NewsWhore
10-27-2008, 03:00 PM
The leader of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, has spoken out strongly against the fact that there are six betting parlors for every school in the country. He said that it was unfair and perverse that such a situation should exist, when thousands of children do not have access to school. He said it was "unjustifiable" that the country should not be capable of providing the children with an elementary education. The Cardinal was referring to a report in Listin Diario last week, revealing that there were six times as many betting establishments as there are schools in the Dominican Republic. The administrator of the National Lottery, Jose Francisco Pena Guaba, told reporters that Dominicans place around RD$100 million in bets every day. The prelate said that the authorities should revise their policies for approving new betting establishments. He said that the country should not be encouraging something that contributes to the degradation of the people.
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