ACR DISPATCHER RPTS LACK OF METARS FOR ALL DOMINICAN STATIONS OVER A PERIOD OF DAYS.

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I FIRST NOTICED A PROB WITH THE METARS FOR ALL OF THE DOMINICAN STATIONS NOT BEING AVAILABLE ON JUL/SUN/06. ON THAT SHIFT; POP; SDQ; LRM; STI; AND PUJ HAD NO METARS ENTERED INTO THE SYS. I ASKED THE OPS SECTOR MGR TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG AND SEE IF HE CAN GET IT FIXED. LATER THAT AFTERNOON AFTER A VERY BUSY 3.5 HRS OF WORK; THE PROB WAS STILL NOT FIXED SO I ASKED THE NEW SECTOR MGR IF THEY HAD FOUND THE PROB. I WAS TOLD THAT SHE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF ALREADY BY THE EARLIER MGR. ABOUT 30 MINS LATER; THE METARS STARTED COMING IN AGAIN AUTOMATICALLY. SINCE THIS DAY WE HAVE HAD ONLY SPORADIC METARS FOR ALL OF THESE STATIONS. I SPOKE WITH THE OPS SECTOR MGR TODAY AND TOLD ME THAT THE PROB IS THE WX OBSERVERS THEMSELVES ARE NOT PUTTING IN THE METARS. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WE NEED CURRENT METARS FOR THESE STATIONS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE OBVIOUS; BUT THAT WE HAVE NO WX RADAR SITES AND WHEN IT RAINS; WE CAN HAVE PROBS LNDG AND TAKING OFF DUE TO THE WET RWYS. CAN WE EVEN DISPATCH TO THESE STATIONS WHEN WE KNOW WE CANNOT GET THE METARS? I TRIED CALLING THE STI TWR AND BECAUSE OF A LANGUAGE PROB; THEY WERE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEEDED. THIS PROB NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND AS OF NOW; THERE ARE NO PLANS TO CORRECT THE PROB.