AIR AMBULANCE PROVIDER SHUTS DOWN
From Caribbean Business:
"Aeromed, the only air ambulance company active in Puerto Rico, announ-
ced Tuesday that it ceased operations effective June 3. The company said it
could no longer continue operations without a commitment from the govern-
ment of Puerto Rico to pay the existing debt and offer acceptable fees that
could guarantee long-term service. According to Aeromed, since November
2013 it has unsuccessfully tried to resolve this situation with the government..."
ELECTIONS COMMISSION TOOK DAY OFF
From ABC News:
"It will be a little while longer before final vote totals are known in Puerto Ri-
co's Democratic presidential primary, because the U.S. territory's election co-
mmission workers took the day off on Monday. Officials will resume manually
counting votes on Tuesday and expect to issue a final certification later that
day, Roberto Prats, the island's Democratic Party chairman, told The Associa-
ted Press. He said officials worked until nearly dawn counting results of both
the presidential primary and a local primary in which voters narrowed their
choice for the island's next governor, legislators and mayors..."
PENSION SYSTEM HEADED FOR INSOLVENCY
From The San Juan Daily Star:
"A recent Retirement Systems Administration audit revealed that the island’s
largest retirement plan will run out of money by 2017, according to a news re-
port published by Bloomberg late last week. The report adds that if contributi-
ons to the retirement system do not increase, the Retirement Systems Adminis-
tration will become insolvent.The audit...indicates that the Retirement Systems
Administration only has 0.27 percent of funds to cover $30.2 billion it has pro-
mised to current and future retirees..."
BEAUTY QUEEN'S MOTHER IS MURDERED
From New Delhi Times/AP:
"A former Puerto Rican beauty queen is calling on the public to help police find
those responsible for the shooting death of her mother. Police said that Elena San-
tos Agosto, a 59-year-old nurse, died Friday night in her living room in Puerto Ri-
co after being struck by gunshots to the head and chest that were fired into her re-
sidence from a passing vehicle. “This crime cannot go unpunished, a crime with-
out cause, without reason. Those responsible have to pay,” ex-Miss Puerto Rico
Alba Reyes said in a statement Saturday..."
