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Thursday 19 April: Pressure on PM as NHS waiting times grow


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Jueves 19 de abril de 2012 74 1608 598 2273 1377 ¿Qué opinas de que se le mantenga en el cargo al director de la AEE? No tienen de inmediato otro candidato para reemplazarlo. Es una decisión para no provocar inestabilidad ante la venta de bonos de la AEE. Se queda porque ha habido demasiadas destituciones en el Gobierno en pocos meses. La Junta de Gobierno de la AEE está actuando de espaldas...

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Thursday, April 19th, 2012

Report: ‘Pudge’ hanging up his mitt

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Romney, Obama battle over economy

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Bank Owing U.S. $935 Million Has CEO Family Bad Debts: Mortgages
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Popular Inc. (BPOP), the Puerto Rican bank that owes $935 million to the US government, has surged 30 percent this year as more customers pay their debts on time. Its board members and their relatives aren't always among them.
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Voto Latino: Jorge Steven Acuña Opens Up About Being Detained By ICE


Voto Latino: Jorge Steven Acuña Opens Up About Being Detained By ICE
By Jorge Steven Acuña A typical day for a college student usually starts off with the constant snoozing of an alarm clock prior to our first class, but life as we know it doesn't always go as planned. What I thought was supposed to be an ordinary college day, took a turn for the worse on the morning of Wednesday, March 7....

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Afirman que hay medicamentos suficientes en el Programa Sida de
Afirman que hay medicamentos suficientes en el Programa Sida de San Juan 18 de abril de 2012 08:33 p.m. El legislador municipal de la capital, Robert Martínez, desmintió hoy las denuncias de un grupo de pacientes de VIH que afirmaron que en el Programa Sida de San Juan hay escasez de medicamentos. Mart... 18 de abril de 2012 07:34 p.m. Fallo a favor de Ángel Pérez 18 de abril de 2012 06:47 p.m. La Comisión Especial de Primarias...

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    Full support to cabotage rules exemption efforts

    18 de abril de 2012 02:17 p.m.
    By José A. Delgado/jdelgado@elnuevodia.com
    WASHINGTON – The manufacturing sector considers it important to collaborate with the study to be carried out by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), in an effort to free Puerto Rico in the futu...

    Best Buy shutting down 50 stores nationwide

    18 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    By Yalixa Rivera Cruz/yrivera@elnuevodia.com
    The Best Buy store at Las Catalinas Mall in Caguas is the only establishment of the electronics retail chain that, according to official reports, is closing its doors in Puerto Rico, as part of the co...

    Exchequer pays high price for white-collar tax evasion

    18 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    The Department of the Treasury loses $700 million to $900 million a year, courtesy of tax evasion by the white-collar sector, which includes but is not limited to doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and c...

    Last farewell to the Cardinal

    18 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    By Keila López Alicea/keila.lopez@elnuevodia.com
    “After having lived among us for many years, Cardinal Luis Aponte Martínez is now celebrating an eternal Resurrection with the Lord in the heavens.” With these words, Cardinal Emeritus from Sev...

    Casa Lola inspires the Criollo movement

    18 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    By Maribella Martínez Bousquet
    The new native Puerto Rican cuisine is represented at Casa Lola since it opened its doors seven months ago in the Condado area in San Juan. The Boricua traditional flavors prepared in style...

    Fuddruckers to open in Mayagüez this summer

    18 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    By Marian Díaz/mdiaz1@elnuevodia.com
    Fuddruckers, the food chain specialized in charbroiled burgers and American food, will open its first restaurant in Mayagüez this summer. The store, to be located on Road PR-2 at Plaza Sultana, will ...

    Cruise ship fares, twice as expensive

    18 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    By Joanisabel González and Andrea Martínez/joanisabel.gonzalez@elnuevodia.com
    Despite the fact that the government assures the low in the number of cruise ships leaving from Puerto Rico to other Caribbean destinations shouldn’t have a significant impact to that segment of our t...

    CCE announced agreement with Rooms to Go

    17 de abril de 2012 01:00 p.m.
    By El Nuevo Día
    The Commerce and Exportation Company (CEC) signed an agreement with the Rooms to Go Puerto Rico corporation to operate under the Foreign Trade 61 Free Zone Program (Programa de Zona Libre de Comercio ...

    Attabeira Awards on Earth Day

    17 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
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    Festival Attabeira (“Mother Earth” in Taíno Arawak tongue) is slated to take place on Sunday, April 29 at the foyer of the General Studies Building at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), Río Piedras ...

    Tax relief, only a real relief for a few

    17 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
    Most individuals, especially those with incomes of $20,000 or less, will not have to pay taxes this year, thanks to the tax reform. Those who for years have carried the heaviest tax burden will...

    Another scene down south

    16 de abril de 2012 00:00 a.m.
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    The sun is warming up in Ponce, regardless if the rain is pouring on the north coast of the island. Once you cross the mountaintops in Cayey, the greenness starts turning into yellow and even brown ...

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        Haven Woman Key To Obama Campaign
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        I was impressed." Acosta, a Puerto Rico native, has clearly impressed the Obama campaign. Though a relative political neophyte who voted in her first US presidential election in 2004, she is one of just five volunteers chosen as national co-chairs.

