For the third straight year Dominican Republic’s Cigar Makers Association will stage the “Procigar Festival” in the country, aimed at to increase the competitiveness and promote the national production, which fell 20 percent last year from the economic crisis.
The festival will be from February 15 to 19 in Casa de Campo, La Romana (east), and [...]
ISLA MARGARITA, Venezuela.- The Leones del Escogido achieved their third and the Dominican Republic’s eighth Caribbean Series title on Sunday, by beating the Leones del Caracas 7-4.
Escogido returned to the Caribbean classic after an 18-year absence and won five out of its six challenges.
The title was decided in the last game after Puerto Rico beat [...]
It’s Carnival time in the DR. This means that carnival processions are celebrated every Sunday afternoon. Dominican carnival is a colorful experience in which the festive spirit of the country’s people comes to the fore as carnival characters take to the streets in search of fun. While originally a Spanish custom, throughout the centuries carnival [...]
The beaches are Dominican Republic’s tourism’s sweetest caramel but the fact its capital doesn’t have one is a disadvantage for the Santo Domingo market.
“If the situation could change in the medium term it would become the second most important tourism region second only to Punta Cana-Bavaro,” says a report on diariolibre.com by the consultant Juan [...]