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The Federal Reserve Bank’s recent report on the competitiveness of Puerto Rico’s economy included a recommendation to reduce barriers to job creation and labor force participation by improving incentives to work.
Download the full report.
Caribbean Business saw optimism in the bank’s analysis, reporting that “the New York Fed noted that on several measures Puerto Rico has features that make it a strong — and potentially a highly competitive—economy.”
The positive points made in the report include the increasing literacy and educational attainment of the Puerto Rican population, the fact that many of its resident are bilingual, its open economy, the central location of the island between the U.S. and Latin America, and its close ties to the U.S. mainland. These points have made Puerto Rico an important asset to the United States.
The report also contained some criticisms, especially on the subjects of unemployment and labor market opportunities. For example, the report raises the idea that reducing the minimum wage in Puerto Rico might be a good idea. It recommends as a possible first step to consider a young-worker subminimum wage that targets workers under the age of 25. At the same time, the report also suggests that TANF (public assistance), NAP (food stamps), and SSDI (disability benefits) may tempt Puerto Ricans not to work.
These critiques are interesting because Puerto Rico is generally treated less generously under social programs than any state in the United States. In fact, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi discussed the need for parity for Puerto Rico in these programs in a recent speech. Listen to the speech. He has introduced legislation to create more equitable treatment for Puerto Ricans under TANF, NAP and SSI programs as well as portions of Medicare. He has also proposed legislation to include all U.S. territories in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
“Puerto Rico is treated unfairly under Federal programs designed to help our nation’s most vulnerable residents,” said Pierluisi in his speech. “When you look at the status and the well-being of all the American citizens living in the territories, you realize that what they face is geographic discrimination.”
Read more on this issue:
Download the full report.
Caribbean Business saw optimism in the bank’s analysis, reporting that “the New York Fed noted that on several measures Puerto Rico has features that make it a strong — and potentially a highly competitive—economy.”
The positive points made in the report include the increasing literacy and educational attainment of the Puerto Rican population, the fact that many of its resident are bilingual, its open economy, the central location of the island between the U.S. and Latin America, and its close ties to the U.S. mainland. These points have made Puerto Rico an important asset to the United States.
The report also contained some criticisms, especially on the subjects of unemployment and labor market opportunities. For example, the report raises the idea that reducing the minimum wage in Puerto Rico might be a good idea. It recommends as a possible first step to consider a young-worker subminimum wage that targets workers under the age of 25. At the same time, the report also suggests that TANF (public assistance), NAP (food stamps), and SSDI (disability benefits) may tempt Puerto Ricans not to work.
These critiques are interesting because Puerto Rico is generally treated less generously under social programs than any state in the United States. In fact, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi discussed the need for parity for Puerto Rico in these programs in a recent speech. Listen to the speech. He has introduced legislation to create more equitable treatment for Puerto Ricans under TANF, NAP and SSI programs as well as portions of Medicare. He has also proposed legislation to include all U.S. territories in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
“Puerto Rico is treated unfairly under Federal programs designed to help our nation’s most vulnerable residents,” said Pierluisi in his speech. “When you look at the status and the well-being of all the American citizens living in the territories, you realize that what they face is geographic discrimination.”
Read more on this issue:
- A speech by Miguel Columna calling on Puerto Rican millenials to take action
via Puerto Rico News - Archive Links's Facebook Wall by Puerto Rico News - Archive Links on 7/19/12
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Rico
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Rico
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Ricofrom Puerto Rico Report by hadeninteractiveU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited San Juan on Friday, assuring the people of Puerto Rico that a strategy is in place to cope with increasing drug-related violence on the island. She said firmly that heightened security for U.S. border states was not affecting the level of support for the Caribbean.According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano met with Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Puerto Rico Police Department Superintendent Héctor Pesquera “to underscore the department’s commitment to collaborating with local law enforcement in the region.”Over the weekend following the visit, 19 people were murdered in Puerto Rico, bringing this year’s total to a new high: 100 more murders than during the same period in 2011, a year that saw a record number of murders in Puerto Rico.PPD leader Alejandro García Padilla has asked Governor Luis Fortuño to declare a state of emergency, according to InSight Crime. Fortuño, however, appears to be well aware of the problem. “Right now, Puerto Rico is serving on the front lines,” Fortuño said at last month’s hearing of the US Congress’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. “We need help fighting this battle along the Caribbean border, to protect the US citizens there being buffeted by violence and to precent the fight from spreading further onto the streets of the US mainland.”Fortuño has repeatedly asked for Federal assistance with the continuing high crime rate in Puerto Rico.
