35 35 Russia 12.45
36 49 Afghanistan 11.25
37 36 Brazil 11.00
38 23 Philippines 10.33
39 NR Guam 10.00
40 27 France 8.50
He is a normal jamaican...
no,he is the normal jamaican that you find in your ghetto. being a piece of garbage, those are the types of jamaicans you associate with, and know about. when i am in the Dominican Republic, i do not associate with lowlife like you. i associate with the educated classes of Dominicans, not barrio chopo illiterates at your level. you are well versed in the habits of jamaican lowlives,because water finds its own level. if you were in the DR, i would not allow you to clean my shoes, you piece of illiterate garbage.
No bro,
I dont deal with jamaicans.
All jamaicans are cut alike…period.
Dread,
I thank you for exposing this Racist Purple Punk, because every time he post his incoherent rectal vile nonsense the PLD loses dozens of votes.
in my vocabulary.. friends and drugs dont mix.
Obviously in your, yes.. Not in mine..
Drugs are part of their culture
It's a cultural thing , not a racial thing
Please Keep posting your Vile Racist comments your helping Danilo's cause tremendously!
That's looking for problems..
Period
Why you did time for selling Drugs for the PLD?
"Rank 2010 Member Federation Total Pts"
Dread, what's all this stuff you're putting up?..Who does this ranking???
Does this have anything to do with baseball?...If so, are you saying the Cubans are better at the game than the US?...Are you kidding me? ...And that the Netherlands has better players than DR?
where did you get this nonsense?
I'd like to see what this is all about. What's the link?
And that the Netherlands has better players than DR?
where did you get this nonsense?
did you read my posting, Ron? nobody says the the Netherlands has better players than the DR. what the issue is about here is RESULTS. maybe the Netherlands ranks above the DR in this table because they kicked your ass in the very latest international tournament. i do not need to hear how good you are. prove it. your guys remind me of a sprinter from Jamaica called Asafa Powell. he has set the 100 meter world record 3 times. however, when the time comes to show his stuff, he always fails. never won an individual medal, beaten by lesser lights. that is the DR baseball team. it has more excuses than the constellations have stars. always some nonsense about not sending the best team, or anyone can lose in a short series. GO WIN SOMETHING! then you will improve your rankings. the last time you won a world tournament was in 1948! still want to be known of as the best?
Written by: ohhhvictor, 12 May 2012 10:10 PM
From: United States
If there is something that this country teach me is to REALLY avoid people using drugs..
That's looking for problems..
Period
it should have taught you not to sell them. fear not, in short order, i expect you to be just one more of the 5000 Dominicans deported for crimes committed in the USA, not the least of which is selling drugs. then, you will be back where you belong, in some barrio in the DR, pimping your mother and daughters to gringo, and living off the comision.
Dread, in the latest "world baseball series", Canada beat the US. Cuba beat the DR and Cuba was beaten by Japan!
Now, judging by those results, which country would you say has the better players?
Any nation can be beaten, at least, once. No matter how good or consistent winners they may be.
What you're saying is, that because in someone's askew ranking method, the DR lost to the Netherlands, we are shitty baseball players...worse than 11 other nations!!....
The rationale in your argument, astounds me!!....Good golly!..
No team can win 100% of the time..It's impossible!!
Again, you're example is off: A-Rod has produced in the Play-Offs. Yes, he's had his issues with some SERIES, but if you take his overall numbers!!! guess what? A-Rod HAS PRODUCED!
Playoff Numbers:
Games:68
AB:299 HR:13-- Runs:42-- RBI:41--SB:8-- BB%12.4 %--K%:21.1 %-- ISO:.221 --BABIP:.318 AVG:.277 OBP:.386 SLG:.498 xOBA:.381 wRC+132
Career
AB:2436 --AB10780--HR:634 --Runs:1843--RBI:1907--SB:308--BB%--11.0 %--K%:18.0 % ISO:.264--BABIP: .318--AVG:.301--OBP: .386--SLG:.565--wOBA:.407--wRC+:147
Do your due diligence before embarking on the trip Dready. LOL
The Curse Of A-Rod: Why the Yankees are Doomed to Failure with A-Fraud
go and read that. do some due diligence.
