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PUERTO RICO: We Won’t Cut Vacation Pay, Severance Pay and Christmas Bonuses For Public Employees, Despite Fiscal Crisis

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico government officials on Tuesday pushed back against a federal control board’s suggestion that they cut benefits for the U.S. commonwealth’s…

John McCarthy February 7, 2018

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Awards $1.2 Million In Contracts To Fix Puerto Rico’s Infrastructure

LAYING PIPE: Brig. Gen. Diana Holland, commander of south Atlantic division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, surveys Guajataca Dam, Puerto Rico, Oct. 23, 2017, which was compromised during Hurricane Maria.…

John McCarthy January 28, 2018

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Consider Yourself Lucky More People Didn’t Die During the 2017 Hurricane Season … Is There A Reason Why?

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] MIAMI -- The 2017 storm season tormented the U.S. with four hurricane landfalls and scores of deaths, but a preliminary review shows no one succumbed to the…

John McCarthy January 28, 2018

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Massachusetts Congressman Says Trump Administration Needs To Step Up Efforts To Help Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

APT ATTENTION: Rep. Richard Neal (right) and Rep. Jim McGovern hear what needs to happen in Puerto Rico. [ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- A Massachusetts congressman has…

John McCarthy January 27, 2018

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TV Star Joel Taylor of ‘Storm Chasers’ Found Dead on Gay Cruise … Illegal Drugs On Board

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- One of the stars of American reality TV series Storm Chasers has been found dead on a cruise ship in Puerto Rico. Joel Taylor…

John McCarthy January 25, 2018

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Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló Predicts 11 Percent Drop in GDP in New Fiscal Plan

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico’s governor submitted a revised fiscal plan overnight Thursday that estimates the commonwealth’s economy will shrink by 11 percent and its…

John McCarthy January 25, 2018

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Puerto Ricans Were Forced To Change Their Hairstyles After Hurricane Maria Passed

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Not long after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, unleashing floodwaters, flattening homes, and knocking out the power supply, Consuelo Quezada noticed another,…

John McCarthy January 24, 2018

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Seventh Circuit Court Says Residents of U.S. Territories Can’t Vote Absentee For President Per Former Residence on Mainland

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHICAGO — Residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the 7th…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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CMS Offers Special Insurance Enrollment Opportunities for Virgin islands, Puerto Rico

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] BALTIMORE -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending special open enrollment periods for the people of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018

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IRS Says That President Trump’s Disaster Designation For Territory Might Give Taxpayers More Time To File

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] CHARLOTTE AMALIE -- Victims of Hurricane Maria that took place beginning on Sept. 16, 2017 in parts of U.S. Virgin Islands may qualify for tax…

John McCarthy January 20, 2018