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Buffalo News
March 25, 2018
Adalberto Cruz, 28, of Puerto Rico, who was convicted in federal court of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, was sentenced to a year in prison by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara. Cruz sold heroin on the West Side of Buffalo on Feb. 25, 2015, according to Assistant U.S.Ãâà...
WGN-TV
March 25, 2018
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wrapped up his two-day trip to Puerto Rico on Saturday. The mayor's Chicago delegation — which included U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez — got first-hand insight into current island conditions Saturday when a rock slide halted the group's tour. As muchÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 25, 2018
To reach the Martinez home in Puerto Rico's central mountains, social worker Eileen Calderon steers around piles of dirt, treacherous potholes and power company trucks that block the road. Finally, she pulls up to a sagging, cement home, its roof done in by Hurricane Maria. Laundry hangs under a tarp,Ãâà...
East Valley Tribune
March 25, 2018
Hurricane Maria has had a lasting effect on Puerto Rico. Six months after the storm struck the island, damage remains widespread, and nearly a half-million people still are without power. The dire situation prompted dozens of utility companies from around the United States to pitch in to help their fellowÃâà...
Village Voice
March 22, 2018
Puerto Rico has had a stray dog problem for so long that the animals have become part of the island's cultural landscape. But while many of the dogs in the airlift were mixed-breed satos — rescued from the street, the beach, parking lots, or major roads — others had recently lost their homes when theirÃâà...
ModernHealthcare.com
March 21, 2018
Lawmakers hope the CMS will boost Puerto Rico's Medicare Advantage rates for 2019 this spring. Puerto Rico's Medicare Advantage reimbursement rate is 43% below the national average and 26% below that of its neighbors, the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to a Tuesday letter from Puerto Rico'sÃâà...
WJTV
March 21, 2018
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Generators are still humming. Candles are still flickering. Homes are still being repaired. Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six months ago, and the U.S. territory is still struggling to recover from the strongest storm to hit the island in nearly a century. "There are aÃâà...
New York Times
March 21, 2018
I was in Puerto Rico as part of my assignment to spend a year visiting and writing about every destination on the 52 Places to Go in 2018 list. My editors had named the Caribbean — the entire region — to the No. 4 slot and before setting off, we had worked with data scientists from Kayak.com to come upÃâà...
American Banker
March 21, 2018
First Bancorp in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has disclosed a problem with the way it calculates its provision for problem loans. The $12 billion-asset First Bancorp said in its recently filed 10-K that the problem was limited to the company's commercial loan book. In calculating its provision, it failed to incorporateÃâà...
NJ.com
March 21, 2018
JERSEY CITY – When Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico six months ago, the devastation was especially emotional for Rosemary Guerrero. The 33-year-old's grandfather had been sick before the natural disaster, but the limited number resources and lack of electricity and running water fatallyÃâà...
Condé Nast Traveler
March 21, 2018
On September 20, Hurricane Maria barreled toward Puerto Rico with Category 4 fury, the wind like "a woman screaming at the top of her lungs," said one eyewitness. The fallout was severe: loss of life, homes destroyed, no water, an ongoing blackout. “Never before has an event like this happened," Puerto Rico's governor,Ãâà...
Remezcla (blog)
March 21, 2018
In the six months since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, the Caribbean island still struggles to find its footing. As national attention wanes, the Puerto Rican community continues fighting so that the public doesn't forget the islands' plight. Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez is leading the way through comics.
CNBC
March 21, 2018
Six months after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, approximately 121,000 residents remain without power. Progress has been slow and frustrating for those who live in Maria's path. Throughout the island, the nearly Category 5 hurricane caused widespread destruction, flooding and mudslides thatÃâà...
Digital Trends
March 5, 2018
Drones have become relatively commonplace for both recreational and commercial use. But even the commercial flyers are mainly used for taking pictures or creating maps of areas. They don't do much in the area of heavy lifting, but that's changing in Puerto Rico. Wired reports that Duke Energy, whichÃâà...
