Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 01:21
Puerto Rico`s default on a debt payment for the first time will leave the island closed out of the US financial markets, deepening what is already a serious economic crisis.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2015, 05:03
The US territory of Puerto Rico, deep in economic crisis, has defaulted on part of its $73-billion debt by missing a bond payment due on Monday, rating firm Moody`s said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 11:11
The centre in Aguadilla, which is an aviation hub, will provide services in English and Spanish and host about 250 employees serving worldwide clients, it added.
Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 10:46
A strong quake of magnitude 6.5 struck north off Puerto Rico on Monday and could trigger a local tsunami, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 10:56
Thousands of volunteers cleaned 200 beaches, rivers and lakes in Puerto Rico to celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day Saturday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 11:07
A San Juan court Tuesday sentenced a woman to 99 years behind bars for the death of her five-month-old baby and for hiding his body in a freezer.
Last Updated: Monday, June 17, 2013, 11:04
Scientists have discovered that a big asteroid that flew past Earth last month belongs to a new category of space rock, thanks to new radar images captured by the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 13:58
Singer Ricky Martin called Wednesday in a letter sent to the Puerto Rican House of Representatives for the legislative body to approve a bill which would prohibit discrimination due to sexual orientation on the island.
Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 18:00
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has reportedly struck off a Chile coast on Monday. However, no tsumani warning has been issued so far.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 00:23
Four people have been killed and six others injured in a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 20:47
Last Updated: Saturday, March 9, 2013, 09:04
An SUV has been stopped in Puerto Rico with a load of cocaine valued by federal agents at USD 16 million dollars, a spokesman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Friday.
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