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    Long term parking in La Romana

    Great suggestion, Manuel.
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    Long term parking in La Romana

    Driving from POP to La Romana for a 10 day cruise. Any suggestions on where to park, safely. Nothing on Google & DR1 thread is way old.
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    Pecan pie and pumpkin Pie

    Why is that 'they are over'? I've been coming here to POP since 1988. The National, in Santiago at that time was the only source od Entermans. (If you will permi an aside, I spoke with the guy stacking the Enterman shelves: he told me he had come down in 1965 with th US military, liked it so...
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    Swimming pools / chloro

    Pleasee tell me where I could get pucks at a cost of about 32 pesos each. Prices in POP run almost twice that.
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    Government is looking for a partner to build the Amber Highway

    Please forgive my ignorance, but who is Bill Lockwood and what is his connection to the proposed highway?
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    US Exchange Rate

    55.03 @ LaSirena yesterday on Chase CC.
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    Do-it-Yourself Permanent Residency Renewal Procedure

    The second application will give you 4 years.
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    Lost Posts - Why?

    ------------------------------------------------------- A response from SosaFrank sent around 8PM on Wed is also not viewable. -----------------------------------------------------
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    Lost Posts - Why?

    Original post by Frank':Elegard is an injection given every six months to fight prostate cancer. It comes in two vials that have to be mixed together before being injected. I am planning on spending the winter in Sosua, and will need an injection while there. I am wonder if either CMC or Centro...
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    Any Experience with Eligard Injections in the Sosúa-Puerto Plata Area?

    Just found your post, Frank. Has anyone responded? I, too, will be needing 'the shot' while I'm in the DR. Let's keep each other in sync. I'll be back in the DR mid January, for 6 months. Good luck to us both!!! Bob
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    Do-it-Yourself Permanent Residency Renewal Procedure

    1. For the 'Good Conduct' form, I paid the fee at BanReservas and gave the receipt to the folks at the court house in PP. The supplied the document a short time later. 2. I scanned a copy of our Marriage certificate into the appropriate spot on the application screen.
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    Do-it-Yourself Permanent Residency Renewal Procedure

    Bennymack, I applied on-line for renewal in early September. I selected Puerto Plata to start the process. Eventually I handed in copies of all the required paperwork into PP. Based on last year's application, I expected to have the medical testing in PP, however that has changed;it must be done...
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    Government eliminates US$10 tourist card charge to Dominicans and legal residents

    "All that airlines have to do is modify their websites to ask for the Dominican cédula number and if that box is filled with a legitimate one, automatically subtract $10 from the final price." Verification would require a query of the DR's DB just to ascertain legitimacy. Matching the cedula's...
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    Government eliminates US$10 tourist card charge to Dominicans and legal residents

    One likely response from the airlines: We cannot implement the request within the 45 days allotted. Therefore the only solution is to cease collecting the fee from everybody until such time as we are able to develop the necessary software to implement this request. (Like 18 months, or longer!)...
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    Problems VPN Provider: PIA

    Sky, I also have used PIA for many years with no problems until last week. No problems in last few days. Problem perhaps with Claro. If Claro is super slow, can PIA compensate? Probably not.
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    Problems VPN Provider: PIA

    PIA stopped offering sites today. Then making them available for a time, before turning them 'off'. Sometimes the delay reached 2000ms or more before the site became unavailable. Anyone here using PIA and having similar issues? Nothing on the internet referencing this. Would Claro have anything...
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    Do-it-Yourself Permanent Residency Renewal Procedure

    Can the appointment be scheduled in Puerto Plata?
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    DGA says it has seized more than 400,000 firearms in eight months

    I think that t I think that the 400,000 'firearms' includes shells and bullets.
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    Eden Norte bill

    No response??????