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Bacardi: High spirits on 150th birthday
Issued: February 6, 2012
Nearly 600 members of the Bacardi family gathered in Puerto Rico this weekend as the world’s largest world’s largest privately-owned spirits company...
SJ launching unit to fight hate-crimes
Issued: February 6, 2012
The San Juan municipal government is launching a hate-crimes unit to investigate and raise awareness on crimes targeting people because of their...
Behind the scenes of plastic surgery
Issued: February 6, 2012
What came first, Jennifer Lopez's big booty or women's desire for big booties? According to plastic surgeons, the "American Idol"...
Aponte pushes for parity in key programs
Issued: February 6, 2012
Veteran New Progressive Party Rep. José Aponte is calling for a renewed push to get Puerto Rico to be treated equally with U.S. states in three...
17 dead, dozens missing as yola sinks
Issued: February 5, 2012
SABANA DE LA MAR, Dominican Republic — Rescuers have recovered 17 bodies and pulled 13 survivors from white-capped waters off this coastal town after...
Ortiz: Vía Verde decision in pipeline
Issued: February 5, 2012
A decision from the island's central government on the future of the proposed Vía Verde natural gas pipeline is expected by next month, Puerto...
PR rising stars to shine in Super Bowl
Issued: February 5, 2012
The Puerto Ricans are taking over Indianapolis, as Aaron Hernandez and Victor Cruz are set to become the first Puerto Rican duo to play in a Super...
PR to kill invasive iguanas, export meat
Issued: February 4, 2012
Iguanas of Puerto Rico: Your days are numbered. ...
Cruise bookings fall in wake of wreck
Issued: February 4, 2012
The frightful images of a sinking Italian cruise ship have scared off some cruise passengers, at least temporarily, during the industry’s peak booking...
Norovirus strikes 2 cruise ships in Caribbean
Issued: February 4, 2012
An outbreak of norovirus has forced two cruise ships in the Caribbean to make early returns to their home ports in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ...
DR yola capsizes; 11 dead, dozens missing
Issued: February 4, 2012
An overloaded boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic overturned in the pre-dawn darkness Saturday off the coast of the Caribbean country,...
Ex-lawmaker freed after posting $4K bail
Issued: February 4, 2012
Former Rep. Iván Rodríguez Traverzo was freed from prison on Friday night after spending three nights behind bars without posting bail on corruption...
Oppenheimer economist: US recovery will help PR
Issued: February 4, 2012
Jerry Webman, senior investment officer and chief economist for Oppenheimer Funds, said the “real improvement” in the U.S. economy will continue into...
USDA: $1.1M in grants to 5 PR farms
Issued: February 3, 2012
The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday awarded $1.1 million to five Puerto Rico agriculture operations under a grant program aimed at spurring...
Drugmakers sing same song: 2012 will be tough
Issued: February 3, 2012
For drugmakers, the golden era of the 1990s and early part of the last decade, when they seemed to effortlessly churn out new multibillion-dollar...
Sila: Special Communities under siege
Issued: February 3, 2012
Continuing her staunch defense of the Special Communities program, former Gov. Sila Calderón said the administration of Gov. Luis Fortuño is waging a...
El Yunque first up for land-use revamp
Issued: February 3, 2012
El Yunque is among eight national forests around the U.S. that will be the first to revise their land management plans using new rules being rolled...
VIDEO: Madonna channels Victor Cruz
Issued: February 3, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS — Madonna won’t explicitly say who she’s rooting for, but her spot-on salsa dance in honor of the New York Giants Victor Cruz may have...
Ex-SIP drops judicial branch contract
Issued: February 3, 2012
An outside investigator brought in to probe spending in the judicial system has canceled his contract under intense pressure from a group of six...
IMC maps $22M growth plan for PR
Issued: February 2, 2012
International Meal Company (IMC) expects to add 1,200 jobs in Puerto Rico as part of a plan to open at least a dozen new restaurants on the island...
FICO selling credit reports in Spanish
Issued: February 2, 2012
NEW YORK — Credit reports are now on sale in Spanish. ...
Zagat: Vieques is top ‘foodie getaway’
Issued: February 2, 2012
A leading global dining survey has picked Vieques among the best places in the world for travelers “obsessed with food and dining.” ...
New US passport office taking shape
Issued: February 2, 2012
The federal government will open an office to issue U.S. passports in Puerto Rico this year, island Secretary of State Kenneth McClintock said...
Ex-lawmaker wants $500K bail cut
Issued: February 2, 2012
Embattled former Rep. Iván Rodríguez Traverzo is seeking a sharp reduction in the $500,000 bail that has kept him behind bars since surrendering on...
GDB doubles Wall Street deal to $1B
Issued: February 2, 2012
Riding strong investor demand, the Government Development Bank doubled the size of the mid-term notes deal to $1 billion it is selling this week on...


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