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OCT
06
Time for A-Rod to turn around playoff slump
By Joe Pawlikowski
The past three postseasons have been rough on Alex Rodriguez. The Yankees haven’t won a series and Alex, their best hitter, hasn’t contributed much. It’s a recipe for press disaster. Take a player who puts up gaudy numbers, combine it with a little postseason failure, and in just a few short seasons you have a half-baked “he can’t hit in the postseason” narrative. It’s one that will haunt Alex Rodriguez until he earns a ring.
The Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees 3-2 in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Thursday, putting the finishing touches on a season that shows for all its juice, the AL East still has some serious work to do.
For the Yankees, it was yet another postseason let down. They won the 2009 World Series, but my Yankee fan friends are quick to point out today how empty that feels right now. It's tough to be happy when you're supposed to win, I suppose. A-Rod capped his postseason last night by striking out three times, including in the seventh inning with the bases loaded.
enjoying my due diligence, Atabey, or shall i continue?
Be careful, be very careful least you fail to heed my advise: let it rest old Chap.
Your example ain't got no bite in it. The numbers above that I posted can be found in Fangraphs.
And please remember that "we are talking about THE ENTIRETY of his playoff experience.
The Seattle years and Yankee years. He didn't make the Playoffs while at Texas.
Yes, in MONEY sports it's "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY" that counts.
By Lee Andrew Henderson, Dec 12, 12:31 pm EST
One of the most criticized players in all of Major League Baseball is Alex Rodriguez. When fans want to criticize A-Rod there are usually three points they go after. 1) Steroids 2) His desire to be Derek Jeter or 3) His poor playoff performance. Now I can't help Mr. Rod on the first two points but his poor playoff history is very overrated.
Before we delve into Rodriguez's playoff history-and some comparisons to other players-let's remember a few things about playoff performances.
1) One playoff series is, at most, seven games and can be as few as three games. This is about as small a sample size as you'll get in baseball and the statisticians love to complain about small sample sizes. With a small sample size stats that are based on percentages are going to be lower most of the time
2) It's the playoffs. It's more difficult to hit because the pitcher is geeked up unlike any other time of the year.
3) Alex Rodriguez has always been the best player on his team in the regular season. Which means pitchers, managers, coaches, game plans are all going to be focused around getting him out more than any other player.
4) It's not fair to compare Rodriguez to Derek Jeter. Yes, Rodriguez isn't Jeter in the playoffs. Who is Jeter in the playoffs? He's one of the best all-time. Telling Rodriguez he's not a good playoff baseball player until he's as good as Jeter in the playoffs would be like my nephew drawing a picture for me and telling him to get back to me when he draws as good as Picasso. When Ichiro, Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Jose Reyes, or any other random MLB star doesn't perform in the playoffs nobody would say, "well, he's no Jeter!' So A-Rod should not get the same treatment either.
God dread, keep him busy with this nonsense he thrives at it!
All of that is to say that expecting the star player-that an opposing team is focusing on-to have incredible numbers in a small sample size is being unrealistic. Rodriguez is a career .302 hitter with an OPS of .953. During the playoffs those numbers only dip to .277 and .884. Would you like for your best hitter to hit the same in the playoffs as in the regular season or even better? Of course you would. But that also isn't a significant drop. Rodriguez's naysayers act likes he's a .200 hitter in the playoffs.
Sans two at-bats in the 1995, Rodriguez's first experience in the MLB playoffs was in 1997. At the ripe age of 21-years old. Rodriguez's only scoring contribution was a solo home run but for the series he batted .313 with an OPS of .875. The next season A-Rod played two playoff series with the Mariners. In the first series against the White Sox he had a similar performance to the previous series. He didn't contribute much to the scoring-2 RBI and 0 runs-but he wasn't a de
Sans two at-bats in the 1995, Rodriguez's first experience in the MLB playoffs was in 1997. At the ripe age of 21-years old. Rodriguez's only scoring contribution was a solo home run but for the series he batted .313 with an OPS of .875. The next season A-Rod played two playoff series with the Mariners. In the first series against the White Sox he had a similar performance to the previous series. He didn't contribute much to the scoring-2 RBI and 0 runs-but he wasn't a detriment with his .308 average either.
In the next round the Mariners played the mighty New York Yankees. Rodriguez is a 24-year old kid on the biggest stage of them all against the Yankees in the playoffs. Rodriguez proceeds to bat .409 with a 1.253 OPS, blasts two home runs, knocks in five runs and scores four more runs. Funny how Yankees fans remember a few poor performances by A-Rod but they forgot the year that the 24-year old got the best of them.
