President Leonel Fernandez, accompanied by Education Minister Josefina Pimentel, inaugurated two schools and a Catholic chapel in Los Girasoles, Pantoja and Villa Linda, in the municipality of Los Alcarrizos, built at a cost of over RD$93 million, yesterday, Thursday 24 May.

Pimentel said that the 105 new schools that had been inaugurated during the Fernandez administration had provided much-needed space and equipment for the development of the teaching and learning process.

The governor of Santo Domingo province, Idelfonso Vasquez, thanked them for the works and said that they only been started five months ago and had been finished a month ahead of schedule.

He said that the school would improve the quality of life of the residents in the area, especially the poorest families.

The Sacred Chapel of the Family of Nazareth, built at a cost of RD$4.5 million was blessed by Father Eduardo Carrion, who thanked the government for such an important building, which he said would help with the religious development of children and adolescents in the communities of Villa Linda and Pantoja

Senator Cristina Lizardo, the Minister for Sport, Felipe Payano, the director of the Presidential Commission for Provincial Support and Development, engineer Cesar Fernandez and other government officials also attended the ceremonies.

During the inaugural, President Leonel Fernandez thanked the Dominican people for having re-elected PLD. He stressed the personal and political qualities of president-elect Danilo Medina and said that his election victory was due to the good handling of the economy by the government over the last four years, a factor which, he said, has been confirmed by several international organizations.

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