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    EDeenorte Billing for July ???

    Edenorte Billing for July. I have just checked our bill for July and was surprised to find it under RD$3000 with usage of 355 kWh. Looking into it further it seems Edenorte have under read the meter at 60251 when it should have been around 69508 acording to the record I keep. This may sound...
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    Flower Festival Jarabacoa June ?

    Can anyone confirm the dates and program for the Jarabacoa Flower Festival in June 2023?
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    New Farmers Market in Sosua

    New Farmer’s Market First Saturday every month and every first Saturday of the month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at...
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    Water Supply Problems on the North Coast

    A quote from a HOA Board Member from Facebook: "PLEASE THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE BUYING in PERLA MARINA - If you are considering investing in Perla Marina, regardless of what a Real Estate Agent, owner of the land or property, developer, property manager or any other individual tells you - THERE...
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    Universal Medical Insurance No Longer Accepted???

    Quote from DR1 News Post on 16th November CMD continues to protest ARS positions that affect physicians “The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD), Dr. Senén Caba says that the guild will be soon extending the ban on accepting private medical plans to all ARS health providers...
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    Difficulties Renewing Marbete

    I went today to the place opposite Playero to renew my Marbeta and they were checking the information on the Marbeta against their "Computer Record" and found that the "Modelo " did not match and refused to issue a new Marbete . They said I had to go to DGII to get it changed in Puerto Plata...
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    Sin Bun Perhaps?

    To the Administration, Super Mods and other Mods, As a long term contributor to DR1 (2007) I welcome some aspects of the SIN BIN Thread but feel that you should give a reason to us all as to why an individual has been banned and indeed for how long. Naming and Shamming is one approach but I...
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    2022 Hurricane Season

    Hurricane forcast for 2022 Colarado State University are predicting an active Atlantic hurricane season in 2022, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a primary factor. Tropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures are near their long-term averages, while Caribbean and subtropical Atlantic sea...
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    Problems with Delancer Cable TV

    For the last few days Delancer Cable TV has had no sound on various channels , some channels with error messages and some completely missing ! For CNBC ( Ch 158) the Financial Channel has been replaced by QVC - a shopping channel !!! Is any one else having these problems ? I have Re-booted the...
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    DR1 STACKPATH ?????

    What is going on with DR1. StackPath intercept my launch request and then just Dumps me. This was just now a 04:59 local time. Admin what is going on ! Is this a hack??/ Olly
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    DGII Classification of Property for IPI

    I posted this in Real Estate last week but have not had any meaningful replies. Can any one help with these definitions? There are various categories on the DGII web site for the values they use to assess the property values in developments such a Sea horse Ranch etc. Land is by the SM and is...
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    2021 Hurricane Season

    Above average season in 2021 forecast The 2021 hurricane season starts on 1st June and is only one month away. In 2020 Tropical Storm Arthur was a strong early-season tropical storm that impacted the Bahamas and East Coast of the United States on 16th May 2020. This was the first of thirty-one...
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    Transit through Toronto to DR

    Any one know what the Transit requirements are going through Toronto ( Canada) when flying Heathrow - Toronto _- DR on AIR CANADA? Layover time in Toronto is about 16 hours ? Can UK travelers in TRANSIT go out of the Airport ? Are there special arrangements to avoid 14 Day quarantine ? Olly
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    Transit through Toronto to DR

    Any one know what the Transit requirements are going through Toronto ( Canada) when flying Heathrow - Toronto _- DR on AIR CANADA? Layover time in Toronto is about 16 hours ? Can UK travelers in TRANSIT go out of the Airport ? Are there special arrangements to avoid 14 Day quarantine ? Olly
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    2020 Hurricane Season

    Latest Forecasts for 2020. Above average season expected From Stormcarib.com Just 2 more months before Atlantic Hurricane Season officially starts. On 2nd April the first of quantitative hurricane forecasts was published online by Klotzback et al. from Colorado State University. It seems that...
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    Altice INVALID SIM Message

    This morning we looked at our phones and instead of ALTICE there was the message "Invalid SIM" Nobody could phone us nor could we make calls. Both Cel phones had the same message !!! If you get this message it means you have an old 2G SIM Card and ALTICE have stopped supporting them. They only...
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    2019 Hurricane Season

    An update from Colorado State Researchers : April 5, 2019 09:51AM PDT - Normal season ahead? It is that time of the year again that Klotzbach et al., researchers at Colorado State issue their forecast of Atlantic Hurricane activity. They expect this season to be slightly below normal, with...
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    Bavaro Express for SD

    Does any one know the times for the Bavaro Express from SD ?
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    Purpose of Blood Test in REsidency Procedure

    What is the purpose of the blood test in the residency procedure. It is a very invasive process and we have been asked by several "what are they testing for ?" Can anyone answer that ? In POP they have been waiving the medical for a number of applicants but SD seem to be worse than ever . We...
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    What Restaurants offer Gluten Free / Wheat free menus items?

    What Restaurants offer Gluten Free / Wheat free menus items? Following the thread "Eats Sosua and Cabarete - good news bad news" It would be useful to identify those that offer Gluten Free /Wheat Free Menu items. A quite large number of people are allergic or react to gluten / wheat...