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06-25-2009, 04:30 PM
The director of the President's Social Plan, Emigdio Sosa has announced a new welfare program targeting motorbike taxi drivers, known in the DR as "motoconchistas." According to El Nuevo Diario, the plan was launched with the distribution of 300 safety helmets to drivers who also received food rations during an event at the Club Calero in Villa Duarte. Sosa said that this program was just the start of a nationwide operation that aims to contribute to the safety and social protection of this sector.
"Many "motoconchistas" are ill and awaiting the President's helping hand and we will coordinate this so that you can be sure to have help from the government," he said.
Also attending the function were Ground Transport Director (OTTT) Rafael Tobias Crespo, and Colonels Orlando Pichardo and Dinapoles La Paix in representation of General Rafael Bencosme Candelier, the director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET) and the commander of Villa Duarte.
The event was organized by the Social Plan's Department of Institutional Affairs coordinated by Gabriel Mendez, the National Organization of Motoconchistas (ONAMOTO) led by Gustavo Orlando Urena, which has 10,334 members.
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"Many "motoconchistas" are ill and awaiting the President's helping hand and we will coordinate this so that you can be sure to have help from the government," he said.
Also attending the function were Ground Transport Director (OTTT) Rafael Tobias Crespo, and Colonels Orlando Pichardo and Dinapoles La Paix in representation of General Rafael Bencosme Candelier, the director of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (AMET) and the commander of Villa Duarte.
The event was organized by the Social Plan's Department of Institutional Affairs coordinated by Gabriel Mendez, the National Organization of Motoconchistas (ONAMOTO) led by Gustavo Orlando Urena, which has 10,334 members.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)