4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (596+ words) A former member of Puerto Rico’s Drought Committee is warning that cloud‑seeding remains an unreliable and largely unproven tool for the island, even as the government has restarted operations over the Carraízo and La Plata reservoir basins to confront…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (328+ words) Power Expectations LLC is calling for a formal investigation into what it describes as a pattern of improper conduct, conflicts of interest, and potential corporate espionage involving attorney Javier Vázquez Morales, a partner at O’Neill & Borges and legal adviser to…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (290+ words) Puerto Rico absorbed one of its steepest tariff shocks in more than a decade last year, as federal trade policies under President Donald Trump dramatically reshaped the cost of importing goods into the island, according to a report from Estudios…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (292+ words) The Puerto Rico government is moving to expand its drought‑response strategy by restoring water production capacity at the source, even as emergency distribution measures continue across the island. Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has requested authorization to use $9.7 million from…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (474+ words) The central government will keep current water‑rationing schedules in place for customers served by the Carraízo reservoir and maintain existing operational adjustments at La Plata, despite weekend rains that brought modest relief to parts of the island. Officials cautioned…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (282+ words) By THE STAR STAFFResident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera presented a five-point agenda on Sunday to address Puerto Rico’s water and energy crises, upon his return to the U.S. capital following a month of work on the island and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (334+ words) The Puerto Rico Department of Health has implemented new temporary measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases as water hauling increases during the ongoing drought, Health Secretary Víctor Ramos Otero announced Tuesday. Ramos said the agency issued a temporary…...

3+ week, 7+ hour ago   (145+ words) Guaynabo Mayor Edward O’Neill Rosa activated the municipal emergency plan on Sunday to assist communities affected by a drinking water service interruption caused by a suction pump failure at the La Plata reservoir. In addition to the tanker trucks, crews…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (216+ words) Puerto Rico is facing a sharp and troubling escalation of its mid‑summer drought, with extreme conditions now affecting 33.31% of the island, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor. The figure represents nearly double the coverage reported…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (382+ words) A coalition of civil society organizations released a new analysis on Wednesday arguing that Puerto Rico has endured “a lost decade” under the federal Financial Oversight and Management Board, concluding that the body’s policies have deepened fiscal instability and worsened…...