POR CYBERNEWS AGUAS BUENAS – La alcaldesa de Aguas Buenas, Karina Nieves Serrano, denunció el lunes que la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA) mantiene trabajos inconclusos y carreteras deterioradas luego de intervenir tuberías en distintos sectores del municipio, y aseguró que sus reclamos al director regional y al presidente de la corporación pública no han producido una respuesta efectiva. “La realidad hay que decirla como es: la AAA no está haciendo su trabajo

By NICHOLAS KRISTOF When world leaders gather in New York this month for the United Nations General Assembly, I expect them to studiously ignore the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, the horror in Sudan that both the Biden and Trump administrations termed a genocide. President Donald Trump has set the tone by cutting aid there. What does the crisis look like on the ground? Let me tell you about a very bright 13-year-old girl who asked not to be named, because then she might

From left: Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) listen as President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party’s midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday night, Sept. 9, 2026. When Trump took the stage, he returned — again and again and again — to baseless claims that Democrats were running as communists in the midterms. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By TIM BALK One by one, Republican speakers at Presiden

A neighborhood in Poca across the Kanawha River from the John Amos Power Plant, a three-unit, coal-fired power plant in Winfield, W.Va., Sept. 19, 2025. The Trump administration was expected to announce Monday that the United States will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW and LISA FRIEDMAN The Trump administration plan to announce Monday that the Uni

By THE STAR STAFF District 13 (Manatí, Florida, Barceloneta and Arecibo) Rep. Jerry Nieves Rosario and District 26 (Barranquitas, Coamo, Corozal, Orocovis and Villalba) Rep. Luis “Josean” Jiménez Torres have formally filed House Bill 1417, which seeks to exempt patients undergoing active cancer treatment. The bill seeks to amend Act 1-2011 (“Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico”) “for the purpose of exempting, from the income tax and up to the first $150,000 of gross i

Medical professionals who contributed to the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital obtaining accreditation from the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy, an international certification in the field of cell transplantation and specialized medicine, were honored in the island Senate on Monday. By THE STAR STAFF Sen. Ángel Toledo López on Monday recognized the work of the professionals who contributed to the Bone Marrow Transplant Program at Au

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, at center with microphone, acknowledged on Monday that the 39 minors who remain missing from homes or institutions under state custody represent a high figure, following the recent slaying of a youth who had left one of those facilities. By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón acknowledged on Monday that the 39 minors who remain missing from homes or institutions under state custody represent a high figure, following the recent slaying o

By THE STAR STAFF The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on Monday the approval of nearly $883,000 in post-disaster funding for Public Assistance projects in Puerto Rico. The program empowers states, local communities, tribes and territories to recover from disasters. FEMA allocates the money to states and local communities because they are best positioned to know how the funds will be most effectively spent. The funded projects include repairs to critical

American filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry (Wikipedia/Philip Romano) Will look to slow down, recalibrate in 2027 By THE STAR STAFF Tyler Perry, long rooted in Atlanta and synonymous with the entertainment empire he built there, says he is preparing for a dramatic shift in his life and work. Fresh off his 57th birthday, the filmmaker revealed that he plans to relocate to Puerto Rico, a move he describes as both intentional and overdue. In a recent televised conversation with TO

Financial Oversight and Management Board Executive Director Robert F. Mujica Jr. By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board is urging Gov. Jenniffer González Colón not to sign Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 202, warning that the measure violates the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) and established government accounting rules by attempting to reprogram surplus municipal telecommunications license fee balances from prior