Jun 28 Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4 billion in U.S. pandemic funds By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Monday's announcement was made during Cardona's official three-day trip to Puerto Rico. It is the first for a Biden administration Cabinet member and also marks the first time the island has full access to those funds. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 4:37 News Wrap: FDA orders disposal of 60 million Johnson & Johnson doses from troubled factory In our news wrap Friday, the FDA will allow 10 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory to be used, but about 60 million doses will be thrown out. Also, the U.N. warned violence… Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 4:36 Puerto Ricans voted for statehood. Will it happen? By PBS NewsHour Puerto Ricans voted ‘yes’ on a referendum asking whether or not the territory should become a U.S. state. But with control of Congress still yet to be determined and some in Washington making the issue of Puerto Rican statehood a… Continue watching
Nov 19 Watch 3:52 News Wrap: Central American search teams find more hurricane dead In our news wrap Thursday, Hurricane Iota’s death toll has passed 40 across Central America. Search teams continue to find bodies in landslides triggered by flooding. Entire communities in Honduras and Nicaragua were overwhelmed, with thousands left homeless. Also, a… Continue watching
Nov 03 Puerto Rican voters stand in long lines, forcing polls to stay open By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Puerto Ricans have forced voting centers to remain open past past official closing times as they stand in long lines to choose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus… Continue reading
Nov 03 A weary Puerto Rico prepares for referendum, new leaders By Dánica Coto, Associated Press On the ballot is also a referendum on whether to change Puerto Rico's political status from territory to state. That vote is advisory as Congress would have to approve any change. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 6:28 Puerto Rico gears up to vote in statehood referendum this November By Ivette Feliciano In the last four years, Puerto Rico’s billion dollar debt crisis, devastation caused by hurricanes, earthquakes, and the mass exodus of half a million to the mainland, have all thrown the territory’s relationship to the U.S. in the national spotlight. Continue watching
Sep 23 Soraya Santiago, Puerto Rico LGBTQ icon, dies at 73 By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Santiago was the first openly trans person to run for office in Puerto Rico. Continue reading
Sep 18 WATCH: Trump shifts on Puerto Rico, releases aid as election nears By Ben Fox, Associated Press President Donald Trump has announced the release of $13 billion in assistance to repair the damage in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria three years ago, and has pledged to restore its economy. Continue reading
Aug 17 FBI arrests Puerto Rico lawmaker, family in corruption probe By Dánica Coto, Associated Press FBI agents have arrested Puerto Rico Rep. María Milagros Charbonier after the legislator who once presided over the island's House Ethics Committee was charged in a public corruption case that officials say also involved her son, husband and an assistant. Continue reading