News (Noticias) for Puerto Rico
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November 19, 2009
The wave of crime besetting Puerto Rico seems to be out of control with 800 murders being committed here so far this year, but the island’s top police official says the problem does not fall exclusively within his department.
Murder charges were filed Wednesday in the slaying of a gay teenager, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, whose decapitated, partially burned body was found last week, while U.S. authorities said they were still considering whether to make it a hate crime case. – Puerto Rico
November 18, 2009
Top Latin Music Artists Show Their Support for the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards Presented
Environmentalists alarmed by Puerto Rico policies – Sweeping from lush mountain rain forests to pristine beaches, a corridor of land protected by Puerto Rico’s last governor hosts dozens of rare and endangered species and was championed by celebrities who helped fight off resort proposals. – Now new Gov. Luis Fortuno has revoked the reserve as part of a drive to bring jobs and investment for the U.S. territory’s struggling economy. And activists see a broader pattern of looser protection for the island’s environment.
The Puerto Rico Senate approved a bill that will allow big stores to open Sundays, a measure that aims at boosting the U.S. commonwealth’s stagnant economy, but which is opposed by owners of smaller stores.
For the first time in its more than 20-year history, the 2010 Billboard Latin Music Awards will take place in Puerto Rico, marking the first time the show goes on the road from its traditional Miami homebase. The awards, presented by State Farm, will be broadcast live on April 29, 2010, by the Telemundo network.
November 13, 2009
Calle 13 no recibió felicitación del gobierno de Pto Rico por sus Latin GRAMMY
November 12, 2009
Literanista: The LOST TAINO TRIBE Documentary
November 11, 2009
Puerto Rico’s National Strike: “Peaceful Insurrection” Against the Wall Street Bankers
November 9, 2009
Facing Economic Crisis, Citizen Organizations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Mexico Fight Back Against Structural Adjustment
A Colony by Any Other Name is Still a Colony – Puerto Rico
November 6, 2009
Sheraton PUERTO RICO CONVENTION CENTER Hotel & CASINO TO OPEN IN November
November 2, 2009
FBI: No sabotage in Puerto Rico tank explosion
Video Puerto Rico in the ’40s
October 30, 2009
Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.
LULAC Hails the Inclusion of Puerto Rico in the House Healthcare Bill
October 28, 2009
Puerto Rico Hopes to Become Base for Caribbean Cruise Industry
October 26, 2009
Arson or accident? FBI, ATF investigate fuel depot fire in Puerto Rico
Really Great Report on Latino USA on Puerto Rican Crisis
October 17, 2009
More than 100,000 turned out here Thursday for a protest against Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño’s decision to lay off 17,000 public employees,
Efrain’s Corner: Crisis Continues in Puerto Rico
October 15, 2009
Hundreds of Thousands of Puerto Rican Workers, Faith Leaders, Students and Citizens to Unite in Hato Rey on October 15 – National March Will Protest Massive Cuts in Essential Public Services; Republican Administration Under Investigation for Civil Rights Violations Against High School Students
October 14, 2009
A needle exchange program in Puerto Rico is testing a vending machine that provides drug users with clean syringes after-hours to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.
October 12, 2009
PUERTO RICO IN CRISIS … A message from Hiram Rivera Marcano
October 7, 2009
About 80% of the murders committed in Puerto Rico are directly linked to drug trafficking, authorities and academics say.
September 30, 2009
Hundreds of U.S. and local agents swept into a town in southern Puerto Rico on Tuesday to break up violent drug rings accused of operating out of several public housing projects.
Governor Luis Fortuño of Puerto Rico Flees Egg Attack – (eggs are nothing compared to 17,000 people losing their jobs)
September 29, 2009
Puerto Rico’s Doral Bank Burnishes Image
Puerto Rican unions called a general strike for Oct. 15 in response to the dismissal of 17,000 public employees.
September 28, 2009
Puerto Rico’s government announced that it will lay off more than 16,000 public workers – adding to an unemployment rate higher than that of any U.S state.
September 24, 2009
The reform of the Puerto Rican legislature currently underway seeks to reduce by almost half the number of lawmakers, one of the chief objectives of the administration of Gov. Luis Fortuño.
Efrain’s Corner: El Grito de Lares, Puerto Rico
September 22, 2009
Puerto Rico and other territories left out of healthcare reform
September 21, 2009
US struggles to keep up in Puerto Rico’s drug war
September 15, 2009
Asthma affects about 33 Puerto Rican children for every two non-Latino Caucasian children.
