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Protests grow in Puerto Rico amid demands for higher wages

Protests in Puerto Rico are multiplying as government employees demand higher pay and improved pensions

The Independent UK

Oklahoma men break program scoring record at Puerto Rico Classic; Chris Gotterup earns PGA Tour exemption

Gotterup earned an exemption in next month's Puerto Rico Open.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Puerto Rico has a plan to recover from bankruptcy — but the deal won't ease people's daily struggles

Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy problem is complicated — but the various ways the crisis hurts most Puerto Ricans is unmistakable.

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Survivors Of Weather Disasters May Age More Quickly

Rhesus monkeys were found to have changed at the molecular level following Hurricane Maria.

Zenger

P.E.I. potato farmers prepping spuds for Puerto Rico after export suspension

CHARLOTTETOWN — Potato farmers on Prince Edward Island are preparing to ship potatoes to Puerto Rico after the United States announced earlier this week it would allow exports to resume to the territory.

The Canadian Press

United States allows shipments of P.E.I. potatoes to resume to Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday it will allow the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to Puerto Rico.

The Canadian Press

Signs of premature ageing found in monkeys after hurricane

Rhesus macaques in Puerto Rico appear to have aged by about two years more than expected

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Puerto Rico flourishes in world golf spotlight

If you’re a golfer who loves new challenges in tropical locations, consider Puerto Rico.

Tribune News Service

Feds pledge they’ll do more to help rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric grid

WASHINGTON — Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and a coterie of top White House officials signed an agreement Wednesday directing the federal government to do more to help the territory rebuild its ailing electric grid and meet its renewable energy goals, the latest attempt from the Biden administration to provide…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

US to modernize, speed up work on Puerto Rico power grid

Three federal agencies have promised to help modernize Puerto Rico’s outage-plagued power grid and speed up efforts to strengthen it more than four years after Hurricane Maria razed it

The Independent UK

US search for missing migrants from capsized boat off Florida coast shifts to land in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. authorities on Friday shifted their search for missing migrants from a capsized boat off Puerto Rico to land from water after 17 individuals were taken into custody hours after their makeshift craft hit a rock.

Miami Herald

Minister optimistic P.E.I. potato shipments to Puerto Rico could resume soon

FREDERICTON — The federal agriculture minister is optimistic the United States could approve the resumption of shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes to the key market of Puerto Rico within weeks.

The Canadian Press

US Coast Guard searches waters off Puerto Rico after boat capsizes

Miami (AFP) - US Coast Guard authorities searched waters off Puerto Rico Friday after a boat carrying more than 20 people capsized in the second migrant smuggling accident in a week.

AFP

Coast Guard ends migrant search off Florida coast after 5 bodies found, 34 more feared dead

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday night for dozens of migrants who disappeared in the ocean after their boat capsized about 40 miles off Fort Pierce Inlet shortly after it left the Bahamas en route to Florida.

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As surge of migrants arriving in Puerto Rico by sea continues, 45 are detained in beach town

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — John Parry was at his rental home in the Puerto Rican coastal town of Rincón on Monday afternoon when he spotted dozens of people, wet and coming toward his driveway. As the group walked up the steep hill up from a nearby beach, he called…

AFP

Puerto Rico statue of Spanish explorer toppled before king's visit

San Juan (Puerto Rico) (AFP) - Puerto Rican authorities hastily reinstalled a statue of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon that was toppled earlier Monday in the capital San Juan, just hours before a visit to the Caribbean island by Spain's King Felipe VI.

The Independent UK

Statue tumbled in Puerto Rico before Spanish king's visit

Unknown people have toppled a statue of Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León ahead of a visit of King Felipe VI to the U.S. Caribbean territory of Puerto Rico

Tribune News Service

Puerto Rico approved to exit bankruptcy, ending record saga

The judge overseeing Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy approved its debt-cutting plan, a decision that leaves the island poised to exit bankruptcy after hurricanes, political turmoil and the pandemic prolonged the more than four-year process.

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Judge OKs adjustment plan to end Puerto Rico bankruptcy

Miami (AFP) - A federal judge on Tuesday approved a plan to restructure Puerto Rico's public debt, which will allow the US territory to end the bankruptcy process it declared almost five years ago.

Tribune News Service

Puerto Rico approved to exit bankruptcy, ending 4-year saga

The Independent UK

Judge signs plan, resolves Puerto Rico bankruptcy battle

Puerto Rico’s nearly five-year bankruptcy battle has been resolved after a federal judge signed a plan that slashes the U.S. territory’s public debt load as part of a restructuring and allows the government to start repaying creditors

The Independent UK

Crypto investors are flocking to Puerto Rico. The influx hasn't been entirely welcomed

Some residents have questioned the fairness of the sizeable tax cuts that are luring many traders to the island

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