Puerto Rico : News

It's a tough time of year for delicate flowers. Kerry Pigeon of Scenery Hill took this photo of her tulips after a recent overnight frost.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection field operations officers seized more than $43,500 in unreported currency at the Luis Munoz Marin Airport in Puerto Rico last Wednesday, in two separate incidents.

I'm now in my 21st year as the Gater's Music Director/Assistant Program Director and in my 16th year holding down the fort as the Gater's Afternoon Drive Air Talent.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- US Customs and Border Protection officers and special agents of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations , seized a total of 6.04 kg of heroin and 5.14 kg of cocaine hidden in vehicles arriving from the Dominican Republic at the San Juan Seaport in separate incidents last weekend.

Jackniel Robles-Santa plays with an action figure during the ceremony on Fort Stewart Thursday that dedicated an eastern redbud tree on Warriors Walk for his father, Cpl.

And while QE2 is not of much interest to those astronomers and scientists on the lookout for hazardous asteroids, it is of interest to those who dabble in radar astronomy and have a 230-foot -- or larger -- radar telescope at their disposal.

Juan Ramon Castro, 79, formerly of South Beaver Street, Dunkirk, NY died Monday at the Terrace View Long Term Care Facility in Buffalo, NY.

Seaborne Airlines has announced that they will launch two new routes from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the French West Indies Islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

The bishop has reportedly been accused of protecting pedophile priests in his diocese, supporting of a type of civil union

June 22, 2013 will be the WHO'SUP FEST . A This unique event will be a combination of racing, SUP clinics, family activities, Aguadilla Bay SUP & kayak touring, SUP demos, SUP rentals, kiosks, live music, fun and more.

At times, strong relationships between the church in Puerto Rico and other parts of the Presbyterian Church have been frustrated by differences in location and language; yet, those differences have not brought the Synod of Boriquen immunity to the questions facing every expression of the church.

Lawyer Liberato Reyna Jr. and businessman Manny Roy, both former business partners of re-electionist Mayor Benjamin Lim, went on local cable television not only to re-affirm their support to his opponent, Vice Mayor Belen Fernandez, but to expose how Lim allegedly plotted to acquire the controversial MC Adore property in Dagupan.

Mirta Pagn and Liza Caraballo, the mother-daughter team behind the specialties served at La Perla del Sur in Senoia, stir things up Puerto Rican-style in the restaurant's kitchen.

The award-winning actress Rita Moreno opens up - way, way up - in "Rita Moreno: A Memoir" , driven less by recollections from her career than by her effort to overcome crippling self-doubts. Fans eager to learn what it was like to dance for Gene Kelly , share a soundstage with Yul Brynner and perform the choreography of Jerome Robbins aren't likely ... (more)

Massive logs flew off a logging truck on the Golden Ears Bridge between Langley and Maple Ridge on Friday, causing traffic to back up on the morning commute.

The singing star has been rapidly selling tickets to all of his upcoming "Moonshine Jungle Tour" concerts, including North American shows and those taking place in other regions of the world.

Puerto Rico's heavily indebted state-owned water and sewer authority announced that it is cutting off service to customers who don't pay their bills, including the municipal government of Arecibo.

The mighty Arecibo Radio Observatory is one of the most powerful radio telescopes ever built - it's certainly the larger single aperture radio telescope on Earth, nestled into a natural sinkhole in Puerto Rico.

If you've convincingly beaten the man who twice throroughly beat the man you're about to fight, it's natural to feel confident about winning.

Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico April 1, 1928, she was the daughter of Julio Vargas and Ramonita Rodriguez de Vargas.

The program operates in seven locations. Officials said Friday they're adding the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Mich., the Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, N.M., and nine other sites.

The lighthouse at Point Loma in San Diego was very scenic, but looking down its spiral staircase from upstairs inside gave a more interesting and disorienting impression.

Phillips Exeter Academy history teacher Michael Golay's new book, America 1933:The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of the New Deal, is the story of Lorena Hickok's exhaustive reporting in 1933-34 for Harry Hopkins at First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, wearing white hat, takes a look at the conditions the people live ... (more)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Federal authorities in Puerto Rico have arrested an executive at Pfizer Pharmaceutical for allegedly producing child pornography.

The Ritz Carlton Reserve Dorado Beach was named Development of the Year 2012 at the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit.

Members of Jonathan Melendez Pena's family will fly in from Puerto Rico to see the 16-year-old high-school junior play Sonny in "In the Heights," a musical about an immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan acted by students who really get it.

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of keeping three young women captive for a decade, is a Jekyll-and-Hyde figure, known as an outgoing musician and friendly neighbour who also allegedly abused his ex-wife and children.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Roman Catholics in Puerto Rico rallied Wednesday around an archbishop who is apparently under pressure from the Vatican to resign for allegedly covering up for sexually abusive priests and other misdeeds.

National Shipping of America plans to launch a fortnightly Jones Act domestic service between Houston and San Juan, Puerto Rico, using a U.S.-flag ship with capacity of 575 20-foot-equivalent units.

Rodrigo Rizzi de Oliveira was awarded the Rising Star Award at the Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit at the JW Marriott Marquis here.

This 2001 photo shows Cesi Castro and his wife, Norma, in their grocery store, Caribe, on West 25th Street.