Budget talks start today

Vicente Bengoa

President Leonel Fernandez will head up a meeting of the National Development Council

The meeting will talk about and analyze the budget requests of each of the Ministries, autonomous organizations and the decentralized entities of the government…

Diario Libre, 20.11.08

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Modification of the Dominican Social Security System

5% of pension funds to higher education

The Senate approved a modification of Article 96 of Law 87-01 that created the Dominican Social Security System. The modification will permit 5% of the pension funds to become funded debts that will be used exclusively to finance technical and higher educations for Dominican citizens…

Diario Libre, 19.11.08

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Analyze of the International crisis and financial prospects

International financial guests

President Leonel Fernández will direct on next Saturday November 22 and Sunday 23 the « Emergent World Financial Order and its Prospects for the Area » Summit, to face the international financial crisis..

El Nuevo Diario, by Francia Valdez, 18.11.08

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Thousands of extra cops on the streets for the holidays

Safe Christmas Operation

The National Police begins Operation Safe Christmas today, aimed at protecting the population from holdups and assaults during the holiday festivities, said its spokesman colonel Nelson Rosario…

Dominican Today, 17.11.08

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Government « Shells » out cash

Dominican Petroleum Refinery

The Dominican government has announced that it will give the Shell Company US $110 million next week to finalize the purchase of Shell’s stake in the Dominican Petroleum Refinery (REFIDOMSA)…

DR1, 14.11.06

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Dominican Republic and United Arab Emirates establish diplomatic ties

A legation will be installed as soon as possible

New York.- The Dominican Republic yesterday established diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, a federation of seven states located in the southeast of the Arabian peninsula in the Persian Gulf, whose main source of income is petroleum…

Dominican Today, 13.11.08

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US $93 million loan approved

To buy 8 Brazilian combat planes

SANTO DOMINGO.– The Chamber of Deputies, with 87 votes in favor and 11 against, and without the vote of the opposition PRD party, yesterday approved the US $93 million loan to buy eight Super Tucano airplanes from Brazil…

Dominican Today, 12.11.08

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The Central Electoral Board not in agreement with the Interior Ministry

Controversies about cédulas

The Central Electoral Board (JCE) announced this Monday to the Ministry of Interior and Police (SEIP) that it doesn’t have faculty to give ID cards to illegal foreigners…

Al Momento, by Ramón Gonzalez, 11.11.08

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All foreigners will get an ID card

Dominican official says

Interior and Police minister Franklin Almeyda said a plan to regularize the situation of the foreigners who live in the country will start next year, issuing them an identity card (cédula) with biometric registry…

Dominican Today, 10.11.08

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Santo Domingo Live

March against gender violence…

Santiago Live

The Minister of Education pays 198 thousand pesos…

Las Terrenas Live

Wind gusts and cold temperatures on the North-eastern Area…

Samaná Live

Samana becomes an inexpensive option in the Caribbean…

Las Galeras Live

Dominican Republic in collaboration with Vietnam…

Puerto Plata Live

Stimulation of cruise ship tourism in Puerto Plata…

Bavaro Live

Earthquake in Bávaro and Cabo Engaño..

Punta Cana Live

The Carey turtles back to Punta Cana…

La Romana Live

Dominican President wants to finish eastern highway quickly…

Tropical weather outlook

(updated November 21, at 8:00 am)

Forecasts for 48 hours

No cyclone expected
Tropical depression
Activity in progress
Hurricane coming

Next hurricanes :Rene and Sally

November 30, end of hurricane season

Camellia Jewels by Chanel

The Camellia collection by Chanel is composed by exceptional jewelry pieces, inspired in the geometrical shapes and in the regularity of the Camellia petals.
Simple and forbidden flower, it’s in harmony with the Chanel spirit…

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The fringe

When one wants to change her appearance, but wants to keep her length of hair and fear damaging them with dyeings, one can think about the fringe option. It is what wishes to do many women, but it is difficult to know if the fringe will look good or not…

Stickers Culte by Paristic

The firm Paristic is specialized in the decorative wall stickers. Presented before for its collection called sur les toits that invitedParisin your living room, it’s back with its line culte that draws legends of the music or cinema…

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Meeting

Deglon, cutler since1922 in Thiers, France, presents us a new way to store our knives. Inspired from the simple concept of stacking elements one in the others, the Meeting set enables to store 4 knives in a reduced space. Besides, the horizontal position of theses one reduces the chances…

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Bien Fée Pour Toi

The French underwear brand seduces more and more women.Bien Fée Pour Toi. A lot of romanticism, fantasy, femininity and a key of lightness, it seems to be the magic formula of the name created by Vanessa Scheleimer…

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Bags by Coach

This is a small selection of the purses offered by the Coach brand. For the women, many collections are available, and varied colors and patterns lay on luxury fabrics as leather and satin…

The hotels in Dominican Republic

The best hotels in Dominican Republic are ready for the winter holidays season 2008-2009

The 2008 festive season, on next December and in January 2009, will contribute to get a lot of foreign tourists visiting the hotels in Dominican Republic, in search of tourism, holiday and Caribbean sun in Dominican Republic.

The hotels rooms’ reservations in Dominican Republic for one-week vacations, for Christmas and the New Year’s Day are available in the websites on our special page The best hotels in Dominican Republic.

Photo Of the Day

The winners of the world most beautiful bottoms contest

Hollywood celebs gossip/ Picture DR

Melanie Nunes Fronckowiak, 20, Brazil, and Saiba Bombote, 27, France, crowned the title of 2008 Most Beautiful Bottom in the World for woman…

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Events in Dominican Republic

Discover the agenda that contains all the events, concerts, fairs and parties of Dominican Republic…

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