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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two Senate bills could hinder timely access to scientific information and data crucial for public health decisions and emergency responses.
Students from Lares, Jayuya, and Adjuntas received training on how to critically consume media and create their own stories.
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.