See what I mean!
Rodriguez never made the playoffs with the Rangers so his next playoff performance was as a New York Yankee. His first series went smashingly. Rodriguez batted .421 with a 1.213 OPS against the Minnesota Twins. The next series was the infamous Boston Red Sox championship run. The Yankees went up 3-0 in the ALCS and I think the Yankees fans forget that Rodriguez had some huge hits in those games. Rodriguez ended up with a mediocre line after the last four games, but what Yankees player didn't come out of that series looking bad?
I think the main reason A-Rod gets so much hate is because after the Red Sox won the World Series the heat was on and it was the following two postseasons that Rodriguez had his worst playoff performance. In 2005 Rodriguez batted a lowly .133 against the Los Angeles Angels and the following season it got worse when he hit .071 against the Detroit Tigers the next season.
The following season was mediocre—.267 BA, .820 OPS, one home run, one RBI-but Rodriguez bounced back in 2009 with a .455 BA and 1.500 OPS in the ALDS and a .429 BA and 1.519 OPS in the ALCS. The batting average dipped to .250 in the World Series but in the end A-Rod hit six home runs and 18 RBI in one postseason.
The 2010 season saw a good ALDS followed by a bad ALCS and the 2011 Rodriguez batted just .111. However, everyone focuses on the bad when it comes to Rodriguez. Overall Rodriguez had six really good to great playoff series, four average playoff series and four bad playoff series. In fourteen playoff series he was bad in four of them. That's all. But many people would have you believe he was bad in most of them or at least half of them.
Let's also consider this. How often is playoff performance discussed when it comes to the greatest baseball players of all-time? Perhaps if a player does really well in postseason-Reggie Jackson comes to mind-then it will be a bonus
Perhaps if a player does really well in postseason-Reggie Jackson comes to mind-then it will be a bonus for them but not many all-time greats are penalized for being bad in the posteason.
Rodriguez is one of the greatest third baseman to ever play Major League Baseball. Another great player at that position was Mike Schmidt, a player that Rodriguez has easily bested in playoff performance. Schmidt was just a .236 hitter in the postseason with a .690 OPS. Schmidt did knock in seven runs in the 1980 World Series but never had more than two RBI in any other playoff series.
Frank Robinson is one of the most admired players in baseball history and has his number retired from the entire league. Robinson only batted .238 in the postseason and only batted over .300 in a series once. Stan Musial is one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history but only batted .222 in the playoffs. Unfortunately Ted Williams only played in one postseason but he didn't rise to the occasion, batt
Frank Robinson is one of the most admired players in baseball history and has his number retired from the entire league. Robinson only batted .238 in the postseason and only batted over .300 in a series once. Stan Musial is one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history but only batted .222 in the playoffs. Unfortunately Ted Williams only played in one postseason but he didn't rise to the occasion, batting .200 with just one RBI. Everybody is familiar with "The Catch" made by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series but he only batted .247 with a .660 OPS in the postseason.
Nobody ever says, "Man, Willie Mays was great but he didn't do very well in the postseason." You know who else nobody says that about? Mickey Mantle. Mantle is one of the most beloved Yankees of all-time and nobody ever criticizes his playoff performance when the truth is Mantle and Rodriguez have almost identical postseason stats:
Mantle 65 G .257 BA .908 OPS 18 HR 40 RBI 3 SB 43 BB 54 K 42 R
Rodriguez 68 G .277 BA .884 OPS 13 HR 41 RBI 8 SB 37 BB 63 K 42 R
In fact, even though Mantle's overall numbers are similar, he actually had fewer good series. The only series that Mantle hit really well were the 1952 World Series and the 1960 World Series. Mantle posted batting averages of .208 or lower in the 1951 World Series, 1953 World Series, 1955 World Series, 1961 World Series and 1963 World Series. I hate to break it to the baseball world-especially the Yankees fans-but if Rodriguez sucks in the playoffs then so does Mantle.
Sources:
All stats were found at Baseball-Reference.com
Stan Musial is one of the greatest pure hitters in baseball history but only batted .222 in the playoffs.
Ted Williams only played in one postseason but he didn't rise to the occasion, batting .200 with just one RBI.
"The Catch" made by Willie Mays in the 1954 World Series but he only batted .247 with a .660 OPS in the postseason.
