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I take this opportunity provided by DR1 to inform to anyone presently or soon to be interested in having representation in the DR, that I am looking for a position, preferibly in the Free Zone system, particularly in the textile field where I have more experience. I have been an administrator...

It has become known that last Sunday in Santiago, the police detained a drug trafficker with coke and an illegal Glock on his person. This subject was taken to the local station in Ensanche Espaillat. Apparently, he called someone to come help him out and who shows up but a Colonel de la Cruz...

I am an administrator by training and experience who still has a few years' worth of employment life left, God willing. After the crash of the free zones in the DR, where I was the General Manager and partner of a factory I put together and managed for several years, I would like to work in the...

As time goes by, it becomes obvious that recent governments in the DR (or is this all over?) do OK the first couple of years and then on the second half of their terms things begin to fall apart. It happened with the first PLD government in 1996-2000, it happened to Hippo 2000-2004 and now the...

The Free Zone system in the DR has given employment to nearly 200,000 dominican families in the past and now are down to about half of that figure. In addition, tens of thousands indirect jobs are created in the transportation and food provision sectors, to say nothing of the energizing of...

For those of you outside the DR who don't get to see all the beauts we do watching the local news every day, please hear this. The Procuraduria General (Attorney General's office) has announced that a cell phone scam has been uncovered at the Najayo country club, oops!, maximum security prison...

I wonder how many of the DR1 members and readers know Dominican history. Not finding a section for that, I am taking the liberty of starting this history thread. Please bear with me since I suspect most of those that have visited, are visiting and will visit have very little knowledge of our...