A group of pensioners gathered today in front of El Capitolio to carry out civil disobedience to demand the approval of the Decent Retirement Law. House Bill 2434, passed without amendment and unanimously in the House of Representatives, is in conference committee after amendments were passed in the Senate that were rejected by the House. … Read more
After accomplishing more than 225,000 thousand molecular tests by private reference laboratories on the island; he Puerto Rico Public Health Trust (PRPHT), a program of the Trust for Science, Technology and Research of Puerto Rico (FCTIPR) together with the Puerto Rico Department of Health, warned on Tuesday about the reflected increase in positive cases of … Read more
The winner of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2010, Ana Patricia Gámez, informed his followers last weekend that his father passed away after 5 years battling cancer. “I still do not understand that my father is no longer in this world and that he is in a better one, I have suffered a lot from his departure … Read more
The Senate project that was removed from the desk of Governor Wanda Vázquez, after having been approved by both legislative bodies, to transfer land from the beach known as Mar Chiquita to private hands is not dead, according to the mayor of Manatí, José Sánchez. However, the mayor assured in a radio interview that the … Read more
The Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issued Executive Order 2020-049, which declares a state of emergency by drought for all Puerto Rico, assigning as a priority, attention to the regions that are affected by meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought. “During the past weeks, we have been facing a period of low precipitation, which, together with the … Read more
The candidate for governor’s bid for the New Progressive Party (PNP), Pedro Pierluisi, reacted to a video where he recounts his experience as a dishwasher with black people, whom he called “prietitos” in the United States. In the face of criticism from different sectors for the term “prietito”, Pierluisi cataloged as absurd that they want … Read more
Reggaeton and trap artist Rauw Alejandro released his new single “Something magic”, a song that seeks to connect intimately with its fans. For the theme, the artist incorporates sounds from the urban genre with influences from the Contemporary House and Pop. This song is available on all digital platforms. “Something magic”, talks about a relationship … Read more
A new cloud of dust from the Sahara will affect Puerto Rico during today, Saturday, and tomorrow, so misty conditions are expected for the archipelago. Meteorologist Fernanda Ramos, from National Weather Service (SNM) told Metro that “for tomorrow (today) we are seeing another cloud of dust from the Sahara that is approaching the area and … Read more
Now it is possible to see how the confinements by the coronavirus have altered air pollution, hospital lights and even white asparagus crops. Using data from 17 satellites, three space agencies created a website that serves as a global dashboard showing the temporal changes that have been observed on Earth from space. The European Space … Read more
Police identified the two teenagers who died in a vehicular accident that occurred at about 1:26 pm on Thursday on the PR-14 kilometer 12.6 highway in Juana Díaz. The unfortunate had 12 and 14 years, as indicated by the authorities. Lieutenant Sergio Arroyo, acting director of Patrullas Carreteras Ponce, indicated that the investigation by agent … Read more