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Will be in the DR in January for about a week ..Tenth visit but this time a short visit .. I used to drive in the DR but this time have problems (time restrictions ) - have my own car in the DR (it's however with my wife's mother in Vicente Noble and picking it up and returning it would take me...

TI - Transparency International ha publicado ayer su indice de percepci?n de la Corrupci?n en 2005 . La Republica Dominicana tiene una punctuaci?n de 3.5 sobre 10. Mas corrupto hay paises como Chad, Haite , Nigeria , Bangladesh y mas paises .Pero 3.5 ya es una punctuaci?n indicando un alto...

As I'm studying Spanish with my niece who is 11 years old it might be useful to communicate some of the Spanish rules we are learning . This is Spanish from Spain as we are studying in Guadalajara close to MAdrid .. When to use Por qu? --------------------- When to use "POR QU? " Por qu? (why...

Read in the "Nacional " about the murder of a young guy (26 years ) at the doors of a Disco Bar ..and about the attack and robbery of an Amrerican citizen(40 years ) in Sosua .. He is owner of a business ... What's happening in The Puerto Plata -Sosua area ?

It seems that there were some street riots about a week ago in Barahona because of the long "apagones" .(burning pneumatics // shooting in the main streets at night etc..) Yesterday I read in one of the newspapers that people are prepared to really take action against the government if this...

I feel that more and more people are getting really mad at the government because the "apagones " aren't getting solved .. There were already some street riots in Barahona . and others seem prepared to come out in the streets against the government if these elctricity cuts aren't solved .. Some...

It's reallly amazing that while the dollar is gaining value against he Euro (expectations are that the US$ might gain slowly on more and more strength ) the peso gains more and more against the US$ . How can the peso gain egainst the US$ while the Euro is loosing some strength? I never...

I have visited the DR 8 times each time for a period of one month ..so it isn't totally new too me . My wife , who is Spanish /Dominican is from the South (Vicente Noble ) We do already have a small appartment in Sosua and a house in Vicente Noble (her mother lives in it now ) . Being from...

A short question : Can you educate your children at home (age 6 to 12) as you can in some countries or his school (going to school )obligatory in the DR ? Thanks in advance for clarifying

I have read a lot of comments and questions related to a variety of subjects but my impression is that most probably not all of the chats are related to a small part of the Dominican Republic .. I have visited several times the DR (in total about 8 months ) and most of the time I spent in...