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$300M lawsuit over Minillas asbestos
Issued: May 8, 2013
Puerto Rico’s Public Buildings Authority has been hit with a $300 million class-action lawsuit stemming from asbestos contamination at the Minillas...
All UPR personnel moves frozen
Issued: May 8, 2013
Interim University of Puerto Rico President José Lasalde has frozen all personnel moves and funding for new faculty and non-teaching positions across...
Southwest taking on PR-Atlanta flights
Issued: May 8, 2013
Southwest Airlines will add another route between San Juan and the U.S. mainland later this year. ...
Immigration bill may tighten PR border
Issued: May 7, 2013
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi expressed confidence Tuesday that Puerto Rico would be included in border security initiatives under the federal...
Tough job scene for new grads in PR
Issued: May 7, 2013
Puerto Rico’s upcoming crop of college graduates face a still shaky job scene on the island. ...
Capitol to take up gay rights bills
Issued: May 7, 2013
Puerto Rico’s lawmakers are slated this week to take up two bills aimed at better protection the rights of gay people. ...
PR, DR to buy natural gas jointly
Issued: May 7, 2013
The governments of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic have agreed to purchase natural gas together to get better prices on the market. ...
Navy completes transfer of Roosy Roads land to PR
Issued: May 7, 2013
The Navy has completed the final transfer to the Puerto Rico government of lands at the former Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba, Resident...
Rep. Silva: B2B tax is a bad idea
Issued: May 7, 2013
Veteran New Progressive Party Rep. Antonio Silva is forecasting a flood of bankruptcies if the García Padilla administration moves ahead with its plan...
Green energy trade group launched
Issued: May 7, 2013
A new trade group has been formed to push the development of renewable energy projects in Puerto Rico. ...
Puig surges into top 100 for first time
Issued: May 7, 2013
Puerto Rican tennis ace Monica Puig has broken into the ranks of the top 100 players in the world for the first time. ...
More Haitians using PR as migrant route
Issued: May 7, 2013
Haitians have fled their troubled country for years, attempting to reach the U.S. or other Caribbean islands by heading north across the open sea or...
Plaza gets $250M loan from BPOP
Issued: May 6, 2013
Banco Popular has granted $250 million in financing to Plaza Las Américas to allow the Caribbean’s largest mall to undertake $100 million in upgrades...
Evertec posts $5.4 net income in 1Q
Issued: May 6, 2013
Evertec posted net income of $5.4 million for the first quarter on Monday, up from the $3.2 million it netted during the same three-month period in...
As Dow tops 15K, is it too late to buy?
Issued: May 6, 2013
NEW YORK — Are stocks worth buying now? ...
Bashful? Buy the little blue pill online
Issued: May 6, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. — Men who are bashful about needing help in the bedroom no longer have to visit a drugstore to buy that little blue pill. ...
Treasury tops tax return target
Issued: May 6, 2013
The Treasury Department has surpassed its goal of fielding 1 million income tax returns. ...
ASUR: Passenger traffic up 5.7% in April
Issued: May 6, 2013
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR) said Monday that total passenger traffic increased 5.7 percent in April compared to the same month a year ago. ...
With job on line, archbishop urges prayer
Issued: May 6, 2013
San Juan Archbishop Roberto González Nieves is calling for Puerto Rico’s Catholics to pray as he continues to resist efforts by the Vatican to replace...
MLB helping to revive baseball in PR
Issued: May 6, 2013
Carlos Delgado remembers the good old days. ...
Gridlocked Caribbean courts stall lives
Issued: May 5, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Claudette Johnson still has a hard time sleeping at night a decade after her son was fatally shot in a confrontation with Jamaican...
Publicist: Wisin & Yandel not splitting
Issued: May 5, 2013
The publicist for Puerto Rican reggaeton stars Wisin & Yandel said Sunday that the Grammy-winning duo has no intention of breaking up, dismissing...
Independence voice Noriega dies at 68
Issued: May 4, 2013
Puerto Rican independence leader David Noriega died on Saturday after a battle with cancer. He was 68. ...
FDIC cites ‘gross negligence’ in suit to recover $55M in Eurobank losses
Issued: May 4, 2013
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has filed a lawsuit against former directors of Eurobank, citing “gross negligence” by the defendants as it seeks...
Don Omar: Rappers Wisin and Yandel splitting
Issued: May 4, 2013
The popular Puerto Rican reggaeton duo of Wisin and Yandel is breaking up. ...


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