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Rico
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Ricofrom Puerto Rico Report by hadeninteractiveU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited San Juan on Friday, assuring the people of Puerto Rico that a strategy is in place to cope with increasing drug-related violence on the island. She said firmly that heightened security for U.S. border states was not affecting the level of support for the Caribbean.According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano met with Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Puerto Rico Police Department Superintendent Héctor Pesquera “to underscore the department’s commitment to collaborating with local law enforcement in the region.”Over the weekend following the visit, 19 people were murdered in Puerto Rico, bringing this year’s total to a new high: 100 more murders than during the same period in 2011, a year that saw a record number of murders in Puerto Rico.PPD leader Alejandro García Padilla has asked Governor Luis Fortuño to declare a state of emergency, according to InSight Crime. Fortuño, however, appears to be well aware of the problem. “Right now, Puerto Rico is serving on the front lines,” Fortuño said at last month’s hearing of the US Congress’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. “We need help fighting this battle along the Caribbean border, to protect the US citizens there being buffeted by violence and to precent the fight from spreading further onto the streets of the US mainland.”Fortuño has repeatedly asked for Federal assistance with the continuing high crime rate in Puerto Rico.
via The New York Times's Facebook Wall by The New York Times on 7/19/12
Quotation of the Day: "Everyone, even those close to the inner circle, will now be under suspicion." - Elias Hanna, a retired Lebanese military officer knowledgeable about Syria, on the bomb attack that killed top aides to President Bashar al-Assad.
Bombing Kills Key Assad Aides as Syria Fighting Rages
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A bombing in Damascus killed at least three of President Bashar al-Assad’s most senior aides, including his minister of defense and brother-in-law, suggesting that the uprising had reached a decisive moment.
Bombing Kills Key Assad Aides as Syria Fighting Rages
www.nytimes.com
A bombing in Damascus killed at least three of President Bashar al-Assad’s most senior aides, including his minister of defense and brother-in-law, suggesting that the uprising had reached a decisive moment.
via PUERTO RICO NEWS by Mike Nova on 7/19/12
Esta es nuestra portada de hoy, jueves, 19 de julio de 2012.
This is our home today, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (Translated by Bing)
This is our home today, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (Translated by Bing)
via puerto rico - Google News on 7/19/12
Fortuño's plan for English proficiency in Puerto Rico
Dominican Today With an electoral season approaching, the islands comprising Puerto Rico have once more become the center of debate and conflict. Recently, the current Governor of Puerto Rico and statehood advocate Luis Fortuño introduced a mandatory bilingual ... |
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Fortuño's plan for English proficiency in Puerto Rico
Dominican Today With an electoral season approaching, the islands comprising Puerto Rico have once more become the center of debate and conflict. Recently, the current Governor of Puerto Rico and statehood advocate Luis Fortuño introduced a mandatory bilingual ... |
Mike Nova's starred items
via Puerto Rico Report by hadeninteractive on 7/18/12
The Federal Reserve Bank’s recent report on the competitiveness of Puerto Rico’s economy included a recommendation to reduce barriers to job creation and labor force participation by improving incentives to work.
Download the full report.
Caribbean Business saw optimism in the bank’s analysis, reporting that “the New York Fed noted that on several measures Puerto Rico has features that make it a strong — and potentially a highly competitive—economy.”
The positive points made in the report include the increasing literacy and educational attainment of the Puerto Rican population, the fact that many of its resident are bilingual, its open economy, the central location of the island between the U.S. and Latin America, and its close ties to the U.S. mainland. These points have made Puerto Rico an important asset to the United States.
The report also contained some criticisms, especially on the subjects of unemployment and labor market opportunities. For example, the report raises the idea that reducing the minimum wage in Puerto Rico might be a good idea. It recommends as a possible first step to consider a young-worker subminimum wage that targets workers under the age of 25. At the same time, the report also suggests that TANF (public assistance), NAP (food stamps), and SSDI (disability benefits) may tempt Puerto Ricans not to work.
These critiques are interesting because Puerto Rico is generally treated less generously under social programs than any state in the United States. In fact, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi discussed the need for parity for Puerto Rico in these programs in a recent speech. Listen to the speech. He has introduced legislation to create more equitable treatment for Puerto Ricans under TANF, NAP and SSI programs as well as portions of Medicare. He has also proposed legislation to include all U.S. territories in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
“Puerto Rico is treated unfairly under Federal programs designed to help our nation’s most vulnerable residents,” said Pierluisi in his speech. “When you look at the status and the well-being of all the American citizens living in the territories, you realize that what they face is geographic discrimination.”
