BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGNS IN PR
From Caribbean Business:
"The Vermont senator is expected to present an economic recovery plan for
the island on Monday and talk about the crisis’ impact on its education and
health systems. He will hold a town hall meeting at the Fundación Luis Mu-
ñoz Marín in San Juan at 9 a.m., go to the Juan Ponce de León School in Gu-
aynabo at 3 p.m. and then speak at an event at the University of Puerto Rico’s
Río Piedras Campus at 7 p.m. His visit comes a day before former U.S. Presi-
dent Bill Clinton arrives to campaign for wife Hillary Clinton. The island “fa-
ces enormous problems,” with poverty and unemployment rates that are “much
too high,” Bloomberg quoted the senator as saying. “And meanwhile, the vultu-
re capitalists on Wall Street are trying to get a hundred percent back on their
bonds at a time when so many of the children and the people of this island are
suffering...”
TEACHERS' UNION REJECTS EVALUATION PLAN
From The San Juan Daily Star:
"Members of the National Union of Educators and Education Workers (UNE-
TE by its Spanish acronym) on Thursday rejected the agreement the Teachers
Association had reportedly arrived at with the secretary of Education with res-
pect to using the results of the META-PR tests to evaluate teachers. “Recent
statements by the secretary of Education indicated that he would impose a per-
centage -- around 20 percent -- of the evaluation of the teacher based on the re-
sults of the tests, and has the approval of the Teachers Association,” said Virgi-
lio Vázquez, librarian and vice president of UNETE. “This is unacceptable be-
cause the Association must not arrive at an agreement with management that
will be used to fire teachers.”
IBERIA REESTABLISHES DIRECT CONNECTION
From News Is My Business:
"Puerto Rico government officials welcomed Sunday the return of Spanish air-
line Iberia, which has resumed direct flights after a three-year absence. Iberia
has scheduled three weekly direct flights between Madrid and San Juan through
October, which will represent an economic boost for the island of $21.2 million,
Tourism Co. Executive Director Ingrid Rivera-Rocafort said..."
BELTRAN 3RD PR PLAYER TO HIT 400 RUNS
From ESPN:
"Carlos Beltran belted career home run No. 400 on Sunday afternoon, which put
the New York Yankees slugger in some rare company. The 39-year-old became
the 54th player in major league history to reach that milestone and just the fourth
switch-hitter. He joined fellow Yankee Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray and Chipper
Jones...Beltran is only the third Puerto Rico-born player to hit 400, along with Car-
los Delgado and Juan Gonzalez..."
