Puerto Rico News - Caribbean And Latino Business Newsletter // October 22

October 22, 2018

Puerto Rico News - Caribbean And Latino Business puerto rico business - Google News: OFG Bancorp (OFG) Benefits From Improving Puerto Rico Trends - Piper Jaffray - StreetInsider.com puerto rico business - Google News: Paysafe Group Appoints Peter Smith as Chief Financial Officer - Associated Press (press release) (blog) puerto rico business - Google News: Sally Beauty: What The Company Must Do Now - Forbes puerto rico business - Google News: Brattleboro banker weighs working with marijuana business, despite risks - vtdigger.org puerto rico business - Google News: EDA Receives Disaster Recovery Advocate Of The Year Award - VI Consortium (press release) puerto rico business - Google News: Puerto Rico fiscal board files Cofina debt adjustment plan - Caribbean Business Caribbean Business: Puerto Rico fiscal board files Cofina debt adjustment plan puerto rico business - Google News: AT&T Names New Regional Vice President Of External And Legislative Affairs For Puerto Rico & USVI - VI Consortium (press release) puerto rico business - Google News: [Editorial] Electricity, Camera, Action - Caribbean Business Caribbean Business: U.S. Treasury releases proposed regulations on Opportunity Zones Caribbean Business: Cofina bondholders object to commonwealth agent’s motion Caribbean Business: [Editorial] Electricity, Camera, Action Caribbean Business: Prepa’s Restructuring Accord Lacks Meaningful Reforms puerto rico business - Google News: Puerto Rico gov't: Unemployment at record low for 4th stratight month - Caribbean Business Caribbean Business: Puerto Rico gov’t: Unemployment at record low for 4th stratight month Caribbean Business: Oriental’s 3Q results reflect ‘consistent core growth’ Caribbean Business: Organización Boricuá awarded Food Sovereignty Prize Caribbean Business: StarKist Co. to plead guilty for price fixing Caribbean Business: Financial Action Task Force calls for ‘urgent’ regulation of virtual assets Caribbean Business: Former Police officer sentenced to 19 years for Banco Popular robbery puerto rico business - Google News: OFG Bancorp (OFG) Benefits From Improving Puerto Rico Trends - Piper Jaffray - StreetInsider.com Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) OFG Bancorp (OFG) Benefits From Improving Puerto Rico Trends - Piper Jaffray StreetInsider.com The analyst stated "Puerto Rico's ongoing business environment continues to improve and the inflows of government/insurance funds over the next few years could considerably help the economic progression. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: Paysafe Group Appoints Peter Smith as Chief Financial Officer - Associated Press (press release) (blog) Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) LONDON, Oct. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Paysafe Group (“Paysafe”), a leading global payments provider, has appointed Peter Smith as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). A US national, Smith is based in Paysafe’s U.S. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: Sally Beauty: What The Company Must Do Now - Forbes Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) Overview Beauty is big business. By 2022, the global cosmetics market (includes hair) is projected to reach $430B. Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., is a global distributor and retailer of professional beauty products with revenues of $3.8 billion annually. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: Brattleboro banker weighs working with marijuana business, despite risks - vtdigger.org Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) President of Brattleboro Savings & Loan Dan Yates. Courtesy photoA Brattleboro banker has decided to seize the business opportunity presented by new medical marijuana dispensaries and the loosening of marijuana laws. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: EDA Receives Disaster Recovery Advocate Of The Year Award - VI Consortium (press release) Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) The Economic Development Authority (EDA) was awarded with the 2018 Disaster Recovery Advocate of the Year Award by Florida’s Minority Business Development Agency Export Center. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: Puerto Rico fiscal board files Cofina debt adjustment plan - Caribbean Business Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced Friday that it filed in court a debt-adjustment plan for the Sales Tax Financing Corp. (Cofina). Read More Caribbean Business: Puerto Rico fiscal board files Cofina debt adjustment plan Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced Friday that it filed in court a debt-adjustment plan for the Sales Tax Financing Corp. (Cofina). Read More puerto rico business - Google News: AT&T Names New Regional Vice President Of External And Legislative Affairs For Puerto Rico & USVI - VI Consortium (press release) Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) AT&T announced on Friday its new Regional Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs for the U.S.V.I. and Puerto Rico, Alexandra Verdiales, seen above. Ms. Alexandra will be responsible for representing AT&T with local government in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, the communications giant said. