Come on Leonel, tend to your own Country

Porfirio

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16 trips, what a waste of fuel. Set an example and stop the entourage with a line of 7 or 8 cars and motorcycles raceing through the City,with flashing lights to intimidate us and burning gasoline (we pay for) to take our President to lunch. While Rome burned Nero played the fiddle. While the DR suffers with constant electric outages, Hotels are closing, Restaurants are going out of business, Zona Franca closes factories terminating over 38,000 jobs Leonel takes another trip charged to us overtaxed peons. We pay more tax for an airline ticket than the price of the ticket itself, and is the highest priced airline ticket in the entire Caribbean. Illegal boats wait every night for Dominicans to escape across the dangerous ocean to Puerto Rico. Elected Officials dine on Lobster, Shrimp & Steaks. For a few hours each week elected officials sit in overstuffed luxourious chairs that cost us thousands of dollars for each chair, and vote themselves more and more benefits, and higher salaries. Hospitals are inadequently supplied with essentials to treat patients, let alone save lives. Our children attend rat trap buildings with no chairs to sit in. Forget about decent books they are non existent. Our kids go to school without a decent meal to sustain them for the day. Our Government?s solution is to raise taxes, and barrow more money, putting us in an already ?drowning in debt?position?. How will this all end ??
 
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NALs

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Porfirio said:
16 trips, what a waste of fuel. Set an example and stop the entourage with a line of 7 or 8 cars and motorcycles raceing through the City,with flashing lights to intimidate us and burning gasoline (we pay for) to take our President to lunch. While Rome burned Nero played the fiddle. While the DR suffers with constant electric outages, Hotels are closing, Restaurants are going out of business, Zona Franca closes factories terminating over 38,000 jobs Leonel takes another trip charged to us overtaxed peons. We pay more tax for an airline ticket than the price of the ticket itself, and is the highest priced airline ticket in the entire Caribbean. Illegal boats wait every night for Dominicans to escape across the dangerous ocean to Puerto Rico. Elected Officials dine on Lobster, Shrimp & Steaks. For a few hours each week elected officials sit in overstuffed luxourious chairs that cost us thousands of dollars for each chair, and vote themselves more and more benefits, and higher salaries. Hospitals are inadequently supplied with essentials to treat patients, let alone save lives. Our children attend rat trap buildings with no chairs to sit in. Forget about decent books they are non existent. Our kids go to school without a decent meal to sustain them for the day. Our Government?s solution is to raise taxes, and barrow more money, putting us in an already ?drowning in debt?position?. How will this all end ??
aaah, que sue?o tengo despues de leer esto...:disappoin

New luxurious resorts are opening and in the works, the foreign investment and investors confidenced is maintained by constant government reassurance, and... you know what, this blame game is getting old.

Apparently we will see Porfirio running for presidency in the next elections.

Imagine that!:rambo:
 

Porfirio

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Wake up Leonel & Dominicans

Look at todays news. Dominicans are up against a stone wall. Leonel continues imagining himself and his new wife as King and Queen of our Country. I respect my fellow Dominicans, and my abmition is to see a better life for my Family. Last week in Boca Chica, we went to the Hamaca Hotel, and the Hotel was empty, with no one on the beach. Two weeks ago friends from New York visited the Catalonia in Punta Cana, which was 1/3 occupied, and 2/3 vacant. We went to restaurants Davy Crockit, and Felini?s which were more than half empty. Pizza Hut & Pizareli,usually crowded was empty. Zona Franca is like a ghost town with 38,000 Dominicans out of work. Crime is up, and with no work and present conditions crime will continue to go up up and away. Usually the hotels, and restaurants were always full with waiting for availability of space. I don?t want to create a hostile atmosphere, but my Family here is finding it more difficult to live here. Relatives in New York who had intentions of returning to their ?homeland?refuse to return,and live here and have decided life here is much too dificult and will never return here. They all believe corruption is here more than ever, and with no electric service, banks failing, a President who does not give a damn, and no time in jail for Baez Figueroa, or Arturo Pellerano those with influence will rule forever.
 
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Bahamas is rich small country and their hotels are empty too in October. Its slow season.
Conchman, let Porfirio vent himself out.

He's PRD and diehard.

There is nothing that will make him stop. To focus on what's closing and ignore on what's opening is unfair, to say the least.

I'll guarantee you he will not be complaining of the "hotel" dilemma when the High season comes in full swing. I hear advanced booking from Europe and the US in particular in many of the most prominent resorts is beggining to trickle in already.

Let him go on his rant.

For anyone who cares, here is the newest episode of Cronica Central magazine. It's a magazine that focuses on the Dominican economic progress and/or deterioration. For non-spanish speakers, accept my apology but its only available in Spanish, as far as I am aware.

BTW, the main topics in the magazine are:

The economic switch from crisis to recovery, the decrease in the unemployment rate, the 58th anniversary of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, The issue of the upward swing of petroleum prices and its effect on the national economy, the increase in average wages, the Convenience of a stable exchange rate, The issue of the contracts for importers, new books on economics and how it works, and the 4th cup Golf tournament hosted by the Central Bank among others.

http://www.bancentral.gov.do/cronica_central/cronica_central0007-2005-09.pdf
 
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frank alvarez

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I don't know, Porfirio may be at least partly right.

