By THE STAR STAFF Private employers who qualify for an exemption from paying the Christmas bonus to their workers have until Monday, December 1 to submit the required documentation, according to Labor and Human Resources Secretary María del Pilar Vélez Casanova. The official urged employers to take the necessary steps to comply with Law No. 148 of June 30, 1969, as amended, which mandates the payment of the annual bonus between November 15 and December 15. Vélez Casanova emph

By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has issued a Resolution and Order directing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to complete the required review process with the Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) regarding the four final agreements of the Accelerated Battery Energy Storage Addition Program (ASAP). PREB determined that the terms of these agreements, submitted by LUMA, are consistent with the island’s Energy Public Policy and the

By THE STAR STAFF The Caguas Criollos, Carolina Giants and Santurce Crabbers won their respective games on Wednesday night in the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC by its initials in Spanish). Caguas won its second-straight game (after notching its first win of the season in its previous outing), blanking the San Juan Senators 2-0. The Criollos opened the scoring after Nelson Velázquez led off the fourth inning with a double. After Noah Myers’ sacrifice bun

Carlos Cardoza was named the new manager of the San Juan Senators on Thursday. By THE STAR STAFF San Juan Senators General Manager Joey Sola announced Thursday that the organization relieved manager Robinson Cancel of his duties and immediately appointed Carlos Cardoza as the team’s new manager, following an evaluation of the team’s recent performance and competitive leadership. “We are at a crucial point in the season, and we believe that this change is necessary to put the

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on stage with President Donald Trump after Trump delivered remarks at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. Some of the most prominent U.S. executives gathered at the Kennedy Center for an event promoting deal-making with the oil-rich kingdom. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By LAUREN HIRSCH For years, U.S. executives have traveled to Saudi Arabia in hopes of tapping its deep

A member of the Ukrainian artillery unit fires a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, Oct. 17, 2025. A plan to end the war in Ukraine, negotiated between the Trump administration and Russia, would require Kyiv to surrender territory, significantly reduce the size of its army and relinquish some types of weaponry, according to officials familiar with the proposal. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times) By ANDREW E. KRAMER and LARA JAKES In its diploma

A distant view of anchored cruise ships that are serving as temporary hotels for some of the thousands of attendees at this year’s United Nation climate change conference, COP30, in Belém, Brazil, Nov. 16, 2025. Hundreds of millions across the world still lack access to electrical power​, and in the Western Hemisphere alone some 17 million go entirely without while 60 million more rely on small generators using diesel — one of the dirtiest and most expensive forms of fuel. (A