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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Puerto Rico's Highways and Transportation Authority will sell $1.73 billion of revenue-backed bonds next week, most of which will be used to refinance debt, a government official said Friday. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA: Two residents of Puerto Rico were each sentenced to five years in prison for their involvement in a scheme to extort a group of contractors in connection with the Superaqueduct construction project along the north coast of Puerto Rico. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) officials on Monday announced the indictment of seven doctors licensed to practice medicine in Puerto Rico. Charges include conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, wire fraud, and money laundering. read more.. |
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| TORONTO, Canada (Bloomberg): Bank of Nova Scotia, Canada's third-largest bank, has offered to buy First BanCorp of Puerto Rico, UBS Canada analyst Jason Bilodeau said, citing an article in the Caribbean Business weekly newspaper. read more.. |
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| ORLANDO, USA (AFP): Carlos Arroyo led Puerto Rico to a stunning upset of the United States at the 2004 Olympics and the Orlando Magic guard is planning on repeating the feat in 2008 Beijing Olympics qualifying. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): The world's oldest person, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, died Wednesday in his Puerto Rico home at the age of 115, his family said. read more.. |
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| WILMINGTON, USA (Bloomberg): Advanced Cardiology Center Corp., the operator of a hospital in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, filed for bankruptcy protection to avoid lawsuits by creditors. The 20 largest unsecured creditors are owed $12.4 million. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK , USA (Bloomberg): Popular Inc., owner of Puerto Rico's biggest bank, will close its sub-prime lending unit, a move that will cost the company $39 million in charges and about 627 people their jobs. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Shares of Doral Financial Corp., Puerto Rico's largest mortgage lender, dropped 9.8 percent as two bond services lowered their ratings on the company's senior debt. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Doral Financial Corp., Puerto Rico's largest mortgage lender, said John Ward has resigned as chairman of the board in a dispute over how to raise capital and "address the continued viability of the company." read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Doral Financial Corp., Puerto Rico's biggest mortgage lender, has posted a $28.7 million loss for the third quarter and said it "will need significant outside financing" to pay debt due next year. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters): A Puerto Rican judge ruled on Thursday there was not enough evidence for criminal charges against former Gov. Pedro Rossello, accused of falsifying documents to obtain a higher pension. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters): The Puerto Rico Justice Department presented charges to a court on Friday accusing former Gov. Pedro Rossello of falsifying documents to obtain a higher pension. read more.. |
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| WILMINGTON, USA (Bloomberg): NewComm Wireless Services Inc., a closely held provider of cellular-phone services in Puerto Rico, has filed for bankruptcy protection with a plan to sell its assets to PRWireless Inc. for about $103.2 million. read more.. |
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| SAITAMA, Japan (AFP): Puerto Rico sent Asian silver medallists China out of the competition with a four-set victory in the men's world volleyball championships on Wednesday. read more.. |
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| WINSTON-SALEM, USA: Hanesbrands Inc. announced on Wednesday that it will close its Ponce, Puerto Rico, textile manufacturing plant and move production to existing lower-cost production capacity in the Caribbean basin. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Coast Guard is taking pictures and fingerprints of all illegal immigrants it stops between Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico to better identify unwanted people, the Department of Homeland Security said Monday. read more.. |
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| PHILADELPHIA, USA (AFP): A planned light-heavyweight comeback fight for Roy Jones here on December 9 against Puerto Rico's Manny Siaca has been called off, organisers announced Tuesday. read more.. |
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| CELEBRATION, USA: VoX Communications Corp. has announced the launch of an Hispanic-targeted advertising campaign promoting the availability of Puerto Rico virtual telephone numbers. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Bloomberg): Doral Financial Corp., Puerto Rico's largest mortgage lender, has named Marangal Domingo as its chief financial officer to replace Lidio Soriano, who resigned. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: This year, the 7th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards to be held in New York City, will be celebrated with a series of events that highlight the unique cuisine, high-end fashion, rich culture and history of Puerto Rico. read more.. |
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| ST. LOUIS, USA (AFP): Puerto Rico's Carlos Delgado was named the winner of Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award on Tuesday for combining outstanding performance on the field with humanitarian work. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Doral Financial Corp., one of at least four Puerto Rican lenders to restate results after improperly accounting for mortgage-related transactions, on Monday reported a $33.8 million loss for the first half of 2006. read more.. |
