Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez will undergo right thumb surgery today and is expected to be out eight weeks. Ramirez tore ligaments in his thumb Tuesday night while playing for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic championship game. Dr. Steve Shin, who is a sport-medicine hand specialist, is scheduled to perform the [...]
Dominican Women Admit Lying In Robert Menendez Fake Prostitution Case
March 6, 2013 | Posted by
As the fake prostitution scandal surrounding U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) continues to unravel, a judge in the Dominican Republic has requested the senator’s presence in court. Shortly before last year’s election, Menendez was falsely accused of paying Dominican women for sex, with interviews from several women who claimed that they had sex with a [...]
Exploring The Remnants of The Dominican Republic’s Colonial Past
February 7, 2013 | Posted by
Much more than beach resorts, the Dominican Republic is one of the Caribbean’s most geographically diverse countries, from stunning mountain scenery to desert scrublands, not to mention evocative colonial architecture and warm welcoming people. Where do you start? Try these 10 top travel experiences: Take a walk through history in the oldest city in the New World. [...]
10 Affordable Caribbean Vacation Destinations
January 24, 2013 | Posted by
No vacation fund? No worries, mon. We’ve tracked down stylish budget guesthouses, the best street-food spots, and heaps of free or nearly free activities on 10 Caribbean islands. Here’s a quick guide to saving in any season. Dominican Republic Save big in the Dominican Republic when you vacation where the locals do: the Samana Peninsula [...]
Club Med Unveils Caribbean’s 1st L’OCCITANE Spa at Punta Cana, D.R. Resort
December 21, 2012 | Posted by
Club Med – the world’s leading all-inclusive brand with more than 70 resorts worldwide – unveils their fifth L’OCCITANE-branded spa at its Dominican Republic property, Club Med Punta Cana. Sandpiper Bay in Florida, Opio en Provence Yabuli in China and La Palmyre Atlantic in France are among the other Club Med properties that boast L’OCCITANE [...]
Dominican President Danilo Medina Proposes New Path for the Caribbean
November 30, 2012 | Posted by
President Danilo Medina said Thursday that the Caribbean region needs, despite the difficulties, to start to define its social conventions, and its economic and cultural identity to accompany its development. He said the Caribbean needs to seek alliance mechanisms as the nations of Europe did some time ago. “If with linguistics and cultural differences, with [...]
Dominican Republic Continues Racist Treatment of Haitians, 75 Years After Massacre
October 29, 2012 | Posted by
After the government of the Dominican Republic moved just weeks after the devastating Haiti earthquake to strip Dominican citizenship from all Dominicans who were born to Haitian parents, those who were stripped of their statehood are fighting back through the American Commission on Human Rights. Earlier this month, the Commission sent a letter to Foreign [...]
Dominican Republic: Puntacana Resort & Club’s Tortuga Bay Makes a Great 1st and Lasting Impression
August 31, 2012 | Posted by
You’ve heard there’s one chance to make a first impression and there’s no where better to illustrate this truism than PUNTACANA Resort & Club’s Tortuga Bay boutique hotel in the Dominican Republic. Here’s my first impression. Arrival at the airport is the old fashioned way—you disembark the plane by descending stairs onto the tarmac. Upon [...]
Tropical Storm Isaac Kills 10 in Haiti, Dominican Republic
August 27, 2012 | Posted by
At least 10 people were killed by Tropical Storm Isaac as it roared through Haiti—8 deaths in Haiti and 2 in the Dominican Republic. The storm dumped so much rain on the island of Hispaniola—the name of the single island shared by Haiti and neighboring Dominican Republic—that flooding was a major concern. But despite the [...]
Tropical Storm Isaac Hitting Haiti and Dominican Republic
August 23, 2012 | Posted by
As it hit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Tropical Storm Isaac was on its way to hurricane status before it landed on Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The forecast still has the storm posing a threat to the Gulf Coast of Florida on Monday, the start of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, which [...]
