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06-21-2011, 05:20 PM
Talk of the town is the government distribution of the Vacacional Ercilia Pepin cabanas, originally built by the Balaguer government as a vacation center for public employees.
A report by the TV program, El Despertador with Marino Zapete and Edith Febles revealed that the current director of Corpohotel, the government division in charge of tourism hotels, Bienvenido Perez decided to "transfer the property, without a tender, to legislators, military officials, government officers and journalists."
Zapete says that on 1 June 2009 he announced that the center would be repaired for conversion into an eco-tourism center. Two weeks later, an editorial in Listin Diario praised the director for the restoration of the center for government employees. The facilities had been closed and abandoned for 20 years. The report on El Despertador highlighted the way that Corpohotels conceived a plan to rescue them by renting to private individuals.
Zapete revealed that the list of people who benefitted from the rental of the properties restored by the government included the executive editor of Listin Diario, Miguel Franjul and his assistants Fabio Cabral and Viviano de Leon. Zapete also revealed that Willy Rodriguez, the director of the Z101 FM radio station, famous for its talk shows, was also on the list, along with radio station colleagues Julio Martinez Pozo, Daniel Garcia Archibald and Pedro Jimenez. The Senator for the province of La Altagracia, Amable Aristy Castro, is also reported to be a beneficiary.
On El Despertador, Zapete also revealed that the cabanas were actually up for sale with a 20-year rental scheme. The cabanas are valued at RD$5 million, according to an architect who was interviewed for the program.
The Que Se Dice column in Hoy newspaper comments: "That we, the journalists, should have become part of the problem - the sacking of goods of the state, when we should be the first to denounce, censure and criticize? Definitely, my dear readers, this is screwed up."
Former president of the Public School Teachers Association Maria Teresa Cabrera said that her association was told that the cabanas would be restored and then they would be assigned to the teachers, but this never happened.
To view two videos with details on the Jarabacoa government vacation properties, see:
www.noticiassin.com/2011/06/video-comentario-de-marino-zapete-cabanas-ercilia-pepin (http://www.noticiassin.com/2011/06/video-comentario-de-marino-zapete-cabanas-ercilia-pepin)
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A report by the TV program, El Despertador with Marino Zapete and Edith Febles revealed that the current director of Corpohotel, the government division in charge of tourism hotels, Bienvenido Perez decided to "transfer the property, without a tender, to legislators, military officials, government officers and journalists."
Zapete says that on 1 June 2009 he announced that the center would be repaired for conversion into an eco-tourism center. Two weeks later, an editorial in Listin Diario praised the director for the restoration of the center for government employees. The facilities had been closed and abandoned for 20 years. The report on El Despertador highlighted the way that Corpohotels conceived a plan to rescue them by renting to private individuals.
Zapete revealed that the list of people who benefitted from the rental of the properties restored by the government included the executive editor of Listin Diario, Miguel Franjul and his assistants Fabio Cabral and Viviano de Leon. Zapete also revealed that Willy Rodriguez, the director of the Z101 FM radio station, famous for its talk shows, was also on the list, along with radio station colleagues Julio Martinez Pozo, Daniel Garcia Archibald and Pedro Jimenez. The Senator for the province of La Altagracia, Amable Aristy Castro, is also reported to be a beneficiary.
On El Despertador, Zapete also revealed that the cabanas were actually up for sale with a 20-year rental scheme. The cabanas are valued at RD$5 million, according to an architect who was interviewed for the program.
The Que Se Dice column in Hoy newspaper comments: "That we, the journalists, should have become part of the problem - the sacking of goods of the state, when we should be the first to denounce, censure and criticize? Definitely, my dear readers, this is screwed up."
Former president of the Public School Teachers Association Maria Teresa Cabrera said that her association was told that the cabanas would be restored and then they would be assigned to the teachers, but this never happened.
To view two videos with details on the Jarabacoa government vacation properties, see:
www.noticiassin.com/2011/06/video-comentario-de-marino-zapete-cabanas-ercilia-pepin (http://www.noticiassin.com/2011/06/video-comentario-de-marino-zapete-cabanas-ercilia-pepin)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)