Recent content by LatinoRican

This post is more of a rant than anything else and no responses are expected, but 76 murderers, rapists, thieves, drug addicts, and God only knows what other kind of deviants were recently returned from the U.S. to the D.R. bringing the grand total to 1,256 this year alone! Yes, I know that they...

According to todays ElCaribe.com.do :: Portada two policemen are under arrest for the murder of Jack Phillips in the Santo Domino area. An accomplice turned himself over to the authorities and confessed to having buried the body under the floor in one of the bedrooms. God help us all and save us...

Read it in listindiario.com Metro Country Club promotes professional golf tournament as "Cap Cana Champion****" The article goes on to explain who will participate and repeats the title several times. Anyone care to participate? Good for today's laugh! :laugh:

Today's Listin Diario posts an article that states that 119 dangerous ex-convicts including murderers, drug dealers, rapists, and assorted others were just returned by the U.S. to live in the D.R. It also states that DR officials were warned that these men were "extremely dangerous". The...

After 30 years as a college professor, I am looking towards retirement at the end of 2008. My dominican wife and I are thinking of moving to DR. But, I would like to do something more than just to sit on my porch and watch the world go by until I drop dead. I was thinking of opening a small...

I plan to be in SD in mid-October with a small group of friends and we want to take the day trip to Isla Saona. The trip looks like fun in the travel brochure: the tour company picks us up at 6:30 am, we head out to La Romana, take a catamaran to Isla Saona and return in the late afternoon. All...

I became a member of DR1 in 2004, but have posted only about 50 times. I post only when I believe that I can make a contribution to a thread. However, something happened and now I would like the advise of the other members of DR1. About a month ago, I posted on a thread in the Spanish 101...

I have recently been reading about greenhouses which cost millions of dollars and which were distributed to members of the Mejia administration. Are these regular greenhouses where plants are cultivated and protected or am I missing something here? The prices seem exhorbitant for a greenhouse...

In Puerto Rico, the newly-elected governor, Anibal Acevedo, has nominated Dominican-born Dr. Rosa Perez Perdomo as Secretary of Health for his 2004-2008 term. Dr. Perez is a professor at the University of Puerto Rico's School of Public Health. She has lived in P.R. for over 25 years, is...