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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island hires chief

Anastasia Bergmann has extensive experience in healthcare human resources and comes from Point32Health in Massachusetts PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Dec. 16, 2022) – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has appointed Anastasia Bergmann, a healthcare human resources leader, as vice president and chief people officer. Bergmann comes to BCBSRI from Point32 Health, the organization formed from […]Read More

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Mayor-elect Brett Smiley Announces Public Safety Appointments

PROVIDENCE, RI- Today, Mayor-elect Brett Smiley announced several key appointments within Providence Public Safety that will serve with the new Administration in January.   “A top priority of my Administration is ensuring that every resident feels safe and that our community feels as though our public safety officials are accessible and qualified,” said Mayor-elect Brett […]Read More

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Chaotic Year at US-Mexico Border Foreshadows More Problems Ahead

VOA NEWS-Aline Barros The COVID-19 pandemic and other U.S. efforts to stop asylum access significantly impacted immigration policy and enforcement in the United States in 2022. In various reports, U.S. border officials and immigration advocates say border numbers reflect the deteriorating economic and political conditions in some countries that drive people to come to the […]Read More

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‘Blizzard of the Century’ Leaves Nearly 50 Dead Across US

Agence France-Presse BUFFALO, NEW YORK – Emergency crews in New York were scrambling Monday to rescue marooned residents from what authorities called the “blizzard of the century,” a relentless storm that has left nearly 50 people dead across the United States and caused Christmas travel chaos. Blizzard conditions persist in parts of the northeastern U.S., […]Read More

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Cicilline Spends Christmas with Troops in the Middle East

Visits with Rhode Islanders in Bahrain and Kuwait Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and Global Counter terrorism, is currently leading a bipartisan delegation of six Members of Congress to visit U.S. troops overseas to thank them for their service, participate in briefings from […]Read More

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ESTRELLATV CELEBRATES LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE WITH TWO ON-AIR EVENTS

‘LAS MAÑANITAS A LA VIRGEN’ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 AT 10 P.M./9 P.M. CT TWO-HOUR SPECIAL BROADCAST FROM LA BASÍLICA DE GUADALUPE, MEXICO CITY   ‘DIA DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE’, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 AT 1 P.M./12 P.M. CT CELEBRATORY MASS FROM MEXICO CITY LOS ANGELES, CA, December 7, 2022 – EstrellaTV presents two nights of events celebrating La Virgen de Guadalupe on December […]Read More