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Investment Club Boss in Jamaica arrested

Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of serious and organized crime, Les Green yesterday made an appeal for persons having information in relation to any assets or property linked to the troubled Cash Plus Limited investment scheme to come forward and assist in the ongoing investigation into allegations of fraud […]

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TAPPING THE HISPANIC AMERICAN MARKET

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (April 3, 2008) – Exclude the Hispanic-American market and you make a huge blunder. Americans of Hispanic descent now spend so much that their buying power is estimated to reach US$1.2 trillion by 2011. Reaching the potent Hispanic-American market is one of the issues under discussion […]

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Puerto Rico governor denies fraud

The Governor of Puerto Rico Anibal Acevedo Vila has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges at the federal court in the capital San Juan.Governor Acevedo Vila faces 19 charges linked to allegations of misusing thousands of dollars in illegal election campaign contributions.  He is accused along with 12 of his associates.

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Cuba lifts restriction on mobile phones

President Raul Castro has announced that Cubans are now allowed unrestricted access to mobile phones for the first time, in the latest reform.  Granma, the official newspaper of the communist party, state telecom monopoly ETECSA said it would offer mobile services to the public in the next few days.