Recent content by Jumbo

Thank you. More lawyers and US paperwork. I tried to have the future wife adopt the oldest but after 4 years and a family lawyer for a very low cost be denied because of her work history. Good money as a private chef but no tax payments. The house was fine. Both parents signed off. House lease...

I did look over the legal forum. Mixed responses. I will finally get married in October after 10 years of dealing with my crazy woman. She really ain’t that bad but baths!t crazy like myself. We have legal custody of one niece for 9 years. Now the little sister is with us. The father is easy to...

Now that the elections are over will we ever see the compensation promised? We were promised two more school uniforms. 1 tablet and 1 chrome book. The girls Samsung TV. A better bed. The one they gave her is total crap. Notebooks and other school supplies. Clothing allowance for the girl. I’m...

I have a very large extended family here. My brother in law is a starting pitcher for the Arkansas Travelers (AA) Seattle. Family in Dorchester on Morton st. Family in Lawrence along with family not related but mine for 20 years. Family in Charlotte NC. And family in Miami. They are disgusted...

Unconfirmed tornado in Salcedo/Villa Tapia area.

The Doms in Lawrence are being courted by the Republican Party. While the Democrats only come to Boston for fund raisers. All the legal Doms I know in the Lawrence and Boston area are fed up with the Venezuelans coming here. And in 3 months getting work permits taking their jobs. I was at the...

I did a 6000 peso loan to my main moto driver since 2008. for catchers equipment for his youngest boy. He’s good. It was paid back in errands and other services. He lives near me so I see him every day I’m there. Now his sh!tbox car got flooded out in the Maranatha flood last month. 10K Now...

Very true. Amazing how many of those stalled 2nd and 3rd story add ons have started up again. I checked out 4 yesterday. I doubt many would survive a good earthquake now with the flood weakened foundations and very little rebar. Some people are just stuck where they are so this years solution is...

Just a bit of an update after the floods at least in my area of Maranatha. I’m not a religious man but thank god this went down before the election. Since we have an 11 year old the Local politicians and others have been coming by daily now to follow up. New bed for the girl. New refrigerator...

Nothing is first class on the north coast. BUT, come with unlimited money and you can have first class within your walls.

100 rounds to kill a tow driver. Definitely Dominican.

The large extended family stopped coming to greet me at the airport when the gifts stopped. Coincidence?

Watching the amount of construction materials going into the upper parts of Maranatha and Sosua Abajo it will only get worse all around the island. This is happening everywhere. In the states I have lived on the same street for 60 years. It is a flat area just before the Boston line. We have a...

Maranatha, next to Sosua Abajo. Puerto Plata. Where us soon to be much poorer people live.

Thanks to the advice I got from DR1 and the many ex-pats I have met I rent for now. Until I can retire and live full time in the area. So hopefully others will learn also. I am not stuck with a worthless house. I was looking at land or a house further away and up the mountain. I think the price...