POR EL STAR STAFF HUMACAO – El Museo Afro Casa Silvana (MACAS) localizado en Humacao es el único museo de Puerto Rico, Latinoamérica y el Caribe aprobado en la primera fase del premio internacional “Sello y Trofeo Muriquinho” para Museos Antirracistas en Brasil. El museo afropuertorriqueño figura para la siguiente ronda entre otras 74 instituciones y museos brasileños seleccionados, compartiendo en la lista con algunos de los más importantes museos afro de ese país, como el M

POR EL STAR STAFF AIBONITO – En conmemoración del Mes de la Prevención del Suicidio, CIMA Menonita Salud Mental llevó a cabo el pasado viernes la “Marcha para la Prevención del Suicidio: Nadie Camina Solo”; un evento que reunió a más de 500 personas en un llamado colectivo a la importancia de hablar y pedir ayuda como herramientas para salvar vidas. La caminata partió desde las instalaciones del Estadio Hermanos Marrero en Aibonito y concluyó en la Plaza Pública del municipi

The OpenAI offices in San Francisco, July 21, 2026. Sam Altman, the company’s chief executive, agreed with the Anthropic chief’s call to slow down artificial intelligence advancements. (Lucas Foglia/The New York Times) By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN “Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away.” That’s what President Donald Trump said about the COVID-19 outbreak on Feb. 10, 2020, about a month before it forced our country and the w

Canvassers for community and civic rights organization Mi Familia en Acción talk with Santiago Barrios about his concerns on voting issues, in South Houston, Texas, June 5, 2026. President Donald Trump’s enormous gains among Hispanic voters in the last election propelled him to victory in the national popular vote and prompted talk of a political realignment. Two years later, that talk is over. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times) By NATE COHN President Donald Trump’s enormous

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) speaks alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at a news conference on a veterans benefits act outside the Capitol in Washington, March 13, 2025. Blumenthal said he would not support cutting any benefits from the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act. “The cost of caring for these veterans is part of the cost of war,” he said. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By OLIVIA DIAZ When House Republican leaders last week called off their final day of voting

Puerto Rico Senate Vice President Carmelo Ríos Santiago By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico Senate Vice President Carmelo Ríos Santiago is convening an emergency meeting with the island’s main housing stakeholders amid a steep rise in rental prices that is squeezing working families across the San Juan metropolitan region. Ríos said the Senate will bring together representatives of the Asociación de Arrendadores de Bienes Inmuebles, municipal mayors, and Housing Secretary Luis Augu

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica Jr. Mujica says island is also out of step on contingency fees, extensions in public contracting By THE STAR STAFF Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert Mujica Jr. said at a board meeting Wednesday that lawmakers must modernize Puerto Rico’s lobbying laws to safeguard public contracting once the board mandated under the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stabili

The LNG delivery delay has forced the San Juan power plant to burn diesel instead of natural gas, raising generation costs for Puerto Rico ratepayers. (Facebook via U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan) By THE STAR STAFF A simmering dispute between New Fortress Energy (NFE) and the San Juan Bay Pilots escalated this week as both sides filed sharply worded motions in federal court, revealing deep disagreements over tug requirements, berth dimensions, and the information needed to

By THE STAR STAFF Robert Mujica Jr., the executive director of the Financial Oversight and Management Board, criticized the island Education Department on Wednesday regarding its budget and the governor’s intention to increase pensions for those receiving less than $1,000. “The Department of Education continues to present a fiscal and public policy challenge,” Mujica said in his summary during the oversight board’s public meeting. “Federal funds granted following the COVID-19

The two new laboratory spaces and makerspace at the Arecibo Observatory Historic District mark a significant expansion of hands‑on STEM learning opportunities for students and educators across the island. By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Arecibo Center for STEM Education, Computational Skills and Community Engagement (Arecibo C3) has opened two new laboratory spaces and a makerspace at the Arecibo Observatory Historic District, marking a significan