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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.

Feb 8th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

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 [...]

Feb 8th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic, Retirement
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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 [...]

Jan 30th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

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 [...]

Jan 25th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

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, [...]

Jan 23rd, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

Marabel Farms, an organic cocoa beans producer, is launching a 70-year-old Caribbean dessert, called Marabella this coming October. “I am excited to be part of Marabel Farms. I am Dominican, but the last 4 months, I have learned more about my country’s cocoa and its health benefits than all this time that I have been [...]

Jan 21st, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic
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Dominican president foresees economic recovery in 2010
HAVANA, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) — Dominican Republic’s President Leonel Fernandez said Thursday that 2010 would see the recovery of the country’s economy and urged all sectors to stand up to challenges, local reports said.
Government stimulus measures were necessary for economic sectors to actively participate in the process of [...]

Jan 20th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.– The Super Tucano intercept planes recently bought by the Dominican Republic will be operated by the Dominican Air Force on missions involving internal security, border patrol, and combating the drug trafficking.
According to Orlando José Ferreira Neto, Embraer Executive Vice President, “the use of the Super Tucano airplanes by the Dominican [...]

Jan 16th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.– In the Dominican Republic, a country of 9.5 million inhabitants, there are almost the same amount of telephone numbers in use, said Dominican Telecomm Institute (Indotel) director Jose Rafael Vargas.
According to Vargas, the Dominican Republic is ending 2009 with a teledensity of 97%, and is expected to reach 100% in [...]

Jan 15th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.– A research team has discovered off Nagua, a city in the northeastern Dominican Republic, a galleon ship from Spain that sunk at the end of the 17th century.
The research team is headed by Penny Stock Chaser of Marine Exploration, a US company specialized in underwater archaeological exploration and which was [...]

Jan 14th, 2010 | Filed under Living in the Dominican Republic