NewsWhore
10-23-2008, 04:10 PM
The Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes, called the fact that there are so many betting parlors that promote gambling, "an outrage". The minister, who is currently in Brussels, Belgium, was commenting on a report in Listin Diario that said that there were nearly six times the number of betting parlors as schools in the country, and he said that he valued the publication as a call to the national conscience to encourage us "to think about the need to support Dominican education all the more." For the minister, the reality is also "an outrage" in that the country becomes known as a promoter of vices instead of a nation that promotes education and training for its children. According to the administrator of the National Lottery, Jose Francisco Pena Guaba, over RD$100 million worth of bets is placed on lotteries and games each day. Paredes insisted that all sectors should support Dominican education.
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