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Archives for July 2011

TAMIU-SBDC Offers Last July Business Workshop Today

Courtesy Steve Harmon, The Texas A&M International University Small Business Development Center (TAMIU-SBDC) will present the last of its July series of business workshops today at TAMIU. QuickBooks Workshop: Putting Financial Management to Work for Your Business, is a hands-on workshop from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in Dr. Billy F. Cowart Hall, room 113.   Instructors

CONGRESSMAN CUELLAR: DUE TO BUDGET, SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICES WILL CLOSE EARLY

Courtesy Jose Borjon,  28th District of Texas – Congressman Cuellar (TX-28) released the following statement this week after receiving notice Social Security field offices will be closing 30 minutes early each day beginning on August 15, 2011.  “Seniors, retired and disabled workers depend on Social Security field offices to assist in card applications, benefits and other

UPDATE – US 83 N. Road Work Continues

Courtesy Raul Leal,  LAREDO, Tx – Anderson Colombia, Inc. continues mill and inlay pavement work on US 83 North (N) through Northern Webb County . Current approximate time of duration of remaining work is approximately three weeks. Mill and inlay work began July 20, 2011 in Catarina/Dimmit then moved to Webb County . Road work begins

CBP Officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry Seize $133,000 in Marijuana; San Antonio Senior Citizen Arrested

Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, EAGLE PASS, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on Monday seized marijuana valued at $133,000 from a vehicle driven by a San Antonio senior citizen.  The seizure occurred on July 25, 2011 at Eagle Pass Bridge I. A CBP officer

Webb County Sheriff’s Deputies Apprehend Wanted Sexual Predator

Webb County Sheriff’s Deputies Apprehend Courtesy Maru De La Paz, Laredo, Texas  – On Monday, July 25, 2011 at approximately 6:00pm, deputies of the Webb County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a child sex predator.  62 year-old Jose Noe Flores was wanted on a capias warrant issued out of the 406th District Court.  The Crime Stoppers Unit

Weekend ONLY Special to Houston, $139 Round-Trip

Courtesy  Timothy Franciscus-Timm,  This weekend ONLY, travelers can fly from LRD to Houston on Continental Airlines for only $139 plus taxes and fees.  Passengers must depart Saturday July 30, 2011.  The return flight must be on either Monday, August 1, 2011  or Tuesday, August 2, 2011.  Availability is limited…  These special fares are only available through:

Keeping the Khapra Beetle Out of the U.S.

Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP to enforce USDA restriction on the importation of rice from countries where Khapra Beetle is known to occur  WASHINGTON—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will enforce a federal quarantine order beginning July 30 that restricts the importation of rice into the U.S. from countries with known Khapra beetle

Laredo Police Department Donates Motorcycles to L.I.S.D. PD

Courtesy Joe Baeza,  This week the City of Laredo, Chief Carlos Maldonado and the Laredo Police Department donated a pair of Police edition Harley Davidson motorcycles to the Laredo Independent School District Police Department’s Chief, Lonnie Cook, in order to increase patrol presence in their busiest school zones.  With back to school just a few weeks

World Investment Report 2011 Being Presented at TAMIU Tomorrow

Courtesy Steve Harmon,   Join Dr. Tagi Sagafi-nejad,  TAMIU Radcliffe Killam Distinguished Professor of International Business and Director of the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade, at 2 p.m. on  Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in the Trading Room, WHTC for the presentation of the “World Investment Report 2011:  Non-Equity Modes of International Production and Development.”    TAMIU

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