POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La presidenta de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR), Zayira Jordán Conde, informó el lunes que la institución completó los trámites para incluir provisionalmente a más de 750 empleados del Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Universidad de Puerto Rico en la cubierta médica de MCS, efectiva desde el martes hasta el 31 de enero de 2027. “Previo a esta reunión, completamos los trámites necesarios para incluir provisionalmente a los empleados elegibles del S

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La empresa New Fortress Energy (NFE) informó el lunes que mantendrá sus operaciones, contratos, proyectos de infraestructura y suministro de gas natural en Puerto Rico luego de una reorganización financiera que reducirá su deuda corporativa en alrededor de 91 por ciento. La empresa indicó en un comunicado de prensa, que el proceso fue diseñado para sin interrupciones operacionales y no contempla el cese de operaciones, la liquidación de activos ni la

It is practically cliché at this point to observe that President Trump is jealous of the trappings of monarchy, Jamelle Bouie writes. (Max Slobodda/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE To commit lèse-majesté was, and in some places still is, to commit an offense against dignity of the crown. The basic idea was that under a monarch, and especially an absolute monarch, the integrity of the state rested on the stature of the king (or queen or equivalent figure). To insult or den

By ALBERT SUN and ALLISON McCANN A surge in immigration arrests this summer has swept up thousands of people who had not previously been the focus of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. They included people married to U.S. citizens, people who had entered legally and were pursuing an asylum claim, and others with a temporary legal status that the administration pushed to revoke. A majority of the immigrants arrested in July were people who were accused of viol

An absentee ballot drop box outside the City of Southfield Center in Southfield, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Voting by mail would become much more difficult, if not impossible, for tens of millions of Americans if the U.S. Postal Service is allowed to implement a restrictive rule governing mail voting that President Trump has demanded. (Emily Elconin/The New York Times) By REID J. EPSTEIN Voting by mail would become much more difficult, if not impossible, for tens of mi

Issues warnings amid ÍntegraPR transition By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board has granted the Puerto Rico government a one‑time extension to process certain fiscal year 2026 (FY2026) obligations through Oct. 31, but paired the approval with strict conditions and heightened reporting requirements tied to the problematic rollout of ÍntegraPR, the new enterprise resource planning platform. In an Aug. 28 letter to Office of Management and Budget Directo

A number of political groups demonstrated Monday morning in 14 locations across 11 municipalities, including in San Juan on highway PR-52 northbound near exit 177 (pictured), to demand the immediate withdrawal of the Financial Oversight and Management Board from Puerto Rico on the entity’s 10th anniversary. (Screenshot via Facebook Jornada Se acabaron las Promesas/31Aug2026/2:25pm) By THE STAR STAFF A number of political groups demonstrated Monday morning in 14 locations acr

By THE STAR STAFF Popular Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers Héctor Ferrer Santiago and Ángel “Tito” Fourquet Cordero are questioning what they said was New Progressive Party Rep. Víctor Parés Otero’s decision to replace a previously announced public hearing on the failed temporary generation agreement with a private meeting involving Energy Czar Josué Colón Ortiz, a key figure in the controversial procurement process. The lawmakers said Parés had publicly promoted an investiga

Engineer Carlos Pesquera Morales, fourth from left, stressed that “[f]or the public, the important thing is that there are no changes in the operational adjustment patterns, both at La Plata and Sergio Cuevas.” (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón) By THE STAR STAFF The central government will keep current water‑rationing schedules in place for customers served by the Carraízo reservoir and maintain existing operational adjustments at La Plata, despite weekend rains that br

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón signed Executive Order OE-2026-043 on Monday to implement the Workforce Pell Grant Program in Puerto Rico, aimed at expanding access to federal funds for education and short-term training in occupations with high labor demand. The measure establishes the commonwealth’s structure for evaluating postsecondary programs that may be considered for federal financial assistance. Under the framework in force s