POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón y el secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (DDEC), Carlos Ríos Pierluisi, anunciaron el lunes que aumentaron de 5,000 a 10,000 dólares el incentivo disponible para las pymes afectadas por las interrupciones de agua potable. “Sabemos la situación por la cual están atravesando muchos sectores de nuestra economía e hicimos los ajustes necesarios para poder ayudar a los pequeños y medi

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – Ante el aumento de las temperaturas y los eventos de calor extremo que enfrenta Puerto Rico, la senadora por acumulación Ada Álvarez Conde radicó la Resolución Conjunta del Senado 200 para que el calor extremo pueda ser reconocido y consignado como causal de muerte en los certificados de defunción en Puerto Rico. “Para atender una crisis primero tenemos que poder identificarla y medirla. Si una persona fallece como consecuencia del calor extremo,

By ROSS DOUTHAT When I joined this newspaper as a columnist 17 years ago, President Barack Obama was still enjoying the flush of first-term popularity. In both political and cultural circles, there was vaulting confidence that his fusion of social liberalism and technocratic ambition had swept away the conservative era in American politics. The columnist’s job contains multitudes, but it’s useful to have a primary antagonist, a specific worldview that you think needs to be ch

An aerial view of homes destroyed by the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., Jan. 26, 2025. The deadly blaze that devastated the community of Altadena in Los Angeles County early last year was ignited by a transmission tower belonging to the utility company Southern California Edison, fire officials said in a report released on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA, IVAN PENN and SHAWN HUBLER The deadly blaze that devastated the Altadena ne

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country, is formed on the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam on Aug. 25, 2021. The reservoir’s water level has significantly dropped, along with the river. (Matthew Reamer/The New York Times) By REIS THEBAULT Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir and a vital source of water for more than 25 million people across the Southwest, has dwindled to its lowest levels ever as the region struggles through a punishing drought. The record, first

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2026. Wright said the renewed emergency orders for Puerto Rico are part of the federal government’s broader push to modernize the island’s aging grid. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has renewed two emergency orders aimed at reinforcing Puerto Rico’s electrical system as the island confronts r

The Financial Oversight and Management Board said 22 of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities now charge higher construction excise tax rates on projects funded with federal or local government dollars than on privately financed construction. By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is urging mayors and the central government to halt implementation of Act 215‑2024, warning that recent municipal tax practices could jeopardize billions in federal

Rep. Víctor Parés Otero By THE STAR STAFF Rep. Víctor Parés Otero, who chairs the House Government Committee, announced on Monday the filing of a bill that would establish a 20-year program to rehabilitate water infrastructure and reduce system losses to 30% by 2031. “Just as happened with the electrical infrastructure, Puerto Rico’s water infrastructure -- with the exception of the Superaqueduct -- is obsolete; it never received the required maintenance, and today we are see

Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Executive President Luis R. González Delgado, in foreground, reported that the Carraízo reservoir stood at 37.48 meters on Monday morning and that after a period of modest rainfall last week its rate of decline had been cut roughly in half -- dropping from about nine centimeters per day to close to four or five centimeters. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón) By THE STAR STAFF Meteorologist Ernesto Rodríguez announced on Monday tha

Norma Burgos Andújar, a veteran politician and administrator who has held high-level posts in both the legislative and executive branches of the Puerto Rico government, sits at Gov. Jenniffer González Colón’s left at Monday’s Drought Committee meeting at La Fortaleza. The governor has tapped Burgos to serve as La Fortaleza chief of staff, entrusting a longtime public-sector leader with a central role in coordinating agencies and advancing the administration’s agenda. (Faceboo