By THE STAR STAFF Energy firm Power Expectations LLC has filed a sworn criminal complaint against attorney Javier Vázquez Morales, legal counsel for Enchanted Rock LLC, and adviser to the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. The complaint, submitted by Power Expectations associate Robert Fournier, was filed at the Puerto Rico Police Department’s Hato Rey station, with copies delivered to the Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC) and the Puerto Rico Departme

Rep. Ramón Torres Cruz By THE STAR STAFF A Puerto Rican lawmaker is sounding the alarm over a federal policy he says could upend how thousands of island residents, along with soldiers, students and diplomats abroad, cast their ballots in the next election cycle. Popular Democratic Party Rep. Ramón Torres Cruz said in a radio interview (NotiUno 630) on Monday that President Donald Trump’s March 31 executive order tightening mail‑in voting rules may have sweeping consequences f

Ángel Figueroa Jaramillo, second from right, president of the Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union, argues that although the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority was dismantled during the privatization process, the components needed to rebuild the operation as a public entity still exist. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico has the personnel, assets and technical expertise needed to bring the island’s electric power transmission and distribution system back under public

The fifth edition of the “Shaping Future Baseball Players” (“Formando Peloteros del Futuro”) sports clinic took place at the Ballajá sector park in Arecibo’s Sabana Hoyos neighborhood, where students from the Segunda Unidad Cayetano Coll y Toste school learned and strengthened fundamental skills. (Israel Morales) By THE STAR STAFF As part of municipal initiatives aimed at community and sports development, the fifth edition of the “Shaping Future Baseball Players” (“Formando P

Toa Baja Mayor Bernardo Márquez García, center Toa Baja seeks to host event in 2030 By THE STAR STAFF Carlos Guzmán, secretary general of the Puerto Rico Athletics Federation (FAPUR by its acronym in Spanish), announced late last week that six athletes from the island will compete Sept. 19-20 at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. While there, the athletes will also promote Toa Baja’s bid to host the championship in 2030. “We arrive in Denmark with a

Charlie Pasarell was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1976. (Facebook via Golden Age Of Tennis Clubhouse) By JOHN McPHAUL jpmcphaul@gmail.com For all the glory that tennis great Charlie Pasarell gained on the court, the Puerto Rican-born member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame best remembers the lessons taught to him by his family, fellow competitors and mentors off the court, and how he turned those lessons into opportunities to serve others. In fact, the title of h

Kevin Hassett, director of President Donald Trump’s National Economic Council, speaks to reporters about the Labor Department’s latest jobs report outside the White House on Friday morning, Sept. 4, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By SYDNEY EMBER Businesses in August shook off uncertainty related to higher gas prices, tariffs and artificial intelligence, unleashing an unexpected wave of hiring that affirmed the labor market’s health. Employers added 162,000 jobs o

A rescue team at a house where a woman was found in Betrawati, Nepal, Sept. 5, 2026. Rescue workers recovered two flood survivors on Saturday in separate operations, 10 days after a catastrophic deluge tore through the country’s northern river systems. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times) By MUJIB MASHAL, ANUPREETA DAS, LAURA CHUNG and THOMAS FULLER The rescuers heard voices. They crawled through a sludge-filled tunnel deep underground where employees of a hydroelectric plant in

A mural of President Jovenel Moïse near the home where he was killed by assassins in Haiti, July 13, 2021. Haitian election officials have set elections for Dec. 13, but many experts say extreme violence is likely to cause a postponement. Again. (Federico Ríos/The New York Times) By ANDRÉ PAULTRE and FRANCES ROBLES Gang violence in Haiti is so bad that Antoine Rodon Bien-Aimé, a candidate for the Haitian Senate, has been campaigning via speakerphone and video calls to communi