POLICE CHECKPOINTS OVER WEEKEND
Police superintendent José Caldero has announced the deployment of
traffic checkpoints across the island for the end of Holy week. Police
officers will be manning roadblocks in the police areas of San Juan,
Carolina, Aibonito, Utuado, Arecibo, Mayagüez and Aguadilla be-
ginning on Friday and ending on Easter Sunday. According to Caldero,
the checkpoints are part of measures being taken to prevent accidents
and criminal acts over the busier than normal Easter weekend.
PUBLIC LAYOFFS INEVITABLE UNDER AGP'S PLAN
From The San Juan Daily Star:
Despite Gov. Alejandro García Padilla’s promises that there will
be no layoffs of public workers, his five-year fiscal reduction plan
will do just that because it will result in the consolidation of agencies
and cuts in spending, the STAR has learned. As of press time Tues-
day, La Fortaleza had not submitted the plan to the Legislature. Sour-
ces said the governor agreed to the reductions amid pressure from
the Legislature to the effect that his proposed increase to the con-
sumption tax to 16 percent had to be accompanied by cuts. García
Padilla is in a battle with the Legislature to get his proposed Tax
Reform approved. “I assure you it was a last-minute thing,” the
source said.
will do just that because it will result in the consolidation of agencies
and cuts in spending, the STAR has learned. As of press time Tues-
day, La Fortaleza had not submitted the plan to the Legislature. Sour-
ces said the governor agreed to the reductions amid pressure from
the Legislature to the effect that his proposed increase to the con-
sumption tax to 16 percent had to be accompanied by cuts. García
Padilla is in a battle with the Legislature to get his proposed Tax
Reform approved. “I assure you it was a last-minute thing,” the
source said.
UFOLOGIST RIOS TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
From Fox News Latino:
Popular ufologist Reinaldo Ríos has announced his independent
run for the governorship of Puerto Rico on a platform of making
the island a world center for paranormal tourism. "What I want
is to create a Disney World of the infinite space we live in. Many
tourists would come here and make investments," Ríos said in an
interview with Efe. The candidate, who teaches first grade at a
school in the southern town of Yauco, has won popularity on the
island for his activities related to supposed sightings of apparitions,
UFOs and extraterrestrials. He even organized a gargoyle hunt.
tourists would come here and make investments," Ríos said in an
interview with Efe. The candidate, who teaches first grade at a
school in the southern town of Yauco, has won popularity on the
island for his activities related to supposed sightings of apparitions,
UFOs and extraterrestrials. He even organized a gargoyle hunt.
PUERTO RICO ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FALLS
From Reuters:
Puerto Rico's economic activity index fell 2.6 percent year-on-year
in January and another 1.6 percent in February, the Government De-
velopment Bank (GDB) said on Wednesday. There were declines in
in January and another 1.6 percent in February, the Government De-
velopment Bank (GDB) said on Wednesday. There were declines in
electric power generation, gasoline consumption and cement sales
during the period.
ORIENTAL BANK ROLLS OUT 85 NEW ATMS
From News Is My Business:
Oriental Bank announced Tuesday the expansion of its ATM network
with the addition of 85 new locations through an agreement with equip-
ment provider Sharenet. The majority of those new ATMs will be lo-
cated in Walgreens.
ment provider Sharenet. The majority of those new ATMs will be lo-
cated in Walgreens.
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