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        In negotiations to buy the photo sharing service Instagram, the parties are said to have valued Facebook at roughly $104 billion, which could offer insight into the potential for the social network's highly anticipated initial public offering.

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        Puerto Rico Announces Plans for $22 Million Bilingual School in San Juan
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        By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuño and San Juan Mayor Jorge Santini have announced plans to build a $22 million bilingual school in San Juan. The School of San Juan II, which will operate under the local educational system ...

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        Robert Mccarroll: "I think it's a huge honor for all Puerto Ricans... Most of my Puerto Rican friends, who I know from living in Puerto Rico, are BOTH very Puerto Rican while at the same time very American." - The Hill: Fortuño ‘sleeper pick’ for VP" – Caribbean Business

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        Robert Mccarroll:

        "I think it's a huge honor for all Puerto Ricans."

        "Most of my Puerto Rican friends, who I know from living in Puerto Rico, are BOTH very Puerto Rican while at the same time very American."

         

        Apr 17

        http://www.topix.com/world/puerto-rico

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        The Hill: Fortuño ‘sleeper pick’ for VP – Caribbean Business - 16/04/12

        Puerto Rico Gov. Luis Fortuño is a “sleeper pick” to be the running mate for presumptive Republican Party presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to a report in The Hill.

        The Washington, D.C.-based political news outlet cites GOP strategists who say Fortuño as a vice presidential pick could help the Republican Party’s bid to lure Latino voters.

        Fortuño, who heads the island’s New Progressive Party, is running for a second term in La Fortaleza.

        Considered a rising star in the GOP, Fortuño endorsed Romney ahead of the crucial Florida primary in February. The governor cited the former Massachusetts’ governor’s pledge to pursue statehood for Puerto Rico if that option wins a status plebiscite in November.

        The Hill noted that front-runner Romney has kept his cards close to his chest on vice presidential prospects, saying that it would be “presumptuous” to think about it before winning the nomination. But in a recent interview with Newsmax, he described Fortuño as “a solid conservative and a firm leader.” He also dubbed Fortuño “one of the great leaders of our party.”

        Romney has tapped a longtime adviser to begin his search for a vice presidential candidate.

        Romney said Monday that Beth Myers is in charge of "selection and vetting and analysis."

        “I have selected someone who has been a counselor of mine for a number of years, Beth Myers. She was my chief of staff when I was governor,” Romney said during an interview with Diane Sawyer of ABC News outside Fenway Park in Boston.

        Romney is moving forward as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee after rival Rick Santorum suspended his campaign last week.

        Myers was Romney's chief of staff when he was Massachusetts governor. She currently is a senior adviser on his presidential campaign.

        When asked about Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Romney said “he’s one of the terrific leaders in our party.”

        “But I think it’s way too early to begin narrowing down who the potential vice presidential nominees might be,” he said. “But we’re beginning that process, we'll talk about a lot of folks, and then go through the kind of vetting and review process that you have to go through to make sure whoever you select will pass the evaluation that's required by the American people.”
        Romney wouldn’t offer any hints as to when the months-long process would end.
        “We do have a deadline in mind as to when I’d like to be able to reach a decision but I'm not giving you that date at this stage,” he said in the interview, adding that it would “certainly” happen before the Republican National Convention in late August.

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        Upfront Yankee

        I think it's a huge honor for all Puerto Ricans. For the 1st time in history, included in the long list of       potential nominees for the VP slot of one of the 2 major national       parties.
        While he could not directly deliver any electoral votes,       he could tip the scales in a close race in swing states, such as Florida       and Ohio, states with significant PRican populations. Whoever wins FL AND OH wins the presidency.
        Having said that, the conservatism of the       GOP virtually precludes Romney from picking LGF.
        I'm not sure that       the extremist in the GOP would like it to be advertised that LGF's       successes have a lot to do with discarding some Republican ideas and       picking some non-Republican ideas.
        When he laid off 12,505       non-essential public servants, a Republican idea, he gave them a generous       severance package, a Democratic idea, and immunized teachers and police       from layoffs, another Dem idea.
        The GOP wants to sell Republican       ideas, not the fact that consensus building is a better       strategy.
        While LGF wants to strengthen borders, a Republican       ideas, he openly favors Obama's immigration policy, a no-no in the       GOP.

        http://www.topix.com/forum/world/puerto-rico/TP60KN7MCC2Q7BN4N

        Feb 18, 2012 | Posted by: Upfront Yankee
        Puerto Ricans: Great Americans - Great Hispanics deserve permanent union - Puerto Rico Daily Sun

        February 18, 2012: It all came clear to me why the letters to the editor in the Star are always attacking me, Mike Herrick, Kenneth McClintock and Sherman Wildman and his staff at WOSO. We are honest, upfront, highly vocal supporters of statehood for Puerto Rico. Today, the Star revealed that it is against any kind of permanent union with the United States. Instead the the Star is editorially for independence for Puerto Rico. They reprinted as a STAR EDITORIAL the notorious editorial by Allan Wall which appeared in V Dare Foundation’s official publication. Don’t be misled by the title “Viva Puerto Rico! Free Puerto Rico (And The U.S.) Now!” -- Who is rolling the spit balls fired by the same small clique of independentisas in the Star’s letters to the editor?

