Puerto Rico News

Still reeling from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the nation's airlines warily watched the approach of Hurricane Rita Wednesday.

Some 150 people in Puerto Rico will file lawsuits against the maker of withdrawn painkiller Vioxx, an attorney said Tuesday.

Born: December 24, 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico Active In: 90's, 2000's Ricky Martin was one of the biggest teen idols in Latin America during the '90s. A lead singer of Menudo , Martin was blessed with good ...

A Puerto Rico furniture factory will shut down in November and lay off its 120 workers because of increased competition from China, the company's president said Tuesday.

Posted By Armando Rodriguez on 09.20.05 Alexander to WWE? Title changes and Ric Flair? Small update from Puerto Rico.

Jessica Sanchez poses an urgent threat to the U.S. military. For a Pentagon stretched by stagnating enlistments and an administration bent on waging a "global war on terror," the question of whether this ...

Formed in Miami in 1997, Nonpoint is an interracial alternative metal/rap-metal foursome that consists of two Puerto Ricans and two whites .

JetBlue Airways today announced it will resume scheduled service between New York's JFK Airport and New Orleans on October 1, 2005, with one daily flight.

As the Year of the Eucharist comes to an end, 10 of our readers reveal how their lives were ... No Longer Afraid By Tom Smolinski Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania My wife, Elizabeth, a eucharistic minister, had been urging me for years to become one myself.

TORONTO, Sept. 19 /CNW/ - Patheon Inc. today announced that CEPH International Corporation received late Friday afternoon a Warning Letter from the San Juan, Puerto Rico District office of the U.S. Food and ...2.7

Roberto C. 'Chris' Ortiz is a living example of business and community working together to battle poverty in Greater Cleveland's Hispanic community.

Decisions from Federated Department Stores will add to the area its Macy's Florida unit oversees but will also mean some local stores may be sold to other companies.

The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered Bacardi Ltd. to comply with the federal Clean Water Act concerning wastewater discharge in Puerto Rico.

The elementary school, recently the subject of a controversial letter, wants to move past the incident.

Though many at the independence celebration Friday have lived in the U.S. for most of their lives, they certainly have not forgotten their heritage.

A piece of asphalt on the runway forced authorities to briefly close Puerto Rico's main airport Thursday and divert several flights to the Virgin Islands, an official said.1.4

Anticorruption treaty gains final approval A global treaty to fight corruption goes into force in 90 days, empowering nations to prosecute officials accused of stealing public funds and to override bank secrecy ...

A hunger strike at the U.S. prison for terror suspects in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has grown to its largest point since detainees began their latest protest more than a month ago, a military official said ...

If you go Events at Rockland Community College, 145 College Road, Ramapo. For more information, call RCC at 845-574-4361 or 845-574-4353. * 12:30 p.m. today: Kickoff of month-long celebration.1.7

Three more detainees have been hospitalized after refusing meals at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, bringing to 21 the number being treated from a hunger strike that involves a quarter of the camp's ...

British opera is in for a surprise with the arrival of exotic Puerto Rican soprano Scheherazade Pesante.2.7

Nearly 40 more detainees have joined a hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for terror suspects, bringing the total to 128, an official said Tuesday.

Powerful Music. Positive Message -- today announced its second recording artists -- a hot, bilingual Latina trio called Chica as its follow-up to R&R; and Billboard-charted Troy Johnson.

The Bridgeport Architectural Landmark League will try to save the historic Edwards Johnson house on Logan Street, slated to be demolished to make way for an East End school complex.

The Dominican president announced a revised energy-saving plan that includes closing gas stations one day a week, keeping public buses off the road every other day and restricting the use of state vehicles.

Snappy salsa music danced over the crowd, as a breeze mixed the rich odors of roasting pig, cooking beef and chicken sizzling on the grill.

Rosa Cruz reaches for a can of roman beans at the Hannaford Brothers international food isle in the Twin City Plaza.

The U.S. Coast Guard was summoned to help stranded boaters early Friday after a man called 911 and reported his boat engine had stopped somewhere between St.1.4

Harbor Conservatory For The Performing Arts has announced the Sixteenth Annual competition for the Charlie Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship established by Tito Puente.

Go ahead and choose a subject. It could be as simple as a glass of water or as delicate as a soured relationship.

The marine matchmakers race against time, as coral around the world declines. By TAMARA LUSH, Times Staff Writer Published September 7, 2005 KEY LARGO - Last year, in the third week in August, a band of ...

The early August food drive netted 77 pounds of food for the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank.1.3