WXPR
March 5, 2018
Utility crews continue to make progress restoring power at the hurricane-ravaged U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. It was the first time that power crews from Wisconsin Public Service and WE Energies went outside the continental United States to help restore power. Several Northwoods personnel joined theÃâà...
Richmond.com
March 5, 2018
Lohmann: Richmonders lend a hand in storm-ravaged Puerto Rico, find faith and resilience ... Allen is now senior pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Richmond, and she recently led a group from her congregation to Puerto Rico to provide relief to residents still trying to put their lives back together followingÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
March 5, 2018
In Dorado, Puerto Rico, the problems with the water began in the 1980s, when industrial solvents and dry cleaning compounds started to show up in local wells. Over the next three decades, when officials from Puerto Rico's water authority and health department came to test the water, they kept findingÃâà...
Chronicle Telegram
March 4, 2018
Upon arrival, Gonzalez enrolled in Lorain Schools — joining 130 new students from Puerto Rico since September. She hadn't been to school since the hurricane hit the island. She takes gym, history, English, American government, Spanish, English as a Second Language and biology. “Here, they make itÃâà...
pgatour.com
March 4, 2018
DORADO, Puerto Rico – Although D.A. Points doesn't technically get to defend his title this week in Puerto Rico, he may be the one who was credited for the idea of the Puerto Rico Open Charity Pro-Am. Points, who won the 2017 Puerto Rico Open by two shots, didn't even wait until the call came out fromÃâà...
WIRED
March 3, 2018
Right now, in Puerto Rico, it turns out. There, hundreds of thousands of American citizens continue to suffer through power outages, which began when Hurricane Maria battered the island with 155 mph wind gusts last fall. As Puerto Rico struggles to come back online, today's commercial drones areÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
March 2, 2018
After arriving in Orlando from Puerto Rico, 29-year-old Juan Carlos Jurado faced the challenge of getting enough money to rent an apartment in east Orlando, where he moved Feb. 15, along with his pregnant wife and three children. But he had yet to furnish their new place when Jurado's family receivedÃâà...
pgatour.com
March 2, 2018
PGA TOUR players will join LPGA stars and Puerto Rican athletes and celebrities for a special, unofficial PGA TOUR event in Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Open Charity Pro-Am, this March 2-3, 2018. Held at TPC Dorado Beach, one of the Island's 13 championship courses, the event and the destination'sÃâà...
NPR
March 2, 2018
Teachers' unions in Puerto Rico have responded to the government's proposed overhaul with protest, anger and derision. Since Gov. Ricardo Rossello presented it to the legislature last month, critics have said he and Keleher are using the damage that Hurricane Maria inflicted on the island and its schoolsÃâà...
The Intercept
March 2, 2018
On March 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson signed a law granting U.S. citizenship to the residents of Puerto Rico. But 101 years later, the federal government, by abandoning the island in the wake of a crippling debt crisis and an even more devastating hurricane, is treating Puerto Ricans like citizens inÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 28, 2018
Puerto Rico's financial situation is tragic. The island is addicted to debt and, like with every addict on the road to recovery, their first step needs to be admitting it. However, it doesn't seem like they have hit bottom yet, because their tragic story continues to develop. Before this turns into a real-life VH1Ãâà...
The Nation.
February 28, 2018
Puerto Rico is open for business. So declared leaders from the devastated island on February 15 at an investors' conference convened to explore the opportunities generated by what was described as “the greatest disaster in US modern history.” The event, in New York City, was organized by the FinancialÃâà...
National Geographic
December 31, 1999
That spirit of resilience is helping Puerto Rico rebuild from the massive destruction left in the storm's path. Power and water were restored within weeks to the island's major urban areas, but, with spring approaching, more that 100,000 residents—all in rural, poor areas much like Playa el Negro—remained in the dark.
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Ahsha Tribble, who oversees power efforts for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Puerto Rico, said it was unfair to single out Fluor for leaving before restoration was complete, because other private companies that came to the island from New York and other states under mutual assistanceÃâà...
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