New birth certificates for all Puerto Ricans (Queens Courier)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:54:10 GMT
Talk about a bureaucratic headache! In an attempt to combat fraud, identity and credit theft, as of July 1 all birth certificates issued to the close to four million Puerto Ricans on the island and almost 1.5 million Puerto Rico-born residents of the United States will expire. They will be replaced with new and more secure ones, according to the Puerto Rican Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA ...
Hijacker of Pan American Flight 281 Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:27:00 GMT
NEW YORK, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Luis Armando Pena Soltren, 67, pleaded guilty today to participating in the Nov. 24, 1968, hijacking of Puerto Rico-bound Pan American flight 281 to Havana, Cuba. After almost 41 years as a fugitive, Pena Soltren, a U.S. citizen, voluntarily returned to the United ...
Puerto Rico to revoke all birth certificates July 1 (Fort Leavenworth Lamp)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:25:32 GMT
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Recent legislative action by Puerto Rico will soon begin affecting U.S. service members from that territory.
Puerto Ricans here need new birth certificates (The Wheaton Sun)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:03:15 GMT
A new law Puerto Rico enacted to help combat identity theft takes effect July 1, and makes Puerto Rican birth certificates void. Anyone born on the island must request a new one, under the new law, which is expected to affect about a third of the 4.1 million people of Puerto Rican descent living in the 50 states.
Puerto Rico-born Tennesseans will have to get new birth certificates (The Tennessean)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:15:57 GMT
Ivan Porto is among Tennessee's 15,000 Puerto Ricans with soon-to-be invalid birth certificates after the island's government deemed fraud was so prevalent it had to reissue them.
Birth certificate law troubles Puerto Ricans (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:11:29 GMT
On July 1, millions of native Puerto Ricans will be holding invalid birth certificates under a new law passed to combat identity theft and fraud.
Old Puerto Rico birth certificates to be scrapped due to identity theft scams, leaving many in limbo (New York Daily News)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:53:00 GMT
A new law in Puerto Rico aimed at combating identity theft is already sparking fears of an anti-Latino backlash against many U.S. residents born on the island.
Puerto Rico-issued birth certificates invalid starting July 1 (The Record and Herald News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:54:37 GMT
Officials say that as of July 1, a new law in the commonwealth requires that people born in Puerto Rico get a new certified copy of their birth certificate.
Puerto Rico-issued birth certificates invalid starting July 1 (The Record and Herald News)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:14:36 GMT
The use of stolen Puerto Rico-issued birth certificates — to obtain everything from U.S. passports to Social Security benefits to driver’s licenses — has been so rampant that beginning in July the Puerto Rican government will consider invalid all existing birth documents it has issued.
Puerto Rico to toss birth certificates, leaving island-born New Yorkers in a bind (amNewYork)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:31:02 GMT
A boom in identity theft linked to Puerto Rican birth certificates has prompted the commonwealth to take a desperate measure: throw them all out. The surprising step, effective July 1, has created confusion among many of the 240,000 New York City residents who were born there.
