Richardson: Librarian's legend lives on

04/07/11 Pura Belpre returns to East Harlem next month. She died in 1982. When Belpr (pronounced bell-PRAY) joined the New York Public Library in 1926, she became the first Puerto Rican to work as a librarian in that system.

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COSSMA, Inc. Selects the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition to Meet Reform Requirements and Improve Clinical ...

03/10/11 TAMPA, FL--(Marketwire - 03/10/11) - Sage Healthcare Division, a unit of Sage North America and a major provider of electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, announced today that COSSMA, Inc., a Puerto Rico-based community health center with more than 23 years serving several communities throughout the island, has chosen to implement the Sage Intergy ...

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COSSMA, Inc. Selects the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition to Meet Reform Requirements and Improve Clinical ...

03/10/11 Sage's Technology Will Help the Clinic Engage and Enhance Patient Experiences

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Twenty Community-Based Organizations Across The United States Receive Awards To Encourage Seniors To Get Screened For ...

12/08/10 Leaders of the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project (MDSP) announced that twenty community-based organizations from 17 states were given awards of $2,500 each to be used to encourage seniors ages 65 and older who are covered under Medicare to get screened for diabetes. Selected from more than 120 applications from 33 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, the award-winning proposals ...

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Wash. state to receive $6 million in drug settlement

11/02/10 OLYMPIA - Washington state will receive more than $6 million from a settlement with drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline over poorly made pills. Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna says the settlement with the federal government and several states resolves allegations of poor manufacturing practices in a facility in Cidra, Puerto Rico. State and federal health programs ended up paying for ...

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Drug maker to pay Washington $6M to resolve case

11/02/10 Washington will receive more than $6 million from a settlement with international drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline. The settlement with the federal government and several states resolves allegations of poor manufacturing practices in the GSK facility in Cidra, Puerto Rico. As a result, state and federal health programs paid for drugs in strengths, purity and quality levels below standards set ...

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Today in the press

10/28/10 Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has advised Poland to keep tight control over financial institutions, saying he wished he had known the importance of doing so when he was taoiseach.

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GSK Completes Previously Reported Settlement With U.S. Department Of Justice Regarding Former Manufacturing Plant

10/28/10 GlaxoSmithKline recently announced that it has finalized a previously reported agreement in principle with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with respect to the investigation of the company's former manufacturing facility in Cidra, Puerto Rico.

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GSK whistleblower has RTP ties

10/28/10 Cheryl Eckard, the whistleblower whose lawsuit led to this week's announcement that GlaxoSmithKline will pay a $750 million settlement, once worked for the drug maker in Research Triangle Park.

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Whistleblower makes history with payout

10/28/10 A WHISTLEBLOWER who exposed serious contamination problems at GlaxoSmithKline's pharmaceutical manufacturing operations in Puerto Rico has been awarded $US96 million ($98.3 million).

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Hugo Boss: A look behind the scenes as determined workers fight to keep their plant open -- Part One

08/08/10 On Dec. 29, 2009, 300 union workers at the Hugo Boss plant in Brooklyn receive shocking letters. The factory where they make fine men's suits will close in four months. Many employees simply want to accept the company's severance offers, but the jobs mean too much to veteran workers like Wanda Navarro and Sheila McVay, The two join union leaders in a fight to keep a multinational corporation ...

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Puerto Rican pride on display

07/26/10 VINELAND -- The pride of the local Puerto Rican community swept quickly down Landis Avenue on Sunday.

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ING Miami Marathon finishers, Part 3

02/01/10 1726. Ed Sadler, Singaport, NC; 4:45:14; 1727. Ashleigh Overly, Atlanta, GA, 4:45:16; 1728. Nicole Rodriguez, Miami, FL, 4:45:20; 1729. Christina Galanopoulos, Denver, CO, 4:45:20; 1730. Marissa Rotz, Allentown, PA, 4:45:22; 1731. Antonio Martinez Leal, Mexico D.F.; MEX, 4:45:23; 1732. Alvaro Yunda, Miami, FL, 4:45: 24 ; 1733. Oscar Torrez, Miami, FL, 4:45: 24 ; 1734. Nancy Hausman, Davie, FL, 4 ...

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Suspect arrested in brutal slaying of gay man in Puerto Rico

11/18/09 A suspect has been arrested in the slaying of a 19-year-old Puerto Rican man found Friday decapitated, dismembered and partially burned, police said Tuesday.

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CNN - Charges Prepped In Teen's Decapitation

11/18/09 The Suspect In The Brutal Slaying Of A Gay Teenager In Puerto Rico Will Be Charged Wednesday With First-Degree Murder And Four Other Counts, The Prosecutor In The Case Told CNN.

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Arrest in Puerto Rico Gay Teen Murder

11/17/09 A suspect has been apprehended in the brutal murder of a gay teen in Puerto Rico, while one investigator suggested his sexual orientation was to blame for his death.

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