After a series of seismic activities that hit Puerto Rico in the late 2019 until last week, the U.S. territory has experienced a 5.8-magnitude quake before dawn Monday.
Puerto Rican Resto gets bashed for kicking out two men who were dancing together. (Photo : Reuters) According to reports issued by Metro Puerto Rico, a statement of public apology was issued on the Facebook page of the restaurant in Puerto Rico that had received numerous negative feedbacks from the online community for kicking out two men who danced together in their restaurant.
After weeks of speculation about her political plans, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez finally announced that she will run for election to a full-term in 2020.
The recently released Global Climate Risk Index 2020 by environmental think tank Germanwatch, reveals Puerto Rico as the most vulnerable country to extreme weather events over the last 20 years.
Sarasota Republican Martin Hyde is being criticized by people online and fellow politicians for his racist comments against a Puerto Rican young tennis player.
The VA scandal is but one problem plaguing Latino veterans in the country. During a White House ceremony on Friday, President Donald Trump signed legislation that simplifies the process of firing employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
For over a decade Puerto Rico has been facing a crisis, a debt that is impossible to paid off. For now, Puerto Rico is attempting to bring back corporations through a series of tax incentives, which have been signed into law since 2008. For now, Puerto is trying to foster entrepreneurship and sustaining the future.
The first baby born in Puerto Rico with Zika related Microcephaly. The centers for disease control and prevention officials are closely monitoring this situation.
Hurricane experts at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) as well as with AccuWeather are closely monitoring a tropical system over the northern Leeward Islands that has potential to strengthen significantly and become Tropical Storm Hermine, the eighth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season, by this weekend. The system poses a threat to land, as well as a distinct possibility of striking the Florida Peninsula from the southwest as a hurricane, the first hurricane to make landfall in that area and from that direction since Katrina in 2005.
Hurricane Season 2016 is picking up steam, with Tropical Storm Gaston having formed in the Atlantic on Monday. Tropical Storms Fiona and Kay still linger in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (respectively), while three additional weather systems out at sea are all projected to strengthen to tropical cyclone status, and at least one expected to become the eigth named tropical storm in the Atlantic later this week.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the PROMESA Act, which addresses Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, but in the process also allows the commonwealth’s minimum wage to drop to $4.25.
The model was attacked on the street and mugged by two unidentified men. Jan Emanuelli-Cleland, otherwise known as Mr. Puerto Rico 2016, was assaulted by two strangers on May 15 and was left bruised with various injuries.
A bill creating a Puerto Rico oversight board is headed to Congress aftter the House Committee on Natural Resources approved it Wednesday. While Republicans say it will not affect U.S. taxpayers, some Democrats wonder if lower wages and exempt overtime rules will harm Puerto Ricans.
The cash-strapped island cannot afforts to fund hospitals and hospital staff necessary for fighting Zika, the bloodborne disease that can have devastating affects on infants and pregnant women.
Several Republicans believe Puerto Rico can restructure its debt payment plan without U.S. government assistance, but letting the island nation falter would have a domino effect on U.S. taxpayers.
