MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Puerto Rican rapper, singer and producer Jhayco was arrested early Tuesday morning on drug charges in Miami-Dade County. Leer en español Online jail records show Jhayco, whose real name is Jesus Manuel Nieves Cortes, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 4:24 a.m. According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sherriff’s Office, …
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IU basketball tips off its three-game exhibition tour in Puerto Rico tonight at 7 p.m. ET against Universidad de Puerto Rico Bayamón. The Hoosiers will also play the Serbian team Mega Superbet on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET and Monday at 11 a.m. ET. For those in Puerto Rico wishing to attend the games, tickets are available here. There will …
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Sylvette Santiago, a spokesperson for the board, did not immediately return a message seeking comment on whether the board members would fight the decision. Meanwhile, Rep. Nydia Velázquez, a New York Democrat, criticized the dismissals though she acknowledged what she said were “serious and longstanding concerns” about actions the board has taken, including implementing austerity measures. “This sudden purge by …
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President Trump fired five of the eight members of Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight Management Board, which oversees the U.S. territory’s budget plan. The island has been trying to find its way to fiscal solvency after struggling with its debt for years. Mr. Trump dismissed the board’s chairman Arthur J. Gonzalez, Cameron McKenzie, Betty A. Rosa, Juan A. Sabater, and Luis …
Read More »SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Trump administration has dismissed five out of seven members on Puerto Rico’s federal control board that oversees the U.S. territory’s finances, sparking concern about the future of the island’s fragile economy. The five fired are all Democrats. A White House official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the board “has been run …
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The pregnant wife of former New York Knicks first-round draft pick Danilo Gallinari was attacked by a shark during a family beach day in Puerto Rico. Eleonora Boi was wading in the crowded waters of a beach in the Puerto Rican municipality of Carolina when she was bitten on the leg, she revealed Friday. “It was the worst day of …
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Bad Bunny‘s sweeping first concert of his three-month Puerto Rico residency was a night of palpable emotion for the megastar whose latest smash artistic endeavor brings his global stardom back to his roots. The marathon show in San Juan late Friday was flush with styles — from club beats and high-octane salsa to folkloric dance and soulful acoustics. Bad Bunny …
Read More »SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — In a small bookstore in the Caribbean’s largest mall, dozens of people gathered on a recent evening for the launch of a slim dictionary. Its title is “The ABC of DtMF,” which is short for “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” the newest album from Puerto Rico’s latest prodigious son, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known …
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