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: [Editorial] Electricity, Camera, Action - Caribbean Business Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) Editor’s note: The following editorial originally appeared in the Oct. 18-24, 2018, issue of Caribbean Business. Actually, the saying is “Lights, Camera, Action.” That classic film director’s phrase from the realm of tinsel town—these days they just say ‘rolling’—might be a fitting instruction for a recent announcement by Gov. Read More Caribbean Business: U.S. Treasury releases proposed regulations on Opportunity Zones Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – Months after Puerto Rico was designated a so-called Opportunity Zone, the U.S. Treasury Department issued Friday proposed guidance for the related tax incentives. Read More Caribbean Business: Cofina bondholders object to commonwealth agent’s motion Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – Senior bondholders of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. (Cofina by its Spanish acronym) objected Friday to remarks by commonwealth agent Luc Despins against a deal that seeks to end the dispute between bondholders of Cofina and Commonwealth debt creditors over ownership of sales and use tax revenue. Read More Caribbean Business: [Editorial] Electricity, Camera, Action Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) Editor’s note: The following editorial originally appeared in the Oct. 18-24, 2018, issue of Caribbean Business. Actually, the saying is “Lights, Camera, Action.” That classic film director’s phrase from the realm of tinsel town—these days they just say ‘rolling’—might be a fitting instruction for a recent announcement by Gov. Read More Caribbean Business: Prepa’s Restructuring Accord Lacks Meaningful Reforms Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) Editor’s note: The following report was first published in the Oct. 18-24, 2018, issue of Caribbean Business. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (Prepa) will have a difficult time reaching a debt-restructuring agreement with its creditors because the temporary agreement recently reached with some bondholders does not contain meaningful reforms and the power utility appears to be rejecting being regulated. Read More puerto rico business - Google News: Puerto Rico gov't: Unemployment at record low for 4th stratight month - Caribbean Business Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – The estimate of people employed in Puerto Rico in September reflects an increase of 32,000 compared with the same month, and the island’s unemployment rate reached 8.4% last month, “another historical low,” Gov. Read More Caribbean Business: Puerto Rico gov’t: Unemployment at record low for 4th stratight month Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – The estimate of people employed in Puerto Rico in September reflects an increase of 32,000 compared with the same month, and the island’s unemployment rate reached 8.4% last month, “another historical low,” Gov. Read More Caribbean Business: Oriental’s 3Q results reflect ‘consistent core growth’ Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico-based financial holding company OFG Bancorp, whose three principal subsidiaries are Oriental Bank, Oriental Financial Services and Oriental Insurance reported results for the third quarter ended Sept. Read More Caribbean Business: Organización Boricuá awarded Food Sovereignty Prize Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico (Screen capture of www.usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org) SAN JUAN – The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), a network of food justice groups, recognized Black Mesa Water Coalition (BMWC) and Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto Rico at its 10th annual Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony in Washington. Read More Caribbean Business: StarKist Co. to plead guilty for price fixing Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) StarKist Co. to plead guilty for price fixing By Caribbean Business on October 19, 2018 SAN JUAN – StarKist Co. has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of packaged seafood sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. Read More Caribbean Business: Financial Action Task Force calls for ‘urgent’ regulation of virtual assets Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organization founded on the initiative of the G7 economies–Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States–to tackle money laundering, said Friday that although “virtual assets and related financial services have the potential to spur financial innovation and efficiency and improve financial inclusion,” they are creating “opportunities for criminals and terrorists to launder their proceeds or finance their illicit activities.” Read More Caribbean Business: Former Police officer sentenced to 19 years for Banco Popular robbery Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latino Business from mikenova (5 sites) SAN JUAN – U.S. District Court Senior Judge Daniel R. Domínguez sentenced José Padilla-Galarza, a former police officer who masterminded a bank robbery, to a 19-year term of imprisonment and five years of supervised release, U.S. Read More

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Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America Newsletter // October 22

October 22, 2018

Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America latino - Google News: Can Democrats rely on Latino support in midterms? - The Mercury News Latino Rebels: Latinos (Rebels) Out Loud Caribbean Journal: St Thomas Is Airbnb’s Top Caribbean Destination Right Now Caribbean Journal: Jamaica Has Big Plans for Trelawny Latino Rebels: Solidarity With Migrant Caravan (And NO to Repression) Caribbean Journal: A New All-Inclusive Brand is Coming to Tobago latino - Google News: This RSS feed URL is deprecated Breaking News – Caribbean and Latin America Daily News: 5.2 Quake Rattles Nerves In This Flooded Caribbean Nation Travel and Lifestyle – Caribbean and Latin America Daily News: Successful Presence of NexusTours in Cancun Travel Mart latino - Google News: Lawrence Boys and Girls Club hosts Latino heritage celebration - Eagle-Tribune latino - Google News: So far, Latino support for Democrats has been lukewarm - Concord Monitor Latino Rebels: Los últimos en la fila de la quiebra lo pelean todo latino - Google News: Democrats Need Latinos at the Polls. But Will They Turn Out? - New York Times latino - Google News: Latino MIT alums visit SAISD, Harlandale schools - San Antonio Express-News latino - Google News: Democrats look to Latinos to provide midterm support - Seattle Times latino - Google News: Scholars: US lacks Latino historical sites - Twin Falls Times-News The Americas: Migrant caravan swells to more than 5,000 as group marches toward U.S. Latino Rebels: Last in Line in Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Fight for Everything BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean: Migrant caravan on the move from Mexico-Guatemala border latino - Google News: Garcetti advice to Dems: 'Run more Latinos' - CNN Latino Rebels: Here We Go Again: Woman Tells Family to Not Speak Spanish in Virginia Restaurant latino - Google News: Can Democrats rely on Latino support in midterms? - The Mercury News Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) By NICHOLAS RICCARDI LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patricia Lugo rattled off a string of fierce adjectives describing life under the Trump administration — “ugly,” ”bad,” ”terrible.” She joined a cluster of other Latinos in a Las Vegas shopping center in listing grievances against the president that included referring to Mexican immigrants as rapists and separating parents from children at the border. Read More Latino Rebels: Latinos (Rebels) Out Loud Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Last Tuesday, Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela made a guest appearance on the Latinos Out Loud podcast. The conversation was unfiltered and real, covering a wide range of topics like how Latino Rebels was formed and the state of Latinx media. Read More Caribbean Journal: St Thomas Is Airbnb’s Top Caribbean Destination Right Now Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites)  By the Caribbean Journal staff Airbnb has been making major inroads in the Caribbean — and one destination is seeing bigger growth than the others, according to newly released data from the sharing economy giant. Read More Caribbean Journal: Jamaica Has Big Plans for Trelawny Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites)  By the Caribbean Journal staff Is Trelawny the next Montego Bay? The parish of Trelawny, the next parish east of the tourism hub of St James (home to Montego Bay), is seeing significant hotel development growth. Read More Latino Rebels: Solidarity With Migrant Caravan (And NO to Repression) Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Aerial view of Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the US, on the road linking Ciudad Hidalgo and Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 21, 2018. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images) Read More Caribbean Journal: A New All-Inclusive Brand is Coming to Tobago Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites)  By the Caribbean Journal staff A new all-inclusive brand is coming to the Southern Caribbean island of Tobago. The new all-inclusive Starfish Tobago will be the first major brand to debut on the island in years, with 125 rooms on the island’s Turtle Bay. Read More latino - Google News: This RSS feed URL is deprecated Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) The iPhone XR costs $749 to start, while the iPhone XS costs $999 to start. Still, there are several reasons to consider the more expensive phone, if you're on ... Read More Breaking News – Caribbean and Latin America Daily News: 5.2 Quake Rattles Nerves In This Flooded Caribbean Nation Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) By NAN Staff Writer News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Oct. 22, 2018: As many in the Caribbean twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago battled flooding and landslides caused by four days of heavy rains, a 5.2 earthquake rattled many more nerves on Sunday. Read More Travel and Lifestyle – Caribbean and Latin America Daily News: Successful Presence of NexusTours in Cancun Travel Mart Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) News Americas, CANCUN, Mexico, Oct. 19, 2018: On Monday, October 8, the Cancun Travel Mart began its 31st edition, inside the Convention Center on the Hotel Zone. NexusTours took the opportunity to present its wide portfolio of over 4000 products and services in 15 countries with 48 destinations, and strengthen its regional leadership as a B2B distributor with DMC heart, which during 2018 gave attention to