Playa Laguna Real Estate has launched their new website at www.PlayaLagunaRealEstate.com.  The real estate will feature listings from Sosua – Cabarete, Dominican Republic.  Sosua – Cabarete is located in the Puerto Plata province on Dominican Republic’s North Coast.  This region of the Dominican Republic is unique in that this are is a top destination for ex-pat’s.  The community consists of a mix of Americans, Canadians, English (from the UK), German, French and Russian communities.  These communities all co-exist with each other in perfect harmony making this part of the North Coast truly a wonder.  The region has over 20 different beaches and many spectacular restaurants, bars and clubs.  Everyone is very friendly and helpful.  While Spanish is the primary language here it is definately not a requirement that you speak spanish.  You will get by just fine with English.

Playa Laguna Real Estate is located right between Sosua and Cabarete on Highway 5, just up Playa Laguna Road and right next to the famous Playa Laguna Hotel.   Playa Laguna Real Estate has Villas, Condos, Lots, and Rentals available to view today.    We also provide Construction contracting services if you plan to build.   Visit the website today or give us a call at 809-901-3959.   From the USA or canada call us toll free at 1-866-459-5596.    We’d like to make Playa Laguna Real Estate your source for Real Estate in the Dominican Republic.

You can see we have the same good stuff here.  Dominican is unlike any other island in the Carribean.  Dominican Republic has good infrastructure, electricty, etc.  Everything you need to live comfortably just as you would in your home country.

We’re starting a new section here at Playa Laguna to tell you all about how you can retire to a tropical paradise like ours in Dominican Republic. Not everybody is a fan of Florida, but everybody is a fan of nice weather. In North Coast Dominican Republic you can retire and live comfortably from your pension. Housing prices are comparable to that in the USA and Canada. We will give you all the facts and details so you can make a clear descision on retirement down south.

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Members Offered Access to Dominican Republic’s Most Beautiful, Private Beachfront Villa

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Ultimate Escapes, one of the world’s largest destination clubs, has finalized a reciprocity partnership agreement with Villa Castellamonte del Mare, an exclusive five-star ultra-luxury villa in the Dominican Republic. Through this strategic partnership, Ultimate Escapes members will have exclusive reciprocity access to this magnificent 15,000 sq. ft., fully-staffed villa located high atop a sea cliff in Cabrera, within the prestigious gated community of Orchid Bay Estates, on the Dominican Republic’s beautiful North Coast. Villa Castellamonte owners will also have reciprocal privileges to [...] Continue Reading…

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) announced on Wednesday that it has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate new services from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston’s Logan International Airport to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Should JetBlue receive this authority, it plans to launch a non-stop daily service from New York JFK to Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana on 6 May 2010 and a non-stop weekly service, operating on Saturdays, from Boston to Punta Cana on 8 May 2010.

Both services will be operated using 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.

Purfresh Teams with Agroasa to Supply Organic and Conventional Producers with Engineered Crop Protectant That Combats the Costly Effects of Solar Damage

FREMONT, Calif. — Purfresh, a provider of clean technologies that purify, protect, and preserve our food and water, today announced that Purshade®, a family of unique products scientifically engineered to protect fruits, vegetables, and other crops from harmful solar stress, is now [...] Continue Reading…

JUAN DOLIO, Dominican Republic — Group Metro, a leading real estate and transportation company in the Dominican Republic, recently received a $20 million construction loan from Banco de Reservas de La República Dominicana for Costa Blanca, an exclusive residential golf and beach community located in the Juan Dolio region. With construction well underway, this generous $20 million loan [...] Continue Reading…

GoldQuest Mining Corp. (“GoldQuest” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: GQC)(FRANKFURT: M1W) is pleased to provide an update regarding the Company’s ongoing exploration programme on the 100% owned Los Comios project in the Dominican Republic. The Company would also like to announce it will be presenting at the AGORACOM Online Gold and Commodities Conference on December the 3rd and 4th, 2009.

HIGHLIGHTS

- Recent rock sampling from Los Comios project returns values up to 5.37 g/t Au from silicified sedimentary rocks;

- Los Comios district continues to develop as new areas of mineralisation and alteration are discovered; and

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PriceSmart , Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) today announced that on December 22, 2009 it acquired approximately 30,000 sq. meters of land in Northwest Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, upon which the Company plans to construct and operate a new PriceSmart Warehouse Club. This Club will be PriceSmart’s third in the Dominican Republic. It is currently anticipated that the new PriceSmart Club will open in the fall of 2010.

About PriceSmart

PriceSmart, headquartered in San Diego, owns and operates U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs in Central America and the Caribbean, selling high quality merchandise at low prices to PriceSmart members. PriceSmart now [...] Continue Reading…

MINEOLA, N.Y., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Kenilworth Systems Corporation (Pink Sheets: KENS) — Kenilworth reported today that starting tomorrow December 10, 2009 it will commence to offer political leaders and the public an opportunity to voice their support for U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Congressman Barney Frank’s effort to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) and support his Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act (HR 2267) to regulate and license online gambling sites in the United States.

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JUANILLO, Dominican Republic, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Cap Cana, S.A. (“Cap Cana”) and Grupo Velutini, a diversified Latin American real estate investment and development firm, today announced the commencement of the first phase of construction of the Puerto Marina at Cap Cana residential development. The groundbreaking ceremony was headed by Dominican President Leonel Fernandez Reyna, Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garcia, and other dignitaries, and featured addresses by Luis Emilio Velutini, President of Grupo Velutini, and Ricardo Hazoury, Cap Cana’s Chairman and President.

The 35,200 square meter (378,890 square feet) residential marina project being developed within Cap Cana by Grupo Velutini [...] Continue Reading…