The US Department of Labor recently awarded the Puerto Rico Labor Department a little more than $2.4 million to help the agency detect and combat fraud in its unemployment insurance programs. The funds are part of a global $195.7 million allocation awarded to states and territories, and the District of Columbia, the federal agency said […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is a collaboration from Grupo Guayacán, as part of its 25 Days of Giving campaign. As educators and book lovers, Gianleé Márquez and Juan Carlos Acevedo wanted to instill a love for reading in all Puerto Rican children. That’s why they decided to start gathering with small groups of children during the weekends to […]
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on Puerto Rico’s electrical system and the LUMA Energy grid privatization contract. Since LUMA Energy took over the island’s transmission and distribution system operations on June 1, electrical service in Puerto Rico has deteriorated even further — including unacceptably long outage […]
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