GOVERNOR HEADS WHITE HOUSE DELEGATION
From Caribbean Business:
"Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla led a high-
level delegation in a meeting at the White House on
Wednesday to discuss the island’s fiscal and economic
scene with Obama administration officials..."
PUERTO RICO MAY RAISE OIL TAX
From Bloomberg:
"Puerto Rico lawmakers are working on a plan to allow
the island’s Infrastructure Financing Authority to
sell as much as $2.9 billion of bonds backed by
petroleum taxes to repay loans from the Government
Development Bank..."
TROPICAL DISTURBANCE FORMS NEAR PR
From WDSU:
"The National Hurricane Center is tracking a
tropical disturbance forming east of the Caribbean
this week. Officials began tracking the trough of low
pressure this week that extends from near the northern
Leeward Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It has a 30
percent chance of development within the next few days..."
2.5 TREMOR FELT NEAR CAGUAS PR
The US Geological Survey has registered a magnitude
2.5 tremor about 5 miles southwest of the town of Caguas
this morning at 1:40 AM Atlantic Time. Coordinates are
18.176°N 66.102°W, with a depth of 47.2 miles. No injuries
or damage have been reported. Also, a magnitude 2.9 tremor
was registered near San Juan at approximately 7:19 PM last
night.
POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH MURDER
From The San Juan Daily Star:
"A police officer in Puerto Rico has been charged with
first-degree murder and weapons violations in a killing
that authorities say was sparked by a traffic-related
confrontation..."
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