Puerto Rico News Digest For January 26, 2015

FIVE MURDERS OVER THE WEEKEND

El Nuevo Dia reports that five murders were reported in Puerto Rico
between Friday night and Sunday morning, increasing the murder rate
so far in 2015 to 37, 10 less than at this time last year. Two of the
victims were killed in a double homicide in Santurce on Sunday
morning,  while another man was shot to death in Ponce on Saturday
night. A man was killed in Humacao and another man was shot to
death in Loiza on Friday night.

ATTORNEY SUES FOR RIGHT TO US VOTE 

From The San Juan Daily Star:

Attorney Gregorio Igartúa is pressing on with a constitutional
rights lawsuit that seeks to obtain for Puerto Ricans the right
to vote in Congressional elections as he opposed a U.S. Justice
Department motion to dismiss the case, contending that settled
law, international treaties and voting rights require the courts
to deal with his request. Igartúa, who in the past fi led lawsuits
seeking the presidential vote, wants the courts to follow the law
and appoint a three-judge panel to decide the controversy as sti-
pulated in the law, noting that the courts have the obligation to
deal with the request because it involves fundamental rights,
instead of allowing the matter to be decided by the political
process as the U.S. government wants.

ARECIBO OBSERVATORY TO STUDY ASTEROID

From Fox News Latino:

Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory, home to one of the world's largest
radio telescopes, will try to obtain information on asteroid 2004 BL86
this week, the Caribbean Astronomical Society said. The asteroid is
expected to pass relatively close to the Earth on Monday.

Asteroid 2004 BL86, which has a diameter of nearly 700 meters (2,295
feet), will be about 1.2 million kilometers (745,647 miles) from the
Earth on Monday, with the best viewing time around noon (1620 GMT)
in Puerto Rico.

OLIVE GARDEN TO OPEN 3RD PR LOCATION

From News Is My Business:

Restaurants Operators Inc., owners of the Olive Garden franchise in
Puerto Rico, announced Wednesday the start of construction of its
third restaurant, representing a $3 million investment in the
northern town of Barceloneta.

The eatery will have more than 8,000 square-feet of space — enough
for 250 guests — and will generate more than 300 direct and indirect
jobs during its development, construction and operational phases.

PR SCORES WINS AT WORLD SERIES OF BOXING

From World Boxing News:

Although the pedigree of Puerto Rican boxing is highly distinguished,
few boxing insiders were tipping the Puerto Rico Hurricanes much
success  in their debut World Series of Boxing season, but the new
Franchise remain undefeated after an away win against Argentina
Condors.

Their 3-2 victory in Buenos Aires comes after another win of the same
scoreline against Rafako Hussars Poland, while Argentina Condors are
still yet to taste victory in Group B.

Flyweight (52 kg) Jeyvier Cintrón Ocasio is one of Puerto Rico's most
promising boxing talents, and he won his WSB debut on all three score-
cards against Argentina's Cristian Alan Choque Chambi. The Hurricanes
roared in match number two, where Lightweight (60 kg)  Jose Rosario
won an even wider points victory over Brian Ivan Nunez.