POR EL STAR STAFF CIDRA – Pacientes, familiares y cuidadores participaron este lunes de una caminata organizada por el Gobierno Municipal de Cidra para crear conciencia sobre el Alzheimer y representar las distintas etapas que puede atravesar una familia desde que identifica los primeros cambios asociados a la enfermedad hasta que busca servicios de apoyo. La actividad se celebró con motivo del Día Mundial del Alzheimer, que se conmemora cada 21 de septiembre para promover la

The Bucaneros of Arroyo opened their Central Amateur Baseball League Confederation season by sweeping a doubleheader against the Guayacanes of Guayanilla. By NICHOLAS KRISTOF President Xi Jinping of China is throwing his weight around as he prepares to arrive in Washington. When Chinese and American leaders gathered for summits in the past, it was the American president who held the cards. Not so this time. What’s sobering about Xi’s visit to the United States in the coming d

Texas state troopers at the scene where one person is believed to have been shot during a confrontation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. The shooting in the Texas capital is the latest by federal immigration agents as the Trump administration intensifies its deportation effort. (Lauren McGaughy/The New York Times) By CHRISTINA MORALES, LAUREN McGAUGHY and DEVON LUM An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot an

Russell Vought, center, the director of the Office of Management, speaks alongside Lee Zeldin, right, the EPA administrator, and President Donald Trump during an announcement on greenhouse gas regulation, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 12, 2026. The White House has begun drafting a new executive order that could further cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health

Consumer Affairs Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo (Facebook via Hiram J. Torres Montalvo) By THE STAR STAFF Three Cataño assembly members have asked the commonwealth Supreme Court to intervene in a fast‑moving dispute over whether Consumer Affairs (DACO by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Hiram Torres Montalvo is legally qualified to run in Sunday’s special mayoral election. The petition, filed Monday by Gustavo Grana Martínez, Damián Claudio Miranda and José L. Ortega Rodríg

Former Cataño mayor Félix Delgado Montalvo Says accusations are likely coming against current administration By THE STAR STAFF Former Cataño mayor Félix “El Cano” Delgado Montalvo publicly addressed the municipality’s special election on Monday, admitting past corruption and asserting that new accusations will soon surface against the current municipal administration. Delgado made the statements in a Facebook post, his first public comment since questions emerged about his ro

Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz By THE STAR STAFF Former Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) Executive Director Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta described the supervisory style of Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz as “dictatorial” on Monday. She maintained that the official failed to share information with her regarding the controversy surrounding the temporary emergency power supply contract with energy firm Power Expectations -- information that, had she known it, would have ca

Former Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority executive director Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta By THE STAR STAFF Former Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) executive director Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta told lawmakers on Monday that she signed the controversial Power Expectations emergency generation contract without knowing that signatures from members of the consortium were allegedly invalid or unauthorized. Zapata Acosta’s testimony came during a public hearing before th

By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board has approved the transfer and release of $3,738,000 to the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) after the institution met a financial transformation milestone aimed at strengthening its financial reporting processes through the periodic execution of fiscal closings. The oversight board accepted the request submitted via the Office of Management and Budget and authorized the transfer of funds to UPR -- drawn from the c

The American Civil Liberties Union of Puerto Rico called for public hearings on a trio of measures in the island Legislature that would expand the use of surveillance mechanisms in order to “allow for a broad, transparent discussion regarding the implications that bills like these have -- or could have -- on people’s rights.” By THE STAR STAFF The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Puerto Rico called on the Legislative Assembly on Monday to hold public hearings before p