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Psych Test Ordered for Murder Suspect of Puerto Rican Gay Teen
... authorities investigate the case as an anti-gay hate crime. Under considerable pressure by gay activists, the Puerto Rico Department of Justice has agreed to investigate the murder of Jorge Steven LA3pez Mercado as a hate crime. There have been at ... Comment?
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Continental Airlines Expand Paperless Boarding Pass Program at Sju
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Dec. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following press release: The Transportation Security Administration and Continental Airlines announced today the expansion of the Paperless Boarding Pass pilot program at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport . Comment?
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Pearson activated for deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom
... Pearson, a senior aircraft mechanic, is a member of the 210th Regional Support Group, based in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He has served in the military for 23 years. He is the son of Richard S. Pearson of Singing Pines Road, Laurens, S.C., and Emily ... Comment?
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Suspect in Gay Puerto Rican Teen's Murder Sent for Mental Evaluation
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... Matos the killer of Jorge Steven Lopez. The pre trial was taking place at 10:30 am at the local court in Caguas Puerto Rico, near where he was murdered. As I went upstairs to the courtroom, I immediately heard that the psychological evaluation that ... Comment?
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Various News: Sky Italia To Air Raw Live Starting Monday, Dutch Mantell Finishes Book, More
... [Credit: Pwinsider.com ] - DutchMantell.com sent out the following press release today: PRESS RELEASE San Juan, Puerto Rico (where its 86 and sunny) Dirty Dutch Mantell has posted another great read on his blog, The World According to Dutch which ... Comment?
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Patheon To Consolidate PR Operations in Manati
Patheon has announced plans to consolidate its Puerto Rico operations into its manufacturing site located in Manati. Comment?
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Swimming & diving: Squad uses motivation in defeat of UMass
... to let anyone down, so that is a motivating point right there." From Jan. 2 to 8 the team will travel to Ponce, Puerto Rico, but it's not necessarily a vacation. Coates said the trip is a "bonding experience" as the athletes train hard for a week to ... Comment?
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Canada Basketball keen on hosting Olympic basketball qualifier
... Also bidding to host the zone championship, which will be held in 2011, are Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico. a oeThis is a great opportunity for Canada to host some of the best basketball players in the world,a said Canada Basketball ... Comment?
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National hoops squad bidding on Americas event
... for the chance to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games." Canada is bidding against Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico to host the tournament. Each of these countries hosted a FIBA Americas event in 2009, the most recent being the men's world ... Comment?
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Patheon Announces Manufacturing Consolidation in Puerto Rico
Patheon, a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry announced today its plan to consolidate its Puerto Rico operations into its manufacturing site located in Manati, and ultimately close or sell its plant in Caguas. Comment?
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Union charges $3.6 million contract awarded to former Fortuño advisor - P.R. Daily Sun - 10/12/09
Photo - Daily Sun / Mauricio Pascual: CUTE Secretary General Federico Torres Montalvo was outraged by the fact that the agency awarded Platinum another juicy contract for two months work. .......... A pending complaint before the Public Service Labor Relations Commission has not stopped the Council for Occupational Development and Human Resources from allegedly granting yet another multi-million dollar contract to Platinum Advisors Corporation — a company owned by Pedro Figueroa, a former campaign adviser to Gov. Fortuño — for just two months of work. According to commonwealth Comptroller records, the CODHR granted a $3.6 million contract to Platinum to provide “training and orientation” services to displaced government workers from Nov. 2 to Dec. 31 even though such work is already performed by unionized workers at the agency. Figueroa, a former House majority leader, was Fortuño’s director of rapid response to campaign issues in the 2008 election campaign. Earlier this year, CODHR granted a $6.6 million contract to Platinum, prompting the State Workers United Coordinator, known as CUTE in Spanish, to file a complaint against the agency for subcontracting work already performed by union workers. Platinum allegedly charges a little over $1,000 for each participant they provide with service. The company provides orientation on how to write résumés, unemployment benefits and job searches. CUTE Secretary General Federico Torres Montalvo was outraged by the fact that the agency awarded Platinum another juicy contract for two months of work. He said that this time around, he will file a complaint at the Comptroller’s Office because he has evidence that the company may be engaging in illegal actions. [Open link for full report.] Comment?