Mantle 65 G .257 BA .908 OPS 18 HR 40 RBI 3 SB 43 BB 54 K 42 R
Rodriguez 68 G .277 BA .884 OPS 13 HR 41 RBI 8 SB 37 BB 63 K 42 R
In fact, even though Mantle's overall numbers are similar, he actually had fewer good series. The only series that Mantle hit really well were the 1952 World Series and the 1960 World Series. Mantle posted batting averages of .208 or lower in the 1951 World Series, 1953 World Series, 1955 World Series, 1961 World Series and 1963 World Series.
Go on pretending you know enough about baseball Dready. Those names are all HOF. LOL
Dread, the best team, especially in baseball, does not always win!..That's a given. It takes more than TALENT to win at ANYTHING!...
So the best team did not win the crown!... That's something that happens everyday!...By your reasoning, the best team must ALWAYS win! That's impossible!
The law of averages says, that in 100% of the time, the best team will win MOST games, not ALL, no way!
What I get from you is that, because the Netherlands kick our butts ONCE, they now rank higher than DR does!..That's preposterous!
I don't know or care about baseball, it is irrelevant. Regardless, the best team on the day always wins that day. That's what winning means. Some teams are are the best team more often, so they win the series, tournament, crown, whatever. So what?
No, Roy, the best team of the day, DOES NOT always win the game or contest. Many direct causes and intangibles influence the outcome of the game.
My point is that TALENT alone, does not guarantee success every single time!..Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory!
Alrighty, then. ..Let me ask you a simple question:..How do you think anyone gets good at anything, if not by trial and error?..Does a successful person gets it right every time?
Have you made enough mistakes in your life for which you have learned not to do the same thing, the same way again?..
Do you think Warren Buffett gets it right EVERY time? Is he a "looser"?, as you put it?
At the risk of sounding smug, I'll say this: I am a winner!.. but only because I LOST quite a few of my efforts to win!...How about you, Roy, are you a winner!?
There is no comparison between success in business and success in sport. In sport the rules are clear and the conditions are identical for both teams. In every game there is a winner and a loser (except maybe girls' games like soccer where scores are so low and draws are common). There is no such thing as "win-win" in sport. By contrast, winning in business does not require some else losing. How many qualified cosmetic surgeons or accountants do you know, are "loosers" forced to live off welfare?
Some would say the best, others not...Just like colors and size, it's all a matter of taste!...
I bet some say that Jamaicans have the best of all you've mentioned above. Would you dispute that, Dread?
I take it you don't think much of my DR yet you go there occasionally or reside there permanently, don't know which....but I know deep inside you must have a love for our land. If not, you wouldn't criticize it as much!..Si o no?
I bet some say that Jamaicans have the best of all you've mentioned above. Would you dispute that, Dread?
absolutely not. they also need the hose on them. i do not say that we have the best of anything, simply because it is Jamaican. to me, salsa rules, and i am not Boricua.
Table 2-7.
GDP per capita/averages,
PPP US$ % change, 2010-2015 % change, 2010-2030
Dominican Republic ------------------33----------- 178
Cuba---------------------------------------38------------ 172
Brazil-------------------------------------- 35------------ 162
Chile---------------------------------------39-------------156
Costa Rica-------------------------------30------------- 144
Peru--------------------------------------- 36------------- 141
El Salvador------------------------------ 33------------- 133
Argentina---------------------------------34-------------- 124
Colombia---------------------------------35----------------121
Mexico-------------------------------------27--------------- 111
Ecuador----------------------------------- 25------------- 103
Venezuela 15 99
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit: Co
WHat DR needs to do is correct its LAW and Order issues, continue the trend of providing a BUSINESS FRIENDLY Environment! We still have some ways to go there! And get more efficient resource management in several sectors that are drying up precious funds better allocated in primary and secondary education-among other important areas.
Tax collection and Property Registry needs to come fully on line and efficiently handled.
Yes, many problems but as someone USE TO SAY, the Trends young man, the trends.
From: Australia
Winning is the only definitive criterion. The rest are just excuses - something the Dominican teams excel in, it seems. Maybe "Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory" but I will say it outright - you're only as good as your last victory, sorry, but loosers are loosers, no matter what the excuse."
By such a standard Brazil, Italy and Germany winners of the vast majority of the World Cups would be considered LOSERS!
ONLY SPAIN WOULD BE CONSIDERED A WINNER!
No, I don't buy YOUR definition of WINNER.
