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US Senate sets hearing on PR status
Issued: June 4, 2013
A U.S. Senate committee will hold a hearing next week into the results of the election-day status plebiscite in Puerto Rico last November. ...
Feds probing school funds fraud
Issued: June 4, 2013
Federal agents staged raids in Caguas and Cidra on Tuesday as part of an ongoing probe into fraud related to the transport of public school students. ...
58 undocumented Haitians reach Mona
Issued: June 4, 2013
A group of 58 undocumented Haitian immigrants landed at tiny Desecheo Island early Tuesday morning. ...
19 more charged in Guaynabo vote fraud
Issued: June 4, 2013
Another 19 people were charged Tuesday in an ongoing probe of electoral fraud in Guaynabo during last year’s primaries, Puerto Rico Justice Secretary...
Dozens of bridges in PR need pressing repairs
Issued: June 4, 2013
Dozens of bridges in Puerto Rico are in need of urgent repairs that will carry a total price tag of roughly $50 million, according to the island’s...
Data shows deep glut of lawyers in PR
Issued: June 4, 2013
Puerto Rico appears to have one of the deepest gluts of lawyers in the United States. ...
PR soldiers start Guantanamo mission
Issued: June 4, 2013
A group of some 125 Army Reserve soldiers from Puerto Rico left the island this week on a year-long mission that will take them to Guantanamo Naval...
GDB opens annual summer internship program
Issued: June 4, 2013
The Government Development Bank is launching its 11th internship program of the José M. Berrocal Institute for Economics and Finance (the...
Rivera confirmed as PRTC director
Issued: June 3, 2013
The island Senate voted unanimously on Monday to confirm Ingrid Rivera Rocafort as director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. ...
Governor says B2B levy still in play as clock ticks
Issued: June 3, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla is discarding any cuts to his proposed $9.83 billion budget and is pushing ahead with a planned business-to-business tax...
PR bankruptcies on rise in 2013
Issued: June 3, 2013
Bankruptcy filings in Puerto Rico rose in May and are tracking higher through the first five months of 2013. ...
Crowley adds PR-Central America runs
Issued: June 3, 2013
Crowley Maritime’s Caribbean logistics group is now offering regularly scheduled, weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) services to and from San Juan...
Summer auto fest in high gear at Plaza
Issued: June 3, 2013
‘La Movida del Verano,” the annual fun-filled summer auto festival that celebrates the care-free lifestyle of the year’s hottest season at Plaza Las...
PR economy slips into red for fiscal 2013
Issued: June 3, 2013
Puerto Rico’s economy contracted for a sixth straight month, shrinking by 3.5% in April, compared to the same month in 2012, according to the latest...
Draco via Twitter: I’m cáncer free
Issued: June 2, 2013
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Robi Draco Rosa is winning his two-year battle with cancer, saying via Twitter on Sunday that his latest results show...
China ramps up presence in Caribbean
Issued: June 2, 2013
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — Chinese President Xi Jinping met for the first time with officials in Trinidad and Tobago Saturday on the first...
Scientists explore depths of Bonaire reef
Issued: June 1, 2013
U.S. and Dutch scientists are studying what is considered one of the healthiest and most diverse reefs in the Caribbean to help protect it and create...
Governor creates manufacturing council
Issued: June 1, 2013
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla issued an executive order on Saturday creating a joint public-private council aimed at shoring up the...
Arecibo in front row for asteroid flyby
Issued: June 1, 2013
Astronomers at the Arecibo Observatory tracked a giant asteroid as it whizzed by Earth on Friday. ...
S&P cuts PRHTA bonds on payment flap
Issued: May 31, 2013
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Friday lowered its rating on Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority’s (PRHTA) grant anticipation...
Puig’s stellar run in French Open ends
Issued: May 31, 2013
Puerto Rican Monica Puig’s run in the French Open came to end in a third round loss to Spain’s Carla Suárez Navarro on Friday. ...
Pensioners file lawsuit against reform
Issued: May 31, 2013
A group of Puerto Rico government pensioners has filed a lawsuit challenging the recent retirement system reform. ...
US flags planted in San Juan protest
Issued: May 31, 2013
A group of New Progressive Party members planted dozens of small U.S. flags along the route into Old San Juan to protest Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz’s...
Cuba rejects inclusion on US terror list
Issued: May 31, 2013
HAVANA — Havana is forcefully condemning a U.S. government decision to keep Cuba on its annual list of state sponsors of terrorism. ...
Macy’s plans Ponce store; 2nd in PR
Issued: May 31, 2013
Macy’s plans to open a new store at Ponce’s Plaza Del Caribe, the largest mall in southern Puerto Rico. ...


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