Several employees of American Airlines were among a group of at least 20 people arrested Tuesday on suspicion of aiding a smuggling ring that shipped drugs from Puerto Rico’s main airport to the U.S. mainland.
September 8, 2009
In hard times, some Puerto Ricans choose life back on island – Cultural nuances, such as strong family ties that provide a safety net, and a potentially lower cost of living, make it easier to endure hard times.
September 3, 2009
Strategic Alliance Between Televisa and Genomma Lab
August 27, 2009
Crawford & Company Names Jeannette Barrios Manager in Puerto Rico
August 25, 2009
Gov. Luis G. Fortuño of Puerto Rico endorsed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s re-election bid on Tuesday
The unemployment rate in Puerto Rico stands at 16.5 percent, the highest of all U.S. jurisdictions
August 24, 2009
Vista Systems Breaking New Ground in Puerto Rico’s Tropical Modernism
August 21, 2009
Government of Puerto Rico and Together Rx Access Join Forces to Improve Prescription Access for Uninsured Residents
August 13, 2009
A jury in U.S. federal court has convicted four Puerto Rican police officers in the beating death of a man in their custody.
August 11, 2009
Puerto Rico: The Battle Over Public Lands
August 10, 2009
Authorities charged an FBI agent with negligent homicide on Friday in the alleged “friendly fire” shooting death of a Puerto Rican policeman during a gunbattle with kidnappers last year.
August 7, 2009
For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor’s Success Stirs Pride
August 6, 2009
A UM study indicates that the incidence of cancer increases dramatically for Hispanics who have moved to Florida from Cuba, Puerto Rico or Mexico.
August 4, 2009
2009 Kids Count Data Book Finds that Child Well-Being in Puerto Rico is at Greater Risk than in the Mainland U.S.
August 3, 2009
Michigan State University has received a $1.5 million federal grant to work with the University of Puerto Rico-Cayey to increase the number of Hispanic doctoral students in neuroscience
July 23, 2009
A House committee approved a proposal Wednesday that would let Puerto Ricans decide their island’s political status. It was unclear whether the full Congress would consider the bill.
July 15, 2009
Sotomayor is mum on Puerto Rico statehood vs. independence
Patients in Puerto Rico die at statistically higher rates from heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia than those admitted to mainland hospitals, a USA TODAY analysis of new government data shows.
July 14, 2009
Puerto Rico reports 1st swine flu death
Beginning next year, private firms will be able to sell electricity in Puerto Rico using the grid of the Electric Energy Authority, the top official at the state-owned company known as AEE announced Monday.
July 13, 2009
Creative Protest to Say No to Privatization of Puerto Rico’s Beaches
New Pew Hispanic Fact Sheet: Puerto Ricans in the United States, 2007 – Some 4.1 million Puerto Ricans resided in the US in 2007
Puerto Ricans tuned in to Sonia Sotomayor’s Senate confirmation hearings on Monday to cheer on the judge with local roots whose nomination to the Supreme Court has boosted pride across the island.
July 11, 2009
Puerto Rican southpaw Jonathan Sanchez hurls no-hitter for San Francisco Giants
June 29, 2009
Labor Secretary Solis to Attend year’s top Hispanic Convention | LULAC
Puerto Rico’s latest media venture, The Daily Sun, is a nonprofit employee cooperative whose editor says it could be an answer to failing newspapers.
National Puerto Rican Coalition Frames Its Upcoming Public Policy Agenda
June 25, 2009
Puerto Rico Governor Presses for Referendum on Political Status
June 24, 2009
Live 2009 convention coverage – National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) in Puerto Rico or follow on twitter #nahj09
Congress considers referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status
June 23, 2009
Stand-Up Comedian Marga Gomez to Perform “Long Island Iced Latina” During NAHJ Opening Plenary
Puerto Rico Housing Market: The Prolonged Depression Continues
June 22, 2009
The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of “intolerable conduct” that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff.
