Trash contract rescinded

[NewsWhore]

Diario Libre is reporting that the Santo Domingo East town council has formally agreed to rescind the refuse collection contract given to the Pro-Hygiene and Health Services Company (SEHISA), though the company will continue to clean up trash for the next three months. The council also announced that a public bidding process would begin within 15 days in order to find a company with the technical expertise to take on the job. The problem with the contracts began last week when Mayor Juan de los Santos hastily signed a contract with a sanitation company that had no previous experience of sanitation work, and it was revealed that the contracts were signed with no public bidding. It was later alleged that de los Santos had a stake in the company and that some of his family members worked there.

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