Where is Tropical Storm Emily? Having sent our employees home and closed the office early, I must say I’m a little bit miffed that thus far the weather in Casa de Campo La Romana really hasn’t been that bad – and certainly not bad enough to warrant a half day off work!
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Summer Camp at the Hogar del Niño!
School’s out for summer! Most, if not all kids love the end of the school year and look forward to spending the summer vacations relaxing and playing – but what happens to the kids of parents who still have to work all summer? The Hogar del Niño, children’s day care and education centre in La […]
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This Weekend in Casa: 22nd – 24th of July
It’s going to be a nice sunny weekend again! I know this because I just googled ‘weather La Romana’ and although first being confronted by a nasty looking picture of storm clouds (see below) – I dug a little deeper and found out that those clouds are meant to represent a 30% chance of rain […]
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This Saturday: ‘Voces de Bomana’ at the Plaza Montecarlo in Bayahibe!
Stuck for something to do with your kids this weekend? Well why not try visiting somewhere new? The Plaza Montecarlo has literally just opened in Bayahibe and is this Saturday the 23rd of July hosting a special event with music, dancing and workshops!
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The Fundación Lirio del Valle celebrates the end of the school year!
The end of the school year at the Fundacion Lirio del Valle was a party celebrated with cake, ice cream, presents and even clowns – during which the children, helpers as well as the volunteers and sponsors from the Casa de Campo community has a wonderful time!
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Celebrating the Inauguration of Canopy Cumaysa!
On Sunday the 3rd of July, Casa de Campo Living and the Casa de Campo community were cordially invited to Rancho Cumaysa by Carlos Arriaza for the inauguration of the Canopy Cumaysa. Sadly, following the rocking rodeo party at the Hoedown 2011, which took place the day before, Casa de Campo Living was in no […]
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Only in the DR: The Yuca Monster
All of my favorite ‘Only in the DR’ photos seem to involve motorbikes or pasolas or more specifically the weird and wonderful objects being transported on them, this week the object on the back of the motorbike may look like a scary sea monster, but it is in fact a Yuca plant!
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Central Romana celebrates a successful year with a 631 million peso bonus for its workers!
Following record sugar production in the period 2010-2011, the Central Romana Corporation in La Romana has just announced that it will be rewarding all of its employees with bonus payments to the sum of 631 million pesos – which is about 16 million dollars!
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Fundacion MIR: What is it all about?
The Fundacion MIR hosts lovely parties twice a year for their children… and that is all I really knew. At some point I do remember driving past one of their schools, and since the information on their wall mentions they offer baking classes it definitely got my attention, so it stayed on my radar for […]
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Want to help the Fundacion MIR? Buy in Los Altos!
The Fundacion MIR has joined forces with Los Altos to raise more funds for their schools and education projects in La Romana, so if you’re in the market for a new Casa de Campo villa or apartment, you may like to buy one at Los Altos – where a percentage of your buy will be […]
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Help the Hogar del Niño win ‘Charity of the Year’ in the 3rd Annual Classy Awards Contest!
Local La Romana and Casa de Campo charity ‘The Hogar del Niño’ has entered into a contest ‘The Classy Awards’, the ‘Oscars’ of the philanthropy world and they need your help to be crowned the ‘Charity of the Year,’ which if they win could get them as much as US$12,500 to improve and advance their […]