Available services at the new $10 million health clinic in Isabela include general medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, endocrinology, gynecology and obstetrics, behavioral health, dental care, nutrition, pharmacy, laboratory services, optometry and home medical visits. By THE STAR STAFF Integrated Health Services Centers (CISS by its acronym in Spanish) Executive Director Damaris Rodríguez announced on Thursday the opening of a $10 million clinic in Isabela that will pro

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera sounded optimistic regarding congressional efforts to extend the federal Medicaid funds that finance Puerto Rico’s government healthcare plan. By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera expressed optimism on Thursday regarding congressional efforts to extend the federal Medicaid funds that finance the “Plan Vital” (Vital Plan) governme

As the National Weather Service (NWS) in San Juan upgraded the alert level to an extreme heat warning for most urban and coastal areas of Puerto Rico through the afternoon on Wednesday, the island government’s Drought Committee held its weekly meeting to review current drought conditions in Puerto Rico and the impact of the strengthening El Niño phenomenon, as well as to take preventive measures to safeguard the water supply. Participants in the meeting included Puerto Rico A

Popular Democratic Party Secretary General Manuel Calderón Cerame By THE STAR STAFF Popular Democratic Party (PDP) officials intensified their criticism of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) on Wednesday, arguing that newly examined fundraising records show an outsized reliance on anonymous and cash donations and reinforce the need for stricter campaign‑finance rules. PIP President Juan Dalmau Ramírez said that unlike the PDP, the PIP does not engage in political inves

Community organizations presented formal testimony to the San Juan City Assembly opposing a proposed 90‑year concession for a multi-story parking garage on public coastal land at the Third Millennium Park, arguing that the project would permanently alter one of San Juan’s most important recreational and environmental assets. (www.discoverpuertorico.com) By THE STAR STAFF Community organizations Escambrón Unido and Sierra Club Puerto Rico urged the San Juan City Assembly on We

An aerial view of Flamenco Beach, at right, in Culebra. A new satellite data-based study ranks the beach as the world’s fourth best. (Wikipedia/Breezy Baldwin) By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico has earned a major global distinction: Beach.com has named Flamenco Beach in the offshore island municipality of Culebra as the fourth best beach in the world in a pioneering, satellite- and data-driven ranking. Rather than relying solely on editors’ subjective selections or travelers’ pre

First row, starting from second from left: Dr. Lisa McBride, associate dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth; Dr. Grisel Burgos, director of San Juan Bautista Community Program; Dr. Yocasta Brugal, president of San Juan Bautista School of Medicine. By THE STAR STAFF San Juan Bautista School of Medicine (SJBSM) in Caguas has been selected to participate in ASCEND, a national initiative led by the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and

Orocovis Mayor Jesús Colón Berlingeri, who chairs the governing board of the Municipal Revenue Collections Center By THE STAR STAFF Jesús Colón Berlingeri, who chairs the governing board of the Municipal Revenue Collections Center (CRIM by its acronym in Spanish) announced Wednesday that the agency will hire two employees in every municipality to address untaxed properties, parcels listed without an identified owner -- known as “John Doe” properties -- and the so‑called “semi

By THE STAR STAFF United Retailers Association (CUD by its acronym in Spanish) President Ramón Barquín III called on the island government on Tuesday to eliminate the inventory tax and replace the permitting system with a digital, unified and predictable model. “For over a year, we have maintained the same stance on every possible front: the inventory tax can no longer withstand short-term patches or study commissions; its total elimination must be immediate,” Barquín III sai

Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde’s bill on the maritime terrestrial zone, SB 628, was recognized as a model for other states during last week’s National Forum 2026 of the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators in Chicago, one of the main gatherings in the United States on environmental policy. By THE STAR STAFF Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde on Tuesday publicly thanked geologist Dr. Pedro Gelabert Marqués, the former Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) secretary during the adminis