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    Foreign woman lost in Santiago

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1195698313827606&id=960745390656234 Apparently this woman is in Santiago, doesn't speak Spanish, was drugged and abused, nobody understands her and she doesn't seem to understand anybody. The guy who makes the video is asking for help to find out who...
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    Kidnapped child hoax(?)

    Today a voice message was spread through whatsapp about a child kidnapped last Saturday in one of the malls of the city how a little girl was kidnapped (brought to the bathroom by two individuals and later as seen by the security cams as coming out with other clothes and shorter hair) and later...
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    Las Terrenas ....huelga

    First time in 10 years living in DR,staying for a week in Las Terrenas, today second night in a row huelga. No coffee tonight because my wife couldn't get to the super Pola...:disappoin
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    Making a hole in a beam?

    I'm installing air conditioners in my living room, both above a window, a neighbor , I shouldn't perforate the beams and better install the split units lower, below the beam, which is not really practical. Any engineer that can advice if I can have a hole made in a beam to pass the tubes of an...
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    I wonder who sells the cameras to the government

    I took this picture at Duarte con Ravelo in SD. Someone is getting rich selling cameras or when they malfunction they just add another one?
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    Garbage collection in the night

    Collado says garbage will be collected from 2am to 6am to help battle traffic jams. If he really goes through with that, e'll start with a good action. Unbelievable how sometimes the garbage trucks are collecting on the most congested streets of the city at 8 am in the morning.
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    Making a living selling chicken

    http://www.listindiario.com/economia/2016/04/28/417226/vende-pollo-hace-35-anos I see this guy every day when bringing my children to school, for a while I had to slow down every day so my children would lower the car window and shout 'pollero!', which he would always answer with a big smile...
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    International wire from Banco Popular by internet

    Went today to the bank to make a wire to my bank in the Netherlands. My wife always has to join me, because our account in Popular is on her name. Always a long waiting time and a process that takes about half an hour once it's our turn. To my surprise the receptionist in the bank told me: you...
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    Fire in body shop Naco

    Just as title says... http://www.diariolibre.com/m/noticias/sucesos/se-incendia-edificio-del-body-shop-en-naco-XB3377536
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    Robbers rob ex general of his gun and one ends up dead

    Story with video in Listin Diario how two criminals try to rob an ex general of his gun and he runs to his house, comes out with another gun and kills one. http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2016/02/26/409324/video-muestra-atraco-y-muerte-de-uno-de-los-asaltantes-a-manos-de-ex-oficial
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    Gas explosion in Los Rios, Santo Domingo

    Several injured after a gas station exploded in residential area Los Rios in Santo Domingo. http://infoteleantillas.com.do/explota-planta-de-gas-en-el-sector-los-rios/
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    Birth certificate legalization no longer necessary

    Birth certificate legalization no longer necessary The Central Electoral Board (JCE), which is in charge of the civil registry in the Dominican Republic, has confirmed that citizens will soon no longer need to legalize civil registry documents. The JCE reports that as of tomorrow, Tuesday, 16...
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    Proconsumidor - trying to get a full credit for a faulty product

    Late September last year I bought an expensive griddler. I'm stingy they say but my wife convinced me we should have again the same brand of the one my mother in law gave us when we moved back to DR and which wasn't working anymore, so that's the one I bought: rd$8500 pesos. The second week our...
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    Receiving a pallet at the airport.

    Today I had to pick up a pallet that arrived last week by air freight to Las Americas. I thought I was in for people asking money everywhere, customs trying to take advance of me but nothing like that: Process is kind of long going from one counter to the next office, getting the next stamp...
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    Christmas Carol

    http://youtu.be/czEMi_9iG2g
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    Executive of Claro killed in Mirador park.

    http://www.diariolibre.com/m/noticias/sucesos/matan-ejecutivo-de-claro-en-el-parque-mirador-sur-HY2133283 VP of Claro was killed by a guy with a knife in Mirador Park last night. He was from Mexico and was there with a woman who's under investigation. Apparently they sat on a bench in the...
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    Is this guy on dr1??!

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    Wild West in Santo Domingo

    http://youtu.be/4-Zhzm3Nnjk
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    KFC delivery with CC

    Just a little surprise tonight, ordering a KFC meal (my only food pleasure to replace the dutch greasy snacks), they told me I didn't need to give any CC numbers of the phone, they delivery guy will come with a verifone at my door. Good step after many supermarkets changing to having the...