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Public safety
Health Department warns: Puerto Rico's vaccination coverage is below the safe threshold against measles
Metro Puerto Rico
Economy
A Night at a Puerto Rico Hotel Now Costs $31 More Than Last Year
NotiCel
Environment
DRNA Grants Permit to Florida Company to Export Skins and Meat from Invasive Pythons and Caimans
El Nuevo Día
Sports
BSN Says No to Dion New: Indios de Mayagüez Stay Put in the Sultana del Oeste
Primera Hora
Culture
Plena Libre Brings Panderos and Freedom to the Bayamón Correctional Complex
El Nuevo Día
Education
Education Department to train over 22,000 employees in emergency response across 856 schools
Metro Puerto Rico
Transportation
Government Rules Out Privatizing Ponce's Mercedita Airport, Bets on $18.5 Million in Upgrades
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
Weather
La Plata Reservoir Drops 60 Centimeters in a Week as Government Rules Out Rationing
El Nuevo Dia
Housing
Lawmakers propose using UPR's unclaimed properties to ease Puerto Rico's housing shortage
Primera Hora
Energy
NEPR Approves Record Rate Hike to 34.6 Cents per kWh: Power Bills Rise This Thursday
El Nuevo Día
Health
Nine Years After Maria: Vieques Opens Its New $85.5 Million Hospital
El Nuevo Día
Economy
Puerto Rico Regulator Shuts Down Banex International Bank After $24 Million Goes Missing
Oficina del Comisionado de Instituciones Financieras (OCIF)
Environment
Governor Extends Caño Martín Peña Cleanup Corporation to 2034, Giving Dredging Project a Five-Year Buffer
NotiCel
Public safety
CST Closes Child Passenger Safety Week: 740 Car Seats and 153 Certified Technicians in Puerto Rico
NotiCel
Government
Only Two Companies Bid for Puerto Rico's New Vote-Counting Machines After a Year of Legal Battles and $38.2 Million at Stake
El Nuevo Día
Transportation
ACT proposes $432 million PR-5 extension between Bayamón and Toa Alta to relieve PR-167
Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación (ACT)
Housing
Ocean Five Residences: $5.65 Million Luxury Boutique Replaces Scrapped 26-Story Condado Tower
El Nuevo Día
Weather
Rip Current Risk Climbs to High Level Monday Along Puerto Rico's North Coast
El Nuevo Día
Education
RUM's Centenaria Banda Colegial returns to the Pasadena Rose Parade in January 2028
Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Culture
UPR Aguadilla Choir to Sing at the Sagrada Familia Crypt Ahead of the Sing for Gold Competition in Barcelona
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Government
Senate Passes Two-Year Lobbying Ban for Former Officials, With Fines Up to $100,000
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
Energy
PREPA authorizes 100 MW battery storage contract in Yabucoa, but the deal now heads to the Fiscal Oversight Board
El Nuevo Día
Sports
Men's Superior Volleyball League Confirms October 23 Kickoff, Dedicates 2026 Season to Two Puerto Rican Legends
Federación Puertorriqueña de Voleibol