Puerto Rico natural resources chief grilled over order to shelve probe targeting governor's in-laws
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico senators grilled the island’s newly designated natural resources chief on Tuesday ...
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Trump Wants Canada To Be 51st State. DC and Puerto Rico Would Like a Word
While Trump eyes U.S. expansion, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories have spent years advocating for statehood, arguing that millions of Americans ...
The Washington Post14d
Puerto Rico's chief for natural resources shelves investigation targeting governor's in-laws
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s new natural resources ... replaced by high-end homes that environmentalists say must be removed. The investigation, which proposed a $25,000 penalty ...
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Blackout-plagued Puerto Rico gets more than $1 billion in DOE funding for clean energy
On Friday, the DOE announced two conditional commitments and one loan to Puerto Rico to replace its fossil fuel generation assets with solar and battery storage systems through 2032. One of the ...
The Washington Post8d
Federal grand jury indicts a US tourist accused of burning down businesses in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A tourist from Missouri accused of burning down a hotel and other businesses in southwestern Puerto Rico earlier this month in a high-profile case that sparked a backlash ...
Washington Examiner10d
Maduro threatens ‘liberation’ of Puerto Rico as governor urges Trump to defend island
The governor of Puerto Rico requested that President-elect Donald Trump take a stand against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s threats to invade the U.S. island territory. Maduro made the ...
Politico23d
Puerto Rico hit by near-total blackout
Puerto Rico was once again plunged into darkness by the latest failure of its troubled power grid on Tuesday. Power went out across the territory starting at 5:30 a.m. according to LUMA Energy ...
Washington Times22d
Puerto Rico swears in new governor days after major blackout hit island
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Jenniffer González Colón was sworn in Thursday as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island prepared for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger ...
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Power restoration begins in Puerto Rico after massive New Year's Eve blackout
A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early on Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could ...
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Puerto Rico suffers nearly island-wide power outage on New Year’s Eve
Puerto Rico has been immersed in darkness after a power grid failure sparked a blackout across much of the island. The outage happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the last day of 2024.
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Power restored to nearly all of Puerto Rico after massive New Year's Eve blackout
San Juan, Puerto Rico — Power was restored to nearly all electrical customers across Puerto Rico on Wednesday after a massive blackout left more than 1.2 million of the U.S. territory's 1.47 ...
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Half of Puerto Rico starts the new year in the dark after massive power outage
Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that at one point had nearly 1.3 million businesses or homes — most of the island — in the dark. An ...