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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Puerto Rico News Digest For Nov. 6, 2014


MORE YOUNG PEOPLE CONSIDER LEAVING PR


















El Nuevo Dia has reported today on results of its recent poll of
Puerto Rico residents that indicate that an increasing number of
Puerto Ricans, especially the young, are considering leaving the
island. The paper found that when it asked whether respondents
might leave the island in the next four years, 34% said yes, 
compared to 27% last year. Among the 18-34 age group, the 
percentage of respondents saying that they see it as 'somewhat 
likely' or 'very likely' that they'll leave Puerto Rico increases to a 
staggering 45%. If the people who have expressed a desire to leave 
were to indeed leave the island over the next four years, it would 
lead to a population drop of about 1 million inhabitants. 


2.9 TREMOR FELT 14 MILES FROM SAN JUAN











According to the US Geological Survey, a magnitude 2.9 tremor
was registered today at approximately 2:35PM AST. The epicenter
was located about 14 miles west of San Juan, with a depth of 63.4
miles. Coordinates are 18.493°N 66.315°W. No damages have
been reported, and are unlikely to have occurred. 


TEXAS CITES PR GAY MARRIAGE DECISION




"Texas officials are citing a federal judge’s decision 
to uphold Puerto Rico’s gay marriage ban in their own 
legal battle over the issue. In a brief filed to the Fifth Circuit 
Court of Appeals on Oct. 28, Texas Solicitor General Jonathan 
F. Mitchell says the judge was right when he ruled Puerto 
Rico’s ban on same-sex marriage should remain intact..."



TRUCKERS PROTEST OIL TAX IN SAN JUAN




"Traffic was snarled along the rain-soaked streets of San Juan 
on Wednesday morning as hundreds of truckers staged a rolling 
protest against legislation to surge the tax on petroleum.
The caravan, which was centered in a wide area around Capitol
building, also was in protest of an incoming law requiring 
trucks to have double cabins..."


3,000 FEDERAL INMATES MAY WALK FREE




"The Federal Bureau of Prisons is slated to grant early 
release to more than 46,000 inmates with drug convictions 
in the mainland U.S. and in Puerto Rico after the U.S. 
Sentencing Commission earlier this year agreed to reduce 
draconian drug sentences..."


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