Nation May 30 After chronic outages, Puerto Rico governor pledges to improve island’s crumbling power grid Puerto Rico’s governor pledged Thursday to improve the island’s crumbling electric grid and boost the economy in her first address after being elected last year as anger intensifies over repeated power outages and an increase in cost-of-living expenses.
Nation Apr 17 Puerto Rico officials demand answers after latest island-wide blackout Crews are working to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout across the entire island affected the main airport, several hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers.
Nation Apr 16 Puerto Rico hit with island-wide blackout as residents prepare for Easter weekend An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend, officials said.
World Apr 10 Number of dead in nightclub roof collapse in Dominican Republic rises to 218 The director of the Center of Emergency Operations said crews at the scene Thursday are still looking for victims and potential survivors, although no one has been found alive since Tuesday afternoon.
World Apr 09 What to know about the deadly club roof collapse in the Dominican Republic Rescue crews are still searching for survivors in the rubble as people anxiously await word of their loved ones. Officials have said it’s too early to determine why the roof fell.
World Apr 08 Roof collapse at Dominican Republic nightclub kills dozens Nearly 12 hours after the top of the nightclub collapsed down onto patrons, rescue crews were still pulling out survivors from the debris.
World Feb 20 Guterres to propose UN funds mission struggling to fight gangs in Haiti U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres made the announcement late Wednesday in Barbados, where leaders of a 15-member Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom gathered for a three-day conference to tackle regional issues, including gang violence in Haiti.
Politics Feb 10 Puerto Rico governor’s effort to eliminate renewable energy goals sparks pushback Puerto Rico legislators on Monday held a contentious public hearing on a governor-backed bill that would eliminate renewable energy goals and extend operations of the island's lone coal-fired plant, long accused of polluting low-income communities.
Nation Jan 02 Puerto Rico’s new governor takes office amid anger following major blackout Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.
Nation Dec 31 Blackout causes nearly all of Puerto Rico to lose power on New Year’s Eve The private company that oversees electricity transmission and distribution says it appears the outage was caused by a failure in an underground power line.