Articles tagged "dominican republic"

25-year-old Katy Paulinos is currently bedridden with a ballooned abdomen of epic proportions all thanks to some shady diet pills.

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Babies, Birth, Conjoined twins, Dominical conjoined twins, Dominican republic, Health, Pills, Republica dominicana, Shady diet pills

These conjoined twins were born in the Dominican Republic but, sadly, only lived for a few hours. And although the birth of conjoined twins is very rare in itself ("1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 100,000 births," says Wikipedia), the survival rate clocks in at an estimated 25%.

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Babies, Birth, Conjoined twins, Dominical conjoined twins, Dominican republic, Republica dominicana

Meet Kenia Ramirez, a 28-year-old Dominican woman who's barely 3ft tall and, sadly, lives in extreme poverty.

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Dominican republic, Kenia ramirez, Republica dominicana, Smallest woman, Video

In part one of PBS' four-part series Black in Latin America, host Henry Louis Gates talked to Dominican Director of Cultural Diversity Juan Rodriguez who says that when it comes to color, "Dominicans are in complete denial of who they are."

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: African roots, Black in latin america, Dominican republic, Henry louis gates, Indios, Skip gates

After being told his 6-year-old son had stolen merchandise from a bodega, a man in the Dominican Republic set his boy's hands on fire.

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Dad sets son's hands on fire, Dominican republic, News, Republica dominicana, Shocking, Video

James Bond's film studio of record, Pinewood Studios in London, is building an outpost in the Dominican Republic.

• By: Cindy Casares

Tags: 007, Dominican republic, Film production, James bond, Pinewood studios

Settle down, teenage hoodrats, even though two members of Aventura are suppose to release solo records this year, the band is NOT breaking up.

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Aventura, Chismes, Dominican republic, Franchis, Girlfriend, Gossip, Music, Relationships, Romeo

Ahhh, so this is Romeo's girlfriend?

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Aventura, Chismes, Dominican republic, Franchis, Girlfriend, Gossip, Music, Relationships, Romeo

Meet Junior Capsula's main lady.

• By: Nacomprende

Tags: Dominican republic, Druglord, Jail, Junior capsula, Narcos, Sextapes, Sobeida felix morel, Video

Puerto Rican drug lord Junior Capsula's (real name: Jose Figueroa Agosto) third sex video has surfaced. Unlike most film trilogies, the latest footage featuring the "Pablo Escobar of the Caribbean" is more entertaining than the first two.

• By: Fidel Martinez

Tags: Dominican republic, Jose figueroa agosto, Junior capsula sex tape, Narco sex tape, Puerto rico