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" the drive towards formal registration of businesses of all sizes is necessary to be able to provide needed social and health services to the men and women who work in these companies." Yeah right ...🙄...if only . Let us see how well they implement their Comprobante Fiscal Electrónico...

A "trusted " mechanic...in DR, from our experience ... works if you understand the issue well first...and if you know exactly what needs to be done ....we scan our cars ourselves and we see the repair carried out on YouTube first ...and if its anything major that I can't do on a Sunday.....we...

👆That part.

Exactly . You pay for what you don't know in the DR ... Buying and owning a used here can be a pain...yet prove invaluable...if you have the time and patience to fix and renovate said car to your desired standards. Nothing quite like spending a Sunday afternoon ....at home ....with a...

Dominican like lighter, dakers or doesn't matter as partners? And...?... Why is this even a topic for discussion in 2024? Are we meant to care? What does the hue preference of ( a very small number) of Dominicans have to do with anything ? Even if all Dominicans prefer green aliens with...

Exactly ! We pay one of our office leases in US dollars...and the deal is our rent stays fixed....because the exchange rates changes are like 'built in' rent increases ... . It's been 6 years of win-win, except during COVID when "el dueno" got greedy and jacked up the rent🤬. The timing was...

TIL - "The Combine Harvester" song ....🇬🇧 and 🇮🇪...is a parody of Melanie's "Brand New Key"🤔...way before my time.

There it is ! 👆 Miesposa said the exact same thing ....Most Dominicans are smarter than the políticos give them credit for. They know the deal....fool me twice....shame on you... now, let's eat.....dame algo. If you want to "buy" my "promise"( to vote for you) ...that's on you.🇩🇴😁 For the...

PUJ airport has decent long-term parking...not sure about the prices.... nearby hotels might help, depending on who and when you ask. I checked with a manager here from Santiago who often travels from PUJ to Sao Paulo...for weeks ..sometimes months ...he suggested airport parking or a hotel. The...

That part 👆. Our solution for banking in the DR ? ....maintain low balances ....we learnt this lesson from a poster here in DR1 some years ago ....after having a similar experience to the OP....and after BanReservas sucked up hundreds of our US dollars ...in savings accounts....as " bank...

Yup !! but ...🤔🤔..Hmmm...curious .. Mi suegro always brings his stash of groceries and such.... 🥃😬😁...from 🇧🇷 or 🇬🇧 ....and yes , he always gets stopped ...same airport........but never been " luggage seized"....🤔...maybe because he brings " them" 🛃🛃 a piece too...but tbh, they usually just...

👆...There it is ! Works for us too .After getting burned by Aduana once... or trice😬 ...in the early days...we now just step aside and let the courier handle everything...todo..todo...todo....even if we have to tip the courier "extra"..... Had to get some brand new parts for Miesposa's...

Not limited to Dominicans alone; At boarding school in the UK, we used last names only..... first names were seen as signs of disrespect or overfamiliarity. Even now, my best friend from school and I are last names only... In my interactions with Dominican friends, we mutually use "Mr." before...

All of the above ! 👆 There was a thread on this topic, a few years back ,and the consensus was pretty much what's been said above. CNN Travel did a piece on the "World's best airport swimming pools," but PUJ didn't make the list....rightly so. PUJ's pool looks like a cheap cabana jacuzzi...

" to strengthen trade relations and also to promote cultural exchange with exhibitions of different kinds that will bring the Dominican spirit to the United Kingdom." 🤔🤔...Wait ...what ? .....What are these "trade relations" and "cultural exchanges" they speak of ? Tourism.?...what else ? Any...

That part.👆 Wrong crowd here....so won't bother with the details ...but we 🇩🇴 are about to have one of the best PanAm Games ever....🥇🥈🥉...teaching the kids to be proud of 🇩🇴... and to feel sorry for our neighbors🇵🇷🫢😂 .....vamos !!! 🇩🇴🇩🇴....17:15 - 21:00 tomorrow ...let's go ! 💪

Pan Am Games is huge at the Buffness household .The PANAM Sports Channel website is very well done this year....live and free ....so the kids get to watch it online on their tablets....but it becomes a family ,friends and neighbors gathering when either 🇩🇴🇩🇴🇩🇴 or 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 are in line for a medal...

"Most people have yet to bother to change their civil status on the ID card." True ! 👆 🤔🤔Just checked ....mine ...single...Miesposa's .....single ...🤔🤔....but only on the DR IDs that we hardly ever use.....

Miesposa and the kids went there a few days ago....when I asked them about their experience....they rated the ground floor hardware section ....8/10 ✅.....they found the groceries section disappointing....5/10👎..... They mentioned that the products and brands were similar to other supermarkets...

👆 We used to offer this ....after school ...for free....at our gyms ...years ago ...but we couldn't cope with the demand ....long story .