NewsWhore
02-08-2008, 04:00 PM
In December 2007 the Santo Domingo metro project received more money for capital investments than 10 ministries combined. Education (RD$405.3M), Environment (RD$37.1M), Agriculture (RD$6M), Industry and Commerce (RD$18.5M), Armed Forces (RD$588,410M), Labor (RD$2.8M), Sports (RD$14.3M), Higher Education (RD$107.5M), the Presidential Administrative Ministry (RD$8.5M) and the National Housing Department-INVI (RD$184.1M) combined received less money than the metro. The Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), that is overseeing the metro construction, received RD$900 million. No figures were released for October or November, but between January and September 2007 the metro received RD$400 million a month. Only the Presidential Public Works Engineers Supervisor Office (OIS), RD$1.2 billion and the Ministry of Public Works, with RD$1.12 billion, received more money than the metro.
Twenty days remain for President Leonel Fernandez' scheduled ceremonial ride on the Santo Domingo Metro, and the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) has still not made any trial runs of the railway system. OPRET sub-minister Leonel Carrasco said that workers are fighting to have the tests and there is no set date for that. He added that the tests depend on the Siemens technicians. Hoy, quoting an unnamed source, reports that a test will be conducted next Sunday. Authorities say that the work is being carried out so that Fernandez can ride the train on 27 February, as promised in last year's annual state of the nation address from Congress.
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Twenty days remain for President Leonel Fernandez' scheduled ceremonial ride on the Santo Domingo Metro, and the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET) has still not made any trial runs of the railway system. OPRET sub-minister Leonel Carrasco said that workers are fighting to have the tests and there is no set date for that. He added that the tests depend on the Siemens technicians. Hoy, quoting an unnamed source, reports that a test will be conducted next Sunday. Authorities say that the work is being carried out so that Fernandez can ride the train on 27 February, as promised in last year's annual state of the nation address from Congress.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)