Tomás Torres Placa, former consumer representative on the governing board of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority By THE STAR STAFF Tomás Torres Placa, a former consumer representative on the board of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), asserted Wednesday that the extension of LUMA Energy’s supplemental contract contravenes Law 120 of 2018, presenting a significant legal challenge to the utility operator. Torres Placa emphasized that during a November 2022 p

Several pieces of legislation signed into law by Gov. Jenniffer González Colón address issues ranging from childhood cancer awareness to promotion of manufacturing to expanded rights for vulnerable populations. By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has signed four bills into law, including one from her administration, addressing issues ranging from childhood cancer awareness to promotion of manufacturing to expanded rights for vulnerable populations. She made the an

As part of the lottery drawing held earlier this week, a player from Orocovis won a secondary prize of $200,000 in Powerball, according to the Puerto Rico Lottery Bureau. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico Lottery Bureau Assistant Secretary Heidi Hernández Olivo announced on Tuesday that the Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.25 billion, one of the highest jackpots recorded for that game. “This level of jackpot generates significant interest and requires the public to participate i

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo By THE STAR STAFF San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo presented a draft ordinance on Tuesday to amend the municipality’s Public Order Code, in order to strengthen enforcement related to unnecessary noise, waste management and the proper use of public spaces. “These amendments allow us to better respond to the needs of our communities, without losing sight of the balance that must always exist between economic activity and civic coexistence,” Ro

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón emphasized the courage with which broadcast journalist Alex Delgado Rosado, pictured with his wife Julissa de la Cruz, faced his diagnosis alongside his family. By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced on Tuesday that she will declare a day of mourning following the death of journalist Alex Alberto Delgado Rosado, who passed away from cancer. “I want to join Alex Delgado’s family in offering my condolences on behalf of the people

“We are going to invoke the right to have this case heard in Puerto Rico, because that is what the contract provides and because we are alleging that the granting of that extension was null and void,” Gov. Jenniffer González Colón told reporters Tuesday, referring to a lawsuit challenging the extension of LUMA Energy’s contract to operate Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system. By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón stated on Tuesday that t

By THE STAR STAFF Natural and Environmental Resources Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez and designated Consumer Affairs (DACO by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo announced on Tuesday that inspections of metal collection centers will intensify in the face of a rise in thefts of catalytic converters in Puerto Rico. “We are announcing a complete review of all the data in the agency on metal collection centers since 2021 with the aim of evaluating each of the

The violent slaying of Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario, 16, which occurred at the conclusion of an end-of-summer municipal street party in Aibonito last August, sparked widespread shock and grief in her hometown and across Puerto Rico. (Social media) By THE STAR STAFF The Court of Appeals late on Monday rejected a writ of certiorari filed by Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera and upheld the continuation of criminal proceedings against her in the Aibonito Court of First Instance, accor