Wikio - Puerto Rico

Mr. Jose Ramon Gonzalez Resigns From His Position at Santander Puerto Rico (PR News Wire )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:15:00 GMT

Mr. Juan Moreno Blanco will assume the duties of President and Chief Executive Officer of Santander BanCorp and Chief Executive Officer of Banco Santander Puerto Rico as soon as the necessary legal and regulatory procedures are fulfilled SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After 12 years with Banco Santander S.A. ("Santander") and after serving 6 years as Country...

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Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (San Diego Union)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:14:15 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections. But the president of the State Elections Commission said it may be impossible to meet a court-ordered deadline for printing the ballots in time for the election. U.S. Judge Jose A. Fuste agreed with a lawsuit recently filed by two mainland-born...

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Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (Miami Herald)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:33:00 GMT

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections.

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Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (Boston Globe)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:26:24 GMT

U.S. Judge Jose A. Fuste agreed with a lawsuit recently filed by two mainland-born Americans living on the island who argued a Spanish-only ballot discriminates against 14 percent of the nearly 4 million inhabitants in Puerto Rico whose first language is English.

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Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico (AP) (Get Mash)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:20:29 GMT

AP - A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections. Read the full story

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Relatives: She tired of cheating boyfriend, so he killed her (Philadelphia Inquirer)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Jessica Alejandro was done with her boyfriend. Together for nine years, the longtime sweethearts came to Philadelphia from Puerto Rico six years ago and had four children together here, relatives said.

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Santander BanCorp Discontinues Payment of Common Shares Dividend - MarketWatch (Financial Services)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:18:55 GMT

Santander BanCorp Discontinues Payment of Common Shares DividendMarketWatch - 1 hour agoThe Corporation has five wholly owned subsidiaries, Banco Santander Puerto Rico, Santander Securities Corporation, Santander Financial Services, Inc., …

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King-Shaw to head All-Med Services (The South Florida Business Journal )

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:05 GMT

Ruben Jose King-Shaw Jr. has been named chief executive officer of Miami-based All-Med Services of Florida and Clinical Medical Services, the company's Puerto Rico-based operations.

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Physical And Sexual Abuse Linked To Asthma In Puerto Rican Kids (Science Daily)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Children who are physically or sexually abused are more than twice as likely to have asthma as their peers, according to a recent study of urban children in Puerto Rico. In fact, physical and sexual abuse was second only to maternal asthma in all the risk factors tested, including paternal asthma and indicators of socioeconomic status.

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Best's Review: Examines Which States Spend the Most -and the Least- on Insurance Regulation (Business Wire)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:03:00 GMT

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 50 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are projected to spend more than $1.54 billion in 2009 on the regulation of insurance, reports

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Television, Drug of a Nation (Soccer Insider)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:23:38 GMT

Lots of viewing options the next two days, starting this afternoon with the UEFA Super Cup between Manchester United and Zenit St. Pete (2:30 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer Channel). TONIGHT USL: Puerto Rico at Charleston, 8 p.m. Fox Soccer Channel NCAA: Maryland at UCLA, 10 p.m. FSC SATURDAY England: Blackpool at Southampton, 7:30 a.m. Setanta Germany: Bremen at Moenchengladbach, 9:30 GolTV England: Portsmouth...

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Media Watch: An affinity for rules? (Boardgame News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:45:04 GMT

From The Economist(!): To serious gamers Puerto Rico is German territory, not American. They assemble in groups of three to five to plant crops, ship goods and raise edifices, compressing into a cheerful hour or two the wheeling and dealing that consumed the careers of 16th-century colonists in the Caribbean. Puerto Rico , ranked the second-best board-game by users of boardgamegeek.com,...

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CONCACAF Champions League and The Rise of USL? (Don't Tread on Me)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:25:36 GMT

The results are in: Joe Public 2-1 New England Tauro 2-0 Chivas USA Montreal Impact 1-0 Real Estell Alajuelense 1-1 Puerto Rico No, those score are not some kind of joke. After the first leg of the preliminary round of the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League, two USL 1 clubs got big results while their MLS older brothers just flat out stunk. I'm a big fan of this tournament and completely elated...

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Tropical Storm Hanna (Philadelphia Weather)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:04:00 GMT

Tropical Storm Hanna formed earlier Thursday over the Atlantic, located northeast of Puerto Rico. Hanna is currently a weak storm with just 40 mph winds due to wind shear thanks to an upper level low. Assuming the upper level low moves out of the way (and model guidance suggests it should) Hanna will track northwest over the next few days, eventually moving underneath the Bermuda high and seeing...

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A proud papa (Living on the frontlines)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:03:00 GMT

Here's another picture Carmen sent me from the Puerto Rico trip. This is one of the proud daddies at the HPS Family Conference in Ponce. And isn't the baby a cutie - I'm such a sucker for babies!

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SHULMAN'S MOCS CHASING DAVIDSON (College Hoop Blog: Good 'N Plenty)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:51:00 GMT

How about this early schedule for John Shulman’s Cattanooga Mocs? It starts with a road game at Tennessee, to Missouri, then to Puerto Rico where they will play Memphis in the first round and likely face the loser of the Seton Hall-USC game. ``If it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger,” Shulman laughed. Actually, Shulman isn’t all that concerned about his team’s psyche coming out of that...

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"Dead Man Standing" or "I see a dead person" (Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:09:27 GMT

The man in the picture is Angel Pantoja Medina and he is dead. Angel died on August 15, 2008 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His brother explained that Angel told him that he wanted to be standing during his wake....

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German recreation: (The Economist)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:35:36 GMT

Germany has a grip on the business of inventing brainy new board-games TO SERIOUS gamers Puerto Rico is German territory, not American. They assemble in groups of three to five to plant crops, ship goods and raise edifices, compressing into a cheerful hour or two the wheeling and dealing that consumed the careers of 16th-century colonists in the Caribbean. “Puerto Rico”, ranked the second-best...

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NV-U44 (NaviGadget)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:17:23 GMT

Sony’s new entry level GPS navigation system is called NV-U44 which features a 3.5″ touch screen and comes with pre-loaded maps of United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Gesture Command is on board just like other Sony sat nav systems and it lets you take control via simple, on-screen finger movements. NV-U44 also has dual view [...]

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NV-U44 ([MobileRatty] Lattest Articles)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:17:23 GMT

Sonys new entry level GPS navigation system is called NV-U44 which features a 3.5 touch screen and comes with pre-loaded maps of United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Gesture Command is on board just...

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