Puerto Rico News – Page 99 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Guaynabo Mayor Arrested By FBI After Video Emerges Of Him Accepting Bribes

GUAYNABO —The Federal Bureau of Investigation executed two new arrest warrants, including the mayor of Guaynabo, Ángel Pérez, this morning, authorities confirmed. Felix Delgado-Montalvo, 40, pleaded guilty last to engaging in…

John McCarthy December 9, 2021

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Puerto Rico On The Road To Becoming A Film Production Mecca

SAN JUAN — Leveraging tax incentives and the lure of its tropical and historical locales, Puerto Rico has served as a shooting location for installments of heavyweight Hollywood franchises Pirates…

VI Free Press December 8, 2021

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Coast Guard Sends 62 Dominicans And 13 Haitians Back Home After Interdictions

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard repatriated 62 Dominicans and 13 Haitians between Thursday and Tuesday to the Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages near the Dominican…

John McCarthy December 8, 2021

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Puerto Rico Mayor Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes For Millions In Municipal Contracts

SAN JUAN — A mayor pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in a bribery scheme in which he received cash payments in exchange for awarding Puerto Rico municipal contracts to an…

John McCarthy December 3, 2021

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Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues Man With Head Injury Off Sailboat Near St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and the crew of a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft – Law Enforcement medevaced a passenger from the sailing vessel Orion Monday,…

John McCarthy December 2, 2021

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Social Security Benefits To Increase In 2022

About 23,000 people of different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds in U.S. Virgin Islands (and 850,000 in Puerto Rico) qualify for a 5.9 percent increase in their Social Security benefits in…

Victor Rodriguez December 1, 2021

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Coast Guard Seizes 882 Pounds Of Cocaine From Dominicans On Boat Near Dorado

SAN JUAN — A Station San Juan boat crew offloaded approximately 400 kilograms in seized cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers to federal agents Wednesday, following the interdiction of a…

John McCarthy December 1, 2021

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Coast Guard Rescues 27 Haitian Migrants Stranded On Monito Island Off Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless rescued 27 migrants Saturday, after the migrants abandoned a disabled vessel Wednesday and ended up stranded on Monito Island off of Puerto…

John McCarthy November 29, 2021

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Coast Guard Rescues 10 Haitian Migrants From Boat Off Mona and Monito Islands

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard cutters and helicopters crews continued to search for possible migrants in the water Friday, following the rescue of 10 Haitian migrants Wednesday from a disabled…

John McCarthy November 27, 2021

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Coast Guard Rescues 12 Venezuelan Migrants 20 Miles Off Of St. Thomas

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard surface and air units combined efforts to locate and rescue 12 migrants from a disabled 18-foot skiff in waters southeast of St. Thomas. The rescued…

John McCarthy November 27, 2021