Read more on this issue:
Download the full report.
Caribbean Business saw optimism in the bank’s analysis, reporting that “the New York Fed noted that on several measures Puerto Rico has features that make it a strong — and potentially a highly competitive—economy.”
The positive points made in the report include the increasing literacy and educational attainment of the Puerto Rican population, the fact that many of its resident are bilingual, its open economy, the central location of the island between the U.S. and Latin America, and its close ties to the U.S. mainland. These points have made Puerto Rico an important asset to the United States.
The report also contained some criticisms, especially on the subjects of unemployment and labor market opportunities. For example, the report raises the idea that reducing the minimum wage in Puerto Rico might be a good idea. It recommends as a possible first step to consider a young-worker subminimum wage that targets workers under the age of 25. At the same time, the report also suggests that TANF (public assistance), NAP (food stamps), and SSDI (disability benefits) may tempt Puerto Ricans not to work.
These critiques are interesting because Puerto Rico is generally treated less generously under social programs than any state in the United States. In fact, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi discussed the need for parity for Puerto Rico in these programs in a recent speech. Listen to the speech. He has introduced legislation to create more equitable treatment for Puerto Ricans under TANF, NAP and SSI programs as well as portions of Medicare. He has also proposed legislation to include all U.S. territories in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
“Puerto Rico is treated unfairly under Federal programs designed to help our nation’s most vulnerable residents,” said Pierluisi in his speech. “When you look at the status and the well-being of all the American citizens living in the territories, you realize that what they face is geographic discrimination.”
Read more on this issue:
- A speech by Miguel Columna calling on Puerto Rican millenials to take action
via Puerto Rico News - Archive Links's Facebook Wall by Puerto Rico News - Archive Links on 7/19/12
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Rico
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Rico
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Ricofrom Puerto Rico Report by hadeninteractiveU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited San Juan on Friday, assuring the people of Puerto Rico that a strategy is in place to cope with increasing drug-related violence on the island. She said firmly that heightened security for U.S. border states was not affecting the level of support for the Caribbean.According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano met with Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Puerto Rico Police Department Superintendent Héctor Pesquera “to underscore the department’s commitment to collaborating with local law enforcement in the region.”Over the weekend following the visit, 19 people were murdered in Puerto Rico, bringing this year’s total to a new high: 100 more murders than during the same period in 2011, a year that saw a record number of murders in Puerto Rico.PPD leader Alejandro García Padilla has asked Governor Luis Fortuño to declare a state of emergency, according to InSight Crime. Fortuño, however, appears to be well aware of the problem. “Right now, Puerto Rico is serving on the front lines,” Fortuño said at last month’s hearing of the US Congress’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. “We need help fighting this battle along the Caribbean border, to protect the US citizens there being buffeted by violence and to precent the fight from spreading further onto the streets of the US mainland.”Fortuño has repeatedly asked for Federal assistance with the continuing high crime rate in Puerto Rico.
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Rico
U.S. Responds to Concerns About Violence in Puerto Ricofrom Puerto Rico Report by hadeninteractiveU.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited San Juan on Friday, assuring the people of Puerto Rico that a strategy is in place to cope with increasing drug-related violence on the island. She said firmly that heightened security for U.S. border states was not affecting the level of support for the Caribbean.According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano met with Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Puerto Rico Police Department Superintendent Héctor Pesquera “to underscore the department’s commitment to collaborating with local law enforcement in the region.”Over the weekend following the visit, 19 people were murdered in Puerto Rico, bringing this year’s total to a new high: 100 more murders than during the same period in 2011, a year that saw a record number of murders in Puerto Rico.PPD leader Alejandro García Padilla has asked Governor Luis Fortuño to declare a state of emergency, according to InSight Crime. Fortuño, however, appears to be well aware of the problem. “Right now, Puerto Rico is serving on the front lines,” Fortuño said at last month’s hearing of the US Congress’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. “We need help fighting this battle along the Caribbean border, to protect the US citizens there being buffeted by violence and to precent the fight from spreading further onto the streets of the US mainland.”Fortuño has repeatedly asked for Federal assistance with the continuing high crime rate in Puerto Rico.
via The New York Times's Facebook Wall by The New York Times on 7/19/12
Quotation of the Day: "Everyone, even those close to the inner circle, will now be under suspicion." - Elias Hanna, a retired Lebanese military officer knowledgeable about Syria, on the bomb attack that killed top aides to President Bashar al-Assad.
