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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. ...
Governor: Not time for downsizing
Issued: June 6, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla signaled Thursday that is pointless to talk about downsizing Puerto Rico’s government without a significant expansion of...
PR’s Lalo wins leading literary prize
Issued: June 6, 2013
CARACAS – Puerto Rican author Eduardo Lalo was named Thursday as the winner of Venezuela’s Romulo Gallegos International Novel Prize for “Simone.” ...
Ferry price hikes loom on horizon
Issued: June 6, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla is welcoming potential hikes in “ridiculously” low ticket prices for the government-run ferries between Fajardo and the...
DHS bill could boost PR drug fight
Issued: June 6, 2013
An amendment filed by Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to shore up the fight against drug smuggling through Puerto Rico is included in a $45...
Trust aims to protect 33% of PR lands
Issued: June 6, 2013
The Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico is launching an ambitious new effort aimed at protecting one-third of the island’s land by 2033. ...
CNE’s concerns on economy reach new heights
Issued: June 6, 2013
Puerto Rico’s leading think tank said the government’s battered fiscal condition and weakening island economy are creating challenges that only a...
PR at center in rise of ‘surfonomics’
Issued: June 6, 2013
Puerto Rico’s world-class waves, and a trailblazing effort to protect them, served as the launching pad for efforts to put an economic value on surf...
Report eyes Gutiérrez office spending
Issued: June 6, 2013
USA Today is reporting that U.S. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez has paid a Chicago lobbyist more than $500,000 in taxpayer funds over the past decade to along...
Daco retrieves files at Minillas tower
Issued: June 6, 2013
Consumer Affairs Secretary Nery Adames Soto and staff from the agency entered the Daco offices in the largely closed north tower of the Minillas...
Aponte bill would allow for recalls
Issued: June 6, 2013
New Progressive Party Rep. José Aponte is proposing an amendment to Puerto Rico’s Constitution to allow for recalls of elected officials during their...
Queen of Wall Street shuns PR bonds
Issued: June 6, 2013
Financial guru Alexandra Lebenthal, known as the “Queen of Wall Street,” is advising individual municipal bond investors to stay away from Puerto Rico...
2,070 posts stamped under Jobs Now
Issued: June 5, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said Wednesday his administration has stamped 2,070 new jobs under the Jobs Now Law incentives launched in March. ...
Fortuño: P3s can save US infrastructure
Issued: June 5, 2013
Former Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño is pushing his administration’s public-private partnership model as an avenue for the U.S. to shore up its aging...
Borinqueneers gain ground in Congress
Issued: June 5, 2013
The U.S. Senate appears set to join the U.S. House of Representatives in taking up legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Puerto Rican...
US bill: $5.6M for Camp Santiago work
Issued: June 5, 2013
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a spending bill for the next federal budget year that includes $5.6 million for construction to expand...
Giraud joins ‘Real Housewives’ cast
Issued: June 5, 2013
Former Miss Puerto Rico Universe Joyce Giraud is joining the cast of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” ...
Opportunity in online shipping limits
Issued: June 5, 2013
A group of young Puerto Rico entrepreneurs has launched an Internet-based service to forward purchases by local consumers from online retailers that...
St. Jude: $3.2M expansion in Arecibo
Issued: June 5, 2013
St. Jude Medical is investing some $3.2 million to add a production line at its manufacturing plant in Arecibo. ...
Signs of progress in ongoing budget talks
Issued: June 5, 2013
Legislative leaders and Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta met again Tuesday as they work to hammer out a tax deal to fund Gov. Alejandro García...


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