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Ricky Martin Calls for Gay Rights in Puerto Rico
May 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Singer Ricky Martin called Wednesday in a letter sent to the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for the legislative body to approve bill No. 238, which would prohibit discrimination due to sexual orientation on the island. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Announces Bid to Lead International Olympic Committee
May 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion on Wednesday announced his bid to become president of the International Olympic Committee. continue reading »
Puerto Rico Arrests Teacher, Prison Guard After Discovering Kiddie Porn
May 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A teacher and a prison guard were arrested by federal authorities in Puerto Rico in separate cases of child pornography, the U.S. attorney in San Juan, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez, announced Tuesday. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Authorities Rescue Baby Manatee
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Rangers from Puerto Rico's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources rescued a newborn manatee they found stranded on a beach in the La Boquilla district of Mayaguez municipality on the Caribbean island's west coast. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Gov. Mansion, La Fortaleza, Has $30,000 Water Bill
May 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The $265 million Puerto Rico's heavily indebted state-owned water and sewer authority is trying to collect from customers includes $30,000 due from La Fortaleza, the official residence of the island's governor. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Gov. Garcia Padilla Signs Executive Orders to Boost Alternative Energy
May 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla has signed four executive orders aimed at boosting the use of renewable energy sources in Puerto Rico. The goal is to implement a program to gradually replace fo continue reading »
Interjet Bringing Direct Flights Between Mexico, Puerto Rico
May 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican budget airline Interjet has begun flying a route between that country and Puerto Rico, ending a more than 13-year drought without a direct flight between the two territories, the executive director of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority said. continue reading »
Puerto Rico to Cut Off Water to Non-payers
May 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rico's heavily indebted state-owned water and sewer authority announced that it is cutting off service to customers who don't pay their bills, including the municipal government of Arecibo. continue reading »
200,000 Trees Reported Felled in Valuable Puerto Rico Forest
May 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An environmental organization reported the cutting of close to 200,000 trees on Monte Barinas, an area on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico whose subtropical dry forest is of great ecological value for its now-endangered native vegetation and fauna. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Senator Defends Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana
April 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The bill introduced last week by governing Popular Democratic Party, or PPD, Sen. Miguel Pereira to decriminalize the use of marijuana has created a controversy in Puerto Rico. continue reading »
“Macho” Camacho’s Son “Machito” Is Motivated by Father’s Murder
April 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Hector "Machito" Camacho, the son of legendary Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho, says his father's murder last November has provided him with "more motivation" to become a world champion. continue reading »
Connecticut Drug Bust Leads to 100 Arrests
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a massive drug enforcement operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), more than 100 individuals were arrested early Wednesday in five states and Puerto Rico on state and federal charges related to the large-scale trafficking of heroin and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico into and around southeastern Connecticut. continue reading »
Four Killed in Shootout on Puerto Rican Highway
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Four people were killed and another wounded in a running gunfight on the Jose de Diego highway, Puerto Rican police said Wednesday. More than 100 shell casings were recovered at the scene of the Tuesday night shootout continue reading »
Puerto Rican Task Force Uncovers Marijuana Laboratory
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Recently, the U.S. Marshals Service led Puerto Rico Violent Offenders Task Force uncovered a substantial marijuana laboratory while following-up on a lead pertaining to federal and state fugitive Jose Cosme-Rios aka "Pocholo." continue reading »
U.S. Developer Taubman to Build $400 Million Luxury Mall in Puerto Rico
April 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Developer Taubman is planning a $400 million shopping mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico that will host high-end retailers Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue amongst others. continue reading »
48 Illegal Haitian Migrants Detained by Puerto Rico
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A total of 48 Haitian migrants were detained Wednesday by Puerto Rican police when they landed illegally at Isabela, a district on the west coast of the Caribbean island. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Hotels Near Maximum Capacity Thanks to Holy Week
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Puerto Rico will achieve a hotel occupancy rate of 93 percent during Holy Week, the director of the Puerto Rican Tourism Company, or CTPR, Ingrid Rivera, said Wednesday. continue reading »
University of Puerto Rico President Victim of Scam, School Loses $150,000
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The president of the University of Puerto Rico on Tuesday admitted that he was the victim of a scam and allowed the university to be defrauded out of $150,000 when he believed a con artist who passed himself off as a top government official. continue reading »
Puerto Rico Sentences Murderer to Life in Prison, Passes on Death Penalty
March 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alexis Candelario Santana, found guilty of the 2009 murders of eight people in a bar in Puerto Rico, and responsible for 14 other killings, will spend the rest of his life in prison because the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether to impose the death penalty. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Jury Weighs Death Penalty Sentence for Convicted Murderer
March 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The possible death sentence for Alexis Candelario Santana, found guilty of the 2009 murder of eight people at the La Tombola bar, is dividing the people of Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth whose constitution bans capital punishment. continue reading »
