Category: Island Life

Puerto Rico Implicated in Panama Papers leak

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico has not remained unscathed following the revelation of leaked documents from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, involving a number of people from the higher echelons of global society. The Centro de Periodismo Investigativo de Puerto Rico…

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Puerto Rico bill to be reworked; Sanders calls for debt audit

WASHINGTON, USA — House Republicans on Friday were reworking proposed legislation to address Puerto Rico’s debt crisis but, according to House Natural Resources Committee chairman Rob Bishop, “The bill is not going to change substantially.”

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Borinqueneers regiment honoured on Puerto Rico Day at US Congress

WASHINGTON, USA — On Wednesday, Puerto Rico Day at the US Congress, representatives of the 65th Infantry Regiment, the Borinqueneers, a Puerto Rican regiment that bravely fought and served the United States during World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, were presented…

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Puerto Rico named as test site in preparation for 2020 Census

WASHINGTON, USA — The US Census Bureau has announced that it plans to conduct a test census in selected areas within Puerto Rico beginning February 2017. The Census Bureau will test new technologies, operations and procedures for the 2020 Census of Puerto Rico.

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