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October 2026

Every story from October 2026, a page for each day. Pick a day on the calendar.

The month in reviewPuerto Rico in October 2026: Shipwreck Recovery and Fiscal Board Funds

Tuesday, October 27

Politics

Oct 27PoliticsResident Commissioner Hernández Files Bill to Extend Medicare Drug Aid to Puerto Ricovia Metro PR
Oct 27PoliticsPuerto Rico Supreme Court Orders Study of Attorney Reciprocity Over Two Judges’ Dissentvia NotiUno
Oct 27PoliticsColonel David L. Brewer Takes Command of Fort Buchanan in Puerto Ricovia NotiUno
Oct 27PoliticsPuerto Rico Official Says ICE Raids Are Federal Matter, Denies Island Government Is Helpingvia NotiCel
Oct 27PoliticsPuerto Rico Government Rules Out Emergency Fund for Now to Ease Electricity Cost Hikesvia NotiUno
Oct 27PoliticsResident Commissioner Demands Human Rights Respected During ICE Raids in Puerto Ricovia San Juan Daily Star
Oct 27PoliticsPuerto Rico Insurance Commissioner Opens Probe into Health Insurers’ Physician Credentialing Practicesvia San Juan Daily Star

Infrastructure

Oct 27InfrastructureMore Than 160,000 LUMA Customers Lose Power Across Puerto Rico After Load Sheddingvia Primera Hora
Oct 27InfrastructureHouse Committee Summons LUMA Energy to Explain Sharp Bill Increases for Digital-Meter Customersvia Radio Isla
Oct 27InfrastructureAAA Chief Says Upcoming Rains Should Lift La Plata Reservoir Levelsvia Radio Isla
Oct 27Our reportingDaily Water Watch: La Plata at 42.40 m787daily
Oct 27InfrastructurePuerto Rico P3 Authority Orders LUMA to Investigate Smart Meters Over Higher Power Billsvia Metro PR

Business

Oct 27BusinessUPR Study Finds Puerto Rico Electricity Costs Rose Faster Than US Average Since LUMAvia NotiUno
Oct 27BusinessSenate Vice President Ríos Seeks Urgent DACO Meeting on Puerto Rico Propane Price Hikevia Radio Isla
Oct 27BusinessPuerto Rico Cardiology Opens Third Office in San Juanvia Metro PR
Oct 27BusinessLiquefied Gas Prices to Rise by $8 to $10 per 100-Pound Cylinder Starting in Novembervia Telemundo PR

Community

Oct 27CommunityBayamón Neighbors Seek Help for Disabled Man Living Without Water or Powervia WAPA TV
Oct 27CommunityBreast Cancer Patients and Survivors Walk Runway at Ponce Fashion Showvia Metro PR
Oct 27Crime & SafetyEthics Complaints Against Slain Lawyer Luis A. Quiñones Reveal Unpaid Cannabis Business Deals in Puerto Ricovia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27WeatherFEMA Obligates $753,618 for Puerto Rico Infrastructure and Flood-Control Projectsvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CommunityNew Breast CT System Without Compression Arrives in Puerto Ricovia WAPA TV
Oct 27CommunityTourist Sentenced to Prison for Motorcyclist’s Death in Viequesvia Metro PR
Oct 27Crime & SafetyForensic DNA of Carlos Estefano Pino Found Under Slain Caguas Nurse’s Fingernails, Court Hearsvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27Crime & SafetyDominican on Most-Wanted List Arrested in Trujillo Alto for Husband’s Killingvia Telemundo PR
Oct 27CommunityCaregiver Faces Charges for Taking $7,137 from Elderly Woman’s Debit Card in Camuyvia Primera Hora
Oct 27CommunitySupreme Court Chief Justice Inaugurates Childhood Justice Project and TEMIS Room in Carolinavia Microjuris al Día
Oct 27CommunityHealth Administrators Ask Energy Bureau for Hearing on Electricity Rate Hike Risksvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CommunityMan Suffers Burns in Explosion at San Lorenzo Residencevia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CommunitySocial Security Will Delay Phone Service in Puerto Rico to 9:00 AM Starting November 1via Metro PR
Oct 27Community85-Year-Old Facing Eviction in San Juan Picks Public Housing Unit; Lease Signing Nearvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CommunityCoast Guard Airlifts 81-Year-Old Cruise Passenger to San Juan Hospitalvia Primera Hora
Oct 27CommunityPuerto Rico’s Mental Health Agency Logs 866 Suicide-Related Calls in Octobervia NotiUno
Oct 27Crime & SafetyBayamón CIC Seeks Help Identifying Two Suspects in Sephora Theftvia Primera Hora
Oct 27CommunityASSMCA Urges Puerto Ricans to Recognize Warning Signs of Suicide After Recent Deathsvia Primera Hora
Oct 27Crime & SafetyBoxing Community Mourns Olympian Carlos 'El Topo' Gerena, 55, Killed in Bayamón Hit-and-Runvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CommunityPAS Crisis Line Takes Up to 40,000 Emotional-Support Calls a Month in Puerto Ricovia Radio Isla
Oct 27Crime & SafetyMan Shot Dead in Doradovia Primera Hora
Oct 27Crime & SafetySister of William Rivera Condemns Fake Facebook Post Claiming She Was Shot Deadvia WAPA TV
Oct 27CommunityUPR Mayagüez Interim Chancellor Cancels Agroecology School Agreement That Trained Over 500 Farmersvia NotiCel
Oct 27CommunitySabana Grande Activates Special Halloween Security Plan for the Weekendvia Metro PR
Oct 27CommunityPuerto Rico Life Expectancy at Birth Reaches 80.4 Years, with Women at 84.1 and Men at 76.6via NotiCel
Oct 27CommunityMan Attacked with Machete Outside Manatí Bar Early Tuesdayvia WAPA TV
Oct 27CommunityPuerto Rico Senate Passes Bill Capping Water and Power Debt Payments at 5% of Household Incomevia Primera Hora
Oct 27Crime & SafetyTwo Men with Long Guns Steal Toyota Yaris in Bayamón Carjackingvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27WeatherHeat Advisory and Flood Risk in Southern Puerto Rico Tuesday, Rough Northern Seasvia Primera Hora
Oct 27Crime & SafetyMan Shot Dead in Corozal Early Tuesdayvia Primera Hora
Oct 27Our reportingWhere to Swim This Weekend: Six Beaches, from Guánica to Manatí787daily
Oct 27Our reportingTown of the Week: Arroyo, Where Rent Runs 12% Below the Median Town787daily
Oct 27Crime & SafetyDominican Residents of Barrio Obrero in Santurce Live in Fear Amid Aggressive ICE Operationsvia Metro PR

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Culture

Oct 27SportsJorge Posada Says He Avoids the Yankees: "I don’t feel welcome"via El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CultureChasing Mayagüez’s Haunted Mustang: A Halloween Visit to an Abandoned House Legendvia Primera Hora
Oct 27SportsPuerto Rican Table Tennis Athletes Step Up Training for Paralympic Cup in Canóvanasvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CultureSenadores de San Juan to Retire Carlos Baerga’s Number 9 on November 5via Metro PR
Oct 27CultureOzuna Returns to Puerto Rico’s Choliseo with Exclusive 'Sempiterno' Show on December 26via Primera Hora
Oct 27CultureMuseum of the Americas to Hold Noche de Catrinas Honoring Tite Curet Alonsovia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27Culture$150,000 Powerball Prize Won in Caguasvia El Nuevo Día
Oct 27CultureDominican Urban Artist Bulín 47 Announces First Puerto Rico Concert for April 2027via The Weekly Journal