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Daughter attends Cathedral International School. Accredited by NEAS&C. We're very happy with it. Just on the other side of Ozama river from where you are.

As planned, on Monday I went and picked up my new residency card. It looks quite different from the old one and the number is very different. The old one had the same number as my old cedula. Today I went to pick up my new cedula. The process was painless, with the exception of my wallet being...

When I started the renewal process (around the time this covid business started) I turned in my old residency card and received a copy of it on a form with some sort of official looking stamp. Since then I have gone through immigration both ways several times. I show them my now expired cedula...

Plan is to pick up my new (renewed) resident card on Monday. Is there really any need to get the new cedula ? My old resident card and cedula both had the same number, picture, address etc. Since I can't vote anyway what need for what is essentially a voter ID card.

I routinely take out 10,000 from BancoPopular machines.

My daughter flew into Las Americas(SDQ) this afternoon from Boston. She said immigration and customs was the usual (she's a dual citizen). She did have to fill out the health questionare. There was no sign of any sort of testing.

There will be pent up demand but not "a ton".I see that Delta has pulled out of the D.R. completely so the folks that used to use Delta will now be divided between the remaining carriers. I have been checking the loads on United and jetBlue between the northeast and Santo Domingo. They will both...

I would expect Jet Blue will continue their daily service between Santo Domingo and NY. Their Airbus planes are efficient and there is plenty of airfreight to cover costs. Also many travelers who are citizens of one country and legal residents of the other (and dual citizens). There is no...

Haven't seen anything about Ocean World here lately. Daughter wants to go in a couple weeks for her 10th birthday. Web site makes it look like Dominicans and residents get in for half price with cedula. We would be coming up from the capitol. Any good reasons not to make the trip. We would...

We go to Las Terrenas for the occasional weekend getaway from the capitol but with the new highway and more flights going into the airport up there it seems like the place is beginning to get too busy and crowded these days. Looking at the map it looks like Matancitas just to the east of Nagua...

Maybe slightly off topic but when I turn on my computer the yahoo home page pops up. Right at the top, today, is an article about dangerous places for tourists to visit and the D.R. leads the list. The article claims 39 tourists murdered in the last three years. I'm sure Carnival wants to be...

Daughter is in Santo Domingo for semana Santa. She left her prescription glasses in Boston. Is there a good and quick way to get them delivered to Santo Domingo? Or best to live without and just wait till she goes back north in a couple weeks?

I am, by no means, a coffee connoisseur though I did really enjoy the Olivo family coffee that I was able to score a while back. For every day use I like to drink a 50/50 mix of Santo Domingo and the darker Monte Alto ground coffee. The Santo Domingo is available everywhere but it has been a...

From news update: The new opportunity for DR produce opened up after a trade embargo was imposed on Russia over its policy in the Ukraine. The whole idea behind the embargos was to punish Russia for their lethal behavior in Ukraine. Anyone else think this is a kind of underhanded way for the...

Is there any valid reason for getting the new cedula now (other than the late fee). I have a perfectly good permanent resident card that is valid for more than another year. My resident card has the same number and address and vital information as the cedula. The only difference is the color...