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| WILMINGTON, USA (Bloomberg): AES Corp., an electricity producer in 26 countries, has settled a lawsuit that sought $40 million from France's Alstom SA over pollution-control equipment for a power plant in Puerto Rico. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: InterMedia Partners, L.P., a New York-based private equity firm, announced on Thursday that it has agreed to purchase WAPA-TV, a full-power independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Puerto Rico led borrowers in the US municipal debt market on Wednesday as it sold notes maturing in nine months to fund operations and augment cash flow. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): The FIBA Americas executive committee will decide on Thursday between San Juan and Las Vegas, Nevada, as host for the 2007 tournament to decide qualifiers for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. read more.. |
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico:  Member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) now have an office, with consular attributes, at their disposal in Puerto Rico to be used as a base for stimulating trade, tourism and investment promotion. read more.. |
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| WILMINGTON, USA (Bloomberg): AES Corp., a power producer in 26 countries, is seeking $40 million from France's Alstom SA in a trial of a warranty dispute that began Monday in federal court in Delaware. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): The United States or Puerto Rico could replace Venezuela as host for next year's Americas qualifying event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics basketball tournament, FIBA Americas officials said. read more.. |
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| HUMACAO, Puerto Rico: Microsoft Corporation, a global leader in computer software, services and technologies, on Thursday inaugurated its new optical media plant in Humacao, Puerto Rico. read more.. |
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| SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP): Forty-eight illegal immigrants trying to reach the US territory of Puerto Rico were rescued by Dominican and US authorities when their boat capsized, a report said Sunday. read more.. |
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CASTRIES, St Lucia:  The 4th meeting of the OECS Council of Tourism Ministers is to take place in Puerto Rico. The three day meeting begins on Wednesday October 4 with OECS Directors of Tourism discussing issues such as enhanced collaboration in marketing. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Puerto Rico is said to be one of the countries in the region that now suffers from a critical trade imbalance and is seeking to increase trade with Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, and other countries in the region. read more.. |
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| SAPPORO, Japan (AFP): China's quest to reach the playoff rounds of the World Basketball Championship suffered a huge setback Tuesday with a 90-87 overtime loss to Puerto Rico, keeping the Asian champions winless. read more.. |
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| SAPPORO, Japan (AFP): Carmelo Anthony was scoring so well Saturday in a 111-100 US victory over Puerto Rico at the World Championships that the basketball found its way into his hands even when he was not playing. read more.. |
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| SAPPORO, Japan (AFP): Puerto Rico, sparked by 29 points from National Basketball Association guard Carlos Arroyo, rallied twice in the second half Sunday to beat Senegal 88-79 at the World Basketball Championships. read more.. |
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| TORONTO, Canada (Reuters): The NHL will make its first visit to the Caribbean and last year's rookie sensation Sidney Crosby and the Phoenix Coyotes will return home for pre-season games, the league said on Thursday. read more.. |
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| MUNICH, Germany (AFP): Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath revealed Sunday that Puerto Rico had approached him about becoming the country's team director in the build-up to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. read more.. |
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LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP):  A tearful Miss Puerto Rico, Zuleyka Rivera, was crowned Miss Universe 2006 on Sunday, the fifth time the crown has gone to a woman from the US island territory in the Caribbean. "The truth is, I still do not believe it," the 18-year-old student and model said after she was crowned. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Puerto Rico's credit rating on $17.5 billion debt was spared from a potential cut by Standard & Poor's after the Caribbean island commonwealth approved a $9.5 billion budget with a new sales tax. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US government has indicted a Puerto Rico utility company for "environmental crimes", and sealed a deal with the utility which will see it pay a record nine million dollar fine for partly polluting US waters. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Reuters): Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico scored a unanimous 12-round decision over American Paulie Malignaggi to retain his WBO junior welterweight title Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. read more.. |
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| CHICAGO, USA (Bloomberg): Schering-Plough Corp. is cutting 1,100 jobs, closing one manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico and streamlining operations at other plants there and in New Jersey. read more.. |