IT IS CERTAINLY TRUE THAT DR HAS UNDERPERFORMED AT WORLD TOURNAMENTS.
But as I've pointed out, many other nations-INCLUDING YOUR ONLY WINNER SPAIN-have done so!
Also, keep in mind, that for many years DR COULD NOT SEND ITS BEST TO THESE TOURNAMENTS. MOST of our best talents were in the professional leagues and thus barred from participating in many of these tournaments. Even now, DR se
The vast majority of DR's talent in baseball is bottled up in the professional leagues around the world and most of these professional teams and leagues WILL NOT ALLOW their investments to play in tournaments. And since these tournaments DON'T PAY why would any sane person risk his career playing in them?
As many wise baseball people acknowledge, short tournament play hugely favors teams in sport form or in other words: teams that are fully prepared. Often, the tournaments are played during the pre-season and the Cubans and Asians, among the teams that have their professional baseball schedule geared towards such tournaments are the better prepared teams.
Again, this is not to say that overall the DR has underperformed. But in short tournament play, a few key plays can swing a game or two and a small nation team can upset an established powerhouse.
OJO!
I don't, know the figures, but it appears to me that San Juan airport handles far more flights than all Dominican airports put together. Maybe someone here knows?"
" This is a list of the busiest airports in the Caribbean region by passenger traffic. Statistic are available for almost all the airstrips taken into account. The present list intends to include all the international airports located in the area geographically defined as Caribbean, comprising Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, The Bahamas Islands and Trinidad and Tobago.
Given the fact that each country has a different body to control these statistics, the compilation of data is difficult and no homogeneously distributed. The information here presented represents the best available data in different Internet sources. The list content statistics for different years since each country authority does not have strong regulations reporting passengers traffic.
Totals:
Dominican Republic ==9, 585,648 with 4, 460,583 in Punta Cana International Airport and Santo Domingo =3,074,445 and Santiago = 928,944 and Puerto Plata= 755,877
Puerto Rico=========8, 811,290 with 7, 933,381 in Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport,Carolina. The next major airport is Aguadilla with 471,228.
So the scales IN ONE MAJOR AIRPORT are with PR for now.
The trends point to the DR becoming very important. With multiple large Airports. Just check out the trends or growth between the arrivals in PR and DR over the last 20, 10 years. Of course, 8 million passengers PR's San Juan is what makes the business decision desirable now. But looking towards the future, DR has trending on her side. And Cubita is also on the radar.
So Roy: Incorrect.
From: United States, NYC
Even now, DR sends below top grade talents to many tournaments, like was the case with the team sent to Australia.
more excuses. i had no idea that the Netherlands, and Australia had a wealth of top grade talent to send to baseball tournaments. they win, by applying the intangibles you do not possess, like discipline, teamwork, planning, selflessness, guts, determination, achievement motivation, and other things that make winners winners. those who do not have these qualities lose, and make excuses, all livelong day.
Top of the morning Dready!!!!
and Roy's assumption????? Eh??
Care to take on the The Economist projections?
GDP per capita/averages,
PPP US$ % change, 2010-2015 % change, 2010-2030
Dominican Republic ------------------33----------- 178
Cuba---------------------------------------38------------ 172
Brazil-------------------------------------- 35------------ 162
Chile---------------------------------------39-------------156
Costa Rica-------------------------------30------------- 144
Peru--------------------------------------- 36------------- 141
El Salvador------------------------------ 33------------- 133
Argentina---------------------------------34-------------- 124
Colombia---------------------------------35----------------121
Mexico-------------------------------------27--------------- 111
Ecuador----------------------------------- 25------------- 103
Venezuela --------------------------------15--------------- 99
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit: Co
From: United States, NYC
Care to take on the The Economist projections?
only with someone who has studied economics, and understands what the numbers really mean. i am tired of wasting time in infantile games with sabelotodos, who believe that they have a monopoly on knowledge.
Totals:
Dominican Republic ==9, 585,648 with 4, 460,583 in Punta Cana International Airport and Santo Domingo =3,074,445 and Santiago = 928,944 and Puerto Plata= 755,877
Puerto Rico=========8, 811,290 with 7, 933,381 in Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport,Carolina. The next major airport is Aguadilla with 471,228.
So the scales IN ONE MAJOR AIRPORT are with PR for now.
