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Washington allocates $11.8 million to 13 Puerto Rico colleges and universities
Representative Pablo Hernández (Resident Commissioner press release)
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Public safety
Clorox Recalls 6.3 Million Bottles of Mistolin and Lestoil in Puerto Rico Over Bacteria Risk
CPSC.gov
Energy
Standoff Between Harbor Pilots and New Fortress Energy Leaves Puerto Rico Without Natural Gas for Nearly a Week; Emergency Mechanism Activated
El Nuevo Dia
Environment
DRNA fines CODEPOLA shooting range $61,000 in Salinas after five years of community complaints
NotiCel
Economy
Oil Spikes to $115 a Barrel, Already Driving Up Gas and Electric Bills in Puerto Rico
Metro Puerto Rico
Sports
Puerto Rico Women's Volleyball Team Gets First Final Six Win, Sweeps Canada
Federacion Puertorriquena de Voleibol
Transportation
ACT to fully close PR-1 in La Muda, Guaynabo, all weekend for steel beam installation
Metro Puerto Rico
Housing
Public Housing Agency Demands COVID Rent Aid Repayment From 22,000 People Just as Contractor Shuts Down
Metro Puerto Rico
Health
Health Department and Pediatric Hospital launch "Your Silence Marks Them" campaign after 12,005 child abuse referrals so far in 2026
Metro Puerto Rico
Government
Senate Approves Lowering Puerto Rico's Age of Majority to 18; Measure Now Heads to the House
El Nuevo Dia
Culture
Carolina to Pay Tribute to Celia Cruz This Friday at Gallery Nights and Artisan Market
Metro Puerto Rico
Sports
Sur A Crowned Doble A Juvenil Champions as Puerto Rico's Copa Olimpica Closes With Record 3,224 Entries
Metro Puerto Rico
Education
PPD Files Three Bills to Strip Out-of-Pocket Costs From Special Education Assistants
Metro Puerto Rico
Economy
DDEC Knocks on Utuado's Door This Wednesday: Economic Services Road Trip Reaches the Mountains
Periodico El Sol de Puerto Rico
Energy
Puerto Rico's Independent Procurement Office steps back from temporary generation talks as fight over who ran the Power Expectations fiasco erupts
El Nuevo Dia
Transportation
Peñuelas gets new PR-391 repaving and 20 new vehicles, first visible fruit of the $94 million road fund
NotiCel
Health
Caguas Opens First Free Daytime Care Center for Alzheimer's Patients as the Island Faces a Projected Surge in Cases
Metro Puerto Rico
Housing
Housing Department Says It Has Recovered 229 Usurped Public Housing Apartments After Weapons and Drug Raid at Ramos Antonini
El Nuevo Día
Government
Fiscal Oversight Board Tightens Grip on Education: Demands 23 Documents by October 30 After 18 Months of Non-Compliance
Metro Puerto Rico
Weather
Puerto Rico's Reservoirs Climb Out of Alert as Extreme Drought Drops to 37%
Metro Puerto Rico
Culture
William Cepeda Marks 35 Years of Afro Rican Jazz With the Puerto Rico Symphony, After Becoming the First Puerto Rican to Win the $100,000 Jazz Legacies Fellowship
Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular (prpop.org)
Energy
Puerto Rico's Energy Bureau Summons LUMA and Genera to Justify Up to a $48 Bill Hike in October
Metro Puerto Rico
Education
Fifty incoming Mayagüez Campus students receive the Rafael Carrión, Jr. Academic Excellence Award
Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, UPR
Sports
Pitbull Cruz Knocks Out Nestor Bravo in the Sixth Round to Retain WBC Interim Title
BoxingNews24