The Financial Oversight and Management Board emphasized that the revised fiscal year 2026 budget is separate from the fiscal year 2027 budget, which it had previously certified. By THE STAR STAFF Contrary to Gov. Jenniffer González Colón’s characterization, the commonwealth budget that took effect Wednesday was certified by the Financial Oversight and Management Board, not approved by the Puerto Rico government. As a result, the government cannot yet count the budget as one o

Public Safety Secretary Arthur Garffer, flanked by other island government officials, speaks on Wednesday at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, where an alliance of businesses, artists and organizations sent the first of several flights from Puerto Rico to Venezuela carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of earthquake relief supplies. (Facebook via Departmento de Seguridad Pública) By THE STAR STAFF An alliance of businesses, artists and organizations sent the first of

Energy Czar and Public-Private Partnerships Authority Executive Director Josué Colón Ortiz accompanied Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Ports Authority Executive Director Norberto Negrón Díaz on Wednesday in announcing the start of maintenance dredging in Las Mareas Bay in Guayama. The project will enable an increase in the cargo capacity of vessels, reduce the number of trips required, and promote more efficient operations for Puerto Rico’s energy system by protecting the c

By THE STAR STAFF Justice Secretary Lourdes Gómez Torres announced Wednesday that the Caguas Prosecutor’s Office filed criminal charges against Isabelo Santana Casul, 44, for engaging in a pattern of sexual assault and abuse against two minors in Gurabo. Prosecutors filed 12 charges against the defendant, including incest, lewd acts, sexual assault through intimidation and violence, use of an air gun in the commission of the crime of sexual assault and a pattern of physical a