{"id":505454,"date":"2026-04-22T18:07:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/error-en-el-proceso-de-traduccion-101\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:09:41","slug":"the-state-spent-more-than-rd1152-million-on-lunches-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/the-state-spent-more-than-rd1152-million-on-lunches-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The state spent more than RD$1,152 million on lunches in two years"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo<\/strong>.- The Dominican State allocated more than RD$1,152 million pesos<\/strong> in food services for public employees between January 2024 and April 2026<\/strong>, according to an analysis based on public procurement processes.\n\nThis is about hundreds of contracts<\/strong> related to breakfasts, lunches, and dinners of a recurring nature, that is, the ordinary expenditure on food within the institutions.\n\nIn daily terms, this is equivalent to approximately RD$1.3 million pesos per day<\/strong>.\n\nThe expenditure is not distributed evenly. The Ministry of Interior and Police<\/strong> tops the list with more than RD$144 million<\/strong>, followed by the General Comptroller's Office of the Republic<\/strong> and the Ministry of Finance<\/strong>, both with amounts exceeding RD$80 million<\/strong>.\n\nAlso listed are the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes<\/strong>, the Dominican Institute of Civil Aviation<\/strong> and the National Office of Industrial Property<\/strong>, with figures exceeding RD$70 million<\/strong>. Further down appears PROMESE\/CAL<\/strong>, with more than RD$67 million<\/strong> in this type of contracting.\n\n\n
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This expense occurs in a context where the State itself has mechanisms to provide food, State Economic Dining Halls<\/strong>, where a ration has been offered to the public at a low cost, around RD$10 pesos<\/strong>, through a scheme subsidized by the State<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nThis service has also been used by public institutions through agreements to provide lunches to their employees. There are documented cases in entities such as National Assets<\/strong>, the State Sugar Council<\/strong> and the IDOPPRIL<\/strong>, where employees receive food through this mechanism.\n\nDespite the existence of this system, the analysis shows that multiple institutions continue to recurrently contract food services with private providers.\n\n\n

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