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WHoever is running this hospital should be put in charge of running all hospitals in The DR. Hospital Calventi realiza 3 mil partos en un a?o con cero Mortalidad Materna In Spanish... Hospital Calventi realiza 3 mil partos en un a?o con cero Mortalidad Materna Detalles Escrito por Yenifer...

OK guys need a quick recommendation for an all inclusive for two days (I can't take more than that at one of those places) in Puerto Plata area this week for the family. Something where two 18-19 year olds can have enough fun. A quick search gives me a wide range of prices. Some like Casa...

So I bought a fridge a few years ago for my house in The DR. Being the typical Dominicans that my caretaker (my grandpa) and the lady that cooks for him, etc are they have managed to break every single one of the shelves the fridge came with. Granted they weren't the best quality (The fridge is...

Man this girl is making a name for herself. I have to admit I think I have a crush on her...:laugh: She's good looking, tough as nails and like "homie the clown" she just "Don't play that..." She just put big time TV mogul and rich as hell Frank Jorge Elias in jail for beating up his wife...

Great news today guys...Barrick Gold has agreed to renegotiate their contract and give The DR 60%, which Danilo and their team have agreed to put to good use in Education, Health and other services strictly for the poor. Danilo has barred all government officials from taking any money for...

Dominican "Sweetheart" and Latin American Idol winner Martha Heredia supposedly got caught with 1.8 kilos of cocaine or heroine (every newspaper has her with a different kind of drug) while going to NY. She has been in the papers lately for putting her husband in jail for supposed domestic abuse...

Found this article via Remolacha.net La cocina de la t?a Clara; m?s de una d?cada documentando los sabores dominicanos - La Lupa Sin Trabas | La Lupa Sin Trabas My wife has the book...excellent

Just reading up on some of the events between 1966 and 1978. I lived through part of that even though I was a kid, but still remember the fear and intimidation everyone felt at "La Banda", still remember this or that person being arrested and "disappeared". My family was definitely in the...

Thought this was pretty funny...and so true. Unfortunately it's in Spanish and it doesn't translate well. 6 empresas dominicanas que adoran contratar a los peores choferes ?|?KeDificil

According to this blog Lo que dice Damian.. Lady Margarita apparently is the Ismelda Marcos of hats. She loves them so much that she supposedly has more than 3000 of them, some of them costing as much as 10k USD. The article also touches on a supposed trip to The NYC where she had a store on 5th...

According to an article from USAToday "Road deaths are the No. 1 risk to tourists ? ahead of terrorism, plane crashes and infectious diseases". The DR is ranked third in terms of highest numbers of road fatalities only behind Mexico and Thailand. Here's the article:Traffic accidents are top...

OK all...I know we've discussed different US/DR phone forwarding setups in the past. I'm just piking everyone brain to see if there's a cheap solution to what I desire to have setup when I travel to The DR for communication. Is it possible to somehow forward calls from my US company cell phone...

So here we are with a congress completely controlled by The PLD. Senators jut got sworn in for a new term, haven't even started work yet and already decided to raise their salary by 50k pesos a month. It's going to be a loooong 6 years... Tras tomar juramento senadores dicen se aumentarán RD$...

This guy has some of the funniest Dominican caricatures I've seen... Check this out (Spanish): http://www.cristiancaricaturas.com/

My post about apple cider vinegar on AZB's thread made me wonder how much approximate does an endoscopy / upper GI cost in The DR for someone without local insurance. I've been wanting to have one, but here in The US is a huge pain first trying to convince your doctor to order one, then trying...