Monthly Archives: August 2020

Fiscal Board sends Property Tax Recommendations to Puerto Rico government. If PR property taxes go up, real estate values will go down

This is basic economics.  If it costs more with higher property taxes to own a property, property will become less valuable, and property values will go down.  It remains to be seen if the PR government will reform the current … Continue reading

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Roche to Close Puerto Rico Plant After More Than Four Decades. 200 jobs will be lost

Why did they decide to keep Indianapolis and Mannheim, Germany plants open, yet close the one in Ponce PR?  Was it too difficult to conduct operations in PR? https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/roche-to-close-puerto-rico-plant-after-more-than-four-decades-1.1485822 Roche to Close Puerto Rico Plant After More Than Four Decades … Continue reading

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Border Patrol Seizes $14.8 Million Dollars Worth Of Cocaine, Arrests 4 Illegal Immigrants Near Puerto Rico

https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/27/customs-border-patrol-cocaine-illegal-immigrants-puerto-rico Border Patrol Seizes $14.8 Million Dollars Worth Of Cocaine, Arrests 4 Illegal Immigrants Near Puerto Rico Photo: US Customs and Border Protection Kaylee Greenlee Reporter August 27, 2020 11:27 PM ET Font Size: A small boat reportedly carrying four … Continue reading

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Retail sales plunge 56 percent amid Covid-19 lockdown in April

https://caribbeanbusiness.com/retail-sales-plunge-56-percent-amid-covid-19-lockdown-in-april/ Retail sales plunge 56 percent amid Covid-19 lockdown in April By José Alvarado Vega on August 21, 2020 ShareTweetShareShareShareShare Small, mid-sized stores hardest hit by virus emergency; supermarkets, pharmacies register sales hikes  SAN JUAN – Amid the severest of … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico Legislator Nelson Del Valle Colon and Two Capitol Employees Indicted for Theft and Bribery

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/puerto-rico-legislator-and-two-capitol-employees-indicted-theft-and-bribery Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 20, 2020 Puerto Rico Legislator and Two Capitol Employees Indicted for Theft and Bribery On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned … Continue reading

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Meet 4 Women Pushing Puerto Rico’s Sustainable Farming Movement Forward

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melissarowley/2020/08/19/meet-4-women-pushing-puerto-ricos-sustainable-farming-movement-forward/#186d9d7c652a 2,598 views|Aug 19, 2020,06:01pm EDT Meet 4 Women Pushing Puerto Rico’s Sustainable Farming Movement Forward Melissa Jun Rowley   Jey Ma Talusi, founder of Hatillo’s Finca Pajuil, showing off the farm’s harvest. Finca Pajuil Being a woman farmer in … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico imposes stricter measures amid coronavirus spike, until at least 9-11-20

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/puerto-rico-imposes-stricter-measures-amid-coronavirus-spike-72477562 Puerto Rico imposes stricter measures amid coronavirus spike Puerto Rico’s governor says she will place the U.S. territory on a 24-hour lockdown every Sunday as part of stricter measures to fight a spike in coronavirus cases By DÁNICA COTO … Continue reading

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Puerto Rico governor calling for the island to be made a US state LOSES bid to lead her party in chaotic primary election that saw delayed and missing ballots

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8632623/Puerto-Rico-holds-2nd-voting-round-chaotic-primaries.html Puerto Rico governor calling for the island to be made a US state LOSES bid to lead her party in chaotic primary election that saw delayed and missing ballots Puerto Rican Gov. Wanda Vázquez was hoping to lead the … Continue reading

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FBI arrests seventh defendant in Julia Keleher case, Aníbal Jover Pagés

https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/tribunales/notas/el-fbi-arresta-al-septimo-acusado-en-el-caso-de-julia-keleher FBI arrests seventh defendant in Julia Keleher case This is Aníbal Jover, an authorized public accountant who allegedly paid for receiving contracts with the Health Insurance Administration (ASES) Wednesday, August 12, 2020 – 7:31 a.m. For ELNUEVODIA.COM Play Video Hannibal … Continue reading

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Video captures daytime shooting on Martinez Nadal expressway in Guaynabo, 2 dead

https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/seguridad/videos/captan-en-video-el-tiroteo-en-el-expreso-martinez-nadal-258772 Video captures shooting on Martinez Nadal express Two people died after being shot in the middle of the road. Sunday, October 13, 2019 – 4:30 p.m.

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