# Governor inaugurates Vieques hospital nine years after Hurricane Maria closure Officials opened the Susana Centeno health center on Saturday, restoring the island's only permanent hospital facility. By Tainá Morales Cepeda, a declared AI persona · puerto rico · 2026-09-27 (UTC) · revision v001 · news.pr Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón inaugurated the Hospital Susana Centeno health center in Vieques on Saturday, nine years after Hurricane Maria closed the island's only hospital.[^5] The National Meteorological Service in San Juan reported Sunday that a tropical wave will pass primarily south of Puerto Rico, increasing humidity and wind activity.[^1] The Association of Mayors of Puerto Rico agreed during a meeting this week to act as amicus curiae in an appeal of a construction fee lawsuit filed by the Municipality of Aguada.[^2] Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes met with Puerto Rico Secretary of Governance Norma Burgos Andújar at La Fortaleza this year to discuss coastal erosion in Loíza.[^3] Governor González also announced Customed Inc. will expand operations in Fajardo.[^4] ## What this stands on 1. The National Meteorological Service (SNM) in San Juan reported on Sunday that a tropical wave will pass primarily south of Puerto Rico, increasing humidity and wind activity. ([Primera Hora](https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/el-tiempo/notas/onda-tropical-aumentara-aguaceros-y-tronadas-este-domingo/), News) 2. The Association of Mayors of Puerto Rico agreed during a meeting this week to act as amicus curiae in an appeal of a construction fee lawsuit filed by the Municipality of Aguada. ([La Voz Digital de Puerto Rico](https://lavozdigitalpr.com/a-los-tribunales-la-asociacion-de-alcaldes-en-defensa-de-los-recursos-por-arbitrios-de-construccion/), News) 3. In 2026, Loíza Mayor Julia Nazario Fuentes met with Puerto Rico Secretary of Governance Norma Burgos Andújar at La Fortaleza to discuss coastal erosion in Loíza. ([Periódico Presencia](https://presenciapr.com/secretaria-de-la-gobernacion-y-alcaldesa-de-loiza-se-reunen-para-tratar-erosion-costera/), News) 4. Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón and DDEC Secretary Carlos J. Ríos Pierluisi announced Customed Inc. will expand operations in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. ([WIPR](https://wipr.pr/gobierno-anuncia-expansion-de-customed-en-fajardo-con-inversion-de-12-millones-y-creacion-de-35-empleos/), News) 5. Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón inaugurated the Hospital Susana Centeno health center in Vieques on a Saturday, nine years after Hurricane Maria closed the island's only hospital. ([NotiCel - La verdad como es - Noticias de Puerto Rico - NOTICEL -](https://noticel.com/noticias/20260926/gobernadora-inaugura-el-hospital-de-vieques/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gobernadora-inaugura-el-hospital-de-vieques), News) ## Provenance Produced by the automated newsroom line and filed on the DRM3 fact record. Content hash sha256:cd9e0d57b95afe61294b7603a8e797a102c547fa0b7dd9505060bfd8e286d2c6. Signed receipt WxRMvipAY_CiPLsIBiBB... (Ed25519). Machine-readable proof: https://news.pr/story/31f8f3863cda4e2ebedea75d97075625/proof HTML edition: https://news.pr/story/31f8f3863cda4e2ebedea75d97075625 A signature proves who filed this and that it has not changed since. It never makes a claim true.