June 19, 2009
NAHJ Convention to Discuss Walking the Tightrope: Challenges Faced by the Media in Venezuela
June 18, 2009
Podcast – Caridad Fernandez is a true Latina Beauty. Professional model, and founder, president and CEO of Unica – Centro de Refinamiento, the largest modeling agency in Puerto Rico
DISH Network(R) Introduces CV 24 in Puerto Rico
The National Association of Hispanic Journalists Preliminary Schedule for 2009 Conference in Puerto Rico
June 11, 2009
Bizarre Foods: Andrew travels to Puerto Rico where the flavors of the food tell the history of the island, from the deep-fried treats brought in by Africans to the roasted pork made popular by the Spanish. Andrew tries a variety of traditional foods, including a stew made with different parts of a pig.
June 8, 2009
Puerto Rico en la Marcha : Over 100,000 March Against Layoffs, Form New Coalition
June 5, 2009
El dúo Calle 13 y la ex Miss Universo Denise Quiñones marcharon el viernes en Puerto Rico como parte de una protesta por los miles de empleados públicos despedidos por la administración del gobernador Luis Fortuño.
June 3, 2009
El reguetonero puertorriqueño Miguelito anunció hoy que tendrá una sección semanal en un programa de televisión en Puerto Rico
June 1, 2009
Roselyn Sánchez organiza día de juegos para niños – San Jorge Children’s Foundation – Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
May 30, 2009
Puerto Rico Sun Radio chats with boricua actress Jazmin Caratini
May 29, 2009
Puerto Rico: denuncian traslado de juicios a leyes EEUU
More than 7,000 public employees will lose their government jobs at the beginning of July, according to an announcement made Wednesday by Maria Sanchez Bras, the director of Puerto Rico’s Office of Management and Budget.
May 27, 2009
Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotomayor wrote as a Yale Law School student that Puerto Rico should maintain its seabed rights if it pursues U.S. statehood.
May 14, 2009
NAHJ to Induct Geraldo Rivera, Ysabel Duron and Juan Gonzales Into Hall of Fame – Award-Winner Pioneers to Be Inducted During NAHJ Multimedia Convention in Puerto Rico
May 7, 2009
Teacher’s Day in Puerto Rico is no longer a paid holiday for teachers. The Department of Education says some 43,000 teachers will work all commemorative days for the next two years, including the day that honors their profession.
April 11, 2009
EPA may add Puerto Rico plant to Superfund list – Papelera Puertorriquena Inc. plant in the mountainous town of Utuado may have polluted soil and a river with industrial chemicals including ethyl acetate and isopropanol.
April 7, 2009
Puerto Rico is turning to the newly surging ranks of the unemployed for help with an old problem — a shortage of coffee pickers.
March 30, 2009
Puerto Rico Gets a Little Richer With New Quarter from U.S. Mint
March 24, 2009
Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño decreed Tuesday three days of mourning for actress Awilda Carbia, who died over the weekend of respiratory complications. She was 71.
March 23, 2009
Puerto Rico Governor Acevedo Found Not Guilty of Corruption
March 19, 2009
Puerto Rico’s west coast: Beaches, byways, coquis
March 17, 2009
Attorneys fighting corruption charges against former Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila surprised a judge Tuesday by announcing they would not present any witnesses in his defense.
March 16, 2009
Proyecto para incentivar historia oral en Puerto Rico
Paradise Lost for the dogs of Puerto Rico – A Dog-umentary hosted by Selena Gomez creating awareness for the the stray dog epidemic on the Island of Puerto Rico.
March 13, 2009
Puerto Rico Interstate All Battery Center Named Store of the Year
March 11, 2009
Puerto Rico Agency Association denounces fraudulent billing practice by agencies
El mundo en la cocina de Puerto Rico
The Univision station in Puerto Rico did its share of layoffs – about 30 news staff and admin positions.
March 3, 2009
More than 30,000 public employees will lose their jobs soon in Puerto Rico, the island’s new governor has announced.
February 1, 2009
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) will host its 17th annual El Premio ASCAP on March 3 at the Ritz Carlton in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The gala event honors the songwriters and publishers of ASCAP’s most performed songs in Latin music for 2008.
En una visita relámpago a la isla, el presidente mexicano Felipe Calderón se reunió con el gobernador de Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, y miembros de su gabinete para discutir posibles alianzas económicas y la ampliación de rutas aéreas entre ambos países.
January 28, 2009
El Senado de Puerto Rico ordenó el miércoles investigar al aspirante a dirigir la Oficina del Comisionado de Seguros, Ramón Cruz, por haber sido multado por la dependencia que quedaría bajo su cargo cuando trabajaba para una aseguradora privada.
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