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OcyonBio closes $72M CDBG-DR loan for Aguadilla biomanufacturing campusThe $72M CDBG-DR loan, signed at the Department of Housing in San Juan, advances a campus where client companies lease cGMP suites and manufacture inside shared infrastructure.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-10-07Judge archives case against Gallo The Producer on lesser chargeThe Department of Justice confirmed the archiving of the disturbance of the peace case in San Juan.Briefs · Sam Calloway · 2026-10-07Dominican tourism revenue hits $11B in 2025Asonahores president Juan Bancalari announced the sector's foreign currency earnings at the 38th commercial expo in Punta Cana.Briefs · Sam Calloway · 2026-10-07Arecibo residents press legislature over voltage swings, grid fix under reviewMore than 222 Islote neighbors signed a formal complaint; a substation connection study is the first agreed step.puerto rico · Tainá Morales Cepeda · 2026-10-07'Un solo sello' campaign adds five toll-plaza weekendsOrientations for the island's single-tag program run through mid-October at plazas in Buchanan, Ceiba, Caguas Sur, Salinas and Arecibo.Briefs · Tainá Morales Cepeda · 2026-10-07US oil blockade worsens Cuba's grid collapsesThe US-imposed oil blockade that began in January 2025 has vastly worsened blackouts and led to more frequent grid collapses in Cuba.puerto rico · Yadiel Rosario Quiñones · 2026-10-07USDA expands drought disaster declaration to cover Barranquitas, Caguas and GuayamaSixteen additional municipalities are listed as contiguous areas under the expanded designation, filed September 3.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-10-07Port plan projects more than 10,000 jobs, Campos saysAlejandro Campos ties projects in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales and Arroyo Barril to the Port Modernization Master Plan.more · Inés Colón Betancourt · 2026-10-07All 30
More than 1,800 additional property titles headed to Buenas NochesMéndez announced the upcoming titles after a technical intervention covered 473,476 square meters in Parcela 10.more · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-10-07The AAA overbilling grievance has organized - and the mayor says the credits don't go far enough37,000 customers are getting 50% credits after water outages. A residents' group is collecting evidence for a possible class action, a Senate probe questions the billing law's enforcement, and San Juan's mayor is threatening court.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-10-06Puerto Rico's Medicaid cliff is 15 months out. 1.1 million residents are covered; the fix needs CongressThe enhanced 76% federal match expires September 30, 2027 - a 90% funding cut with no provision in current law to stop it. The island's unified response is already in Washington.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-10-06Drought still covers half of Puerto Rico, but the emergency is easingExtreme drought has receded to 9.3% and Carraízo is back in the safety band, but 130,000 southern-aquifer residents are counting on five dormant wells - and only a quarter of the $9.7M request has been released.puerto rico · Sam Calloway · 2026-10-05UPR maintenance workers face safety risks while university talks medical coverage for staffUnion members report hazardous conditions at Río Piedras as administration moves to secure insurance for hundreds of employees.puerto rico · Sam Calloway · 2026-10-05School closures follow the missing children, not a plotFalling school enrollment tracks Puerto Rico's birth collapse and family exodus - there is no secret plan, just an island that ran out of kids.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-10-05San Juan power plants running diesel for over two weeks amid LNG delayHigher generation costs are being passed to consumer power bills, with legislative review of the dock contract scheduled.puerto rico · Yadiel Rosario Quiñones · 2026-10-04GFR Media prints last El Nuevo Día, ending 56 years in printThe paper's final physical edition ran on a Sunday, closing more than half a century of continuous print distribution in Puerto Rico.puerto rico · Tainá Morales Cepeda · 2026-10-02School closures follow the children who left. There is no secret plot.Falling enrollment tracks birth rates and exodus, not bad faith - the only fix is more Puerto Rican children born and staying here.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-10-01FEMA approves over $71 million for Puerto Rico disaster recoveryThe federal agency cleared the funding for recovery and risk mitigation projects, filed Sept. 28.puerto rico · Yadiel Rosario Quiñones · 2026-09-29Puerto Rico proposes closing 83 schools by 2026The proposed closures would affect 18,644 students, following hundreds of school shutdowns across the island since 2016.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-29265 schools shut, and the buses stopped running. Puerto Rico built for children who left.Public and private enrollment has dropped 44% since 2006, and the closures fall hardest on rural towns that lost their bus routes with their classrooms.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-28School closures follow the missing births, not a plotFalling classroom enrollment tracks the birth collapse and family exodus, and outrage will not replace the children that were never born.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-27Direct Relief tops $138M in Puerto Rico work since MariaDirect Relief has managed more than $138 million in infrastructure and medical services in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria struck in 2017.puerto rico · Yadiel Rosario Quiñones · 2026-09-22The export door in Act 60 is open to Puerto Ricans, and few of us walk through itAct 60's business chapters ask for a real company that exports and hires here, and that is a door local owners can use.