Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera By THE STAR STAFF Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera has introduced the “Puerto Rico Democratic Self-Determination Act” in Congress. The measure would allow Puerto Rico residents to vote in a binding plebiscite on statehood, independence, sovereignty in free association, and the option to maintain and improve the commonwealth, or ELA (Estado Libre Asociado) in Spanish. The resident commissioner said the ballot d

Preliminary projections from the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. indicate that the island is on track to finish the fiscal year with roughly 100,000 more cruise passengers than the previous record. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico set a new cruise passenger record in May, surpassing the previous high established in 2019, according to the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC). PRTC Executive Director Willianette Robles Cancel announced that by the end of May, the island had welcomed 1,827,0

In a motion filed Wednesday, LUMA Energy, the private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system, asked the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau to pause both the $750‑per‑hour cap on external legal counsel and the regulator’s blanket denial of fiscal year 2026 Title III cost recovery. By THE STAR STAFF LUMA Energy moved this week to pause two key determinations in the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau’s (PREB) Final Rate Order, warning that immediate enforcem

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive Luis González Delgado By THE STAR STAFF San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo on Wednesday criticized statements made a day earlier by Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) Executive Luis González Delgado regarding municipal engineer Roberto Martínez, only days after both parties reached an agreement to include Martínez in a newly created technical water committee. Romero said he found it “difficult to understand” why