The trends point to the DR becoming very important. With multiple large Airports. Just check out the trends or growth between the arrivals in PR and DR over the last 20, 10 years. Of course, 8 million passengers PR's San Juan is what makes the business decision desirable now. But looking towards the future, DR has trending on her side. And Cubita is also on the radar.
So Roy: Incorrect assumption.
Dready,
Care to take up Roy's position?
And as to The Economist Intelligence estimates. Whilst I understand that these are merely projections and both bone and flesh need to be collected to make these projections come true, it nevertheless points to good trending for DR, Cuba in the medium and long term.
You can't say DR's PLD or PRD paid off The Economist to project DR as a big winner in future, can you?
Not being Dominican, I am happy to accept my observation was incorrect.
On the sport thing, if "Brazil, Italy and Germany (are) winners of the vast majority of the World Cups" then by my definition they are winners, not loosers.
As far as "MOST of our best talents were in the professional leagues" then they are not "yours" any more - they belong body, heart and soul to the American team that bought them, and most I believe have taken up US citizenship too. I freely admit I'm no expert on baseball, but I thought it was a team sport.
In successful countries, sportsmen aspire to represent their county and win for their country. Dominican-born sportsmen can't wait to abandon their country to make money for themselves. Perhaps it is this same attitude that has made the Dominican Republic a crime-ridden rubbish-tip and a kleptocracy?
First Roy, you established a definition of "you're ONLY as good as your last game or competition.
To wit: Written by: RoyStone, 15 May 2012 7:35 AM
From: Australia
Winning is the only definitive criterion. The rest are just excuses - something the Dominican teams excel in, it seems.
Maybe "Dread seems to imply that you're only as good as your last victory" but I will say it outright
- you're only as good as your last victory, sorry, but loosers are loosers, no matter what the excuse."
"You're ONLY AS GOOD AS YOUR LAST VICTORY...."
By THAT STANDARD Germany, Italy and Brazil ARE ALL LOSERS.
Second,
"As far as "MOST of our best talents were in the professional leagues" then they are not "yours" any more - they belong body, heart and soul to the American team that bought them, and most I believe have taken up US citizenship too. I freely admit I'm no expert on baseball, but I thought it was a team sport. "
Most Dominicans who play for professional teams are
Some of the best Dominican talent is in the A-AAA and development programs run by MLB. Their participation, especially the most important players, the pitchers, are denied participation in non-league play for their native countries. This is not Cricket or some other relatively low money game, but a multi-billion dollar industry the MLB. Players can make tens of millions of dollars annually. Unheard of and undreamed for any Cricket player. The Aussies are relatively new to baseball and have no doubt developed a decent minor league level team quality.
I remember reading Costa Rica defeated mighty Brazil and Italy!
Competition
10-- June 1960 -- Costa Rica vs Brazil ,, 3–0 ,,, Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Panamerican Championship
11 --June 1984 -- Costa Rica vs Italy ,, 1–0 ,, Rose Bowl, Pasadena ,,, 1984 Olympic Games
But don't worry, with the coming economic expansion on both sides of the island more Dominicans will establish the stability and station in life to offer the country talented players to compete with other lands.
We can not undue the past, all we can do is try to do better in the present and future. Things look far better today than 20 years ago or 30 years ago or 40 years ago. For outsiders who are blessed to have had an easier time of it, these developments might appear small and too lengthy, but to those of
us who have known the enormous sacrifices and decades of poor management decision making, the failed attempts at modernity and development, the dictators, the poor health, the plague of stop and go policies, the sheer awfulness and debilitating crisis of modernity and development, etc., the future looks far brighter and forth coming.
Yes, there are many problems to be solved in DR. But we at least are moving in the right direction. It's taken too much time, but better late than never, no?
P.S.
Check those Economist Intelligence estimates?
Atabey...The difference between you and Roy is that he sees only the present; but you see past, present, and future!...quite clearly!
Some people see what's in front of them, and deem it a pig sty;.. Others see the same thing and deem it, a pile of manure. That is what we call progressive thinking...Nothing delusional about it.
Competition
10-- June 1960 -- Costa Rica vs Brazil ,, 3–0 ,,, Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Panamerican Championship
when last have they beaten Brazil, Mr Know it all? that was 1960! 12 years after you won your last tournament! as Roy says, you are only as good as your last victory. so, you were good in 1948. today, you have all the talent, but YOU SUCK! you cannot beat anyone who can play the game at a high level. but, you sure can make EXCUSES! go win something, with all that talent you have. LOSERS!
