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A Defining Investment Climate: Global Shifts and Puerto Rico's Four Transformational Pillars for Growth
The Weekly Journal
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August 18, 2025
Investment Climate Update As 2025 progresses, the global economy finds itself in a fragile balance: inflation is retreating, yet growth remains uneven. Tariff tensions and energy realignments are reshaping supply chains, while demographic...
TNT clinic sparks growth, community spirit
Philstar
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August 18, 2025
Olmin Leyba - The Philippine Star August 19, 2025 | 12:00am MANILA, Philippines — The TNT Tropang 5G’s “RHJ on Tour” trained and inspired more than 500 young Filipinos all over the country, transforming everyday venues and community spaces into...
Puerto Rico faces hurdles in adopting next-gen technologies like agentic AI
News is My Business
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August 18, 2025
Agentic AI will catch on as more companies want to automate more complex workflows, especially in logistics and services. (Credit: Twoapril Studio | Dreamstime.com) An unstable power grid, insufficient digital infrastructure, talent shortages and...
THL Partners to acquire clinical trial site company Headlands Research
Clinical Trials Arena
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August 18, 2025
Private equity company THL Partners has announced its agreement to purchase Headlands Research, a multinational clinical trial sites network, from funds managed by investment company KKR. The transaction is valued at approximately $600m, as per...
Encompass Health-BSA Health System JV to operate rehab hospital in Texas
Hospital Management
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August 18, 2025
Encompass Health and BSA Health System have announced a joint venture (JV) to own and operate a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Amarillo, Texas, US. Currently under construction, this facility, located at 7950 Wallace Boulevard, will...
THL Partners agrees to acquire clinical trial site firm Headlands Research
Yahoo Finance
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Private equity company THL Partners has announced its agreement to purchase Headlands Research, a multinational clinical trial sites network, from investment firm KKR-managed funds. The transaction is valued at approximately $600m, as per sources...
Police arrest man in Puerto Rico slaying of Bad Bunny fan from NYC
NBC 4 - New York
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August 17, 2025
Local authorities in Puerto Rico arrested a man accused of killing the New York City man visiting the island to attend the Bad Bunny residency last week. Kalel Jorell Martinez Bristol faces charges of murder for the death of Kevin Mares, a Queens...
Spanish Influencer Couple Misses Puerto Rico Trip After Relying on ChatGPT for Visa Advice
Techstory
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August 16, 2025
For Spanish influencer Mery Caldass and her partner Alejandro Cid, what was meant to be a dreamy getaway to Puerto Rico turned into a lesson in the dangers of relying solely on artificial intelligence for critical travel information. The couple’s...
How Bad Bunny concerts fuel Puerto Rico’s independence movement
The Times
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As the singer launched into the chorus of another song about Puerto Rican pride, a young woman with the island’s flag wrapped around her shoulders raised her hands to her face and wiped away a tear. “Viva Puerto Rico,” she shouted, as the crowd in...
Puerto Rico’s Transition Care Ban Is Driving Trans Kids Into Exile
Mother Jones
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August 16, 2025
People take part in the annual Pride Parade in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 5, 2022. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “People are scared...
Puerto Rico at a Crossroads: Navigating Protectionism, Opportunity, and Structural Challenges in a New Economic Era
Harvard Political Review - Massachusetts
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August 15, 2025
The Trump Administration’s disruption of the global trade order has thrust Puerto Rico into a new landscape of both risk and opportunity. With its strong manufacturing base and strategic position within the United States federal framework, the...
Hospital answers sheriff’s call for DARE funds
Silver City Daily Press - New Mexico
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August 16, 2025
(Screenshot by Jo Lutz for the Daily Press) Sheriff Raul Villanueva seeks funding to continue the Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE, program at Thursday’s Grant County Commission meeting, where he also announced that one of his deputies had...
Spanish couple misses Puerto Rico flight over AI Visa advice
ARY News
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August 15, 2025
MADRID, SPAIN: A Spanish influencer couple, Mery Caldass and Alejandro Cid, were refused to board on a flight to Puerto Rico after trusting an AI chatbot visa misguidance. The couple, famous for their travel content on TikTok, told that the...
'ChatGPT ruined my dream vacation', says influencer as their crying photo goes viral
The Times of India
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Image credit: X (Twitter)/Canva A Spanish content creator named Mery Caldass has recently gone viral after a video of her crying at the airport was posted on the Chinese social media platform TikTok. Caldass claims that she missed the flight for a...
Cacao in Puerto Rico
PR51st
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August 15, 2025
Reader Móni Rivas Matos responded to a post on Puerto Rican coffee, saying, “Cacao would be more logical to grow. It can grow in heat. Coffee is more fragile.” Puerto Rico’s coffee industry was decimated by Hurricane Maria and is having a tough...
McIntire moved to Texas facility
The Berne Witness - Indiana
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Clancy McIntire, who had been in intensive care at Centro Medico in San Juan, Puerto Rico, since a motorcycle accident on July 26, has been transferred to the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Want the full article and access to...
Pregnant Wife of Former NBA Star Survives Shark Attack in Puerto Rico
Times News Global
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August 15, 2025
San Juan, Puerto Rico – Eleonora Boi, the pregnant wife of former NBA player Danilo Gallinari, is speaking out for the first time after a shark attack while swimming at a Puerto Rican beach. The incident occurred as Boi was enjoying a day with her...
Puerto Rico Battles Sargassum with Shovels, Drones, and Sheer Willpower
LatinAmerican Post
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August 14, 2025
As a record tide of sargassum suffocates Puerto Rico’s coastline, ordinary citizens and overwhelmed officials rush to fight decay, protect marine life, and salvage tourism—one rake, one crate, one dawn patrol at a time. A Morning Fight at...
Structural Instability Pressures Investment
The Weekly Journal
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As Puerto Rico strives to consolidate and expand the presence of multinational companies, instability in essential services such as energy, water, healthcare, and housing remains an obstacle to attracting new investment and convincing established...
12th Person Sickened with Dengue Fever in Hawaii
AOL
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Getty Stock image of Waikiki Beach in Oahu, Hawaii.NEED TO KNOW A 12th person in Hawaii has been sickened by dengue fever, the state’s health department announced There is a risk of local transmission if a mosquito in Hawaii bites someone who...