Bombing Kills Key Assad Aides as Syria Fighting Rages
www.nytimes.com
A bombing in Damascus killed at least three of President Bashar al-Assad’s most senior aides, including his minister of defense and brother-in-law, suggesting that the uprising had reached a decisive moment.
Bombing Kills Key Assad Aides as Syria Fighting Rages
www.nytimes.com
A bombing in Damascus killed at least three of President Bashar al-Assad’s most senior aides, including his minister of defense and brother-in-law, suggesting that the uprising had reached a decisive moment.
via PUERTO RICO NEWS by Mike Nova on 7/19/12
Esta es nuestra portada de hoy, jueves, 19 de julio de 2012.
This is our home today, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (Translated by Bing)
This is our home today, Thursday, July 19, 2012. (Translated by Bing)
via puerto rico - Google News on 7/19/12
Fortuño's plan for English proficiency in Puerto Rico
Dominican Today With an electoral season approaching, the islands comprising Puerto Rico have once more become the center of debate and conflict. Recently, the current Governor of Puerto Rico and statehood advocate Luis Fortuño introduced a mandatory bilingual ... |
via puerto rico - Google News on 7/19/12
Fortuño's plan for English proficiency in Puerto Rico
Dominican Today With an electoral season approaching, the islands comprising Puerto Rico have once more become the center of debate and conflict. Recently, the current Governor of Puerto Rico and statehood advocate Luis Fortuño introduced a mandatory bilingual ... |
Mike Nova's starred items
via puerto rico news - Google Blog Search by Carib Net News on 7/14/12
Puerto Rico's governor is meeting with U.S. officials including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to discuss ways to better fight crime and drug trafficking across the Caribbean island. Gov. Luis Fortuno said Friday ...
via Puerto Rico Report by hadeninteractive on 7/19/12
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited San Juan on Friday, assuring the people of Puerto Rico that a strategy is in place to cope with increasing drug-related violence on the island. She said firmly that heightened security for U.S. border states was not affecting the level of support for the Caribbean.
According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano met with Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Puerto Rico Police Department Superintendent Héctor Pesquera “to underscore the department’s commitment to collaborating with local law enforcement in the region.”
Over the weekend following the visit, 19 people were murdered in Puerto Rico, bringing this year’s total to a new high: 100 more murders than during the same period in 2011, a year that saw a record number of murders in Puerto Rico.
PPD leader Alejandro García Padilla has asked Governor Luis Fortuño to declare a state of emergency, according to InSight Crime. Fortuño, however, appears to be well aware of the problem. “Right now, Puerto Rico is serving on the front lines,” Fortuño said at last month’s hearing of the US Congress’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. “We need help fighting this battle along the Caribbean border, to protect the US citizens there being buffeted by violence and to precent the fight from spreading further onto the streets of the US mainland.”
Fortuño has repeatedly asked for Federal assistance with the continuing high crime rate in Puerto Rico.
According to a press release from the Department of Homeland Security, Napolitano met with Governor Luis Fortuño, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Puerto Rico Police Department Superintendent Héctor Pesquera “to underscore the department’s commitment to collaborating with local law enforcement in the region.”
Over the weekend following the visit, 19 people were murdered in Puerto Rico, bringing this year’s total to a new high: 100 more murders than during the same period in 2011, a year that saw a record number of murders in Puerto Rico.
PPD leader Alejandro García Padilla has asked Governor Luis Fortuño to declare a state of emergency, according to InSight Crime. Fortuño, however, appears to be well aware of the problem. “Right now, Puerto Rico is serving on the front lines,” Fortuño said at last month’s hearing of the US Congress’ Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management. “We need help fighting this battle along the Caribbean border, to protect the US citizens there being buffeted by violence and to precent the fight from spreading further onto the streets of the US mainland.”
Fortuño has repeatedly asked for Federal assistance with the continuing high crime rate in Puerto Rico.
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox told a PBS SoCal reporter that the United States should legalize drugs to lessen use and remove funding for criminal cartels.
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John Johnson was eight years old when he first learned he was HIV positive and was 19 when his own mother also died of the disease. He describes how being HIV positive affected his life and has also inspired his future.*Subtitles were added due to audio difficulties.*
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