Dominican President wants to finish eastern highway quickly

Coral highway

President Leonel Fernandez instructed Public Works minister Victor Diaz Rúa to expedite the construction of the Coral highway (east), approved in the Senate last week amid controversy regarding the project’s amount…

Dominican Today, 17.11.08

Free surgeries in the Central Romana

For the children

La Romana.- A total of 80 pediatric surgeries of otorhinolaryngology and urology were performed without any cost for the patients at the Central Medical centre of the Corporation La Romana…

Diario Libre, 03.11.08

Japan will collaborate on the Dominican tourist development

Conservation of the natural resources

The secretary of Tourism Francisco Javier García, received the principal directors of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to whom he reiterated his interest to look further into the joint initiatives of co-operation which involve the two organizations…

Al Momento, 27.10.08

Demolishing hotels in Saona

Environment Law 64-00

The Ministry of Environment has ordered all block or concrete constructions recently built on Saona Island in the National Park of the East to be demolished, as reported in Clave newspaper…

DR1, 18.10.08

Mourning visits the MIR foundation

A nice surprise for the pupils

La Romana.- The surprise couldn’t be greater. The lessons of the Vocational School MIR for the masculine children and teenagers were interrupted by a Basketball star: Alonzo Mourning and his 6 feet and 10 inches…

Diario Libre, 16.10.08

22 craftsmen receive their diploma

Craft industry, administration and accounting courses

The Communities of the Island of Saona, Bayahíbe and Benerito graduated 22 craftsmen within the framework of a qualification program carried out by the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR) and the Association of the Storekeepers, the Company managers and the Professionals of Tourism of Bayahíbe and Dominicus (ACEPROBADO)…

Diario Digital, 14.10.08

Los Toros think of celebrating their silver wedding with a crown

Winter Season of Baseball

LA ROMANA.- At the time of the celebration of their silver wedding with Dominican baseball, the Azucareros del Este (East sugar manufacturers) introduced a new image and color, but more than all, want to celebrate them with the obtaining of a crown, not won since the 1994-95 season…

Listín Diario, 09.10.08

Central Romana will pay more than 1 billion pesos

The highest amount ever paid

The Central Romana Corporation informed yesterday that more that 1 billion pesos will be distributed as a payment for the collected sugar cane during the last sugar harvest…

Listin Diario, 29.09.08

Dominican Republic Live

Modification of the Dominican Social Security System…

Santo Domingo Live

The Government will deliver 2 thousand 300 residences in one month…

Santiago Live

The Minister of Education pays 198 thousand pesos…

Las Terrenas Live

Environment chief expects Dominicans to support his actions…

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…

Punta Cana Live

The Carey turtles back to Punta Cana…

Tropical weather outlook

(updated November 19, at 8:00 am)

Forecasts for 48 hours

Next hurricanes : Rene and Sally

November 30, end of hurricane season

Benetton Autumn Winter 2008

The autumn winter collection of the Italian name Benetton is so pretty that we would love to wear the clothes always, even under a strong sun. But as the day are colder here in Dominican Republic too…

Collection 2009 by Nicolas Martinez

Nicolas Martinez is a young designer who was born in Dominican Republic, in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
Since 2002, he lives in New York where he opened his own design house…

The chocolate lamp

No, it’s not an eatable lamp, even if we can feel like biting in it. It’s the chocolate lamp, created by the Italian studio Nemo Cassina and its name comes from its surprising design: the superior part represents a chocolate sweet…

Trunk

I already presented you a creation from the Russian designer Dima Loginoff: the Bone Lounge, a sofa inspired of the shapes of a bone.
Her new project, called Trunk, is a suspension that is inspired by the animal world, and more precisely…

Perfume Dior Sport Homme

Dior launched this summer a new fragrance declined of the traditional perfume Dior Homme, baptized Dior Homme Sport.
With this creation, it is a new chapter that opens for Dior, since the perfume dissociates itself from the traditional Dior Homme…

Lumitact by Stephanie Choplin

The month of October is ending, and at the same time ends what is baptized the month of Breast cancer awareness. As homage to this sad disease that affects nearly 10 million people in the world, I present lumitact…

The hotels in La Romana, Dominican Republic

The best hotels in La Romana are ready for the winter holiday 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 La Romana, in search of tourism, holiday and Caribbean sun in Dominican Republic.

The hotels rooms’ reservations in La Romana 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 La Romana.

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