The bill allocating more money to the Santo Domingo Metro has been passed. The bill, which was introduced on 21 December, looked to transfer RD$6.6 billion from this year’s budget. The transfers will reduce the Education budget by $854 million, Public Health by RD$706.9 million, the Presidency by RD$2.3 billion, Finance by RD$1.37 billion and Agriculture by RD$150 million. Of these funds, the Presidency will receive RD$3.73 billion to transfer RD$1.1 billion for the construction of the Santo Domingo metro, RD$1.89 billion to the Office for the Supervision of Public Works and RD$720 million for social protection. The bill also allocates RD$2.6 billion to the Ministry of Public Works, RD$85.6 million to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, RD$50 to the Ministry of Finance, and RD$46 million to Interior and Police, RD$12.6 million to Armed Forces, RD$15 million to Public Health and RD$17.1 million to Agriculture. The law also authorizes the transfer of RD$5.09 billion of the surplus of revenues produced with the implementation of the Petrocaribe agreement to be used in the subsidy of the electricity sector.<\/p>\n
Hoy newspaper points out that the bill includes a modification that involves the transfer of RD$20 million to the Chamber of Deputies and RD$80 million to the Senate from government funds allotted to other departments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The bill allocating more money to the Santo Domingo Metro has been passed. The bill, which was introduced on 21 December, looked to transfer RD$6.6 billion from this year’s budget. The transfers will reduce the Education budget by $854 million, Public Health by RD$706.9 million, the Presidency by RD$2.3 billion, Finance by RD$1.37 billion and … <\/p>\n