Possible transport strike

[NewsWhore]

The New Option National Transportation Federation (Fenatrano) has announced a public transport strike for tomorrow, 7 February. Fenatrano president Juan Hubieres told El Caribe reporters that the 10% subsidy that was given to Fenatrano for necessary expenses will end today, and its drivers will lose the "miserable" amount of subsidized fuel that the government had assigned them when fuel prices hit their highest levels. The transport leader added that the government is also denying Fenatrano the right to receive the subsidy, which equals about one peso per passenger, and where Fenatrano transports three million poor or low-wage people a day. Meanwhile the government subsidizes the company that is building the Santo Domingo-Samana Highway with seven and a half million pesos in subsidized fuel. Hubieres called the government political ads about subsidized transportation "a farce."

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