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Can anyone recommend an honest local private investigator (or even a wannabe PI with the gift of gab) who can be trusted and charges reasonable rates? The area would be Santo Domingo Este, and there would be nothing dangerous or illegal involved. Thanks.

My daughter married a Dominican man in the Dominican Republic (where he currently still lives.) She obtained a divorce from him in the United States. If she wanted to record the divorce in the Dominican Republic, how would she do that (and how much would it cost?) And is there any reason she...

I just read the news article about how around 200 pensioners die each month in the DR from hunger. How does that happen? Don't they have children or neighbors who are aware of their situation? I can't imagine the misery that would even lead up to their deaths, feeling like they have been...

If an American marries a Dominican in the D.R. and she later gets a divorce in the U.S., is the divorce valid in the D.R., or are they still legally married in the D.R. until they get a divorce there? (I had never even considered such a thing, but Panamian co-worker said that that was how it...

My son-in-law in Santo Domingo has an excellent interpreter job over the internet, but he could lose it at any moment because of the unreliable internet connection in his area. Does anyone have a location with excellent internet service where he could rent a room, office, cubicle, whatever? He...

Does anyone have any idea how much it might cost to ship a 50 lb. package from the DR to the US (Minnesota?) My daughter has a lot of personal and household items she would like back and is trying to figure out the cheapest way to get them. Thanks.

My daughter married a Dominican man last July. They hired a judge to come to their resort to perform the ceremony. After the ceremony, the judge gave them their paper and told them that it needed to be recorded. (I'm sorry, I do not know right now exactly what the paper was called.) The...

For those that didn't see this in the Armour thyroid thread, the police told my daughter and son-in-law that there are teams working at SDQ with an insider there that are following people home from the airport and then robbing them when they get out. Other than speeding home and taking side...

My daughter, who has no thyroid gland, was followed home from the airport and ambushed at her house in Santo Domingo last night. (The men attacked her husband and even tried to shoot her friend, but missed.) Her entire supply of thryoid medicine was in her purse that was stolen (put there to be...

How can a 100% reliable phone and internet connection be maintained in the D.R.? I know it must be possible somehow or else the call centers couldn't operate. My son-in-law had a great job as an interpreter and his skills were excellent, but he lost the job because his service kept cutting...

Does anyone know an agente de cambio in SD (east side preferred) that will cash checks? My daughter and her husband have lived there for a couple of months now but haven't been able to find one that will cash her U.S. checks. Thanks.

My daughter lives in the D.R. now, but I live in the States. Is there anything I could bring down with me in my luggage (legally, of course!) to sell or bring down for other expats that would help defray the cost of my ticket so I can come down more often? Any suggestions? Thanks. Beth

Does anyone know if Armour thyroid is available anywhere in the D.R.? Thanks to the FDA, it is indefinitely unavailable in the U.S. (but is available in other countries!) My daughter will be moving to the D.R. to her husband next month and desperately needs it. (Yes, she has tried Synthroid...

My daughter (from Minnesota) and her husband (a New York-raised Dominican) are looking for a two-bedroom apartment or house in Jarabacoa not too far from the center of town (but still quiet.) They would prefer something around $200 and would prefer a landlord that does business American-style...

My daughter's nerves are completely fried from living in the capital, and she desperately needs to relax at the beach. Her fiance works all day, though, and she says she can't go to the beach by herself because she is treated like a prostitute. (She said that even when she has gone with just...

What is the prettiest little village you have seen in the DR? (I am thinking of retiring to the DR in another year or so and am looking for somewhere QUIET and peaceful and very green. Pine trees are a serious plus. I can speak Spanish and am learning Haitian Creole. I don't need an...