        If you love both Puerto Rico and the United States, this dishonest editorial will make you very angry. Read it carefully with an open mind.

        I don’t agree with the main premise of this V Dare editorial now adopted as a Star editorial. It is obvious that Allan Wall has not lived among Puerto Ricans in either the United States or on the Island of Puerto Rico as I have. . Most of my Puerto Rican friends, who I know from living in Puerto Rico, are BOTH very Puerto Rican while at the same time very American. They can live both cultures at the same time. There is no conflict! I think it would be arrogant and unfair for me or any other Yankee-type to judge negatively the Americanism or Puerto Ricanism of the Puerto Rican people as a cultural group. I do not like the broad brush strokes of this editorial.

        I do know that several years ago that I visited the large National Cemetery in Bayamon. I started to read the thousands of head stones listing the names of the fallen and the time they served their country the United States. I started to cry for being so arrogant to judge or question Puerto Ricans such as those buried in that hallow ground. It was a moment of truth for me. I turned to a Puerto Rican friend who was on his knees praying at his father’s grave. I ask my friend to forgive me for questioning Puerto Ricans’ patriotism.

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        I came across this item on the internet while surfing for the commentary about Sherman Wildman in yesterday’s Daily Sun. If you have this Daily Sun commentary please email it to me:    r.mccarroll@hotmail.com

        http://world247.net/puerto-ricans-great-americans-great-hispanics-deserve-permanent-union-puerto-rico-daily-sun/

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        Puerto Ricans: Great Americans – Great Hispanics deserve permanent union – Puerto Rico Daily Sun

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        Apr 18

        'Made in America' Pledge: What is American-Made in Your Home?

        Robert Mccarroll wrote:

        I finally decided to post both of the following related commentaries on Topix. I am wondering what kind of response these two item will obtained or no comments. They appear one after the other on the Topix postings because they are related subjects. These two postings will get posted on the internet under MADE IN AMERICA and buying foreign cars. My beef is now on the internet. Bob

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        'Made in America' Pledge: What is American-Made in Your Home?

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        Apr 15

        Is availability of parts another reason to buy only cars made in America? - Upfront Yankee

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        Is corporate greed by foreign companies harming American citizens?

        I emailed a copy of this letter to the Daily Sun VOICES to my friend who was harmed by Hyundai not providing an essential part on time. What is really sad is that this essential part only costs  $150 and there were many in Hyundai’s  parts inventory. Because it took Hyundai eight weeks to supply this part my friend needed, he had to pay $800 extra for car rental. He is a young guy who graduated with high grades from Inter-American University. He has a very limited income. This does not include his other costs in constantly checking for the part’s delivery and the emotional pain to my friend and his loved ones. I hope someone will bring this corporate greed by a foreign company harming an American citizen to President Barack Obama’s attention. Is this an isolated case or does it happen often harming American citizens buying foreign cars?

        For want of a nail

        For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
        For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
        For want of a horse the rider was lost.
        For want of a rider the battle was lost.
        For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
        And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.

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        Apr 17

        Has the Puerto Rico Daily Sun cut off the Star's source for hate letters?

        No letters in today’s Puerto Rico Daily Sun – Tuesday – April 17, 2012.  Almost two weeks of no letters. This is one of my favorite sections of the Daily Sun.

        I wonder if the Puerto Rico Daily Sun is purposely not publishing letters to the editor in order that The San Juan Star's small clique of disgusting hate letter writers have no source to feed on for their hate letters. It is almost two weeks that the Daily Sun has not published letters from readers.

        These haters in the Star love to write personal insults against anyone who is pro-America. These haters will seize on respectful letters in the Daily Sun to distort and insult in every possible way. The letters that they write for The San Juan Star is sick venom and journalism at its worse.

        Today's San Juan Star is the complete opposite of the wonderful,  Pulitzer prize wining original Star. It sure ain't like the one in "The Rum Diary" movie.

        Why does the honorable and wonderful New York Times allow their news service to be in this second generation of The San Juan Star? The Times is in no way like The San Juan Star. The NYT has the highest standards for professionalism and journalism ethics. It should associate with it own kind of honorable journalists and publishers.

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        Apr 16

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        The Puerto Rico Daily Sun has not published letters in over a week now. Today, in the San Juan Star there was a hate letter attacking and distorting the  reality of the Daily Sun. It mentioned in hostile terms the Daily Sun to be Script-Howard right-wing rantings. It went on and on as to how bad the Daily Sun is and against the people, etc. It and other letters also implied that the other PR newspapers are no good either. These pro-Star hate letters state that the Star is the only decent newspaper in Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans should believe in the Star and not in the Daily Sun.

        I would think by now that most Puerto Ricans will realize that the Star is a terrible newspaper and not worth 54 cents to buy. I do not understand why The New York Times allows their news and comments  to be published in the Star. Doesn't the NYT check out this unreliable, unethical rag?

        This Star is a shooting star that should burn out and deep six.

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