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There Are Many Reasons for the Popularity of Caribbean Cruises
... S Virgin Islands which includes St. Thomas, St John, Tortola and Virgin Gorda. Other ports of call are San Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Maarten. If the cruise line has its own private island, this can also be part of the itinerary. Comment?
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Lawsuit accuses Miguel Cotto of sexual harassment
Tue Dec 8, 3:40 pm ET SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico A former employee of Miguel Cotto filed a sexual harassment lawsuit seeking more than $500,000 from Puerto Rico 's most popular boxer. Comment?
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Canada among five countries bidding to host basketball Olympic qualifier
... for the chance to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games." Canada is bidding against Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico to host the tournament. Each of these countries hosted a FIBA Americas event in 2009, the most recent being the men's world ... Comment?
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Man sought in PRico union slaying is extradited
One of Puerto Rico's most-wanted fugitives has been extradited from New Jersey to face charges that he killed a leader of a sewer workers union on the U.S. island. Comment?
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$18 R/T U.S. and Caribbean Sale From Spirit*
... $32 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Montego Bay, Jamaica Spirit $32 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Spirit $32 Orlando, FL San Juan, Puerto Rico Spirit $32 Detroit, MI Spirit $112 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Spirit $112 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Los Angeles, CA Spirit Travel Dates: Select ... Comment?
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Democrats Could Take Job Creation Tips From U.S. Virgin Islands Rum War Deal
By Doug Heye, Thomas Jefferson Street blog - U.S. News World Report - December 2, 2009: When he became governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, John deJongh inherited an economy in tatters and a government facing record deficits (where have we heard that before?). Economic growth was practically nonexistent in the territory and the pension system faced a nearly $1 billion liability. Using his experience in the private sector and in helping draft and implement successful economic plans for municipal governments, including Philadelphia and the District of Columbia, deJongh created two public-private partnerships to stem the Virgin Islands' fiscal challenges and create the long-term stability necessary for economic growth. Taking advantage of a decades-old congressional program that returns federal excise taxes paid by rum manufacturers to rum-producing U.S. territories for job-creating incentives, deJongh signed agreements with two rum industry behemoths, Diageo and Fortune Brands. The deals locked in exclusive production of the second-best-selling rum in the United States (Captain Morgan), fourth (Cruzan), and fifth (Ronrico) that will provide quality jobs for local residents and will generate billions in revenue for the USVI government. It was an innovative move and one that came just in the nick of time. With a subcontractor relationship ending in 2011, Diageo was preparing to move production of its popular Captain Morgan rum from Puerto Rico to a foreign country like Guatemala, Honduras, or Jamaica, where production costs are cheaper and environmental and labor laws are practically nonexistent. The Virgin Islands' success has created one enemy: Puerto Rico. The dominant U.S. rum player for decades, Puerto Rico had little competition from the Virgin Islands, a long-standing but much smaller rum-industry player. Indeed, when people thought of rum, they thought of Puerto Rico. But Puerto Rico was asleep at the wheel and the subcontractor did not offer market prices to Diageo during contract extension talks. Now, having lost Diageo's business to the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico is protesting after the fact, going on the attack and seeking to change the rules by pushing legislation that would stop deJongh's economic development agreements and seek a legislative solution to a commercial dispute. [Open link for full report. See posting from Caribbean Business in Comment section.] Comment?
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How to Use Your Verizon Phone Internationally
... receive calls, depending of course on the number of towers in your area. If you are traveling to say, San Juan, Puerto Rico, you will be in a populated area with numerous cell towers running a CDMA frequency -- the same kind as yours. If you are ... Comment?
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Canada bids to host Olympic basketball qualifier
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... for the chance to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games." Canada is bidding against Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Puerto Rico to host the tournament. Each of those countries hosted a FIBA Americas event in 2009, the most recent being the men's world ... Comment?
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KANNUR: Communist Marxist Party leader M.V. Raghavan has said that the decision to send Inspector-General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary to Bangalore to interrogate suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist T. Nazir is a puzzle. Comment?
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