Chequéalo PR
[FACT CHECK] Jenniffer González: “The reality is that today, after the earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico, none of the schools have been brought up to proper conditions”
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Verdict: True, but…
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Uncertainty over Federal Funding Leaves Puerto Rico’s Flood-Prone Power Substations in Jeopardy
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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.
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CPI ASKS COURT TO ORDER LAND AUTHORITY TO DELIVER INFORMATION ABOUT ITS GOVERNING BOARD
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San Juan, PR – The Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) today sued the Puerto Rico Land Authority (ATPR, in Spanish) for ignoring a request for access to public information about the composition and minutes of its Governing Board.
Since January 23, 2024, journalist and founder of Bonita Radio, Carmen Enid Acevedo, who received a scholarship from the CPI Journalism Training Institute, requested by email from Irving Rodríguez executive director of the ATPR the minutes of the Governing Board meetings, the composition of the Board, and who have been its secretaries from 2018 to the present, . After several days without getting a response, the journalist went to the Land Authority headquarters to follow up. She was told it was necessary to submit her request for information, again, in writing. After making the requested arrangements and informing at least three agency officials about the request, in person and in writing, including the executive director of the ATPR, Irving Rodríguez, Acevedo waited for several days without getting a response and then called the agency several times until they told her again that they were working on her request. But as of today, more than 10 weeks after the original request, the requested information has not been received.
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CPI Sues DRNA to Get Full Access to Environmental Case Files
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The Center for Investigative Journalism filed a lawsuit against Department of Natural and Environmental Resources Secretary Anaís Rodríguez Vega, to make her comply with her duty to provide public information on files related to three environmental complaints.
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Paradiso College Preparatory Charter School’s Operation in Río Piedras Put On Hold
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Paradiso College Preparatory Real Estate Two acknowledged that the permit it obtained to operate that charter school is invalid.
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Residents of Aguada and Río Piedras Require Green Alternatives from US Corps of Engineers to Channel Rivers
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The US Army Corps of Engineers clings to the canalization alternative because it is the least expensive way to address the problem.
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LGBTQIA+ Seniors on Their Own to Access Housing
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In the absence of protection and a safe home, and the discrimination aggravated by factors such as religious ideologies, the Waves Ahead organization is developing housing projects aimed at these populations while bills to amend local laws are in limbo.
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Medioscopio Supports Puerto Rico’s Southern Region Youth Who Are Committed to Their Communities
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With bomba music playing and a photo exhibition, 20 youngsters from the southern regions towns of Arroyo, Patillas, Guayama, Salinas and Santa Isabel celebrated the closing of the second edition of Medioscopio, the media literacy and development project for citizen reporters promoted by the Center for Investigative Journalism.
