Buy your cheese from one of the supermarket chains. The problem with most Dominican cheeses is not the actual cheese, since they come out of the factory with very high quality, but rather the handling in the sales process. By the time the cheese (or parts of the cheese) reaches the consumer, it has already been mistreated, filled with impurities that degrades its original quality. This is especially true with any cheese that you may buy at a colmado or any small or informal business.
The cheese is often sold by pieces cut on the spot, the rest is often left out in the open for much of the day as new customers demand a slice or piece, its improperly repackaged when the business owner closes the shop and puts the cheese in refrigeration. Often times, the cheese, even once being refrigerated after spending the whole day in the open air, is done so in such an improper way that it absorbs many of the impurities found in the air and degrades its quality significantly.
Then there's the problem with what Dominicans do at home with the cheese, which due to poor handling techniques, often results in a further lowering of its quality.
The end result is that by the time the cheese is consumed, it has reached a very low quality. Most Dominicans don't find anything wrong with it, in part because they have been eating low quality cheese for a very long time. They don't know what a good quality cheese tastes like.
In the supermarket chains like Pola, Bravo, Nacional, etc.; make sure you buy the prepackaged type of cheese that is sealed, and if you have to buy by the piece, make sure they cut your piece from a prepackaged sealed cheese block to ensure the highest quality.
Otherwise, you will be dealing with more bad cheese.