If I thought at one time that I was going to get away from the vast problems of reality in Puerto Rico by only getting on a cruise ship to the Bahamas…. Guess again Charles!
In Nassau, Bahamas, there is a manifestation in front of Parliament where one leader of the Hotel Workers’ Union claims that [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Government’
Bahamian Trip Shows Crude Reality of Our World
January 6th, 2010
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With Businesses able to Open after 5:00 pm on Sundays in Puerto Rico… Will the economy get better?
November 22nd, 2009
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This past week, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law a new bill that permits businesses to open after 5:00 pm on Sundays. The spirit of the law mandates that this move will ultimately make the economy better…. I think that not necessarily.
Those extra hours of stores open won’t mean that the consumer has [...]
San Juan Mayor Jorge Santini Closes doors on Calle 13
October 17th, 2009
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Jorge Santini has done it!! It happens that when Rene, from the Calle 13 group, was hosting the MTV Latinos Awards and decided to name-call the Governor of Puerto Rico as a Son-of-a-Nasty Sexual Worker, the San Juan Mayor was offended. I don’t even know why. Santini was the first one that offended Governor Fortuño [...]
National Strike in Puerto Rico paralizes business
October 15th, 2009
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The worker unions have done their part of paralizing the island’s economic heartbeat by controlling the main roadways. Even with this situation, the number of workers that are present in the activities is measurable.
Whenever you place a medium size crowd in a very small or enclosed space, it looks like a huge group of [...]
Caribbean’s largest shopping mall to close for one day
October 14th, 2009
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As a precautionary method, Plaza las Americas will close its doors tomorrow to prevent further damages to what’s going to be a very eventful day. Tomorrow, all the worker unions have planned a 24 hour long strike and the end of the manifestation is scheduled to be surrounding the area of the shopping mall.
This [...]
