Conductor JoAnn Falletta in 2015 (Wikipedia/David Adam Beloff) By PEGGY ANN BLISS Special to The STAR One of the world’s finest female orchestra conductors, JoAnn Falletta, is back in San Juan, bearing musical wealth galore from the North. And as this unique product of the Big Apple steps up to that Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO) podium Saturday night, she’ll bestow Yankee goodies with pride and love. Falletta and the ensemble’s 75 musicians will reunite over three of

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El secretario del Departamento de Hacienda, Ángel Pantoja Rodríguez, anunció el jueves el desembolso de 156,898,042 dólares adicionales en reintegros, a una semana del cierre del ciclo contributivo el miércoles, 15 de abril. “Entramos en la última semana del periodo contributivo que termina oficialmente el próximo miércoles 15 de abril. En el Departamento estamos muy satisfechos con el trabajo realizado y especialmente agradecidos con la respuesta de

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El presidente del Centro Unido de Detallistas, Ramón Barquín, informó esta semana la presentación del estudio “Perfil de las PYMES en Puerto Rico”, una investigación realizada junto a la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón que analiza las características, retos y oportunidades de las pequeñas y medianas empresas en la isla. “El lanzamiento de este estudio sobre el perfil de nuestras mipymes, realizado en colaboración con la Universidad del Sagrado Corazón

An employee enters the Anthropic office in San Francisco, June 7, 2023. A panel of federal judges on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, denied a motion from Anthropic to stop the Department of Defense from labeling it a security risk, a setback for the artificial intelligence company in its battle with the Trump administration over how AI should be used in warfare. (Marissa Leshnov/The New York Times) By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical i

Gilgo Beach in Babylon, N.Y., on Long Island, where multiple victims’ bodies were found, July 15, 2023. Rex Heuermann, the architectural consultant accused in the Gilgo Beach serial killings, confessed on Wednesday to eight murders — the seven he had been charged with, plus one more. (Johnny Milano/The New York Times) By CLAIRE FAHY In a crowded courtroom on Long Island Wednesday morning, Rex Heuermann, a tall, heavyset man accused of seven grisly murders, put an end to the t

A photo provided by NASA shows the heat shield of the Orion spacecraft, which was removed after the conclusion of the Artemis I mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 3, 2023. The heat shield — the same design as the one on the Artemis II spacecraft — was unexpectedly pockmarked, with sizable chunks missing. (NASA via The New York Times) By KENNETH CHANG The Artemis II heat shield, NASA agrees, is flawed. The heat shield is the critical layer at the bottom of

By THE STAR STAFF Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Senate Minority Leader Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz announced on Thursday the filing of a request for information to Gov. Jenniffer González Colón and the Financial Oversight and Management Board to explain the status of promised tax relief. “Recall that on February 3, 2026, Joint Resolution 6-2026 was passed, which in essence was a piece of legislation that allocated to the Department of the Treasury $554 million from the Gener

The Financial Oversight and Management Board noted that the Costa Sur site -- Gothams Energy’s originally proposed location for a 200-megawatt temporary power generation unit -- has already undergone a full logistics assessment. By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board has formally requested additional information from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) and the Third-Party Procurement Office (3PPO) regarding a proposed 200-megawatt (MW) tem

The agenda at the “Projection: Beyond Appearance” event included a workshop facilitated by a clinical psychologist, group reflection sessions, and wellness experiences such as manicures and massages. By THE STAR STAFF As part of the closing of Women’s Month, integrated family services center Vimenti, in collaboration with community allies, recently held a wellness event called “Projection: Beyond Appearance,” which was designed to promote the integral well-being, empowerment

A mother of a minor diagnosed with Level 2 autism, attention deficit disorder and other related conditions says her daughter has been without adequate educational services for some seven months due to inaction on the part of the island Education Department, despite repeated efforts to seek resolution through official channels. By THE STAR STAFF A mother in Puerto Rico is calling on the media and government officials to intervene after what she describes as months of inaction