A few politicians benefit while the majority suffers.
Bingo. So this is the result: "SANTO DOMINGO.- Por falta de pago, las empresas que suplen la leche para el Desayuno Escolar a la Secretaría de Educación suspendieron este jueves la entrega del alimento. Este viernes lo harán los suplidores del pan, quienes alegan que el gobierno les adeuda 260 millones de pesos. Las empresas Parmalat, Leche Fresca, Ladom y Rica distribuyen un millón 500 mil raciones diarias en las escuelas públicas.
En tanto que, la Unión de Medianos y Pequeños Industriales de la Harina, informaron que a partir de esta viernes no suplirán el pan a los niños, por falta de recursos económicos.
El secretario de Educació, Melanio Paredes, quien confirmó la información se quejó de que las empresas no informaron sobre las pretensiones de dejar de abastecer las escuelas con la leche que se sirven en el desayuno escolar. Hasta ahora la medida no ha afectado a las escuelas que reciben el tipo de leche UHT, porque tienen parte del producto almacenado hasta este viernes, dijo el director del programa de Alimentación Escolar de la institución, Luis Hernández, dijo que la suspensión se inició hoy, pero que Melanio Paredes informó que se reunirá este viernes a las 8:00 de la mañana con los suplidores de líquido para buscar una solución al problema."
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Re: Money + Questions « Result #2 Today at 11:36am »
>How will this money be used? The same way the last loan that was used to fix the power grid was - gross overspending, fraud, waste, and abuse. A few politicians benefit while the majority suffers.
>Will the expenditures be controlled? They won't. See above.
>Who benefits? The same people who will always benefit. See above. Also, the international banking cartel which controls the WB/IMF.
As i said before, the WB/IMF loves countries like the DR, who can't manage their money and are seriously corrupt. They watch the DR waste its money, offer it a loan, know that the process will repeat itself, watch it repeat itself, and get it to sell off (privatize) some of its resources (energy, water, gas, oil, etc.) to pay its debt to foreign corporations who then jack up the prices of these resources further oppressing the locals. This has happened in many other countries before. Turkey learned its lesson from dealing with the IMF and recently turned down more "aid" from them. They decided to weather this crisis themselves and came out on top for it. The DR could also do that; however, that wouldn't make nearly as much money for the politicians here.
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Arabian restaurant « Result #12 on Nov 17, 2009, 11:01pm »
When my friend told me about this today, she pitched it as an "Arabian restaurant", which didn't mean a whole lot to me, since the food in that part of the world is all very similar. It's more interesting to me the particular variety, as each country does it slightly differently and special in their own way. Turns out, it's an Egyptian place. I'm not even sure what the name is. It's only been open for about three weeks, no business cards printed yet, and the guy said it's been packed every night.
It's on Calle Hostos right across from the San Francisco monastery ruins in the Colonial Zone. There's nothing on the menu more than RD$400. Owner is super nice. Full contact info:
Mohamed el Nady Calle Hostos, Zona Colonial (809) 904-4884 mohamedelnady@yahoo.com
He said that he has a Facebook page (i don't use that site, so i can't confirm) which pictures of the restaurant on it. Great view. It's on the second story of the building and they have space below as well. There's shisha available as well as a type of Egyptian alcohol. I highly recommend this place.
The Nagua Connection « Result #21 on Nov 14, 2009, 11:27am »
We all heard about the mysterious kidnapping "case" of Nagua in which the son of an exchange house owner was alegedly abducted and then freed by police. Anyway, something like that or not.
For the son's release 5 million US$ had been demanded. Now the family's two exchange offices have been closed by DNCD (!) and police.....
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Re: The Narcos and Their Team « Result #29 on Nov 12, 2009, 9:33pm »
It just shows how detached he is from everyday life here. They're not a mockery of Dominican society - this is how society functions here in some sectors. With all the recent findings of military and police complicity in crime, how is this even remotely shocking?
Doing Time At Home « Result #34 on Nov 10, 2009, 8:57am »
19 French citizens who are imprisioned here for drug smuggling are going to be transferred to prisons in France. This was announced after an agreement was reached between the two states. Two young French (19, 20) had claimed that drugs were placed in their luggage without their knowledge...
High Ranking Amigos « Result #40 on Nov 8, 2009, 8:14am »
Two generals and three colonels of the police force are under investigation. There seems to bexist a list of officials who received large sums of money and gifts from 'El Gringo'.
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