In this week’s edition of “This week in the Dominican Republic” we learn about a new eco-tourism destination, a RD$2.3 billion budget for education, plans to build a new convention centre in Santo Domingo, and that flights to the US have returned to normal.
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This week in the Dominican Republic: US$184million budget pact, economy grows 4.1% & electrical stability
This is this week’s edition of our new weekly column “This week in the Dominican Republic”, for those people of our Casa de Campo Community who want to know what’s going on beyond our little piece of heaven – here we bring you a recount of the most interesting and relevant news around the Dominican […]
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The whales are arriving! Discover humpback whale watching in Samaná
The Humpback whale season has finally arrived! The Dominican Republic’s whale watching season in the country’s northeast peninsula, Samaná has already started! Year after year, thousands of international tourists and residents from the Dominican Republic travel to Samaná to enjoy this fabulous spectacle, this year is taking place between January 15th and the 31st of March. […]
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Dominican fishing season 2013 “one of the finest Blue Marlin seasons the world has ever seen”
The Billfish Report has recognized the Dominican Republic as the #1 Billfishery in the world, reporting that the Dominican Republic fishing season 2013 was “one of the finest Blue Marlin seasons the world have ever seen”, with the waters between Punta Cana and La Romana reportedly “teeming with Blue Marlin.” Although not expressly mentioned in the […]
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This week in the Dominican Republic: Haiti, bananas, tourism up by 3% & whale watching
Living and vacationing in Casa de Campo is undeniably heavenly, however, what exactly is going on beyond our little piece of paradise? For those of you interested in a little bit of news from around the Dominican Republic, welcome to our new weekly column “this week in the Dominican Republic”, bringing you a summary of […]
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Fundación NTD Ingredientes celebrates a traditional Christmas lunch
Fundacion NTD Ingredientes each year celebrates a Christmas lunch for the elderly community of different nursing homes around the Dominican Republic. The event this time was celebrated at the Naco Club in Santo Domingo and it reunited more than 100 elderly of 38 different institutions, including the Padre Abreu Nursing Home in La Romana. This year for the […]
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Casa de Campo crowned World’s Leading Golf Resort for 7th consecutive year
Congratulations to Casa de Campo! Casa de Campo has once again been crowned the “World’s Leading Golf Resort” at the World Travel awards!
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Ministry of Culture approves 5 new projects in La Romana
The Dominican Ministry of Culture recently approved 5 new cultural projects for the greater La Romana region, in the Eastern of the Dominican Republic. Implementation of these initiatives should start form January 2014 – that’s right around the corner, so lets take a look at what we can look forward to!
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Dominican Constitution Day – the reason for this long weekend
On November 6th every year the Dominican Republic celebrates the “Día de la Constitución” (constitution day). This year the day-off for this national holiday was moved to Monday the 4th of November – so that we could all enjoy a nice long weekend of celebrations! The First Constitution Day November 6th, 1844 On the 6th of […]
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La Romana “City of Culture” – schedule of events this weekend
The Dominican Ministry of Culture (Ministerio Cultural) is today (October 18th) and tomorrow (October 19th) celebrating the “Convite Cultural La Romana 2013”, part of the “Primera Convocatoria Nacional de Proyectos Culturales” (to unite cultural projects across the Dominican Republic). The neighboring cities of Higuey and El Seibo are also taking part. The Convite, named after […]
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An interview with Leo Proaño, executive producer of Cristo Rey
Described by film critics at the Toronto International Film Festival as “poetic and lyrical”, new Dominican movie Cristo Rey will premier in the Dominican Republic in December. Cristo Rey… una isla dos mundos (one island, 2 worlds), addresses the inflammatory topic of Haitian immigration with the Dominican Republic, using the lives of 2 half-brothers and […]