politic365.com: author Jean Vidal

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GRITO

As Puerto Rico’s fiscal year comes to a close, Governor Garcia’s Padilla’s party (Popular Democratic Party, or PPD in Spanish) is facing close to an $800 million dollar deficit and no easy way to close it. The current cri...

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GRITO

As Puerto Rico slowly inches towards parity with other progressive states in LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex) rights, the Island’s religious right is not going silently into the night. Last week, the ...

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GRITO

Earlier last week, the Puerto Rico Senate approved, following an intense (and at times, hopeful on one hand, and depressing on the other) debate on S.B. 238, a bill that would outlaw employment discrimination based on sexual or...

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Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner (ie. our non-voting congressman) Pedro Pierluisi proposed a bill in Congress to grant Puerto Rico the type of vote the Senate rarely gives itself: a straight Yes/No vote on Statehood. R...

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Earlier this week, Matt Leichter of The AmLaw Daily published a scathing report on the (seemingly) shocking low employment rate for law graduates from the four Puerto Rico law schools. In the article, Leichter stated: “Fo...

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GRITO

As the budget battle looms in the Senate, a small line in President Obama’s budget gave Puerto Rico a reason to celebrate, just as it should give a reason to be cautious. Following the November 2012 plebiscite, in which 5...

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GRITO

he first 100 days can be the more challenging of any leadership position, a fact Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla has come to realize on his first 100 days. When Gov. Garcia-Padilla took office, he swore off the ��...

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GRITO

On Saturday, a lone juror in a criminal case before the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico was all that stood between the Alexis Candelario Santana and the death penalty. The Federal Prosecutors wanted to get a...

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On Thursday, March 21st, an already shell-shocked population (in Puerto Rico) was hit with another blow against the self-imposed prisonesque security measures many urbanizations and neighborhoods have: A District Court judge...

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GRITO

Earlier this month, Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla was forced to scale back some of his loftier campaign promises when he proposed austerity cuts to Puerto Rico’s Employee Retirement System (ERS). The move, as many predic...

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GRITO

Despite Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla’s promise during his inauguration speech that the time for sour medicine had passed (alluding to former Governor Luis Fortuño’s austerity measures), Gov. Garc...

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Puerto Rico’s LGBT community received bipartisan support earlier this year when the newly elected mayor of the capital city, San Juan, ordered the municipality’s health insurance provider to include same-sex partner...

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Last week, Governor Garcia Padilla received his first protest, courtesy of his administration’s support for the public-private partnership (APP in its Spanish acronym) concerning the Island’s main airport, the Luis ...

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In an otherwise conservative “state” (unincorporated territory, to be precise), LGBT rights received support from members of both political parties in the Island. San Juan’s new mayor, Carmen Yulin Cruz of the...

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CULTURE

Puerto Rico has a massive drainage problem. Close to 176,000 Boricuas left the Island from 2005 to 2010. In 2011 alone, Puerto Rico lost 76,000 citizens, of which 21,611 landed in Florida. An Island that boasted close to four m...

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Governor Meets with U.S. Attorney - by Notimás

García Padilla, Holder discuss border security, status plebiscite

Tuesday June 11 th , 2013 at 5:52 a.m.

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García Padilla, Holder discuss border security, status plebiscite, Lopez case Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla met Monday with U.S. Attorney General ..

Governor Meets with U.S. Attorney by Notimás

Tuesday June 11 th , 2013 at 7:11 a.m.

Journal Of Puerto Rico

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SAN JUAN - Gov. Alejandro García Padilla met Monday with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss specific strategies in the fight against crime including increased federal resources and equipment to address public safety.

According to the press office of La Fortaleza, the meeting, attended by the secretary Ingrid Vila governor and attorney Luis Sanchez Betances, also discussed the possibility of including the Caribbean Immigration Reform in President Barack Obama, the release from prison Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar López and the proposal of a federal incentive to hold a plebiscite on status in the island.

On the issue of immigration reform proposed by Obama, the governor said he is concerned that the inclusion of the Caribbean border budget allocation proposed by the project that is currently in Congress (S. 744) for federal agencies more effective drug protecting the entrance to the United States.