Years ago, Jamaica had the biggest economy in the Caribbean...Today, YOU SUCK!...
We in DR have it, and wont give it back to anyone, least of all, Ganja land!
, Ganja land!
i much prefer dealing in weed, than renting the female members of my family to gringos
Are upset, Dread?...Was it something I said?
From: United States
says RonEvane
, Ganja land!
i much prefer dealing in weed, than renting the female members of my family to gringos"
As IF in jolly old Jamaica PROSTITUTION IS UNKNOWN. Save it for Josean or some other of your worthless scum pack members.
DR has probably the third highest population number after Cuba and HAITI. And you OF COURSE FAIL to mention that Jamaica HAD A SUBSTANTIAL LEAD OVER DR and has since, 30--40 years, LOST IT in a reign of mismanagement. Yes, you have a higher HDI, but guess what? You had a far higher gap in your favor BEFORE. So the trendings are doing you in again, old fart.
In DR the talk is about Metros, higher spending for Education, roads, bridges, Rail links with New Ports, Mining contracts, Carnival Cruise investments, etc. What about Jamaica?
Go and take allllllllllll your "glass half-empty" non-sense and apply it to a nation-state in true pitiful status: Jamaica.
Are upset, Dread?...Was it something I said?
maybe. think about it, and, if you cannot figure it out, i will help you.
As IF in jolly old Jamaica PROSTITUTION IS UNKNOWN
it is known, all right. it is just that guys do not pimp their own mothers, and daughters. that is not good stuff to do.
From: United States
edit"
Dready's best contribution to the discussion so far.
Dready's best contribution to the discussion so far.
you mean the one about the pimps?
Some mothers are heartless pimps - Letters to ... - Jamaica Observer
Apr 19, 2012 ... Jamaica Observer – A Jamaican Newspaper & Your Source for the Latest ...
substance abuse, prostitution, regressive behaviours, running away ... Many of
these women we call mothers double up quite efficiently as their children's pimps.
... There are definitely women out there pimping their daughters, and ...
Child Prostitution in Jamaica .... about age of consent, the
majority of firstborns in this country have been born to teen-age mothers, ...
My Parent And My Pimp - Child prostitution in Jamaica ...
What is not known is that there are Jamaica women who will send their daughters and sons out nightly to "work the ...
You see Dready YOU ALWAYS 'te deslatas" and show YOUR TRUE COLOURS!!
You make bitter and nasty comments about Dominicans, their women, daughters, husbands, etc., and YET!!!! YOU want to see the speck in Dominican eyes and "tapar el Sol con un dedo"
"why worry about a speck in your friend's eye when you have ... splinter of wood in the eye of your brother and do not put your mind"
Indeed.
The market demands quality and puts a premium on better content. Sorry, but your product does not have the goods of the Spanish Islands.
With such interest in the subject and command of persons involved, I guess we now know why Dready has chosen to spend soooooooooo much time visiting DR. Remember Dready if you are a US citizen it is against the law to engage in these activities with minors.
Written by: dreadlocks, 19 May 2012 1:26 PM
From: United States
yes, but they are a long way from being number 4 in the WORLD for the exportation of prostitutes.
But if DR plays its cards right"
That is a very big IF...
The more things change the more things will stays the same... with the same old hands put out to have their pockets filled....
As we have all seen the reports about imported amounts of goods and the how far over the amounts allowed, as they continue to go up with no repercussions for those flaunting the quotas.
stillhere, i do not even bother posting in the forum , anymore. itis a wasteland, destroyed by the likes of morons like Atabey, whose biggest word is IF. he has no concept of economics, but thinks he knows something. so, i let him have his little fun. the intelligent people can tell which of us understands development economics, and which is the ignorant , uneducated, poseur.
says RonEvane
, Ganja land!
i much prefer dealing in weed, than renting the female members of my family to gringos"
Child Prostitution Widespread in Jamaica PDF
Jamaica Observer, July 21, 2002
Children, Some As Young As 10 And 11 Years Old, Are Engaged In Prostitution.
Study listed nine categories of children engaging in sex for gain and said they were pushed basically by lack of economic support, love and affection. The first of the nine categories listed was children living and working on the streets, mostly boys between ages 12 and 18"
Reasons for child prostitution
Dave Campbell, Jamaica Gleaner, June 17, 2006
Children are now seen as bread winners for some families, as the parents realise that people are more responsive to a child's cry for help.
