The Santiago senator said it’s difficult to understand how a company with 500,000 pesos(USD 12,000) in capital can announce investments of more than 560 million dollars in just 10 years.......

Superintendent of Electricity Francisco Mendez said on Wednesday that the choice was between tariff rate increases and blackouts.......

Resort Condominiums International cheated investors in timeshares in the Dominican Republic, a class action claims in Federal Court. Plaintiffs claim RCI and its subsidiary, Lifestyle Holiday Vacations Club, “lured thousands of individuals into purchasing timeshares by lying outright about the quality and, more, the nature of services provided.”........

CNN.com Travel/ Tribune Media Services -- Jack Taras and his friends thought they would be checking in at the Occidental Grand Hotel on the Dominican Republic's postcard-perfect Eastern shore for spring break. But when Taras, a 19-year-old sophomore from Providence College, arrived at the resort, he was greeted with the hotel industry's latest trick: he was walked down.

"They were sent to a hotel that wasn't as nice," says his father, John Taras. He phoned his son's online travel agency.........

The Judiciary of the Dominican Republic has issued a FREEZE order no 038-2009-00410 on April 30, 2009 in connection with a USD 170 Million Dominican real estate fraud involving Sun Village Resort & Spa Puerto Plate and Sun Village Juan Dolio.......

The Public-Private Alliance Foundation (PPAF) held its Third Annual "Partners Against Poverty" event at the UN with 45 high-level participants and observers representing five countries (Brazil, Dominican Republic, USA, Honduras and Haiti) to discuss business innovations in the development and production of bio-fuels, especially in the Dominican Republic.......

It so happens that everybody "borrow" content from each other to look like "news agents" (West Indies is a real estate agent who made a copy/paste from DominicanToday.com.......

Investor Warning! Prince Albert of Monaco was missuses by corrupt business men and officials in the Dominican Republic. Again the freedom of speech in the Dominican Republic has come under heavy pressure from fraudulent developers with their own agenda to swindle foreign investors........

How can we better protect foreign investors in the DR. Should escrow accounts be required by law? Join new network on LinkedIN - Stop Dominican Property Sharks -

New $200 million real estate development; Palmera de Cabarete Resort and Spa with 138 luxury villas on the North Coast......

Domincian Watchdog would like to see a list of investors matching a list of escrow accounts - read my email to Eva Cotres and my post on singingpig today.......

Questions from Dominican Watchdog to The Royal Palace in Monaco May 14, 2009 regarding HRH Prince Albert of Monaco's involvement in the Punta Perla Dominican real estate development project......

Listin Diario is reporting that the National Police has confiscated 15 stolen vehicles from 10 car dealerships around the country, so be very careful when buying a car in the DR.......

Dominican corruption reaching new levels, not only did Lara Lorenzo the former director of the Blackout Reduction Program under the state run electricity company (CDEEE) take money that were supposed for repairs. He also had 18 members of the local church called "God's Chosen Ones" which was owned by himself on the electricity company's payroll. That is why the electricity prices in the DR is among the highest in the world. If its not the consumers there are stealing electricity then it is the employees, who are stealing the money.....

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The Dominican Republic's income inequalities are still reflected in its telephone distribution; some people own multiple mobile phones each, yet there are communities comprising hundreds of families without access to a single phone line. See The Report