Fenatrano freezes transport

[NewsWhore]

If you are taking the bus in and around Santo Domingo today or tomorrow, be forewarned and expect long lines. Hoy reports that Fenatrano will not be running 70% of its buses in the National District and the province of Santo Domingo because, according to union leader Juan Hubieres, his members are no longer receiving the fuel subsidy provided by the government. The 900,000 gallons subsidized by the government for a three-month period only represents 20% of the two million gallons consumed by the buses. Hoy writes that the transport sector consumes an estimated six million gallons of fuel per month, of which Fenatrano consumes two million. Hubieres blamed the government for the bus strike and is demanding that the government give Fenatrano the bus routes that will feed into the Santo Domingo Metro routes, as well as to continue providing subsidized fuel.

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