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| RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Bloomberg): Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil's state-controlled oil company, has agreed to sell $500 million of fuel oil to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, the island's state-controlled energy generator. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): New claims for US unemployment benefits surged by 42,000 last week to 367,000, largely due to a partial government shutdown in Puerto Rico, the Labor Department said Thursday. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UPI): Puerto Rico has brokered a deal to end the budget crisis gripping the Caribbean island, El Nuevo Dia reported Thursday. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UPI): The Puerto Rican government has agreed to heed a commission's findings on a budget crisis griping the island, El Nuevo Dia reported Tuesday. read more.. |
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico:  Unlike other Caribbean countries, tourism is not the bread and butter industry on the island of Puerto Rico. Manufacturing takes pride of place in the local economy. That provides even more competition for the hospitality industry's growing need for workers. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (UPI): Some 95,000 Puerto Ricans found themselves without jobs Monday when the government shut down a number of offices and schools. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): Authorities refloated a freighter carrying more than 300,000 barrels of oil on Friday, a day after it ran aground south of the US Caribbean commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and there were no signs of a spill, the US Coast Guard said. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): A freighter carrying more than 300,000 barrels of oil ran aground Thursday south of the US Caribbean commonweath of Puerto Rico, but there were no immediate signs of spillage, the US Coast Guard said. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA (Bloomberg): Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth with more per-capita debt than any of the 50 states, may have its bond rating cut to near junk status because of chronic budget deficits and reliance on borrowing to plug the gaps, Standard & Poor's said. read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): The US Supreme Court rejected Monday a bid to give residents of the US Commonwealth of Puerto Rico the right to vote in US presidential elections. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Cuba's gifted baseball team proved itself the equal of Major League Baseball's elite stars by edging Puerto Rico 4-3 here Wednesday to reach the World Baseball Classic semi-finals. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Victor Martinez hit a grand slam home run in the eighth inning to power Venezuela past Puerto Rico 6-0 here Monday in the World Baseball Classic, inflicting the first defeat on the hosts. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Jose Cruz knocked in three runs and Puerto Rico remained unbeaten in the World Baseball Classic by defeating Dominican Republic 7-1 in a second-round match here Sunday. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Home runs by Bernie Williams, Carlos Beltran and Alex Cintron powered Puerto Rico past Cuba 12-2 here Friday in the World Baseball Classic, keeping the hosts unbeaten in the event. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Carlos Beltran, Ivan Rodriguez and Javy Lopez each smashed home runs to power Puerto Rico past the Netherlands 8-3 here Wednesday to remain unbeaten in the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Alex Rios homered and Bernie Williams singled in the winning run in the fifth inning to lift Puerto Rico past Panama 2-1 here Tuesday in a Pool C opener at the World Baseball Classic. read more.. |
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| BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AFP): Puerto Rico star Miguel Angel Cotto retained his WBO junior welterweight title Saturday night, stopping Italian challenger Gianluca Branco in the eighth round. read more.. |
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| MIAMI, USA (AFP): The Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched a sweep in the US Caribbean commonwealth of Puerto Rico, saying it was needed to stop a "potential domestic terrorist attack." read more.. |
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| WASHINGTON, USA (UPI): Puerto Ricans in support of becoming the 51st state in the United States have launched a campaign for the U.S. Congress to vote on the issue. read more.. |
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP): Outfielders Carlos Beltran and Bernie Williams and
first baseman Carlos Delgado headlined a list of 60 players named Monday to
Puerto Rico's team in the inaugural World Baseball Classic...
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Monday, January 16, 2006
 TOKYO, Japan (AFP):
Three-time champions the United States were drawn to take on Puerto Rico to open
the world men's basketball championships which get under way this August in four
cities in Japan. A total of 24 countries and regions were divided into
four preliminary groups for the tournament from August 19 to September 3...
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Friday, January 13, 2006
CHESTER, USA: Vista Group Incorporated announced on Thursday that it will begin
distribution of Rainforest Preserve to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Rainforest
Preserve is a natural skin care line manufactured with volcanic clays unique to
the lava fields of Costa Rica...
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
WASHINGTON, USA: A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico on Wednesday indicted a San
Juan attorney for interfering with federal investigations into kickback schemes
used to defraud a Puerto Rico restaurant company, the Department of Justice
announced...
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