Ignacio Ditren, director of the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (OMSA) denies press reports that the entity purchased 150 buses without a tendering process. Following instructions from President Leonel Fernandez, he said he traveled to South Korea to look into an offer made to Omsa for the sale of 300 buses and to report back to the President on the possible purchase. He said that when he was in Asia, he decided to visit Ukraine where he visited another company that manufactures two-door minibuses that run on natural gas and said that offer was attractive. He said those buses would work well for the bus unions. As reported in El Caribe, he said that he is coordinating with the governmental BanReservas to secure funding for public transport vehicles now benefiting from the diesel bonus to convert their vehicles to natural gas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ignacio Ditren, director of the Metropolitan Bus Services Office (OMSA) denies press reports that the entity purchased 150 buses without a tendering process. Following instructions from President Leonel Fernandez, he said he traveled to South Korea to look into an offer made to Omsa for the sale of 300 buses and to report back to … <\/p>\n