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i had a long day today, trying to locate a car for a DR1 member. i was beat when i got back to POP from Santiago, and had no leftovers for dinner. i decided to stop in at the La Sirena food court, and grab something on the fly. so, i ordered one of the only things still available at the...

went to Playero today, and saw a product called K RLA brown sugar. anyone who enjoys baking knows that brown sugar is almost non existent in the DR. you can get white sugar, and that light brown stuff, but there is no brown sugar like Domino's or sugar like that.i have to get that sugar via...

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since i almost got zinged for posting in the ladies' chili thread, here is a good recipe which is real easy, but really good. 1.5 lb ground beef. 1 large onion fine dice 1 green pepper, fine dice 1 jalapeno, chopped 1 15 oz can tomatoes 1 8oz can tomato sauce. 2 T cumin 2 T chili...

there is a new cable service in POP...Telecable Central. fiberoptic, ten times nicer picture than the old service. i bought a 42in tv, and i was very disappointed with the results. i thought it was defective, but i lived with it. yesterday, when they hooked up my service, i realized how good my...

some generous foreigner decided to give away 100,000 pesos worth of gasoline to motoconchos in POP today...300 pesos per bike. needless to say, it was anarchy...

A friend of mine sent me an email today, telling me she heard that as of September 1, any man wandering around with his ass hanging out, and his underpants showing, will expose himself to the possibility of a fine of 300 minimum wages, and 6 months in the pen...

this artice states that Colon had a shoulder injury that just about ended his career in 2009. he did not play that year, nor the following year. two Dominican surgeons performed stem cell transplants on the damaged area, which allowed him to resume his career, and earn 45 million dollars. now...

my friend informed me this morning that two Bulgarain nationals were apprehended yesterday outside of La Sirena in POP, cloning credit cards. if it is true, i hope they don't get deported. there is nothing the mattter with them that 10 years in Victoria cannot rectify. be careful out there. it...

here is an article which tabulates the minimum wage numbers for 19 Latin American territories. i guess the raw numbers would have to be adjusted by purchasing power parity, but here goes...

a few miles past Gaspar Hernandez, going towards Nagua, there is this monstrous postmodern blue structure atop a hill. i would like to know what the heck it is...

http://nicerdays.org/tb-what-is-a-grandparent/ i particularly like number 16

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in the last few months , the service provided by the Musa posse has gone from being simply bad, to flat out atrocious. just about every few days there are complete outages of service, or select channels, or pictures with no sound...you name it. i would like for someone who knows about these...

This is something dv8 can clear up. i read where it is now going to cost intrepid visitors to the kingdom of Costambar 100 pesos for access to the beach. maybe dv8 can explain how and where the money will be collected, and who gets the privilege of paying.

this is *a news clipping from an internet site Santo Domingo.- National Statistics Office (ONE) director Alexandra Izquierdo on Tuesday said women account for 59.6% of the 15-and-over population with a university degree, while the remaining 40.4% are men. you don?t say!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all you folks out there. as we would say in my country...Guidance , and Blessings.

just interested in hearing from anyone who subscribes to Telecable POP. my experience with it is that in the last few months it has become worse than abominable, and no longer qualifies to be called a service provider. every few days it drops channels, and it is regular practice to have picture...

Dominican security system dysfunctional: Ex-New York mayor Santo Domingo.- Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani on Wednesday called Dominican Republic?s current security system ?dysfunctional? and must be fixed from top to bottom. "We must end corruption from the top down. But if you...

Twice-Olympic champion Felix Sanchez on Tuesday announced his retirement from the tracks, acknowledging that it was a very difficult decision. Super Sanchez thanked his family for understanding his decision. "Thanks to my family who has understood my sacrifice and my wife Karina has given me...