FATAL ACCIDENT ON EXPRESO LAS AMERICAS
Huge traffic jams are being experienced this morning by commuters
on Expreso Las Americas (PR-18), following a fatal auto accident
early this morning on the Caguas-bound side of the roadway. Traffic
had to be rerouted around Jesus T. Piñero due to lane closures. The
traffic back-ups have created a domino effect, and several nearby
roads and highways are severely congested as well. Police are reco-
mmending as alternate routes Avenues Piñero, Roosevelt or Domenech.
The accident responsible for the traffic involved a truck and five other
vehicles. The truck reportedly hit a Hyundai sedan, which was being
driven by a man who later died.
12 ARRESTED FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
From Fox News:
Twelve suspects have been arrested on charges of child pornography
across Puerto Rico in the largest such operation in the U.S. territory,
federal authorities said Thursday. Among those arrested were a former
police officer, a high school teacher and an Internal Revenue Service
employee, said Angel Melendez, special agent in charge of Homeland
Security Investigations in San Juan.
DRAG COMEDIAN ALEX SOTO DIES
A popular Puerto Rican comedian and drag queen died Thursday
night from a heart attack after he underwent surgery from a foot
infection. Alex Soto had been recovering from the amputation of
his left foot when his heart gave out, said actress Veronica Ojeda
Rubio, a member of the Board of Actors Association Puerto Rico.
MERCK FINDS BUYER FOR CLOSING PLANT
From Fierce Pharma Mfg:
Merck ($MRK) put two of three plants in Puerto Rico on a hit list in
2013 as part of its efforts to cut costs and headcount. But after selling
one last year to Sanofi's ($SNY) animal health unit Merial, it has
found a buyer for the second, efforts that together will have saved
about 400 jobs on the island. Merck will sell its plant in Arecibo to
American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC), which will add
it to the 5 dozen other plants it has around the world making industrial
products.
MIGRANTS NABBED ON MONA ISLAND
From Jamaica Observer:
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency
says its agents apprehended 10 undocumented Cuban and Dominican
Republic immigrants after they landed on a remote island off the
coast of Puerto Rico. The US Coast Guard also found a body floating
near the shore of Mona Island.
DONAHUE CITED FOR SENATE HEARING ON PREPA
From The San Juan Daily Star:
The Senate Energy Aff airs and Water Resources Committee cited
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Chief Restructuring
Officer Lisa Donahue for a public hearing this Friday to question her
about the utility’s debt restructuring plan. Donahue, who has not
completed the restructuring plan, has kept mum about details of the
plan, although she did say it entails $400 million in savings in the area
of operations at the utility.
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