By THE STAR STAFF Three people died and two were in serious condition as a result of four road accidents reported between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning in the municipalities of Yabucoa, Mayagüez, Guayanilla and Dorado. The first incident occurred at 4:25 p.m. Saturday on highway PR-901, kilometer 3.7, near the Tívoli business, in the Camino Nuevo neighborhood of Yabucoa. According to the preliminary investigation, a 31-year-old man was driving a 2023 KTM Duke motorcyc

Electoral Comptroller Walter Vélez Martínez By THE STAR STAFF Electoral Comptroller Walter Vélez Martínez announced over the weekend that he has issued special rules for the campaign to fill the seat for mayor of Dorado. The official issued Determination OCE-DET-2025-05 for the campaign during the special election, as called by the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) in accordance with Act 58-2020. “Our goal is to establish clear and proportionate rules for a brief campaign while

Rep. Héctor Ferrer Santiago, the Popular Democratic Party minority leader in the lower chamber By THE STAR STAFF Legislators from the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) in both chambers of the Puerto Rico Legislature are urging the New Progressive Party (NPP) leadership to reconsider House Bill (HB) 420, which proposes a three-year freeze of the inventory tax -- a key source of municipal revenue. The PDP delegation warns that enacting the bill without a clear replacement for the

The former U.S. Naval Station Roosevelt Roads, located in Ceiba on Puerto Rico’s eastern coast and once one of the largest U.S. naval bases in the world, boasts a large-scale airfield and deep-water port facilities. (rooseveltroads.pr.gov) By THE STAR STAFF As the Trump administration intensifies its crackdown on suspected narco-terrorists in the Caribbean, the shuttered U.S. Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba could be poised for a strategic revival, according to The Cent

By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico has given the green light to a reallocation of over $1.2 million in unused government funds to support community-focused programs, as outlined in Joint Resolution 30-2025. The oversight board authorized the allocation even though the government did not seek its permission first to legislate it. The resolution, passed by the Legislative Assembly, aims to distribute $20 million from the Commonwealth’

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, at right By THE STAR STAFF Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz has proposed a plan to redirect revenue from the Puerto Rico Trust Fund to help stabilize the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) pension system and offset the financial impact of eliminating the island’s inventory tax. In a letter sent to Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and Robert Mujica Jr., the executive director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board, Ri

Natural and Environmental Resources Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez on Thursday dispatched a group of agency rangers to the municipality of Manatí where a rupture occurred in the North Coast Superaqueduct. The deployment was part of the interagency plan focused on restoring drinking water service and preserving the surrounding ecosystems. (Facebook via Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales)

By THE STAR STAFF Bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) are at odds over whether to move forward with litigation tied to a $3.7 billion administrative expense claim, a dispute that surfaced during an omnibus court hearing this week. While the bondholder groups remain unified in their opposition to PREPA’s current debt restructuring plan, they are split on how to proceed with the legal claim. Attorney G. Eric Brunstad, representing the PREPA ad hoc gr