According to the Listin Diario, 500 governmentally operated OMSA buses are not in service due to lack of fuel. Reporter Adriana Peguero says that thousands of passengers were left without public transport yesterday. President Mejia ordered RD$10 million to be sent to OMSA, as a partial payment on the RD$25-million fuel debt with Mopatex-Isla, their supplier. Diogenes Castillo, the head of OMSA, told reporters that the money was approved for OMSA after he apprised the President of the situation. OMSA’s spokesman, Enrique Alberto Ramirez, would not comment further on the subject, saying only that the RD$80-million subsidy the OMSA receives is not enough to allow them to operate at 100% efficiency levels. A requested increase of the subsidy to RD$150 million was rejected by government officials.