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A cave-themed speakeasy will open in Ponce City Market later this year
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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While the menu isn’t solidified yet, Damian said it will be a “sophisticated, high-end menu” of tapas with influences from across Latin America including Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Credit: Courtesy of La Cueva Credit: Courtesy of La Cueva...
Airbnb Reports 140% Surge in Searches Due to Bad Bunny Residency in Puerto Rico
The Weekly Journal
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July 8, 2025
Bad Bunny’s musical residency, which kicks off this Friday at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Hato Rey, has triggered a more than 140% increase in Airbnb searches across the Island for the event dates compared to the same period in 2024....
Top court’s climate change opinion expected to hold corporate polluters to account
Eco-Business
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July 22, 2025
The ICJ in The Hague, the Netherlands, which is often regarded as the world’s highest court, will on 23 July issue a non-binding opinion on countries’ legal obligation to fight climate change, which is expected to address whether large states...
Push for more deportations could boost demand for foreign farmworkers with ‘guest worker’ visas
Kiowa County Press - Colorado
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August 3, 2025
Mexican farmworkers with H-2A visas weed a North Carolina tobacco field in 2016. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesScott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh The U.S. has an important choice to make regarding agriculture. It can import...
The Sunshine Blog: Election Season Heats Up As The Battle For CD1 Begins
Honolulu Civil Beat - Hawaii
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August 3, 2025
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i. And the race is on: Lost in the tsunami of news last week was the official campaign launch of...
From Yale’s ivory tower to the Statue of Liberty, Bad Bunny puts Puerto Rico, politics on the agenda
Connecticut Public Radio
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July 7, 2025
As if Bad Bunny was not making enough headlines with his Puerto Rico residency starting this Friday, the worldwide reggaeton sensation dropped the long-awaited music video for the opening track of his most-recent, most-Puerto Rican album, DeBÍ...
How Trump’s Policies Are Reshaping Immigration Enforcement in Puerto Rico
American Renaissance
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July 7, 2025
In Barrio Obrero, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in Puerto Rico, the chilling effect of unprecedented immigration raids in the U.S. territory has been paralyzing. With homes and businesses desolate, a truck with speakers has been cruising...
Van Leeuwen serves ice cream in unique flavors like Earl Grey and Honeycomb at Ponce City Market
Atlanta Magazine
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July 21, 2025
Courtesy of Van LeeuwanAt age 17, Ben Van Leeuwen spent his summer driving around Connecticut in a Good Humor truck, selling ice cream. He relished the experience, noting how the cold treat brought so much happiness to children and families alike....
Rauw Alejandro’s Choreographer Suing ‘Fortnite’ Over Allegedly Stealing His Dance
VICE
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August 2, 2025
Over the years, Fortnite has found itself in hot water for adding in-character dances that bear striking similarity to ones created by professional dancers, and it’s happening yet again. Felix Burgos is suing the video game over alleged theft of a...
Q&A: ESG Initiative of the Year Award winner Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP)
Latin Lawyer
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July 21, 2025
After Ecuadorean Elite firm Pérez Bustamante & Ponce (PBP) received Latin Lawyer’s ESG Initiative of the Year Award in May, partner Sebastián Cortez-Merlo speaks to Latin Lawyer about the challenges associated with structuring firm-wide ESG...
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...
Carwiz Rent a Car enters Puerto Rico market with new franchisee
News is My Business
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July 7, 2025
Staff assist customers at the new Carwiz Rent a Car location on Isla Verde Avenue in Carolina. (Credit: Carwiz Rent a Car's Facebook page.) Croatian car rental company Carwiz Rent a Car has entered the Puerto Rican market through a new franchise...
Fisherman shares video of 'sickening' scene unfolding at local river: 'I can smell a horrible smell'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 3, 2025
To protect the environment, if you see something, say something. by Christine DulionAugust 3, 2025 A video posted to TikTok by fisherman Raw Explores (@rawexplores) is making waves online — and not in a good way. The clip shows what appears to be...
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...
The Valkyries Bring Anime
Trinidad Express
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“What if the Caribbean could build its own Comic Con circuit?” That’s the question that sparked the Inter-Caribbean Anime Convention Tour, an ambitious grassroots movement led by the Valkyries of Arcadia—a Jamaican all-female collective of...
How Trump's policies are reshaping immigration enforcement in Puerto Rico
NBC News
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July 6, 2025
In Barrio Obrero, a predominantly Dominican neighborhood in Puerto Rico, the chilling effect of unprecedented immigration raids in the U.S. territory has been paralyzing. With homes and businesses desolate, a truck with speakers has been cruising...
Inside The New Cannabis Hospitality Economy: The Shift From Gimmick To Global Business
Forbes
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The Beach SamuiCourtesy of The Beach Samui At a lakeside resort in Missouri’s Ozarks, a new kind of traveler is greeted not with champagne but with a cannabis-infused mocktail and a curated wellness itinerary. Meanwhile, on the beaches of Koh...
American Airlines plane forced to land in Puerto Rico after panic spread over 'RIP' text: Here's what happened
Mint
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July 5, 2025
An American Airlines flight heading from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Dallas was forced to turn back mid-air because of a passenger’s big misunderstanding. Flight 1847 had just taken off when a woman saw the traveler next to her receive a text saying...
Edwin Cortes: Prefers being a small Puerto Rican than big American, By Owei Lakemfa
Premium Times
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July 5, 2025
Cortes told me that as at today, his country is neither a state nor allowed independence. In the latest situation, the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation on 16 June entertained Hearings for the independence of Puerto Rico. Perhaps...
Finovate Global France: Cash Management, Banking Licenses, and Services for Seniors
Finovate
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July 18, 2025
This week’s edition of Finovate Global looks at recent fintech headlines from France. Spiko secured $22 million in Series A funding French fintech platform Spiko has raised €18.9 million ($22 million) in Series A funding. The round was led by...