Regular bus service offered by the company that has the de facto monopoly on the Santo Domingo- Punta Cana bus route, the APTPRA, was interrupted on Monday, 22 January 2018, affecting hundreds of people who had traveled to Higuey for the Virgen de la Altagracia religious celebrations of Sunday, 21 January 2018. APTPRA serves the Punta Cana-Higuey-San Pedro de Macoris-Santo Domingo route.
APTPRA buses sought to enforce their monopoly of the route by parking their buses on the Coral Highway to impede that buses of the Metro bus company could offer the service. Listin Diario reported that Metro buses suffered window breakage from vandals that sought to impede their departing on the Santo Domingo-Punta Cana route.
It was known that Police, the Metropolitan Transport Authority and the Specialized Tourism Security Corps mobilized the buses that were parked on Coral Highway impeding the regular flow of travelers. Listin Diario reported the authorities reached an agreement with the strikers.
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Listin Diario
23 January 2018
