POR CYBERNEWS LA FORTALEZA – El secretario de Asuntos Públicos de La Fortaleza, Jean Peña Payano, dijo el martes que la administración de la gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón continuará la búsqueda de un mecanismo para aumentar algunas pensiones, pese a que la Junta Fiscal objetó la propuesta y la calificó como fiscalmente irresponsable. “La gobernadora va a estar del lado de los retirados”, dijo Peña Payano a preguntas de la prensa. El funcionario sostuvo que el Eje

A detail shows black staining on the marble capital of an exterior column in Washington, July 4, 2026. (Sam Gulliver/The New York Times) By MICHELLE GOLDBERG The thing I’ve found most shocking about Donald Trump’s second presidency is not the epic grift, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement paramilitary violence, or the assaults on free speech. These abuses, while horrifying, are predictable. What has stunned me has been the capitulation of so many American elites to Trump

President Donald Trump tours the immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Fla., July 1, 2025. The state-run immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades failed to comply with a host of federal detention standards, creating cramped conditions and confining migrants in “small metal enclosures,” according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MADELEINE NGO, HAMED ALE

Newly printed mail-in ballots in Phoenix on Oct. 7, 2022. The Supreme Court on Monday dealt President Trump a major blow when it blocked his executive order to restrict mail ballots, but Trump’s battle to assert control over the election process is far from finished. (Rebecca Noble/The New York Times) By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS The Supreme Court on Monday dealt President Donald Trump a major blow when it blocked his executive order to restrict mail ballots. But Trump’s battle to a

The Independent Authentic Union of Employees of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority confirmed it will meet with authority officials this Thursday to address pending matters tied to the long‑delayed Classification and Compensation Plan and press for concrete commitments from the public corporation. By THE STAR STAFF The Independent Authentic Union of Employees of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (UIA‑PRASA) said Tuesday it is using every administrative and

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (uscourts.gov) By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit heard sharply divided arguments on Tuesday over whether bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) are entitled to administrative expense claims for the utility’s years‑long use of revenues pledged as collateral. The outcome could reshape the final phase of PREPA’s Title III restructuring, now in its ninth year. Attorneys for Go

Regulatory Compliance Services President Osvaldo Carlo Linares told the Government Committee in the island House of Representatives on Tuesday that the Independent Office of Procurement had identified three individuals or firms connected to lobbying efforts by the companies that competed for Puerto Rico’s temporary generation contract. By THE STAR STAFF Regulatory Compliance Services President Osvaldo Carlo Linares told island lawmakers on Tuesday that the Independent Office

Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera, second from left, arrives at the Aibonito Court prior to sentencing on Tuesday afternoon. (Screenshot via Facebook TelemundoPR/15August26/439pm) Sentenced to 38 years in prison for fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario in Aibonito last summer By THE STAR STAFF Anthonieska Avilés Cabrera, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday to the killing of Gabriela Nicole Pratts Rosario after reaching a sentencing agreement with prosecutors that redu

By THE STAR STAFF The island Treasury Department warned on Tuesday that eliminating the oil excise tax known as the “crudita” does not guarantee that consumers would see a reduction of 36.9 cents per gallon, while the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF by its initials in Spanish) maintained that the revenues from the tax are now part of the General Fund’s recurring income. “The $15.50-per-barrel levy mathematically equates to approximately 36.9 cents per ga

The Puerto Rico Court of First Instance has set aside a contempt request filed by the University of Puerto Rico after the institution and the Workers’ Union reached an agreement guaranteeing unobstructed access to university facilities and full compliance with existing court orders. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Court of First Instance has set aside a contempt request filed by the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) after the institution and the Workers’ Union reached an agre