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According to the press coverage of DR-CAFTA, there are 1,000s of products involved, different rates of taxation on different products, & different 'effective' dates for changes in taxes, etc. + DR gov't sibsdies for various agricultural producers [& probably surreptionsly] for others. * Is...

I seem to remember that DR1 usually publishes a list of official holidays in the DR annually? 2007? I can't find it? In the DR1 important days & holidays category, there are a lot of concerts, promotions, etc. but no list of official government holidays? Regardless, can someone tell me when...

I'm usually read on DR1 reports of the most recent "Letter of Intent" & / or "Stand-by Agreement". I'm curious. My questions: * are these documents signed in English or Spanish [or both]? * who posseses the originals of these documents? * are copies available? To whom: the DR...

I made a 2006 entry in my 'to do list of 2007', for February 2007, to get my 2007 - 08 Revista by 28feb07 - the due date, I thought. * Yet, . . . I have heard nor read nothing @ a 2007- 08 Revista in my usuallly reliable sources, such as DR1. Am I in error? Has the process been postponed...

I need some extensive metal work done on my house; sliding [upward] plate glass door protectors - usually seen on glass store fronts; I see the name "Induca" on many glass store fronts; it weems to produce & install what I think that I want. * A seemingly knowledgable [?] DR told me...

I seem to remember from 3 - 4 years ago, that there were 2 - 3 - 4 DR web sites that featured new & used cars for sale, by dealers & private parties. I didn't write the names of the sites down? Now, . . I'm interested in a car - yet again - a typical American male; a Toyota PJ Cruiser...

Has anyone had positive experiences in the recent past [ie 12 mos +-] with reliable, preferably free, internet service for laptop users in SD hotels? * I prefer hotels in the US $40 - 50 - 60 /night range; A/C is essential; a contenteltal breakfast is positive but not essentail. * Gazcue...

I live in Puerto Plata; I've ad Verizon DSL for 3 - 3 1/2 years. Generally? OK to good to VG; I'd give it a B, overall. Recently? It seems to have deteriorated; over the past week +-? Slower, with many interruptions. Anybody else having the same type problems? In POP? Elsewhere...

I've been a Verizon DSL customer, for @ 3 - 4 years, living in Puerto Plata. For the past @ 5 - 7 - 9 days, the DSL service seems to have become much faster? Am I dreaming? Confirmations? Contradictions? Male menopause? Do I need professional help? Or, . . . . should we [at least...

I visit Samana every 12 - 18 months. It's lovely. I enjoy it. I was there for a few days in Oct. 2006. What happened? 1. There were stories in the local press 2 - 3 years ago @ how some Arab $ - US $50 million - 150 million - 150 million - was going to dredge the entire harbor & finance...

I read on DR1 & other sources constant references to the "Stand By Agreement". Evidently, this is some sort of treaty or ? between the DR & the IMF. My questions: 1. Is this docment available to the public? DRs? Foreigners? Where? When? How? 2. Is this agreement in English? Spanish...

There was a post 2 - 4 - 6 weeks ago [my memory growns dim with age & Brugal] @ a new Florida - POP mail service. The address & phone # were listed. I didn't write them down?? The original post, etc. has disappeared? If anybody has this info, please post it again, or send me a PM. More...

* After waiting 3 1/2 years to obtain legal title to my house [?], I, an American, began a major construction project ["major" for me, at least]: * a 1,600 SF deck, all wood, treated pine, elevated 20' above the ground, with an 800 SF thatched roof, including a 4 person [fibreglass]...

I have read recent news reports alledging that the Supreme Court of the DR has judicially recognized "common law marriages"; evidently, there is no statutory recognition in the DR civil or domestic codes of what under the British Common Law are termed "common law marriages"? * The facts...

I' am American living permanently [at least up to now] on the North Coast; I'm in the process of purchsing legally a hand gun, which I plan to carry with me, in my jeepeta or my home, but not on my person. * This is 1 of many subjects of which I know nearly nothing. * Suggestions? Caliber...

Are there any chapters or people active in AA in the Puerto Plata - Sosua area? Or close by? Perhaps driving distance? I have an English speaking friend who is in great need. Suggestions? Names? Email addresses? Thank you.

Does the DR recognize what the Enlish Common Law, the U.K., & many states in the USA recognize as valid, enforceable, binding marriages - based on a minimum of time a man & a woman "choabit"? Forgive me; I was an attorney once! * How much time must they live together, ie a minimum...

A sister web site had a long story on 2aug06 @ a massive R E fraud in Santiago involving 2 judges & numerous lawyers & public officials. * The 3 parcels of R E in question evidently belonged to a Santiago, DR insurance compay named "Segna". * The chief conspirator was & is allegedly...

There were a series of stories & posts @ a 2 BILLION US $ resort proposed & being developed in Luperon. You read that correctly - "billion"!! Name? Atlantica! A publicity release from the developer, with offfices in Santo Domingo, stated that a new world record had been established for...

Something terribly illogical, fraudulent, or unnatural seem to, or must be, going on with the prices of gasoline & related MV fuels in the DR. I'm lost! By way of explanation: * the international price of petroleum is approx $76 / barrel at the present time [13jul06]; * The USA buys...