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That had to be the most absurb comment that I've read in a long time. The Dominican Republic would merge it's grid with Haiti and then sell excess electricity to Haiti? The D.R. woefully cannot even meet the daily electricity demand for it's country.

I'm glad DR1 made mention today of President Fernandez's frequent trips abroad. When I read yesterday that Fernandez was on the verge of taking another 10-day trip abroad, I said "You've got to be kidding!" Every 4 - 5 weeks, Fernandez seems to take an extended trip abroad. And as Alicia Ortega...

It's my opinion that President Leonel Fernandez is a sophisticated escape artist, who doesn't miss any opportunity to get himself out of the D.R, for gladhandling visits and worthless conferences, that offer very little real value to the country, while the general populace suffers in 18 hr. a...

During the month of October, I had two exciting things happen. First, I got to meet Mitch Mitchell, of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and secondly, the distinguished HB of Santiago. The only difference being, that HB wasn’t surrounded by six bodyguards and deaf from years of loud music. Let me...

Is it any easier for a non-resort guest to visit Casa de Campo marina these days? I found it quite aggravating to get access by the resort security on my last visit to the Marina in Oct. 05. Me and other American friends were required to leave our driver's licenses at the main gate to get...

re: Easiest Route from S.D. to Cabrera? Thinking of visiting the Cabrera area. Can anyone tell me the best way to get there from Santo Domingo? Do they have buses going that direction? Any advice appreciated.

re: Manna Acta first win A noteworthy mention, that Dominican Manny Acta, new Manager of the Washington Nationals team, celebrated his first win as a Major League Baseball head coach in a come from behind win over the Florida Marlins last night. Prior to being made new Manager of the...

re: The Good Shepherd The movie "The Good Shepherd" starts showing Sat., Dec. 23rd, here in the States. I believe this is DiNero's film that was partly filmed in Colonial City, Santo Domingo, because parts of it resembled old Havana. Somebody clue me if I am wrong.

Good grief... in my opinion the perpetration of this Sunland Group to issue the Dominican government a 132M loan is the biggest scheme I've ever heard. This is without a doubt a classic, corrupt Dominican government loan. No transparency. No legitimate tender. And no information on this Miami...

I read the following article published recently about a 16 yr. old girl, helping to build a church for Haitian immigrants who work in the sugar cane bateys near La Romana. If any fellow DR1ers would like to help Melanie out, please send me a private message [kingofdice] and I will send Melanie's...

re: Service Station Loss - Tax free Fuel? Per the excerpt from DR1 news, 3/07/06 Retailers Not Buying Gasoline [The retailers' association president Juan Ignacio Espaillat said they would sell the fuel they have in stock until they run out, because they cannot continue to operate with what...

Let me see if I have this straight, the Ministry of the Environment is having police arrest employees of the Tourism Ministry and the Public Works Ministry who are hacking their way through the Nacional Parque Este to make a trail??:surprised Sounds like the Prez needs to straighten this...

Egads, ...15 visits in the past 5 years. What the.. Everytime I leave the D.R., I say to myself, that's it. I won't be going back. A month later, the island starts gnawing at me again and I tell myself I have to go back!! Once again, Santo Domingo was my home base. I have not become an AI...

re: Dominican establishing a U.S. bank account Not sure, if this is the proper thread, but I'm trying to help a newly migrated Dominican, just moved to NYC with opening a bank account in a U.S. bank. Any suggestions. Does Banco BHD have some affiliate in NYC. Any help from a stateside Dominican...

Speaking as a gambler, the Dominican Congress needs to pass proposed Law 351 to regulate the installation and operation of slot machines. Presently, there is no regulation of payoffs in Dominican casinos such as New Jersey and Nevada casinos. It you desire to play slots in D.R. casinos, then...

re: Haitian vs. Dominican artists After 14 trips to the D.R. in the past 5 years, I've bought a number of oil paintings in Boca Chica and Santo Domingo, and most recently from some of the galleries in Colonial City. While I've bought some nice Haitian paintings, I'm starting to develop a bias...

re: How to deal with Haitian street beggars I'm sure the subject of Haitian street beggars has surfaced on the boards previously, but my last few visits to Santo Domingo, I have been quite annoyed at Haitian women screaming and wailing, pointing to their babies while sitting cross-legged at...

re: What ever happened to Laura Hernandez? Reading recent news clips about the Higuey prison fire that killed nearly 140 people, I noticed that two accomplices of former Puerto Rican Univision reporter, Laura Hernandez died in the blaze. But, what ever happened to Laura Hernandez who got...

re: Exxon in U.S, but Esso in the D.R. Dear Moderator, Is there a reason for the anomaly that 30 years ago in our country, Esso changed it's name to Exxon ( now Exxon Mobil), but is still known as Esso in the Dominican Republic? Was this a strategy on the part of Exxon, to remain...

re: Vacation No. 12 - Trip Report This is brief rundown from my 12th visit [August 5th - Aug. 10th, 2004] to the D.R. . (I've been coming down since July 2000. First, if it wasn't for a lovable Dominican Girl, don't know if I would have visited, as August is a brutally hot month. Although...