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  • Puerto Rico Legislator Targets Parents of Dropouts
    A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of school. Angel Munoz Suarez says fines up to $5,000 and a 12-month jail sentence are needed to reduce ...

  • Puerto Rico's Culebra Awaits New Hospital, School
    The island lies just 17 miles (27 kilometers) east of Puerto Rico ... In other efforts to revitalize the tiny island, Garcia plans to reinstate public school transportation and open a new middle school and high school to replace existing ...

  • Puerto Rico Senate approves non-discrimination bill
    “We are marching against homophobia,” she said. Eduardo, who traveled to San Juan from Ponce on Puerto Rico’s southern coast with a group of nearly 150 people, expressed a similar message. “We are here because we want equality ...

  • Puerto Rico promises Culebra island more independence with hospital, school, recycling centre
    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those strings. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said this ...

  • CEO of Puerto Rico's Popular Declares IOC Presidency
    If elected in September, Mr. Carrion, 60 years old, would step down as CEO of Puerto Rico's largest bank by assets and deposits, but remain its chairman. The decision is setting off a search for a potential successor at a critical time for the ...

  • Puerto Rico's Richard Carrion announces candidacy for IOC president
    LONDON - Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the world's troubled financial times and proposing ... "We need to see if we can develop new sources ...

  • Puerto Rico's Carrion makes run for IOC presidency
    The 60-year-old Carrion, who is chairman of Puerto Rican lender Popular Inc, heads the IOC's finance commission and is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, becomes the third official candidate in the race to be decided on ...

  • Puerto Rico's LGBT Movement and the Diaspora
    Last year, the Puerto Rican people sent new elected officials to all levels ... Follow Melissa Mark-Viverito on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MMViverito FOLLOW LATINO VOICES

  • Puerto Rico Governor Weighs Raising Taxes for Highway Agency
    Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla is considering raising taxes on oil products and increasing license fees on luxury cars to support $2.2 billion of planned borrowing this year that will help shore up the island’s highway authority.

  • Bill in U.S. Congress seeks vote on Puerto Rican statehood
    Puerto Rico's Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, who supports the current commonwealth status, said that his administration is in favor of efforts to seek a status solution, but currently places a higher priority on fighting crime and fixing the ...