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DiDi is here. They are a competitor of uber and indriver. Now is a good time to take advantage of promotions they are running to get themselves off the ground. I'm not sure if they operate beyond the capital.

A viral video and widespread coverage in the national newspapers show ex-President Hip?lito Mej?a doing a "perreo" dirty dance with a female admirer. It happened during a Snoop Dogg event sponsored by one of Hip?lito's many influential friends. OK dr1, do your thing...

As is often the case, political intrigue (Vincho v. Taveras this time) is behind what is ailing the population. The AILA departure area chaos of the past few months is very tiresome, unnecessary, confusing, and a black mark on the Dominican tourism sector. The new immigration verification...

The Claudio Nasco case is starting to take on an eery resemblance to the Miky Breton case of a few years ago. I couldn't think of the Breton's name the other night when the story broke but I thought about the case right away because the circumstances are so similar. Unlike the Breton case...

He wants to be President again. Two requests for comments: 1) What would happen if he were to win? 2) How likely is he to win?

This is huge. The downside of course are the families that will go hungry because they have to have it. The upside is all the people who paid premiums to get HDTV displays can finally see something beyond overpriced BluRay DVDs. Any bets on how long it will take before the bootleg BluRays hit...

DISCLAIMER/WARNING - This is a whiny post and it the views it expresses are my own and not necessarily those of DR1. Just to qualify my annoyance with the Minister of Education, I fully understand she is an appointed official, a politician, and a long standing PLD functionary (aka "lambona")...

This one broke my heart. I only hope some good comes out of it in the form of the new AMET chief going after these ignorant and selfish criminals, as he has been talking about doing. Their utter lack of regard for safety is worse than the power outages and violent crime because, unlike those...

can anyone who knows where I can buy a laptop charger (AC adaptor) for a Dell D class, Inspiron 6XXX laptop please PM me or resp?nd here. I?m thinking one of the pc rep?ir places would have spares from machines they?ve cannibalized but I figured this might be a way to save some legwork or phone...

Today's news indicates the Dominican foreign ministry intends to position international outrage against the treatment of Haitians as unfair competition for tourism dollars. It's an interesting tactic. I don't think it's likely to be effective, but I admire the creativity. At no time, by the...

I don't personally think so. My experience is that the truth tends to hurt a bit more in the Dominican Republic than in other places in the Western Hemisphere. To wit, Leonel's education minister had a kitten when the outgoing USAID chief expressed reservations about the state of public...

Ok, so we've all shed tears over the horrible fate of the innocent young mother to be. No one should have to go through what she is going through. I've considered the so-called "due?os del pa?s" one of the top two or three dissatisfiers for living in the Dominican Republic for years. It...

Does anyone know whether the Praia shooting victim was in fact denied entry becasue of the dress code?

Peppinos (Pastoriza between Tiradentes & Lope de Vega, next door to Taboo Bamboo) has been written about previously on this site. They are an Italian themed Argentinian restaurant. The normal menu prices are very reasonable for the quality of the food IMHO. THey are running a Monday night...

No one, not even Troncoso had the nerve to deny the truths she told. As usual, the professional apologists on of the editorial pages chimed in with righteous indignation: "just when the current administration is fighting corruption, the Spanish ambassador uses bad form to point out how it...

One of the Listin's columnists recounted a recent trip to Spain. Several ex-pats asked him to pass along serious issues that Leonel should address on their behalf. The expats want their Dominican licenses to be recognized as valid in Spain and elsewhere in Europe. The licenses of many many...

I was disappointed to learn that this year's government basket of cheer contains - along with rice beans, oil & other foodstuffs - rum and other alcohol. I'm against that because it's in conflict with the obstensible purpose of the exercise. Those baskets (cardboard boxes really) are supposed...

I know of two in the capital: the Embajador and the new Hilton. Does anyone know of any others? Thanks

I am pleased as punch to see a new version of this system being implemented during the next six weeks. Some of you may remember that something similar was in place about six years ago. Back then, it didn't last very long. The choferes slowly phased it out over a period of 5 months or so...

Major General Fadul interview appears in the Listin Diario today. The headline is: There are no traffic problems in Santo Domingo. I might be over reacting but my first instinct is this guy should be fired immediately if not yesterday. It shows how out of touch with everday reality some of...