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Sep 18 2020
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Trump administration announces $13 billion in additional aid to Puerto Rico
The Trump administration on Friday announced $13 billion in additional aid to Puerto Rico to help with rebuilding in the aftermath of 2017's Hurricane Maria.
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced tweeted Friday morning that Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Pete Gaynor told her that $13 billion has been approved. She thanked the White House and President Donald Trump.
CNN DigitalMar 27 2024
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US plan to remove cats from historic Puerto Rican fortress challenged
A cat perches on a tree at the San Juan National Historic Site in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2021. REUTERS/Clark Mindock Purchase Licensing Rights , opens new tab March 27 (Reuters) - A non-profit dedicated to protecting stray cats on Wednesday sued the U.S. National Park Service seeking to stop a plan that would remove, and in some cases kill, famed felines from a national historic site in
ReutersNov 27 2019
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FEMA’s Hurricane Aid to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Has Stalled
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands — More than two years after back-to-back hurricanes ravaged this tropical island, medical workers are still treating gunshot wounds in hallways and kidney failure in a trailer. They ignore their own inflamed rashes that they say are caused by the mold that has shut down an entire hospital floor below a still-porous roof.
At least they have a hospital. The
New York Times (News)Aug 02 2019
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Puerto Rico still unsure who’ll be governor within hours
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — With just hours left before Puerto Rico’s governor was expected to step down, his designated successor tried Friday to convince legislators to confirm him in a down-to-the-wire attempt to avoid political chaos and avert a potential constitutional crisis.
But even if Pedro Pierluisi manages to win confirmation in the island’s House of Representatives,
Associated PressAug 04 2019
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Puerto Rico: New governor brings more controversy after protests
A new governor has been sworn into office in Puerto Rico, bringing fresh controversy to the US territory. Pedro Pierluisi is the handpicked successor of Ricardo Rosselló, who resigned amid mass protests over a leaked chat in which he and top aides shared obscenity-laced messages. But Mr Pierluisi's term as governor could be short-lived as it is yet to be ratified by the island's Senate.
BBC NewsMay 09 2023
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2 NYU Grad Students Shot Dead Outside Puerto Rico Nightclub During Birthday Celebration
New York University (NYU) is mourning the deaths of two grad students who were shot dead while celebrating a friend's birthday in Puerto Rico at the weekend. Franco Medina, 29, and Sergio Palomino Ruiz, 28, were fatally shot by an unnamed woman in front of a nightclub in the capital San Juan in the early hours of Saturday morning after getting caught in a crossfire, the Puerto Rico Police
PeopleApr 07 2019
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Texas Relief Money Caught in Trump Administration Dispute With Puerto Rico
Texas lawmakers are up in arms over more than $4 billion in federal aid for hurricane protection that has been delayed amid tensions between the Trump administration and Puerto Rico.
In the aftermath of the calamitous 2017 hurricane season, the federal government last April allocated a total of $16 billion to Texas, Puerto Rico, and other areas to invest in defenses against future
Wall Street Journal (News)Aug 30 2018
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Trump stands by disaster response in Puerto Rico: 'We did a fantastic job'
President Trump on Wednesday stood the administration’s response to Hurricane Maria last year in Puerto Rico, despite a new study raising the death toll to 2,975.
Washington TimesApr 19 2023
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Puerto Rico's water supply is being depleted, contaminated by manufacturing industry on the island, experts say
Puerto Rico's water supply is being depleted, contaminated by manufacturing industry on the island, experts say The manufacturing industry in Puerto Rico is putting the island's finite water supply at risk, experts told ABC News. In the 1960s and 1970s, industries ventured to Puerto Rico as the result of a now-expired federal tax incentive known Section 936, which exempted businesses from
Yahoo NewsApr 19 2023
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Puerto Rico's water supply is being depleted, contaminated by manufacturing industry on the island, experts say
The manufacturing industry in Puerto Rico is putting the island's finite water supply at risk, experts told ABC News. In the 1960s and 1970s, industries ventured to Puerto Rico as the result of a now-expired federal tax incentive known Section 936, which exempted businesses from federal income tax profits earned by U.S. companies in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The incentive is
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