According to the Office of Federal Drug Control, 80 percent of the drug entering Puerto Rico is in transit to the United States and most of the rest stay on the island. The Commonwealth government has encouraged the operation known as Coastal Shield that seeks to protect the Caribbean border. If not included Caribbean border in federal measure, García Padilla fears that the flow of drugs will move from one border to another, which would mean higher costs for government in protecting drug trafficking between the U.S. and the Caribbean.

As for the status query, the governor said that he welcomes President Obama's initiative to promote self-determination process that is transparent, fair and democratic.

He added that if Congress approves the proposed budget for this purpose, work with Holder to ensure that all points of view on the political status of Puerto Rico are heard and respected at all stages of the process.

Finally, the CEO used the meeting to reiterate to Holder's importance to the people of Puerto Rico the release of Oscar López Rivera, order that would have been sent to President Obama, in a letter sent last March.

Governor Meets with U.S. Attorney

Tuesday June 11 th , 2013 at 7:07 a.m.

Politics - Speaker Of Puerto Rico

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Governor Meets with U.S. Attorney

"Jobs Now Act is a complete failure of the government"

García Padilla calls for release of Oscar López

The San Juan Daily Star - 6.11.13

The San Juan Daily Star - 6.11.13

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García Padilla Discusses Border Security with U.S. Attorney General

Civil Rights Probe Demanded Into Alleged Post-Status Plebiscite Violations

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Process to fill the presidency of the UPR begins

Process to fill the presidency of the UPR begins 

Arranca el proceso para escoger presidente de la UPR

Tuesday June 11th, 2013 at 7:13 AM

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El presidente de la Junta de Gobierno de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Jorge L. Sánchez, anunció...

Vocero: "Jobs Now Act is a complete failure of the government"

"Jobs Now Act is a complete failure of the government"

Tuesday June 11 th , 2013 at 7:08 a.m.

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"Jobs Now Act is a complete failure of the government"

"The electronic health record is a tool for gaining greater acceptance worldwide..."

ASES firm in continuing to promote the use of electronic medical record by Notimás

Tuesday June 11 th , 2013 at 7:05 a.m.

Journal Of Puerto Rico

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SAN JUAN - The executive director of the Health Insurance Administration of Puerto Rico (ASES), Ricardo Rivera Cardona, on Monday reiterated the agency's commitment to continue promoting the use of electronic medical records from doctors, dentists, hospitals and other providers health.

The statements were made during Rivera Cardona participation in professional, Healthcare Information Technology Executive Summit 2013, which conducted the Hospital Association of Puerto Rico.

To do so, Cardona Rivera emphasized the effectiveness and progress of the federal incentive program that is currently in effect. Medicaid Incentive Program provides incentive payments to eligible providers for the adoption, implementation or upgrade of EHR technology (Electronic Health Record) in ways that positively affect the health care of the patient.

"The electronic health record is a tool for gaining greater acceptance worldwide among health care providers because of the immediacy to lead a process that can be vital in a patient, and Puerto Rico should not be the exception. In addition to the assurances and controls it provides, the electronic record is essential for the provision of medical services of the highest quality, comprehensive, complete and comprehensive, "said Rivera Cardona.

He offered as an example, since implementing the incentive program in October 2012, and a nearly $ 40 million has been disbursed among hospitals, dentists, physicians, and others to adopt the use of technology in the Island

Additional payments expected to be paid on June 30, 2013 around $ 1.1 million to eight additional hospitals will be granted EHR incentive for a total of 28 hospitals representing 29 percent of hospitals nationally approved. At present, about 2,298 providers are receiving the incentive.

He said that among the main advantages of using electronic medical record highlights the online information retrieval, management of standards for information exchange, a unified registry, easy to track diagnoses and treatments, among others.

Named New Chairman of the Economic Development Bank

Named New Chairman of the Economic Development Bankby Notimás

Tuesday June 11 th , 2013 at 7:03 a.m.

Journal Of Puerto Rico

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SAN JUAN - The chairman of the Joint Economic Development Bank, Javier Ferrer announced on Monday the appointment of Christopher Joey Cancel Planas, as chairman of the Economic Development Bank of Puerto Rico (BDE).

"Addressing the economic growth of Puerto Rico is our priority, and BDE plays a fundamental role in the economic development of our island With this appointment we strengthen our focus on the creation of initiatives to encourage the development of the country's economy and that result in a better quality of life for all Puerto Ricans, "said Ferrer accompanied by the Secretary of Economic Development, Alberto Bacus Bagué.