Game Interrupted: Recovery Funds for Puerto Rico’s Ballparks Still Haven’t Reached First Base
Por José M. Encarnación Martínez
18 December, 2025
As Puerto Rico prepares to host the World Baseball Classic in March 2026, many communities across the archipelago are still waiting for the parks where children and teenagers play the sport to be brought back into shape.Leer Más
Los chavos de MaríaRecovery
Four Administrations After Hurricane María, Puerto Rico Still Has No Registry of Electricity-Dependent Patients
Por Eliván Martínez Mercado
25 September, 2025
Eight years after the hurricane, Gov. Jenniffer González’s administration insists on maintaining the same emergency protocol for electricity-dependent patients that failed under the past three administrations.Leer Más
EducationRecovery
Eight Years After Hurricane María, Puerto Rico Has Rebuilt Just One Public School
Por Tatiana Díaz Ramos
22 September, 2025
The island’s Department of Education is losing students, in part, due to a cycle of constant school relocations, deteriorating facilities, and shortened schedules from noon to 5 p.m., which are stopgap measures that fail to address the core problem: an unrepaired infrastructure, despite the availability of funds.Leer Más
Recovery
Government Dysfunction and LUMA’s Infighting Stall Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Recovery
Por Eliván Martínez Mercado, Vanessa Colón Almenas
20 September, 2025
The outlook is grim. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced that its secretary will now personally review any grant or contract award exceeding $100,000 before the funds can be committed, the agency told the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.Leer Más
Los chavos de MaríaRecovery
Municipalities in Puerto Rico Miss Out on $750 Million Reconstruction Fund
Por Vanessa Colón Almenas
10 July, 2025
The fund expired in June. Originally approved by the Legislature in 2020 to provide municipalities with liquidity, the reserve ultimately failed to deliver. Jenniffer González now plans to redirect it toward energy projects that could benefit “other entities,” not just government agencies.Leer Más
Recovery
COR3 Director Walks an Ethical Tightrope
Por Vanessa Colón Almenas
22 April, 2025
Amid a web of conflicts, Eduardo Soria Rivera — who has led Puerto Rico’s main recovery office since January — also chairs the Governing Board of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.Leer Más
Los chavos de MaríaRecovery
Uncertainty over Federal Funding Leaves Puerto Rico’s Flood-Prone Power Substations in Jeopardy
Por Vanessa Colón Almenas
27 September, 2024
COR3, the agency in charge of recovery in Puerto Rico, holds FEMA responsible for excluding that multi-million-dollar expense because of the methodology it used to estimate the damage to the electrical system after Hurricanes Irma and María.Leer Más
Los chavos de MaríaRecovery
Urban Centers in Disrepair Over Housing’s Shortcomings and the Inefficiency of Go-Between Companies
Por Luis Joel Méndez González, Vanessa Colón Almenas
2 March, 2023
The absence of clear guidelines from the Puerto Rico Department of Housing to execute the program and poor advice from US firms hired for millions of dollars results in the delay in City Revitalization Program projects.Leer Más