FEDS TO PROVIDE $7 MILLION FOR JOBS
The United States Department of Labor has announced a grant
of $7 million to the group "Puerto Rico Tecnoeconomic Corridor"
to fund job training for the long-term unemployed, as reported
today by El Nuevo Dia. The funds -- which are meant to serve
people who have been out of work for longer than 26 weeks
in towns in the west of Puerto Rico -- are part of a larger
grant of $169.7 million which is being split between twenty
states and the island.
JUSTICE WIDENS COLOMBIA DEATH PROBE
The Puerto Rico Department of Justice has announced that it
is widening its investigation into the death of Nancy Santana
García, a local woman who died in Colombia during a botched
cosmetic surgical procedure. The Department is encouraging anyone
who has been treated by an unlicensed medical professional or
someone pretending to be a doctor to come forward with information.
Information can be provided through the following phone numbers:
(787) 729- 2577, (787) 729-2523 or (787) 729-2429/2491.
MAN FOUND MURDERED IN CAGUAS
An unidentified man, 20-25 years of age, was found shot to death
on Road PR-796, in the Guasábara section of Caguas, Primera Hora
has reported. Several gunshot wounds were found on the victim, who
was the third person to be murdered in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. The
man's death brings the number of murders on the island for this
year to 525. The figure is 182 less than the number registered this
time last year.
EDP PUMPS $32.2 MILLION INTO ECONOMY
From News Is My Business:
The Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico disclosed
Tuesday that during the first quarter of Fiscal 2015, it has approved
more than $32.2 million in 68 loans to businesses looking to expand
or establish themselves on the island.
More than $8 million of that amount was approved last month,
agency President Joey Cancel-Planas said.
In September, the agency granted $2.6 million new loans and
$5.9 million in credit lines to 19 applicants, representing the
creation of 87 direct and 183 indirect jobs, and the retention of
another 62, the agency noted.
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