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-20Act 60 LLC owners must be Puerto Rico residentsThe island's incentive program pairs a residency requirement with a tax exemption on dividends.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-09-19Cambalache flood leaves $50,000 in losses at restaurantThe Río Grande de Arecibo overflowed, water reached about six feet, and losses exceeded $50,000 at First Stop Grill and More.puerto rico · Tainá Morales Cepeda · 2026-09-19Aguadilla vet fair vaccinates over 141 dogs and cats against rabiesThe Friday clinic at the San Juan Bosco center also gave the animals deworming treatment.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-09-19The diaspora is a residency plan the island has not usedMigration went negative again in 2025, but a large mainland diaspora and Act 60's own 183-day residency test mean the next Puerto Ricans do not all have to be born and wait eighteen years.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-19Foreign tankers moved over $40M of fuel between US ports off MARAD's public logA Bloomberg Government review counts at least a dozen ships that carried petroleum products under Jones Act waivers without turning up in the required public reports.The Jones Act Column · Inés Colón Betancourt · 2026-09-18The closed rural school is a birth ward from 18 years agoPuerto Rico's school closures trace the birth curve and the exodus, and the only real fix is more children, not more outrage.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-15The empty desks were counted 18 years ago, in the birth wardPuerto Rico is not closing schools out of malice; it is closing them because the children were never born and the families left, and the only real fix is more children.La Isla Que Viene · Valeria Soto Marrero · 2026-09-14Facts · 12
OcyonBio entered a manufacturing and operations agreement to develop more than 95,000 sq. ft. of cleanroom and biomanufacturing space in Aguadilla for Biosimilar Solutions, including process development, plasmid DNA, viral vectors, cell banking, and cell processing.OcyonBio closes $72M CDBG-DR loan for Aguadilla biomanufacturing campusJuan Bancalari, president of the Dominican Republic's Asonahores hotel and tourism association, said at the association's 38th commercial expo held at BlueMall Punta Cana that tourism generated more than RD$200,000 million in purchases of local goods and services and more than US$11,000 million in foreign currency in 2025.Dominican tourism revenue hits $11B in 2025More than 222 residents from the Islote neighborhood in Arecibo signed a communication requesting intervention regarding voltage fluctuations and alleged damage to household and commercial equipment.Arecibo residents press legislature over voltage swings, grid fix under reviewThe US-imposed oil blockade that began in January 2025 has vastly worsened blackouts and led to more frequent grid collapses in Cuba.US oil blockade worsens Cuba's grid collapsesRamón Alvarado Rivera, an agronomist in Aibonito, Puerto Rico, cultivates more than 40 varieties of rare fruits and vegetables on his farm.Aguada and Aibonito farmers rescue the island's rare fruitsAccording to Alejandro Campos, the Port Modernization Master Plan projects the creation of more than 10,000 jobs, with specific projects in Cabo Rojo, Pedernales, and Arroyo Barril already or expected to create hundreds to thousands of direct and indirect jobs.Port plan projects more than 10,000 jobs, Campos saysAll 12
Méndez said the technical intervention covered an area of 473,476.39 square meters within Parcela 10 of Distrito Catastral 31, and announced that more than 1,800 additional titles will be delivered to residents of the Buenas Noches sector this year.More than 1,800 additional property titles headed to Buenas NochesIn a July 15, 2026 Senate hearing on AAA billing practices, residents and condominium managers reported water bills surging from about $50 to more than $800 during service interruptions, and charges arising when cistern trucks delivered water during outages.The AAA overbilling grievance has organized - and the mayor says the credits don't go far enoughIn late September 2026, Governor Jenniffer González Colón announced 50 percent credits on affected water bills for more than 37,000 AAA customers in San Juan, Carolina, Canóvanas and Loíza, covering documented service interruptions in 2025 and 2026.The AAA overbilling grievance has organized - and the mayor says the credits don't go far enoughAn investigative report found AAA paid more than $50 million over two decades to private contractors - including $34.9 million to Truenorth - to reduce water losses, yet unaccounted-for water remains about 60 percent, with commercial losses from billing errors and metering among the causes.The AAA overbilling grievance has organized - and the mayor says the credits don't go far enoughAbout 1.1 million people, or 38.5% of Puerto Rico's population, are covered by Medicaid, including 281,000 dual-eligible Platino members; more than 1.3 million people rely on Medicaid per MMAPA.Puerto Rico's Medicaid cliff is 15 months out. 1.1 million residents are covered; the fix needs CongressMore than 200 maintenance employees at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras are exposed to health and safety risks due to conditions such as mold-infested caves, water leaks, cracked columns, and a damaged extractor for flammable liquids in a fuel storage area.UPR maintenance workers face safety risks while university talks medical coverage for staffPublishers · 1
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