Lawyer: Guantanamo detainee wants to keep military counsel for terrorism trial in USSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Guantanamo detainee transferred to the U.S. for trial in the American embassy bombings in Africa wants to keep his military defense team, one of the attorneys said Tuesday. US returns body of Guantanamo detainee who died of apparent suicide to YemenSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. has returned the body of a Guantanamo detainee who apparently committed suicide to his native Yemen. Wine collection, private jet up for liquidation in alleged Caribbean Ponzi schemeSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A court-appointed receiver wants to sell off a wine collection, a private jet and two Cadillacs, among other property, to pay off victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme involving a Caribbean offshore bank, according to court documents. Military: Gitmo detainee who died in apparent suicide had recently given up hunger strikeSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay who died of an apparent suicide this week was not on a hunger strike at the time of his death, but he had been force-fed with a nasal tube in the past, a prison spokesman said Wednesday. Military: Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay dies in apparent suicide in cellSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. His is the fifth apparent suicide at the offshore U.S. prison, which President Barack Obama hopes to close by January. The Joint Task Force that runs the U.S. prison in Cuba said guards conducting a routine check found Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih unresponsive and not breathing in his cell Monday night. Puerto Rico begins mass layoffs of government workers to help cut $3.2 billion deficitSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico fired nearly 8,000 government workers Friday, the start of a wave of layoffs aimed at closing a budget deficit as the island struggles through its third year of recession. Attorney says Guantanamo prisoner slashed wrist, hurled blood during prison meetingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Yemeni held at Guantanamo slashed his wrist and hurled the blood at his lawyer during a meeting at the prison, the attorney said Monday, describing the incident as a suicide attempt by a psychologically troubled man who should be returned home immediately for treatment. Attorney says Guantanamo prisoner slashed wrist, hurled blood during prison meetingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A lawyer for a Yemeni held at Guantanamo says the prisoner slashed his wrist and threw the blood during a meeting at the U.S. prison. 2-pound ‘mountain chicken’ frogs hop on planes, flee fungus in MontserratSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Scientists are airlifting dozens of one of the world’s largest frogs off of Montserrat island to save them from a deadly fungus devastating their dwindling habitat. US regulators warn Procter & Gamble plant over unsanitary conditions at Puerto Rico plantSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. regulators warned Procter & Gamble Co. over unsanitary conditions at a plant that makes Olay skin care products and Vicks cold medicine in Puerto Rico, according to a letter released Tuesday. 2 Atlanta tourists located after spending night in Puerto Rican rainforestSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Authorities in Puerto Rico have found two tourists from Atlanta who were forced to spend the night in a rainforest after getting lost in El Yunque. 5 Caribbean countries report double-digit drop in tourist arrivals this yearSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Five Caribbean countries are reporting double-digit drops in tourist visits as the global economic slowdown wreaks havoc on the region’s top industry. US Senate Republican leader McConnell demands Obama explain where Gitmo detainees will goSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — President Barack Obama came under fire Tuesday for including $80 million to close Guantanamo in a massive funding request to fight America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The $83.4 billion request to Congress was submitted on April 9, when lawmakers were on break over the Easter holidays. Aircraft crashes in Puerto RicoSAN JUAN - A small aircraft with six people on board crashed into the Caribbean near the northern coast off Puerto Rico, EFE reported Tuesday. Pregnant US tourist beheaded in Puerto RicoSAN JUAN - A six-month-pregnant US tourist was kidnapped and beheaded in Puerto Rico, EFE reported Thursday. Search on for 10 missing Haitians in CaribbeanSAN JUAN - The US Coast Guard has launched a massive search operation for 10 missing Haitians whose boat capsized in the Caribbean Sea Monday, the EFE news agency reported Wednesday. |