Desde la sede se atenderán residentes de Humacao, Patillas, Maunabo, Yabucoa, Las Piedras, Naguabo, Ceiba, Vieques y Culebra. Por EL STAR STAFF Con el objetivo de mejorar el acceso y la calidad de los servicios, la Administración de Compensaciones por Accidentes de Automóviles (ACAA) trasladó su Oficina Regional de Humacao a una nueva sede más amplia y accesible, desde donde se atenderá a más de 186,000 ciudadanos de la región este del país. La nueva instalación, ubicada en e

Doses of measles vaccine are prepared at a public health fair at The University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, S.C., on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. Neighboring Spartanburg County is ground zero for the largest measles outbreak since 2000. (Kaoly Gutierrez/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The resurgence of measles — a terrible disease that can swell the brain and cause permanent disabilities or death — is alarming enough on its own. There have been

An undated photo provided via Baptiste Family shows Israel and Max Makoka, from the Republic of Congo, who were attending classes and playing on the basketball team at Hancock High School in Mississippi. A school transfer disrupted two brothers’ visas, their lawyer said, leaving them vulnerable to arrest by ICE and unsettling their Mississippi school community. (via Baptiste Family via The New York Times) By CHRISTINA MORALES and HAMED ALEAZIZ Two teenage brothers from the R

A masked federal agent guards a gate at an ICE facility from protesters trying to blockade it, in Newark, N.J., June 12, 2025. The Trump administration on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, sued New Jersey’s governor and attorney general over a state law that bars law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, from wearing masks while on duty. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times) By TRACEY TULLY The Trump administration sued New Jersey’s governor and a

PDP Senators Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz and Josian Santiago Rivera. By THE STAR STAFF The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Senate delegation, led by Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, has referred Family Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes to the Office of Government Ethics and the Department of Justice over alleged perjury tied to her confirmation process. At a press conference, Hernández Ortiz and Sen. Josian Santiago Rivera said they requested investigations into possible violations o

CENCOR Director General Hector J. Berdec Hernndez. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Center for Conservation and Restoration (CENCOR) has released a new study and survey effort aimed at producing the most comprehensive snapshot to date of the cultural heritage field in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, an area the organization says has long lacked integrated, systematic documentation. The project, titled “X-ray of Cultural Heritage in Puerto Rico: Diagnosis, Capacities, and Dev

By THE STAR STAFF A court-appointed mediation team overseeing negotiations in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bankruptcy case asked a federal judge on April 29 to extend the mediation for another six months, through Oct. 31, 2026, citing increased discussions among stakeholders following recent court rulings and a new electricity-rate decision by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau. The request was made in the mediation team’s Twenty-Second Notice and Report filed

Costa Sur in Guayanilla (AEE) By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board asked the federal court overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s bankruptcy case to deny a renewed bid by PREPA bondholders to force additional document production, arguing the request is overbroad, duplicative, and aimed at privileged work product rather than the limited accounting issues the court has allowed to proceed. Recently, the court partially lifted th

The protests come amid escalating student-led work stoppages and strikes across UPR campuses calling for the resignation of university president Zayira Jordán Conde (FB Tita Latorre.) By THE STAR STAFF Work stoppages and strikes at the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) are colliding with this year’s International Workers’ Day mobilizations, as unions and community groups prepare to march May 1 with renewed calls to curb austerity measures and pressure university leadership to s

By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allocated $555,000 in federal funding to strengthen stormwater management systems and reduce sewage overflows in communities across Puerto Rico. The funding, provided through the EPA’s Sewer Overflow and Stormwater Reuse Municipal Grant program, is aimed at upgrading water infrastructure to protect public health, improve environmental conditions, and support economic development. EPA officials said the inves