Although PRD/PRSC 'politiqueros' tend to easily forget (or think some of us will forget) the disaster their Hipolito PRD government was (remember the PRSC went along with everything) and that the mess we are in now is their doing, not Leonel's. We were lucky that the PLD came on and kept the ship from completely sinking. However, Leonel is just too caught up in this international thing with his seminars, dissertations, blah, blah, blah, etc. I am honestly tired of it and wish he would roll up his sleeves and DO SOMETHING to improve at least one of the major problems facing this society.

I fear Leonel and the PLD will spend 4 years theorizing about everything and doing little to improve the energy, education and health systems of the country which, to me, are the most important. As time passes, they all seem the same and I am honestly disgusted with the whole system including our present president's government.
 

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16 Months = 16 Trips Abroad. I Guess the Fuel saving plan does not apply to softtalking-ambivalentminded Dominican statesmans. Go ahead and build electric transportation ( for Diandi's pocket), and unnecesary "elevados" and let the rest of the country sink. Atta boy!! See you in 2008. Stop theorizing and start doing something worthy of anyone capable of running a country.

Note: not a prd, prsc or prsd follower, just tired of the same ol same ol.
 

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frank alvarez said:
Although PRD/PRSC 'politiqueros' tend to easily forget (or think some of us will forget) the disaster their Hipolito PRD government was (remember the PRSC went along with everything) and that the mess we are in now is their doing, not Leonel's. We were lucky that the PLD came on and kept the ship from completely sinking. However, Leonel is just too caught up in this international thing with his seminars, dissertations, blah, blah, blah, etc. I am honestly tired of it and wish he would roll up his sleeves and DO SOMETHING to improve at least one of the major problems facing this society.

I fear Leonel and the PLD will spend 4 years theorizing about everything and doing little to improve the energy, education and health systems of the country which, to me, are the most important. As time passes, they all seem the same and I am honestly disgusted with the whole system including our present president's government.


Oh come on, he's solving the energy crisis with the no gas after 8 pm law isn't he?? :eek:
 

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Porfirio said:
Usually the hotels, and restaurants were always full with waiting for availability of space.
This has nothing to do with the economy; I believe this time of the year (October 1st-December 15th) is traditionally the slowest time for tourists. Airlines always cut their fares (and routes) until December 15th.
 

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Last week in Boca Chica, we went to the Hamaca Hotel, and the Hotel was empty, with no one on the beach. Two weeks ago friends from New York visited the Catalonia in Punta Cana, which was 1/3 occupied, and 2/3 vacant. We went to restaurants Davy Crockit, and Felini´s which were more than half empty. Pizza Hut & Pizareli,usually crowded was empty.

The people in the tourism industry have a name for that, it's called: "temporada baja" which usually happens during this time of the year.

Zona Franca is like a ghost town with 38,000 Dominicans out of work.

Shame on Leonel for not implementing a socialist system fifty years ago and for not using Palpatine's technique to populate the DR with 1,100+ million people.

Crime is up, and with no work and present conditions crime will continue to go up up and away.

Candelier will fix that, right?
 
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Perhaps instead of flying all over the globe, Leonel can offer to host meetings and conferences in his own country (unless he is embarassed by its condition). Then he can take world leaders and officials on a tour and show them in person how much the Dominican Republic can use their investment and money. Then perhpas he can convince them to go out and spend money at local businesses while they are here, collecting all that VAT when the bar tab comes due. Just an idea... Mi dos pesos.
 

Porfirio

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forget about the PLD or PRD. All those elected to jobs from both parties meet regularly to plot their strategy. that strategy is to raise taxes, increase their salaries, and receive their ?payoffs?in secret places. Let?s all join the new Party, ECP, ?? EXECUTE CROOKED POLITICIANS??
 

Rick Snyder

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Porfirio I think a new political party is in order so your idea holds merit. Possibly they could get all the incumbents out and get a new line of politicians in office. He he he.......
 

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rellosk said:
This has nothing to do with the economy; I believe this time of the year (October 1st-December 15th) is traditionally the slowest time for tourists. Airlines always cut their fares (and routes) until December 15th.

This is not specifically for you rellosk, just picked up your comment as representative. There are many that agree, but of course, many who disagree - http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=6128
 

radvolk

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Lloras demasiado!

Do you just complain for complaining? I guess you will be happier if the president stayed in the Dominican Republic. That sounds good to you sitting behind your computer probably having not even the slightest idea of the importance of international relations with foreign countries. You probably think those Zona Francas are going to reopen by keeping the president at home using his phone and the "FUEL" to drive to congress to talk to the idiots of the PRD and other parties that are warming up chairs in DR.

Maybe you did not notice that DR lives off other countries. We export crap to them. Yeah factories are closing, but the owners of those factories are in other countries... what other way to make them understand to open them back up... or better yet find more business for us to do as a country. Maybe Leonel should get on a bike and ride over to Hipolito's house and see if he can open Zona Franca (If you did not notice I am being sarcastic).

Please come up with some real issues. This one makes no sense to me. Whinning is not going to solve any problems.
 

radvolk

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Very Bad Idea

Rick Snyder said:
Porfirio I think a new political party is in order so your idea holds merit. Possibly they could get all the incumbents out and get a new line of politicians in office. He he he.......

Another political party? Don't we have like 30? Sure, what will this one be called Partido de la Independentista de Todos los Otros (PITO)?
 

Rick Snyder

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A little more attention to detail;
Quote "join the new Party, ECP, ¨¨ EXECUTE CROOKED POLITICIANS"

There are presently over 300 different political parties in the DR. Most of them have presidents that are also leaders of other political parties.

All have their hands in the JCE's pockets collecting their share of the monies,"your tax peso at work"!

Rick