Education
Education Department to train over 22,000 employees in emergency response across 856 schools
Metro Puerto Rico
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Transportation
Government Rules Out Privatizing Ponce's Mercedita Airport, Bets on $18.5 Million in Upgrades
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
Weather
La Plata Reservoir Drops 60 Centimeters in a Week as Government Rules Out Rationing
El Nuevo Dia
Housing
Lawmakers propose using UPR's unclaimed properties to ease Puerto Rico's housing shortage
Primera Hora
Energy
NEPR Approves Record Rate Hike to 34.6 Cents per kWh: Power Bills Rise This Thursday
El Nuevo Día
Health
Nine Years After Maria: Vieques Opens Its New $85.5 Million Hospital
El Nuevo Día
Economy
Puerto Rico Regulator Shuts Down Banex International Bank After $24 Million Goes Missing
Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras (OCIF)
Environment
Governor Extends Caño Martín Peña Cleanup Corporation to 2034, Giving Dredging Project a Five-Year Buffer
NotiCel
Public safety
CST Closes Child Passenger Safety Week: 740 Car Seats and 153 Certified Technicians in Puerto Rico
NotiCel
Government
Only Two Companies Bid for Puerto Rico's New Vote-Counting Machines After a Year of Legal Battles and $38.2 Million at Stake
El Nuevo Día
Transportation
ACT proposes $432 million PR-5 extension between Bayamón and Toa Alta to relieve PR-167
Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación (ACT)
Housing
Ocean Five Residences: $5.65 Million Luxury Boutique Replaces Scrapped 26-Story Condado Tower
El Nuevo Día
Weather
Rip Current Risk Climbs to High Level Monday Along Puerto Rico's North Coast
El Nuevo Día
Education
RUM's Centenaria Banda Colegial returns to the Pasadena Rose Parade in January 2028
Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Culture
UPR Aguadilla Choir to Sing at the Sagrada Familia Crypt Ahead of the Sing for Gold Competition in Barcelona
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Government
Senate Passes Two-Year Lobbying Ban for Former Officials, With Fines Up to $100,000
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
Energy
PREPA authorizes 100 MW battery storage contract in Yabucoa, but the deal now heads to the Fiscal Oversight Board
El Nuevo Día
Sports
Men's Superior Volleyball League Confirms October 23 Kickoff, Dedicates 2026 Season to Two Puerto Rican Legends
Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol
Economy
Warmkraft to Invest More Than $16 Million in Mayagüez, Creating 65 Jobs Treating Military Uniforms
El Nuevo Día
Health
ASEM and HURRA to receive up to $500,000 each to prepare for Ebola and other high-risk pathogens
Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico
Weather
Puerto Rico Reaches Late September With Zero Atlantic Hurricanes: A Record Not Seen Since 1914
WUSF/NPR
Housing
US Virgin Islands loses $1.9 billion in HUD funding over fraud, putting Puerto Rico's own recovery-fund management under scrutiny
El Vocero
Transportation
American Airlines to Run Its Biggest Puerto Rico Operation in 13 Years This Winter
El Nuevo Día
Culture
Pro Arte Musical Opens Its 95th Season With Three Generations of the Puerto Rican Cuatro
El Vocero