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12-17-2008, 02:40 PM
The remodeling of the Palacio de Bellas Artes cost RD$1.3 billion, according to the National Budget Office. This is RD$600 million more than the RD$700 million publicized by the government, according to a TV report shown on Monday produced by Alicia Ortega. Ortega said that she has not been able to obtain all the details on the construction, but advanced that only in the underground parking with a reported capacity of 600 vehicles, the government says it spent RD$383 million. She said her film crews were not given access to film the parking lot nor other areas of the Palacio de Bellas Artes. She said they have requested the details on the construction now from the General Controllers Office and expect to prepare a second documentary on the high cost of the construction.
The Supervisory Office of Public Works of the Presidency was responsible for the remodeling. Ortega says that to their request for the report on construction spending, the office only sent them the speech by office director Felix Bautista at the inaugural and a promotional DVD on the Palacio de los Deportes.
The National Budget office was only able to provide the global amount spent on the construction.
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The Supervisory Office of Public Works of the Presidency was responsible for the remodeling. Ortega says that to their request for the report on construction spending, the office only sent them the speech by office director Felix Bautista at the inaugural and a promotional DVD on the Palacio de los Deportes.
The National Budget office was only able to provide the global amount spent on the construction.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)