more than 2.3 million travelers and through their high standard of quality achieved a high degree of satisfaction. Read More latino - Google News: Lawrence Boys and Girls Club hosts Latino heritage celebration - Eagle-Tribune Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) LAWRENCE — Latino pride prevailed at the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club Friday evening. The gymnasium, usually the scene of intense basketball competition, rocked and rattled as groups of young people danced to the music of the Dominican Republic and other Latin American countries. Read More latino - Google News: So far, Latino support for Democrats has been lukewarm - Concord Monitor Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Patricia Lugo rattled off a string of fierce adjectives describing life under the Trump administration – “ugly,” “bad,” “terrible.” She joined a cluster of other Latinos in a Las Vegas shopping center in listing grievances against the president that included referring to Mexican immigrants as rapists and separating parents from children at the border. Read More Latino Rebels: Los últimos en la fila de la quiebra lo pelean todo Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Tribunal federal en San Juan, Puerto Rico. English version here. SAN JUAN — Luc Despins pidió permiso a la jueza Laura Taylor Swain para dar un informe de sus trabajos en los casos de quiebra de Puerto Rico durante una vista en el Tribunal Federal de Hato Rey el pasado 13 de septiembre. Read More latino - Google News: Democrats Need Latinos at the Polls. But Will They Turn Out? - New York Times Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Democrats Need Latinos at the Polls. But Will They Turn Out?Democrats hope that canvassers like those from the Culinary Workers Union in Las Vegas can reach enough Hispanic voters to swing several of the nation’s closest House and Senate races in their favor.CreditBridget Bennett for The New York TimesBy Jose A. Read More latino - Google News: Latino MIT alums visit SAISD, Harlandale schools - San Antonio Express-News Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) District 7 Councilwoman Ana Sandoval sat in the Jefferson High School room where she took SAT prep more than 25 years ago, a step in her journey to a degree from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read More latino - Google News: Democrats look to Latinos to provide midterm support - Seattle Times Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patricia Lugo rattled off a string of fierce adjectives describing life under the Trump administration — “ugly,” ”bad,” ”terrible.” She joined a cluster of other Latinos in a Las Vegas shopping center in listing grievances against the president that included referring to Mexican immigrants as rapists and separating parents from children at the border. Read More latino - Google News: Scholars: US lacks Latino historical sites - Twin Falls Times-News Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) GLORIETA PASS, N.M. — A makeshift memorial to Hispanic Civil War Union soldiers in an isolated part northern New Mexico is a typical representation of sites linked to U.S. Latino history: It’s shabby, largely unknown and at risk of disappearing. Read More The Americas: Migrant caravan swells to more than 5,000 as group marches toward U.S. Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Thousands of migrants from Central America walk toward Tapachula from Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, en route to the United States, on Oct. 21, 2018. (Adrees Latif/Reuters) CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — As the caravan of Central American migrants left the Mexico-Guatemala border, walking north in the heat, it became clear that the group had swelled in number. Read More Latino Rebels: Last in Line in Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Fight for Everything Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Versión en español aquí. SAN JUAN —  Luc Despins asked U.S. Judge Laura Taylor Swain to allow him to brief on his work in the Puerto Rico bankruptcy cases during a hearing in San Juan on September 13. Read More BBC News - Latin America & Caribbean: Migrant caravan on the move from Mexico-Guatemala border Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThousands of caravan migrants reach Mexico Thousands of people travelling from Central American nations to try to enter the US have resumed their journey from southern Mexico to the US border. Read More latino - Google News: Garcetti advice to Dems: 'Run more Latinos' - CNN Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) "I think it's really important to do two or three things," Garcetti said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union." He continued, "One is to speak to Latinos in the communities where they are, run more Latinos and invest in long-term, you know, political infrastructure in Latino communities." Read More Latino Rebels: Here We Go Again: Woman Tells Family to Not Speak Spanish in Virginia Restaurant Puerto Rico News - Caribbean and Latin America from mikenova (11 sites) As reported Friday by NBC Washington: The incident happened at Andy’s restaurant in Lovettsville, Virginia. The Latina woman, who NBC Washington said wished to remain anonymous and was with family from Guatemala, explained what happened to the local outlet: Read More

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