As a result of this, parents send their children, especially females, to hustle for the family by engaging them in sexual activities with older men, while subjecting the
As a result of this, parents send their children, especially females, to hustle for the family by engaging them in sexual activities with older men, while subjecting them to both physical and mental abuse which will later have a greater psychological effect on them in life.
Gateways to exploitation
Globe and Mail, Nov. 10, 2007 -- Source: ECPAT International
JAMAICA - Male and female sex workers operating in tourist areas are known as “beach boys” and “beach girls.” Working on the beach, they make private contacts with tourists. Additionally, there are reports of van operators who take passengers to safe houses for sex with boys and girls. Some girls are sent out to the beach by their parents to wait for men. In general, clients are mostly Westerners, but local men are also involved. Boy prostitution, described as “rent-a-dread,” also occurs.
Howard Campbell, Jamaica Gleaner, April 28, 2007
"If you had asked me three or four years ago, I would tell you that, 'Look, these things don't happen in Jamaica'," he said. "But, believe me, it happens." The Justice Minister said that since the task force was set up by former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson in 2005, many cases of human trafficking have been unearthed. Many involve children.
EXPLOITING THE YOUNG - Using the sensational 'sale' of a teenage girl by her parents to a man in St. Elizabeth as an example, Mr. Nicholson said the exploitation of young boys and girls in Jamaica was widespread. He warned that, under the law, not only persons who know of the deed can be jailed.
Martin Henry, Jamaica Gleaner, June 8, 2006
Whatever the law may wish to say about age of consent, the majority of firstborns in this country have been born to teen-age mothers, and a large proportion of these to mothers under the age of consent. The age of first sex is well-documented to be in the early teens.
Transactional sex in a rich variety of prostitutional commercial exchange, from the onset of puberty, is a dominant feature of Jamaican culture.
My Parent And My Pimp - Child prostitution in Jamaica
Stephen-Claude Hyatt, Jamaica Gleaner, December 6, 2001
What is not known is that there are Jamaica women who will send their daughters and sons out nightly to "work the beat" and take money home to them. Many of these children are not allowed back into the home unless a certain amount of money is made nightly.
My Parent And My Pimp - Child prostitution in Jamaica
What was that about PIMP, Dready?? Eh??
From: United States
as i said Atabey, it happens, but is the exception, rather than the rule. you know the difference, right? it makes news in Jamaica, because it is anomalous. it does not make news here, since it is par for the course."
A little HUMILITY setting in Dready?? LOL
And What about this FOR "but is the exception"
"Transactional sex in a rich variety of prostitutional commercial exchange, from the onset of puberty, is a dominant feature of Jamaican culture."
???????????
Transactional sex in a rich variety of prostitutional commercial exchange, from the onset of puberty, is a dominant feature of Jamaican culture.
it is a matter of degrees, Atabey. in one society, it is a regular feature of daily life. in another, it is the topic of sensational newspaper articles.
Perhaps the ganga clouds the mind.........LOL
Crack bad; weed, good.
I destroyed your argument. Go and sell that piece of worthless junk to mindless scum like Joseyy.
Better yet, do something for the Old country, she in need of help, Man. But remember that engaging in child prostitution is illegal for US citizens. Or is that the reason you don't go back and visit Jamaica??
I destroyed your argument.
sorry, sabelotodo, but i am fresh out of medals, and cookies. i had no idea that the site was for children , who think posting is a sport, which you win. so,i did not buy enough medals at the closeout. my bad. now that i know that i am dealing with juveniles, i will stock up.
"Arguing on a blog-site is like the Special Olympics - even if you win you are still retarded"
I've got some cookies for yea.
GDP per capita/averages,
PPP US$ % change, 2010-2015 % change, 2010-2030
Dominican Republic ------------------33----------- 178
Cuba---------------------------------------38------------ 172
Brazil-------------------------------------- 35------------ 162
Chile---------------------------------------39-------------156
Costa Rica-------------------------------30------------- 144
Peru--------------------------------------- 36------------- 141
El Salvador------------------------------ 33------------- 133
Argentina---------------------------------34-------------- 124
Colombia---------------------------------35----------------121
Mexico-------------------------------------27--------------- 111
Ecuador----------------------------------- 25------------- 103
Venezuela --------------------------------15--------------- 99
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit: C