PROVIDENCE, RI – The turnaround of Rhode Island’s 529 college savings program under General Treasurer Seth Magaziner was recognized this week when Morningstar awarded the state’s CollegeBound Saver and CollegeBound 529 plans Silver and Bronze medals, respectively in its 2016 national ratings. «The state overhauled both plans in July 2016, replacing former program manager AllianceBernstein […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Council President Luis Aponte and Carla DeStefano of SWAP (Stop Wasting Abandoned Property), together with Lilly Littlejohn of the Family Housing Development Corporation, Mayor Jorge Elorza, and Barbara Fields of Rhode Island Housing today announced construction commencement of Pavilion Homes-a new affordable housing development in South Providence that will be available for homeownership to […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Governor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA), in partnership with the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI), the Rhode Island State Police (RISP), the Rhode Island National Guard (RING), and the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA), will officially launch the Rhode Island Cyber Range Initiative […]readmore
VOA News WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have given approval for U.S. clinical trials of a Cuban-developed lung cancer vaccine. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Food and Drug Administration’s decision Wednesday at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo. Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women, according to […]readmore
Venezuela’s political standoff deepened Wednesday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in several cities and opposition leaders called for a general strike later this week. At one of the demonstrations in Venezuelan capital Caracas, Jesus Torrealba, secretary general of the opposition party, announced the 12-hour strike for Friday as another attempt […]readmore
A medida que aumenten las bajas en Irak y Siria, el grupo Estado islámico se verá obligado a concentrarse en mantener la capital del autodenominado califato. El temor de que el grupo Estado islámico esté comenzando a concentrarse en su autodenominada capital de Raqqa, en territorio sirio, y que pueda lanzar ataques desde allí, ha […]readmore
Álvaro Algarra – Caracas, Venezuela Voz de América Piden a los ciudadanos que se queden en sus casas “como medida de protesta» por la suspensión del revocatorio contra Maduro. La oposición venezolana convocó a una huelga general de 12 horas en protesta por la suspensión del referendo revocatorio en contra del presidente Nicolás Maduro, pese […]readmore
Voz de América Un reporte establece que 85 banqueros han sido acusados de algún delito y 36 han sido enviados a prisión, pero rara vez se trata de banqueros de importancia. Un cuerpo de vigilancia gubernamental en Estados Unidos propuso una nueva forma de hacer que los banqueros respondan por los delitos y fraudes cometidos […]readmore
Final demolition work began at the “jungle” refugee shelter in Calais, France, Thursday morning after authorities declared the camp empty a day earlier. Workers used large construction equipment and machines to rip down the make-shift shelters, some of which had been badly burned by refugees setting fires Wednesday before they were forced to leave. Firefighters […]readmore
Brian Padden VOA News SEOUL — U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday refuted the assessment made this week by the U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, in which he said that trying to persuade North Korea to denuclearize «is probably a lost cause.” “We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear […]readmore