Media

In the Dominican Republic they have there own sources of media. It ranges from 7 service TV stations (1-state owned; 6 independent), 11 daily news papers (27 per 1000 people) and 131 radio stations (1-state owned; 130 independent).
As I research media in the Dominican I found out, much to my surprise, that they don't have government censorship. This is surprising to me because they seem like a country to me that is much like the United States so I would expect some censorship, but they have none. It is probably because most of their media is independently owned...Which can be a good and bad then. I think that they should have some censorship...What do you think?

Interview with Natasha Wheeler

Recently, I interviewed Natasha Wheeler. She was born in the Dominican Republic, but lives in the United States. She was very informative and I appreciate the time she gave me. I also appreciate her letting me interview her. I hope you all enjoy the interview.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSkFpuu5g48

Movies Produced in the Dominican Republic

The first movie to ever be produced in the Dominican Republic that I found was called La Serpiente de la luna de los piratas and that was produced in 1973. The movie business really didn't start picking up until the late 90's, but it seems to be somewhat rolling now.

This doesn't mean they didn't watch movies. They just didn't make any in there country until then. Before that they just watched exported movies.

Here's a list of movies produced in the Dominican Republic

Here's their top 10 highest grossing movies

Here's a trailer for an upcoming movie

Top TV channels

Just like any place the Dominican Republic has TV channels. Some of them being just like US TV channels. So I decided to talk about a few of them:

1. Banivision- a music station broadcasting 24/7
2.Colorvision- (Channel 9) broadcasts news, weather conditions, events, and sports.
3. CTV Macoris- (Canal 10) brings the latest news from the Domenican Republic.
4.El Caribe CDN- broadcasts news, live bulletins, special programs and interviews, live from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

For you sport nuts:
NBA League Pass International

Here are a few websites so you can view these channels:
http://www.tvover.net/TVStation,search,38-0-0-0-0.aspx

http://www.findinternettv.com/Sites/Country/Dominican-Republic.aspx

Baseball

Baseball is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic. In fact, after the US-born players, the Dominican has the second highest in the MLB right now.

The Dominican Republic also has its own baseball league that has been around for 100 years! It all started with Ozzie Virgil in the late 50s and then the success of Juan Marichal and three Alou brothers. The Major Baseball League of the Dominican Republic runs in the winter. Its starts in October and ends in February. It consists of five teams that play 60 games a season. Once the season has ended, they all play in a round-robin tournament. The winner of the tournament then goes to play in the Caribbean League against the champions of Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico.

For more information on Dominicans that play in the MLB and the Major League Baseball of the Dominican Republic visit this website http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~jtorres/domrep/baseball/

Bizcocho Dominicano (Dominican Cake)

Dominican foods are rich in fresh ingredients and are simple foods. I decided to look at some Dominican desserts. As delicious as they all looked only one really caught my eye. This delicious food that caught my eye would be Bizcocho Dominincano (Dominican Cake). Its good for any occasion.I'm a huge cake fan so of course I would love this. Though I'm not a big fruit filling type of guy when it comes to my cakes, but it also says you can use pastry cream...yum. It takes 90 minutes to make and feeds 8 people




Here's the link with the recipe on it
http://www.dominicancooking.com/desserts-beverages/1446-bizcocho-dominicano-dominican-cake.html

Salsa Dancing

Salsa dancing is a genre of dance created by Spanish-speaking of the Caribbean. Salsa dancing usually involves a partner, but there are some recognized solo forms, such as line dancing. It can be done in a routine set or improvised. Salsa styles tend to be very fluid in motion. Most of the styles get their names from the territories where they were originated in.

I found some links to help you learn how to do some types of Salsa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfDVnX4j3-w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzH9QVOGh8o
(This video was actually done by one of my friends, Jeff Givens as a video project. So just skip by the color bars at the beginning)

Once you learn the basics you'll be able to do this...one day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGFQk-3C7BM