Partnership Focuses On Cancer Education And Outreach In Puerto Rico

8 February 2012, 8:29 am

A description of the projects and studies resulting from a research partnership initiated in 2005 between Moffitt Cancer Center in Florida and the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico, has been published in a recent issue of Health Promotion Practice. The partnership included three outreac... Read More »

Moffitt Cancer Center teams with Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico

8 February 2012, 8:23 am

( H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute ) A description of the projects and studies resulting from a research partnership initiated in 2005 between Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Ponce School of Medicine in Ponce, Puerto Rico, has been published in a recent issue of Health... Read More »

Career Education Veteran, Gilbert Polanco, Joins Eduk Group as Chief Admissions Officer

2 February 2012, 2:22 pm

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chief Executive Officer, Wallace Pond, Ph.D., announced the appointment of career education industry veteran, Gilbert Polanco, as Chief Admissions Officer of Eduk Group, the largest provider of private, postsecondary...... Read More »

Flamboyant astrologer Mercado battling health issues

19 January 2012, 8:27 am

Popular Spanish-language astrologer Walter Mercado, currently known as Shanti Ananda, will be transferred from a hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he has been hospitalized since last week, to a medical institution on the mainland United States that specializes in cardiovascular treatment.... Read More »

EduK Group Announces Executive Appointments Focused on Managing Growth of Puerto Rico Operations

16 January 2012, 1:50 pm

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Chief Executive Officer Wallace Pond, Ph.D., today announced new roles for executives on the senior leadership team of the EduK Group, the largest provider of private, postsecondary career education in Puerto Rico. Guillermo...... Read More »

Ruth Fernandez: Puerto Rico Pioneer Female Singer Dies At 92

15 January 2012, 6:30 am

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Ruth Fernandez, a pioneer Puerto Rican singer who broke racial and gender barriers and was later elected a senator for the U.S. territory, has died. She was 92.... Read More »

Puerto Rican singer broke racial, gender barriers

11 January 2012, 8:06 pm

Ruth Fernandez was also a senator for Puerto Rico.... Read More »

Puerto Rico pioneer female singer dies at 92

10 January 2012, 3:30 pm

Ruth Fernandez, a pioneer Puerto Rican singer who broke racial and gender barriers and was later elected a senator for the U.S. territory, has died. She was 92.... Read More »

Ruth Fernandez, pioneering Puerto Rico singer who broke racial and gender barriers, dies at 92

10 January 2012, 3:30 pm

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Ruth Fernandez, a pioneer Puerto Rican singer who broke racial and gender barriers and was later elected a senator for the U.S. territory, has died. She was 92. Fernandez died late Monday of septic shock and pneumonia, producer Vicky Hernandez told reporters. Read full arti... Read More »

Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican Songstress, Dies at 92

10 January 2012, 12:04 pm

Ruth Fernandez, known as "El Alma de Puerto Rico hecha cancion" (The Soul of Puerto Rico made song), died Monday, the Latin Music Examiner reported. She was 92 and had been battling Alzheimer's disease and atherosclerosis for nearly a decade.... Read More »