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This Barefoot Hideaway in Tobago Has Two Pools, an Uncrowded Beach, and a Cuban Cocktail Bar

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The path down begins softly — a narrow run of steps winding between palms and sea grapes. The air thickens as you descend, the heat meeting the scent of the ocean in a hush that makes everything else fade. Just before you reach the sand, you catch a flash of turquoise through the foliage, and […]

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Dominican Republic Has "Stable" Financial System: Central Bank Governor

Above: Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic now has a “stable” financial system that allows monetary policy to focus on targeting inflation without being deflected by issues related to the health of the system itself, Central Bank Governor Hector Valdez Albizu said Friday. The Govenor was speaking […]

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Dominican Republic President Fernandez Opens New Housing Projects

Above: a basketball court at the new community (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez has inaugurated two housing projects in the Samana and Maria Trinidad Sanchez provinces with a total investment of approximately $3.1 million. The projects, Invi-Villa Progreso en Samana and Invi-Villa Progreso-El Factor de Maria Trinidad Sanchez, […]

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Dominican Republic to Join Central American Security Treaty

Above: Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso (UN Photo/JC McIlwaine) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic will join the Framework Treaty on Democratic Security in Central America as part of a commitment to addressing transnational crime, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso announced Tuesday. Troncoso was attending the SICA meeting in Tegucigalpa at the […]

Dominican Republic President Fernandez Opens New Housing Projects

 Above: the signing of the agreement (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Labour, Major League Baseball and two other agencies have signed an agreement on vocational training and youth employment in the country’s baseball academies. The agreement also included the National Institute of Technical and Vocational Training and the […]

Haiti-Dominican Republic Border Region to Get EU Funding for Development

 Above: EU Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs (Photo: Joanna Legeurre) By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Union will spend $95.8 million for projects and programmes in the Dominican Republic this year, primarily in the country’s border region with Haiti, according to Andris Piebalgs, EU Development Commissioner. Peibalgs was speaking after a working meeting with Dominican […]

Portugal and Dominican Republic Sign New Air Services Agreement

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The governments of Portugal and the Dominican Republic have signed a new air services agreement, replacing the previous pact from February 1995. The agreement ensures a more flexible regulatory framework, according to the two sides. It means that Dominican and Portuguese air carriers can fly, without limitation, to any destination […]

Dominican Republic Signs Cooperation Agreement on Bioenergy

 Above: Santo Domingo (Photo: DRT) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s National Energy Commission signed a technical cooperation agreement Friday with the Inter-American Development Bank on the development of bioenergy. The agreement will develop a series of studies on bioenergy, taking into account the country’s cooperation on biofuels with Brazil and the United […]

Haiti Central Bank Officials Meet With Dominican Republic Delegation

 Above: officials at the meeting (Photo: CIG) By the Caribbean Journal staff A delegation from the Reserve Bank of the Dominican Republic (BanReservas), has concluded a meeting with officials at Haiti’s Central Bank. The BanReservas officials met with a contingent of monetary officials including Michele Delerme and Haiti Central Bank Governor Charles Castel, among others. […]

Dominican Republic Projects More Tourists from Strengthening Italian Market

 Above: the Sanctuary Cap Cana By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic projects an increasing number of visitors from Italy to the country in 2012, following a jump in 2011, according to Vice Minister of Tourism Magaly Toribio. The Italian market grew by 5 percent in tourist arrivals in 2011 relative to the previous […]

Dominican Republic: Cooperation Essential to Fighting Transnational Crime

 Above: Mexico City By the Caribbean Journal staff International cooperation is essential to fighting organized crime, according to Dominican Republic Attorney General Dr Radhames Jimenez Peña. Jimenez was speaking as a guest lecturer at the High-Level Hemispheric Meeting Against Transnational Organized Crime in Mexico City that began Thursday.. Because organized crime has no borders, the […]

Haiti Talks Bilateral Ties with Dominican Republic; Martelly to Make Visit in March

 Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly at a housing project event earlier this week (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso met in Port-au-Prince Wednesday with Haitian President Michel Martelly to hold talks on bilateral ties between the neighbours on Hispanola. Troncoso was joined by Dominican Republic Ambassador to […]