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Former Gov. García Padilla, Rosselló’s Lobbyist and Officials Opened Doors for LUMA
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Influential people with privileged access steer the company that manages Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system.
Destacado en Series
FEMA Failed to Properly Address Hundreds of Sexual Harassment Cases
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The audit found that FEMA did not always adequately report and investigate internal allegations of sexual misconduct — including sexual assault, unwelcome sexual advances, and sexual comments — at its operations in the United States and its territories.
Los chavos de María
Agency Heads Snub Giving Better Protections to Dialysis Patients During Disasters
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The obstacles to guaranteeing services to kidney patients are still there, as LUMA does not give the highest priority when restoring energy to dialysis centers, nor has a patient registry or a comprehensive plan been created to serve the population with the most deaths after Hurricane María.
English
Puerto Rico’s Juvenile Prisons Model is ‘Unsustainable’
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A mental health crisis in these juvenile institutions, which increased events of suicidal thoughts, signs or attempts, or acts of self-mutilation by 119% in 2020, revealed the multiple irregularities and the underlying problems of this model for minors.
Department of Education
Results of Tests for Academic Lag Still Not Applied To Change the Reality in the Classroom
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Outside the Santiago Veve Calzada School, in Fajardo, a ninth-grade student walks with her mother. It is noon and the three schools that run on this campus on an “interlocking” model are changing shifts. The youngster took the Baseline diagnostic test, which seeks to measure the academic lag of students. When asked about the process, the youngster simply shakes her head, as if to say no. Her mother asks hers to speak up and describe her experience.
English
Dorado: A ‘Paradise’ of Inequities and Climate Emergency
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Just over a mile of coastline separates Pocita Julio Barroso Valentín and Kikita Beach from the most exclusive beaches on the grounds of the Embassy Suites Hotel and the controlled access neighborhoods of the Dorado del Mar residential complex. All those beaches are in the Higuillar neighborhood in Dorado. “La Pocita” and Kikita Beach, located in the Mameyal sector, see their main access gate closed at 6 p.m., as dictated by a municipal ordinance that went into effect in 2018, after residents of the area demanded peace at night. Some residences in the area known as “La Pocita” in the Mameyal sector are for sale for between $60,000 and $100,000, as I saw on property sales pages. A cyclone fence with a green mesh defines the other reality, to the west of Mameyal, where the beaches of the Embassy Suites Hotel and Dorado del Mar are located.
PREPA
Blackouts have worsened since LUMA’s arrival, a company document confirms
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The corporation’s first reliability report confirms that it took almost twice as long to restore power to customers in its first quarter of operations, compared to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
COR3
Major recovery projects to be paid for with recovery funds moving at snail’s pace
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On the fourth anniversary of Hurricane María, only 1% of the funds have been disbursed for permanent work projects.
