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US court upholds SSI for Puerto Ricans in key ruling
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/908aeca623bc4a07b6c90ad8ac86d047Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/908aeca623bc4a07b6c90ad8ac86d047Click to copyRelated topicsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a key ruling on Friday that allows anyone from Puerto Rico to apply for Supplemental Security Income at a time when the U.S. territory is mired in a 13-year recession.The decision comes after the federal government filed a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $28,000 in SSI disability benefits paid to a U.S. citizen after he moved from New York to the U.S. territory...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/908aeca623bc4a07b6c90ad8ac86d047Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/908aeca623bc4a07b6c90ad8ac86d047Click to copyRelated topicsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a key ruling on Friday that allows anyone from Puerto Rico to apply for Supplemental Security Income at a time when the U.S. territory is mired in a 13-year recession.The decision comes after the federal government filed a lawsuit seeking to recover more than $28,000 in SSI disability benefits paid to a U.S. citizen after he moved from New York to the U.S. territory...WW…
Official: Puerto Rico govt loses $2.6M in phishing scam
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-caribbean-ap-top-news-us-news-latin-america-e03bea7e491b9c95350887880376562fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-caribbean-ap-top-news-us-news-latin-america-e03bea7e491b9c95350887880376562fClick to copyRelated topicsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam, according to a senior official.The finance director of the island’s Industrial Development Company, Rubén Rivera, said in a complaint filed to police Wednesday that the agency sent the money...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-caribbean-ap-top-news-us-news-latin-america-e03bea7e491b9c95350887880376562fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-caribbean-ap-top-news-us-news-latin-america-e03bea7e491b9c95350887880376562fClick to copyRelated topicsSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam, according to a senior official.The finance director of the island’s Industrial Development Company, Rubén Rivera, said in a complaint filed to police Wednesday that the agency sent the money...WW…
Puerto Rico struggles to emerge from outage as anger builds
Read full article / 10Traffic lights are out of service on a street in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early Thursday, April 7, 2022. More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory, forcing it to cancel classes and shutter government offices. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Shuttered businesses. Sleepless nights. Canceled classes. Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico remained without power on Friday, nearly...…Read full article / 10Traffic lights are out of service on a street in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early Thursday, April 7, 2022. More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory, forcing it to cancel classes and shutter government offices. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)ASSOCIATED PRESSSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Shuttered businesses. Sleepless nights. Canceled classes. Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico remained without power on Friday, nearly...WW…
Gwinnett teen sentenced to months in prison for breaking Cayman Islands quarantine
GRAND CAYMAN — A Gwinnett County college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week.“They’re two young people who have never been in trouble before,” he said in a phone...…GRAND CAYMAN — A Gwinnett County college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.Skylar Mack, 18, of Georgia, and Vanjae Ramgeet, 24, of the Cayman Islands, have been in prison since Tuesday, when the ruling was issued. They had both pleaded guilty, but their attorney, Jonathon Hughes, said he will argue for a less severe sentence next week.“They’re two young people who have never been in trouble before,” he said in a phone...WW…
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