Dominican Republic

Prices are pretty good, but the window for travel dates is not wide, and sale fares don't appear to be available on all routes. You must book by midnight on the JetBlue site for flights May 22-June 21. There are blackout dates and flights are not available for every day of the week. Here are some sample one-way fares from Boston: $49 to Buffalo; $55 to Newark, NJ; $60 to New York; $120 to Dallas / Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale; $130 to Denver; $140 to Phoenix, Austin, Texas, New Orleans; $147 to Bermuda; $150 to Tampa; $154 to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; $160 to Seattle; $166 to Cancun, Mexico; and $223...

Three high-ranking police officials in the Dominican Republic have been accused of providing security to drug traffickers, marking the latest public corruption case to hit the Caribbean nation as it tries to clean up its military and police. The officials worked for the National Drug Control Agency and were arrested alongside four men allegedly waiting for a drug shipment bound for Puerto Rico, agency chief Rolando Rosado said Thursday. The officials have been suspended from their jobs as have others who have been charged in drug-fueled corruption cases that have resulted in...

Despite the unrest in neighboring Haiti, the State Department has issued no warnings to US citizens regarding travel to the Dominican Republic. At press time, the Dominican peso was trading at about 40 pesos to the dollar. Amber Museum 61 Duarte St. Puerto Plata 809-586-2848 www.ambermuseum.com . Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Admission $1. St. Felipe Fort At the western end of Puerto Plata's Malecon Admission $1. Teleferico On Avenida Teleferico, just off the Avenida Circunvalacion Sur (the main road through Puerto Plata)

A former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the country's electoral process but made no mention of any plans to challenge the outcome. Hipolito Mejia told cheering supporters that the results of Sunday's election did not reflect the will of the people. "They are the product of manipulation and an abuse of power," he said in a brief speech. Mejia did not concede, but he didn't say he would seek a recount.

(Courtesy: Roots United) Dominican Republic native and longtime neighborhood resident Justo García, 32, launched a JP-themed apparel line this summer. By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent A longtime Jamaica Plain resident and T-shirt printer has recently begun offering JP-themed apparel. (Courtesy: Roots United) "Right now, JP is the hot town and everybody wants to be here," said 32-year-old Justo García who moved to the Boston neighborhood in his teens.

A former president who lost his bid to be re-elected in the Dominican Republic issued a scathing denunciation Tuesday of the country's electoral process but made no mention of any plans to challenge the outcome. Hipolito Mejia told cheering supporters that the results of Sunday's election did not reflect the will of the people. "They are the product of manipulation and an abuse of power," he said in a brief speech. Mejia did not concede, but he didn't say he would seek a recount.

British police say a fugitive multimillionaire fraudster has been arrested in the Dominican Republic, four years after he fled charges in the U.K. Michael Brown was sentenced in his absence to seven years in jail in 2008 after he was convicted of fraud. Four former clients, including an ex-chairman of Manchester United football club, had accused Brown of duping them out of about 40 million pounds ($62 million). City of London police said Friday that Brown had been detained in the Dominican Republic and that British authorities would be seeking his return to the U.K. to serve his...

CABARETE, Dominican Republic -- I have just tumbled, skipped, and skidded across the ocean, harnessed to a giant kite like a dog leashed to a race car. Somehow, I hear my Italian kiteboarding instructor shouting through the radio attached to my helmet. "Find the balance, Daveeed. FIND THE BALANCE!" With jangled nerves, I finally settle the kite. Then I work toward shore to discover I am landing on a beach full of overweight European sunbathers. The women are topless, the men wear thongs, and there are enough sunburned bosoms and buttocks to suggest I just missed...

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake has struck the southern coast of the Dominican Republic without causing any reported damage or loss of life. Local rescue officials and the U.S. Geological Survey say the earthquake struck at 5:35 a.m. local time Thursday, and its epicenter was six miles deep (10 kilometers) in Ocoa province, 34 miles (55 kilometers) west of the capital of Santa Domingo. Rescue official Juan Manuel Mendez says his group has not received reports of damages or of people hurt and has not issued any tsunami warning.

