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Fortaleza: US to speed Vieques cleanup
Issued: June 11, 2013
The U.S. Navy is pledging to speed up the cleanup of its former firing range on Vieques. ...
Court nixes law that blunts its powers
Issued: June 11, 2013
The Puerto Rico Supreme Court has ruled that new legislation that would cut back its power to take on cases and review administrative decisions is...
Real estate auction firm expands to PR
Issued: June 11, 2013
AmeriBid LLC is expanding internationally with a new real estate auction company based in Puerto Rico. ...
PR vying for US infrastructure grants
Issued: June 11, 2013
Puerto Rico is seeking a share of $474 million in federal funds set aside for infrastructure works around the U.S. under the U.S. Transportation...
Survey: No big uptick in PR hiring ahead
Issued: June 11, 2013
Puerto Rico’s lagging job market is not tracking to pick up much steam in the third quarter, a new survey finds. ...
Cuba returning to Caribe Series
Issued: June 11, 2013
Cuba is returning to the Caribe Series for the first time in more than a half century. ...
Selectos Ciudadela parent files for Chapter 11
Issued: June 11, 2013
The parent company of the Selectos supermarket at the Ciudadela residential-commercial complex in Santurce has filed for bankruptcy. ...
Puig swings her way up world rankings
Issued: June 11, 2013
Puerto Rican ace Monica Puig has jumped to 65th in the Women’s Tennis Association world rankings after a solid showing at the recent French Open. ...
García Padilla meets with AG Holder
Issued: June 10, 2013
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla met Monday with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss anti-crime efforts in the U.S. Caribbean...
New president appointed for EDB
Issued: June 10, 2013
Joey Christopher Cancel Planas has been appointed as president Puerto Rico’s Economic Development Bank, a government entity that the administration of...
UN decolonization panel taking up PR
Issued: June 10, 2013
The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization will again discuss Puerto Rico’s political status as its annual session kicks off Monday in New...
Reef Worlds dives deep into Caribbean
Issued: June 10, 2013
Reef Worlds Inc., the leading underwater tourism development firm in the U.S., is introducing its new experiential Underwater Worlds for the Caribbean...
Sagrado Corazón in ‘New Europe’ project
Issued: June 10, 2013
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in Puerto Rico (USC) has been selected as a flagship campus in New York University’s “A Network for Understanding the...
When building a portfolio, are BRICS still a buy?
Issued: June 10, 2013
NEW YORK — Down, down, down. That’s the direction of stocks in the BRICS economies, which were investment darlings last year but now seem like dead...
PR Day Parade draws big crowd in NYC
Issued: June 9, 2013
Thousands of revelers decked out in the red, white and blue are marching down New York City’s Fifth Avenue for the 56th annual Puerto Rican Day...
Caribbean nations to launch aid-trade strategy
Issued: June 8, 2013
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — A Caribbean trade bloc says it plans to launch a strategy to boost trade through providing aid. ...
Carrión in six-man race for IOC helm
Issued: June 8, 2013
Popular Inc. chief Richard Carrión is in the thick of six-man race to succeed Jacques Rogge as International Olympic Committee president. ...
Sotomayor memoir advances top $3M
Issued: June 8, 2013
WASHINGTON — Being a Supreme Court justice has not only been good for Sonia Sotomayor’s legal career, it’s also helped her bank account. ...
Indians sign Romero to minor league deal
Issued: June 8, 2013
The Cleveland Indians have signed Puerto Rican left-hander J.C. Romero to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Columbus. ...
HIMA bids for Spain hospital contracts
Issued: June 7, 2013
Puerto Rico hospital operator Grupo HIMA San Pablo is making a bid to take over management of three public hospitals in Spain as it continues to look...
Arecibo mayor holds out hope for WTE
Issued: June 7, 2013
Arecibo Mayor Carlos Molina is holding out hope that plans for a $500 million waste-to-energy plant can get back on track in his north coast town...
Is Big Data turning government into ‘Big Brother?’
Issued: June 7, 2013
SAN FRANCISCO — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be...
46 Haitian migrants reach PR beach
Issued: June 7, 2013
The U.S. Border Patrol has detained another large group of undocumented Haitian migrants in Puerto Rico. ...
GDB report lays bare fallout of downgrade to junk
Issued: June 6, 2013
A downgrade of the Puerto Rico government’s bond rating to junk status would erase 100,000 jobs from the island workforce, pushing the unemployment...
PR voids deal for $500M WTE plant
Issued: June 6, 2013
The Puerto Rico government has scrapped a deal to guarantee garbage for Energy Answers to run the island’s first waste-to-energy plant. ...


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