Discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus and a small band of adventurers, the Dominican Republic is now visited by over 3 million visitors a year.
A true reflection of beauty and value as a vacation destination with its golden sandy beaches, crystal clear turquoise waters, mysterious valleys, majestic mountains and its wonderfully friendly inhabitants.
Lizards do push ups to defend their territory at dawn and dusk Dominican Republic News.Net Washington, : A new study has revealed that a Jamaican lizard called the Anolis engages in impressive displays of reptilian strength - push ups, head bobs, and threatening extension of a colourful neck flap called a dewlap - to defend its territory at dawn and dusk.
Gustav kills 22 in Caribbean, heads to Cuba and Mexico Gulf Inquirer Tropical Storm Gustav rumbled Thursday toward Jamaica and Cuba and threatened to take hurricane force winds to Louisiana after leaving 22 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican...
Jamaican lizards flex their muscles to greet new day Dominican Republic News.Net Jamaican lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups and bobbing heads, unlike birds or primates that do it with chirping and tweeting.
Gustav nears Jamaica as New Orleans keeps watch Examiner Ap Photo/NOAA This image provided by NOAA taken at 3:45 a.m. EDT Thursday Aug. 28, 2008 shows Tropical Storm Gustav located about 80 miles east of Kingston Jamaica. Gustav is moving toward the...
13 dead, 6,000 displaced by hurricane in Hispaniola Dominican Republic News.Net Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) At least 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 displaced as Hurricane Gustav hit the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have said.
Gustav stalls off Haiti Baltimore Sun Tropical Storm Gustav stalled offshore yesterday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers in the Gulf of Mexico began...
Jailed Cuban punk rocker to stand trial Friday New Jersey Online 8/28/2008, 3:51 a.m. EDT NEW National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles sold briskly, and one small-town mayor spent a sleepless night worrying. The New...
Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico San Diego Union-Tribune San JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections. But the president of the State...
U.N. group forecasts 4.7%. Latin America growth San Diego Union-Tribune Santiago, Chile – Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean will slow to an average 4.7 percent in 2008 as central banks boost interest rates to combat rising inflation, the U.N.'s...
Cuba to try anti-Castro punk rocker Gorki Aguila Miami Herald The Cuban rocker whose biting profanity-laced lyrics against the Castro government has previously gotten him in trouble is now in detention and expected to face trial Friday, according to...
Caribbean churches want CARICOM to discuss EPA before signing Caribbean Net News ... oscar@caribbeannetnews.com ST JOHN’S, Antigua: The Caribbean Conference of Churches wants the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to fully discuss the implications of...
13 dead as Gustav lashes Caribbean The China Post ... untry with heavy rain after striking it with hurricane force and killing 13 people. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned that Gustav could regain hurricane strength on Thursday as it passes...
State Dept. issues warning on Caribbean travel Boston Globe Washington— The State Department urged Americans on Wednesday to be aware of the risks caused by Tropical Storm Gustav to people traveling to Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and...
UN helps provide relief after deadly tropical storm batters region UN News Centre United Nations officials in Haiti are working with local authorities across the south of the impoverished Caribbean country to help bring relief after Tropical Storm Gustav pummelled the nation with...
Cuba jails outspoken recording artist Spero News Gorki Aguila, leader of a rock band in Cuba, was arrested for being a danger to the communist island's revolution. He has been imprisoned before, having long criticized Fidel Castro's "bullying" and...
Cuba Gooding Jr. to play doctor on Hollywood Reporter Cuba Gooding Jr. is set to portray a real-life neurologist in "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story," a TNT original movie that will air under the Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation ...
The workers key participants in revolution Green Left Online ... is the Asia, Oceania, Africa and Middle East representative of the Cuban Confederation of Trade Unions and an elected delegate of the Peoples Power Municipal Assembly. Green Left...
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