RD$10 million in bonuses for Dominican medal-winning athletes
The Ministry of Sports says it has paid out more than RD$10 million in incentives for Dominican athletes who brought back 107 medals from the Central American and Caribbean Games that ended this August 2018 in Barranquilla, Colombia. The incentives include RD$125,000 in cash for each the 25 gold medal winners, RD$80,000 each for the 29 who won silver and RD$40,000 each for the 53 who won bronze. Victor Estrella, who won three gold medals, would receive a single bonus of RD$250,000. Gold Medal-winning volleyball and handball teams will receive RD$1 million each.
INVI director announced the government agency would be in contact to supervise the dwellings of the athletes. The media focused on the precarious housing situation in which gold medalist weight lifter Estefania Soriano was living. After the win, TV journalist Nuria Piera had reported on how Dominican top athletes live.
As part of the good news for the athletes, Sports Minister Danilo Diaz also announced that gold medalists will now make RD$20,000 a month as part of the PARNI program, silver medalists will receive RD$15,000 a month and bronze medalists RD$10,000. He said this increases the allotment to athletes from RD$1.8 million to RD$3 million a month. He also announced an increase from RD$4,000 to RD$5,000 for athletes already participating in the program and that did not win medals in the Barranquilla games. He announced increases would be forthcoming for the coaches.
Earlier, the Presidency had announced that all medal winners would be affiliated to the sports programs under the Ministry of Armed Forces, if they were not already. As part of this support, the recruits are on the military payroll without having to do active duty.
Source: DR1, DiarioLibre
Aug 20, 2018
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