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Coors Light PR flag cans draw heat
Issued: May 28, 2013
Coors Light is catching some heating for draping the Puerto Rico flag on some of its beer cans. ...
Aponte links status, immigration reform
Issued: May 28, 2013
Puerto Rican lawmaker José Aponte is tying the push for island statehood to the national immigration reform. ...
Gay rights bills headed for La Fortaleza
Issued: May 28, 2013
Legislation to boost legal protections for gays were headed to La Fortaleza for Gov. Alejandro García Padilla’s signature after finally clearing the...
UN decolonization panel to again eye PR
Issued: May 28, 2013
The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization will again discuss Puerto Rico’s political status as part of its annual session slated for...
Passport office reopens in Mayagüez
Issued: May 28, 2013
The Puerto Rico State Department reopened its U.S. passport office in Mayagüez on Tuesday. ...
Cuba to offer Internet at salons islandwide
Issued: May 28, 2013
HAVANA — Cuban authorities said Tuesday that they will begin offering public Internet access at more than 100 cyber-salons across the island, though...
Johnnie Walker Blue on Golden Mile
Issued: May 28, 2013
The Johnnie Walker Blue Label Bottle Club & Cigar Room has opened atop the Popular Center in the heart of San Juan’s financial district. ...
Governor aims to trim water rate hikes; says power bills going down
Issued: May 27, 2013
Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said Monday that power bills are going down as he also presented a proposal to reduce looming water rate hikes. ...
Support builds for PR statehood bill
Issued: May 27, 2013
Bipartisan support is building in Congress for legislation aimed at putting Puerto Rico on the path to statehood. ...
A network to track Caribbean hazards
Issued: May 27, 2013
Some U.S. geophysicists are going where few of their compatriots have gone before: to Cuba, Venezuela and other countries that are notoriously...
Isona named GM at Bahía Urban
Issued: May 27, 2013
Evelyn Linnette Isona has been named general manager for the Bahía Urbana project in Old San Juan. ...
Puig pulls off big upset at French Open
Issued: May 26, 2013
Puerto Rican Monica Puig upset No. 11 seed Nadio Petrova to advance in the French Open on Sunday. ...
Anti-Monsanto protests reach PR
Issued: May 26, 2013
Protesters rallied in San Juan dozens of other cities worldwide Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically...
PR economy shrinks for fourth month
Issued: May 26, 2013
Puerto Rico’s economy contracted for a fourth straight month, shrinking by 3.1% in March, compared to the same month in 2012, according to the...
Hurricane center: Beware of storm surge
Issued: May 25, 2013
MIAMI — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don’t understand the dire warnings from...
PR House OKs anti-discrimination bill
Issued: May 24, 2013
Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. ...
Feds bust $1.8M bogus check scheme
Issued: May 24, 2013
Some three dozen suspects were rounded up in Puerto Rico on Friday as part of a federal crackdown on a bank fraud scheme reaching nearly $1.8 million....
2013 tax haul lags budget by $321M
Issued: May 24, 2013
Year-to-date revenues for fiscal 2013 totaled $6.796 billion through April, which represents $321 million less than the amount originally included in...
Mapfre honors PR Conservation Trust
Issued: May 24, 2013
The Puerto Rico Conservation Trust has landed the Mapre Foundation’s award for Best Environmental Management for a project to reduce light pollution...
Cockroaches drop sweets to survive
Issued: May 24, 2013
NEW YORK — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test...
Gay rights bills still snagged in House
Issued: May 24, 2013
Legislation to extend legal protections to gays remained in limbo in Puerto Rico’s House of Representatives after a marathon session that saw Gov....
HUD offices idled on sequestration
Issued: May 24, 2013
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) closed its offices nationwide, including Puerto Rico, on Friday as a result of federal...
Brace for a busy hurricane season
Issued: May 23, 2013
Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, federal forecasters say. ...
Dissidents find ‘Cuba outside Cuba’ in Miami
Issued: May 23, 2013
MIAMI — When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the...
T&C recovers $19.5M, prime land in corruption case
Issued: May 23, 2013
Officials in the Turks and Caicos Islands have recovered $19.5 million and more than 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of real estate as they continue to...


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