cross-referenced news and research resources about
Puerto Rico cities, towns and villages
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NBC New York
April 29, 2018
Gov. Andrew Cuomo flew to Puerto Rico on Sunday to launch an initiative that will recruit students and professionals to rebuild homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Maria last year. Around 500 student volunteers from SUNY and CUNY will team up with building professionals and Puerto Rico-basedÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
April 29, 2018
The city of Guayama sits near Puerto Rico's southeast coast. Half its population of more than twenty thousand lives below the poverty line. Like most of Puerto Rico, the city was hit hard by Hurricane Maria last fall. It's still trying to recover. But the people here have problems beyond poverty and stormÃâà...
MyCentralJersey.com
April 28, 2018
CARTERET - Two of the borough's older fire trucks are being donated to Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, where they will be put into active rescue service on the ... "On behalf of my constituents, the 3.4 million American citizens of Puerto Rico, and particularly the close to 100,000 residents of the municipality ofÃâà...
NorthJersey.com
April 27, 2018
PATERSON — The two unions that represent Paterson police say the city owes overtime payments to city police, who went to Puerto Rico last year to help with the disaster relief efforts after Hurricane Maria. A letter from the unions' lawyer says Paterson's delay in making the payments violates federal laborÃâà...
CitiesSpeak
April 13, 2018
Last September, when Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico, it flooded cities and cut power to 3.4 million people, according to the New York Times. ... “We are proud to offer NLC membership to Puerto Rican municipalities to help give them a voice in Washington and connect them to a network of cityÃâà...
CBS News
December 31, 1999
"People are not doing well," Las Piedras Mayor Miguel Lopez told The Associated Press, noting that there are many elderly people in his town. "They are suffering." The mayors of rural towns across Puerto Rico recently complained that they remain largely forgotten, prompting the island's Senate presidentÃâà...
Orlando Sentinel
December 31, 1999
"This is unfair," 62-year-old town resident Rafael Jimenez said by phone. "I don't have a problem with other towns getting power because it's a national necessity, but we need it, too." The standoff caught the attention of top Puerto Rico government officials and ended several hours later after the powerÃâà...
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