A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination. Former President Hipolito Mejia, a gaffe-prone populist, trounced rival Danilo Medina when they ran against each other in 2000. But Mejia's four-year presidential term ended in disaster, with a banking crisis that sunk the economy and caused so much misery and scarcity that tens of thousands of people fled the country and voters cast him out of...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - A long-time official of the governing party took an early lead in Sunday's presidential race as he faced off against a brash former president whose last term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the Dominican Republic's modern history. With 60 percent of the vote counted, Danilo Medina of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party led with 51 percent, and Hipolito Mejia, the former president, and his Dominican Revolutionary Party had nearly 47 percent.

A former president whose term ended with the worst economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic will seek to make a comeback Sunday as he faces an old rival in a race to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination. Former President Hipolito Mejia, a gaffe-prone populist, trounced rival Danilo Medina when they ran against each other in 2000. But Mejia's four-year presidential term ended in disaster, with a banking crisis that sunk the economy and caused so much misery and scarcity that tens of thousands of people fled the country and voters cast him out of office.

A former president whose single term ended with the deepest economic crisis in the modern history of the Dominican Republic is seeking redemption Sunday as he faces an old rival in what is expected to be a close election to lead the Caribbean's top tourist destination. Former President Hipolito Mejia, a gaffe-prone populist, trounced rival Danilo Medina when they last faced off in 2000. But Mejia's four-year presidential term ended in disaster, with a banking crisis that sunk the economy and caused so much misery and scarcity that tens...

Prices are pretty good, but the window for travel dates is not wide, and sale fares don't appear to be available on all routes. You must book by midnight on the JetBlue site for flights May 22-June 21. There are blackout dates and flights are not available for every day of the week. Here are some sample one-way fares from Boston: $49 to Buffalo; $55 to Newark, NJ; $60 to New York; $120 to Dallas / Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale; $130 to Denver; $140 to Phoenix, Austin, Texas, New Orleans; $147 to Bermuda; $150 to Tampa; $154 to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;...

Cambridge portrait artist Susan Miller-Havens is back from Washington, D.C., where she and Pedro Martinez met with a group of eager eighth-graders from the pitcher's native Dominican Republic. The artist and the ace talked about Miller-Haven's painting "El Orgullo y la Determinacion (Pride and Determination)," which is housed at the National Portrait Gallery.

Seven shiny white caskets crowded the front of an old brick Catholic church in the Bronx on Friday for the funeral of seven members of one family, all killed when their SUV flew over a guardrail and plummeted 60 feet. One of the caskets lining the altar at St. Raymond's Church was smaller than the rest; it contained a 3-year-old. Another held a 10-year-old girl, a day before what was to have been her First Holy Communion. The pastor, Monsignor John Graham, said the family had been through "a nightmare of unimaginable, frightening, real...

Al Horford never thought he'd spend a month training with the Dominican Republic national team in the middle of Kentucky. But because Kentucky's John Calipari is coaching the Dominican Republic's national team in the upcoming 2011 FIBA Americas Tournament, the squad is training at the Wildcats' practice facility in Lexington. "I never expected this, I got to tell you," said Horford, who played his college ball at Florida. "I tweeted the other day that I was going to be here and I didn't get very warm comments on it. (Gator fans)

Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they have extradited a fugitive multimillionaire fraudster to Britain. Police said Saturday that Michael Brown was flown to Spain, where he would be turned over to British officials. Brown was arrested in January in the popular Dominican tourist town of Punta Cana. Police say he had been living in the Dominican Republic under the name of Darren Nally. Brown was accused of duping four clients out of $62 million (40 million pounds)

This is not for summer prime-time travel but the prices are pretty good if you have plans. You must book before April 19 for travel April 24-June 20. Blackout days and other restrictions vary by route. You can find the details here . And here are some sample one-way prices from Logan International Airport: $46 to Nantucket; $49 to Newark, NJ; $60 to Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Washington, DC (Dulles and Reagan), New York (JFK); $90 to Raleigh-Durham; $95 to Chicago; $105 to Jacksonville, Fla.; $120 to Denver and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; $130 to Orlando, Fla, San Francisco, and...