By THE STAR STAFF Seeking to expand educational offerings in the public school system, Rep. Víctor Parés, chair of the House Government Committee, has announced a new initiative to develop a workshop on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones. Parés noted that drone use has surged in recent years, driven by advances in technology, design, and automated controls incorporating artificial‑intelligence algorithms. While drones were once used mainly for photo

By THE STAR STAFF Residents of Ocean Park in San Juan warned on Monday that the community has effectively reached “a year without water,” a prolonged service interruption they say is now forcing some merchants to consider shutting down. “We can celebrate the birthday of a year without water,” resident Alfredo Cuyar said during an interview on Radio Isla. He noted that, based on residents’ own tracking, Ocean Park has been without potable water 58 percent of the past year. In

On March 19, 2025, Governor Jenniffer González Colón, together with the Department of Housing, delivered 90 property titles to families in the Bayamón region, which includes Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Dorado, Cataño, Comerío, and Vega Alta. By THE STAR STAFF Community organizations are raising alarms over what they describe as another misstep by the Office for Socioeconomic and Community Development (ODSEC) in the process of approving a new regulation governing the issuance of prope

By THE STAR STAFF The spokesperson for the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) in the San Juan Municipal Legislature, attorney Ingrid Colberg Rodríguez, announced today, Monday, the sending of a formal letter to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States, Doug Burgum, requesting the federal government to stop Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo’s proposal to attempt to grant, for up to 90 years, rights over part of El Escambrón for the construction of a multi-story parking garage. Th