The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, have obligated more than $2.7 million in additional funds for 22 recovery and reconstruction projects in Puerto Rico. These funds were obligated Jan. 3-9, the agencies said. “FEMA and COR3 continue to work together to develop strategies that advance […]
By Omaya Sosa Pascual and Jeniffer WiscovitchCenter for Investigative Journalism The greatest immediate death threat after earthquakes, such as those Puerto Rico has experienced for more than two weeks, are traumas that people may be exposed to in the face of a structural collapse. But Health Secretary Rafael Rodríguez-Mercado has not shared a plan to […]
Four of Puerto Rico’s largest businesses are opening their corporate wallets to help victims of the earthquakes that have hit the island’s southern towns recover. The group includes Ponce-based Destilería Serrallés, Inc., producer of Don Q rum, which announced it will contribute $1 million to provide immediate disaster relief and essential services. “We stand in […]
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