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    Santiago Free Zones are celebrating their 50th year

    Cars, pampers, appliances, a/c’s, barbecue grills, furniture, you name it we shipped it. My partner even brought a helicopter in a container 20+ years ago to the zona franca… thought he could slip it through/pay someone off but got caught. Took a while to clean up that mess.
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    Michel Gay-Crosier

    Local media is reporting Michel Gay-Crosier suffered a heart attack while exercising at the gym Sunday morning. 911 was called and he was taken to a local medical center, but did not survive. For years he was a local businessman and a major voice in the area on what he felt were...
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    Why?

    I’ve been a member since 2004 but was on the news mailing list and a lurker from pre-2000. I think DR1 gives a bit of a skewed view of the north coast problems, with focus on the negative by a few members who bring up the same topics incessantly. There are many people, myself among them...
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    Pedidos Ya.

    Komida works well in Sosua & Cabarete
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    New Mediterranean Restaurant in Cabarete

    The food is very good. Prices reasonable. She’s had multiple tables full each time I’ve been there.
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    Insides and outs of airport contracting

    Article says there will be 147 peso increase. No mention of US$147
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    EDENorte North Coast: Electricity Outages & Restoration Announcements

    https://x.com/EdenorteRD/status/1725500540870594852?s=20
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    Drivers rules or book to study

    I believe this is what you’re looking for https://ov.intrant.gob.do/assets/Documentos/Manual%20licencia-02-online-26-FEB.pdf
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    Looking for 2SLGBTQIA+ clinic

    From a February 2022 article: Ramírez recommends people take PrEP daily because it is effective for 24 hours and could reduce the chances of contagion, if used correctly, by 99 percent. The medicine is usually distributed free of charge in at least eight health centers such as the Family...
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    Banco Santa Cruz sticking it too me

    BSC customer for 5(?) years - dollar and peso accounts. Never had an issue with incoming wires, making online payments, transfers to other accounts at BSC/other banks, or withdrawals from ATM’s… and it’s nice to be able to take out 50k pesos a day from the atm. Fees are minimal, many (most?)...
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    Tourist completely vanished in Santo Domingo

    Magnús Kristin Magnússon was last interviewed at the airport in the Dominican Republic on Sunday, September 10. It is believed that Magnús Kristinn went to the airport by taxi but never boarded the plane that was supposed to fly to Frankfurt. Magnúsar's sister, Rannveig Karlsdóttir, has drawn...
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    Digital ‘nomads’ seek paradise in beachfront Dominican town, hurt local economy

    Headline: Digital ‘nomads’ seek paradise in beachfront Dominican town, hurt local economy. I call bullshite. Either written with an agenda or out of ignorance, it is extremely misleading due to lack of context. Like… what does the writer think would be here if not for foreigners? It would...
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    Easy, fast Covid testing if flying to the US

    Thank you, sir.
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    Easy, fast Covid testing if flying to the US

    My apologies up front because no doubt it’s been answered repeatedly elsewhere… the test is with a swab or blood test?
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    New Software

    I’d like to add another vote for restoring tapatalk support
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    Registering with Aduanas as User of Courier Services

    A friend who is a client of EPS was asked to go online and provide their personal data , name, address, cedula, etc to aduanas. I was at EPS today and nothing was mentioned to me. Anyone else been asked to do this? https://www.aduanas.gob.do/de-interés/consultas/registro-courier
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    Temp to Permanent Residency - a tale of 220 days

    For whomever it may help, here's the process with timeline that I followed to change from temporary to permanent residency. 220 calendar days total. I managed the entire process without assistance with exception of some clues from other DR1 threads - thanks, everyone! Received residency &...
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    El Patrón restauranf Cabarete

    Road signs advertising this Mexican restaurant for months now... is it open? Anyone know where it is or will be located?
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    Pick up residency card before date assigned?

    I’ve been given a date online to go pick up my residency renewal at DGM. There is advice of a 1000 peso fee if I go on another date. Has anyone gone BEFORE the assigned date and successfully obtained your residency card?
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    US Medical Veterans Assistance DR

    To anyone who may be interested, I had an ad pop up on Instagram. "Serving U.S. veterans in the DR" info@mlvadr.com http://www.mlvadr.com