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Puerto Rico Supreme Court Reaffirms Importance of Just Cause for Employee Terminations
Jackson Lewis
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July 10, 2025
Takeaways In the wrongful discharge case of Méndez Ruiz v. Techno Plastics Industries, Inc., the Court found an employee’s exhaustion of the 12-month Workers’ Compensation leave is not automatic grounds for a just cause termination. Puerto Rico...
How Will the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Impact Puerto Rico?
Puerto Rico Report
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July 9, 2025
On July 4th, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” a comprehensive tax and spending package with myriad provisions. People across the nation are still trying to figure out how its changes will affect states and...
Virgin Islands Veterans Now Eligible for Mainland Medical Travel Reimbursement Under New Law
The Virgin Island Consortium
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Eligible veterans residing in the Virgin Islands can now receive full reimbursement for up to two medically related trips to VA facilities on the U.S. mainland or Puerto Rico each year, following the enactment of Act 8991, signed into law on June...
LBB Specialties Expands Distribution Partnership with Clariant to Support Puerto Rico's Life Sciences Market
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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NORWALK, Conn., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LBB Specialties (LBBS), a leader in specialty chemicals and ingredient distribution in North America, is pleased to announce the expansion of its distribution partnership with Clariant, a global leader...
Mayor Ponce vows to enhance communication, improve public service
The Manila Times
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July 11, 2025
GEN. NATIVIDAD, Nueva Ecija – Larry Soriano Ponce, an information technology executive and the newly elected mayor of this town, promised to use his expertise to enhance communication and improve public service in the municipality. In his recent...
Fitchburg native comes home to teach basketball clinic
Sentinel & Enterprise - Massachusetts
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July 11, 2025
FITCHBURG — The person least surprised at the success of Nino Hernandez, who grew up in Fitchburg and Gardner, is his mom, Irene Hernandez. “Since he was a toddler he would tell me he would be in the NBA and a basketball player and I always said...
Royal Canin Named Official Nutrition Partner of The Seeing Eye
The Bulletin - Kansas
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July 9, 2025
Since 1929, The Seeing Eye has served as a pioneer of the guide dog movement. ST. LOUIS, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ROYAL CANIN® U.S., a global leader in pet health nutrition and one of the billion-dollar brands of Mars, Incorporated, announced...
PREVENT equations accurately predict heart disease in diverse Asian and Hispanic groups
Medical News
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July 11, 2025
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction models have improved the ability to stratify adults across the CVD risk spectrum. Researchers at Sutter Health and colleagues at Stanford University tested the performance of the American Heart...
No Immediate Cuts to Medicaid in Puerto Rico, But Concerns Linger
The Weekly Journal
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Although the recently approved "Big Beautiful Bill" (BBB) does not impose immediate Medicaid cuts in Puerto Rico, healthcare industry sources are concerned about what might happen once the current allocated funds—set to expire in 2027—run out, and...
Mid-Year Update Shows Healthy Cruise Growth in US Virgin Islands
Cruise Hive
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July 10, 2025
Midway through 2025, the three main islands of the US Virgin Islands are taking stock of the region’s tourism industry and have found cruising to be quite robust and on the rise. An update issued by the USVI Department of Tourism shows that cruise...
Rum tax supporting USVI, Puerto Rico bonds raised
The Bond Buyer - New York
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July 8, 2025
USVI Gov Albert Bryan, Jr, left, and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, right, meeting to discuss permanent raise of rum cover over rate supporting USVI bonds and Puerto Rico contingent vehicle instruments. The U.S. government permanently increased the rum...
Barton healthcare students place in international HOSA competition
Great Bend Tribune - Kansas
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Students from Barton’s chapter of HOSA (Future Health Professionals) joined about 13,000 students in Nashville, Tenn. earlier this summer at the 2025 International Leadership Conference (ILC), where they competed against students from the U.S. as...
More flash floods forecasted to hit Texas and immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico: Morning Rundown
NBC News
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July 7, 2025
The National Weather Service is warning more flash floods could hit central Texas. This summer’s big sales events could offer some of the best pre-tariffs bargains. Trump's policies are reshaping immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico. Here’s what...
Differing views on the impact of Trump’s fiscal plan on Puerto Rico
Metro World News
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July 7, 2025
While Puerto Rican congresswoman Nydia Velázquez denounced that the approval of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” represents a direct attack on the most vulnerable, Puerto Rico’s governor, Jenniffer González Colón, defended the measure...
Encompass Health announces date of 2025 second quarter earnings call
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) today announced it will report results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2025, after the market closes on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. The Company will host an investor...
Headlands Research acquires Puerto Rico’s clinical research site
Clinical Trials Arena
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July 4, 2025
Headlands Research has acquired Puerto Rico’s clinical research site, CMRCenter (CMRC), for an undisclosed sum. This strategic move broadens Headlands’ reach to 22 locations covering Canada, the US, and Puerto Rico, and provides biopharma sponsors...
Gameday Men’s Health in Nashua gives men a chance to get their mojo back
Manchester Ink Link - New Hampshire
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July 8, 2025
Clinical Director Nicole Biehle and General Manager Justin Veverka at Gameday Men’s Health in Nashua, NH, on July 3, 2025. Photo / Dan Splaine Photography NASHUA, NH – From Ponce de Leon searching for The Fountain of Youth, to Tom Brady switching...
USDA issues health alert for beef jerky sticks over plastic contamination
KHGI - Nebraska
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for ready-to-eat beef jerky stick products that may be contaminated with plastic. The alert affects "RIVERBEND RANCH...
New Hospital May Be Coming To Branford, Company Says
Patch
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July 7, 2025
Posted Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 12:23 pm ET|Updated Mon, Jul 7, 2025 at 5:41 pm ET BRANFORD, CT — If all goes to plan, an inpatient rehabilitation hospital may open in Branford. Birmingham, AL-based Encompass Health is submitting a Certificate of Need...
Companies Behind the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico Leave a Global Trail of Damage
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 2, 2025
The five foreign companies behind the Esencia megaproject in Cabo Rojo, on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, have left a trail of environmental destruction and community disputes in the ecologically sensitive areas where they’ve developed previous...