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October 2026
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Wednesday, October 28
Politics
- Oct 28PoliticsOversight Board Questions Proposal to Exempt Prepared Foods from IVU: It Addresses a Symptom, Not the Causevia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28PoliticsPuerto Rico Tourism Company Launches Joyuda and Punta Arenas Gastronomic Routevia Primera Hora
- Oct 28PoliticsSenator Files Bill to Establish ADHD Bill of Rights in Puerto Ricovia Metro PR
- Oct 28PoliticsPuerto Rico Senate Postpones Roosevelt Roads Probe Over Cuba-Related Developmentsvia NotiCel
- Oct 28PoliticsPNP Senator Insists Family Department Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes Must Resign Over NOLA Education Contractvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28PoliticsAOC Rallies Puerto Rican Voters in Kissimmee for Florida Senate Hopeful Angie Nixonvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28PoliticsPuerto Rico Supreme Court Rules PREP Act Immunity Cannot Automatically Defeat COVID-Era Malpractice Suitsvia Microjuris al Día
- Oct 28PoliticsPuerto Rico Health Professionals Urge Government to Protect Water Sources and Prepare for Droughtvia Radio Isla
- Oct 28Our reportingContract Watch: Genera PR’s $667 Million Contract Leads 15 New Filings Over $1 Million787daily
- Oct 28PoliticsSenate President Rivera Schatz Convenes Affordable Housing Summit in Capitol as Prices Rise and Sales Fallvia San Juan Daily Star
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Infrastructure
- Oct 28InfrastructureLUMA Maintenance Work Could Interrupt Power in 15 Puerto Rico Townsvia Primera Hora
- Oct 28InfrastructureFormer PREPA Director Ramos Says Puerto Rico’s Blackouts Are a Generation Problem, Not LUMA’svia NotiUno
- Oct 28InfrastructurePuerto Rico Land Authority Awards $7.8 Million Contract to Rebuild Hotel Baños de Coamovia NotiCel
- Oct 28InfrastructurePuerto Rico Senate Inspects Condado Drainage and Sea Discharge Points Over Water Quality Concernsvia NotiUno
- Oct 28InfrastructurePuerto Rico Residents Fear Another Night Without Power as Genera PR Races to Restore Generationvia Metro PR
- Oct 28InfrastructureHumacao Restaurant Owner Says He Paid $4,000 Power Bill, Then Lost Electricity After Transformer Explosionvia Metro PR
- Oct 28InfrastructureGenera Says Abrupt San Juan Plant Shutdown Caused Outage Hitting 150,000 Customersvia WAPA TV
- Oct 28InfrastructureLa Plata Reservoir in Comerío Drops Again as Drought Persists; No Rationing Planned Yetvia Metro PR
- Oct 28InfrastructureAAA Projects Water Restoration in Fajardo, Ceiba and Luquillo Between Wednesday Night and Thursdayvia Metro PR
- Oct 28InfrastructureJournalists Sue Puerto Rico’s Aqueduct and Sewer Authority Over Truenorth Recordsvia Sin Comillas
- Oct 28InfrastructureNWS Warns of 11-Foot Waves and Coastal Flooding Risk Across Northern Puerto Ricovia Metro PR
- Oct 28Our reportingTropics Watch, Oct 28: A Quiet Atlantic, 0% Formation Chance This Week787daily
- Oct 28Our reportingRecovery Watch: FEMA Commits $14.1 Million to 12 New Puerto Rico Projects787daily
- Oct 28Our reportingDaily Water Watch: Carraízo Rises to 40.77 m787daily
- Oct 28InfrastructurePuerto Rico Senate Hears Plans for Vieques Ferry Pier, New Bus Routes and Tren Urbano Studyvia The Weekly Journal
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Business
- Oct 28BusinessGuaynabo Café Owner Says Rising Water, Power, Gas and Coffee Costs Are Squeezing the Businessvia WAPA TV
- Oct 28BusinessPeople 50+ Drive Nearly Half of Puerto Rico’s Economy, AARP Study Findsvia Primera Hora
- Oct 28BusinessHe Left University to Launch a Business: The Story Behind La Receta De Mi Abuelavia Primera Hora
- Oct 28BusinessHotel Equities Executive Says Connectivity and Security Hold Back Puerto Rico Hotel Competitivenessvia The Weekly Journal
- Oct 28BusinessClaro Union Warns Government Communications Could Be Hit if Workers Strikevia NotiCel
- Oct 28BusinessPuerto Rico Chamber of Commerce to Host Summit Pitching Sports as Economic Drivervia San Juan Daily Star
Community
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyMan Arrested in Lajas in Shooting That Wounded His Ex-Partner in San Germánvia Telemundo PR
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyFamily Deems 18-Month Sentence Too Light for Tourist Who Ran Over Vieques Manvia WAPA TV
- Oct 28CommunityPuerto Rico Court Fines Daddy Yankee $5,000 in Suit Against Ex-Wife Mireddys Gonzálezvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28CommunityWoman Accused of Leaving Caguas Supermarket with $717.49 in Unpaid Merchandisevia Metro PR
- Oct 28CommunityLoíza Mayor Denounces Delays in Coastal Erosion Projects at Parcelas Suárezvia WAPA TV
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyWoman Jailed After Attacking and Threatening Her Elderly Adoptive Parents in Carolina, Puerto Ricovia Primera Hora
- Oct 28CommunityPuerto Rico Women Live 8 Years Longer Than Men, Statistics Institute Saysvia WAPA TV
- Oct 28CommunityUtuado Police Honor 11-Year-Old Boy Who Called 9-1-1 During Machete Attackvia Primera Hora
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyFugitive Linked to Cupey Cannabis Dispensary in Double-Murder Casevia Telemundo PR
- Oct 28CommunityFour-Year-Old Girl Found Alone Outside Carolina Condo Is Taken into Emergency Custodyvia Primera Hora
- Oct 28CommunityPuerto Rico Caving Society Offers to Run Río Camuy Cave Park as a Nonprofitvia Radio Isla
- Oct 28CommunitySenator Says 7-Year-Old Slept Two Days in Family Department Office; Agency Respondsvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyPuerto Rico Police Arrest Fugitives Wanted for Murder, Including One Held at the Airportvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28CommunityUPR Mayagüez Students Win $50,000 NASA Competition with Lunar Tower Projectvia Metro PR
- Oct 28CommunityUnlicensed Mechanic Faces Charges for Failing to Restore a 1970 Jeepvia Primera Hora
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyContent Creator 'Gallo The Producer' Found Guilty of Assaulting Influencer Mondongovia Telemundo PR
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyPuerto Rican Boxer Edgar Berlanga Arrested in Florida on Domestic Violence Chargesvia Telemundo PR
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyBurglars Take Cash, Cigarettes and Liquor from a Canóvanas Supermarketvia Primera Hora
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyMan Accused of Killing Young Man in Patillas Extradited from Philadelphia, Held on $2 Million Bailvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28CommunityFour-Year-Old Girl Found Alone in Carolina Apartmentvia Telemundo PR
- Oct 28CommunityMore Than 35,000 Puerto Rico Students Have Tried Electronic Cigarettesvia Radio Isla
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyClimate-Driven Heat Waves Cause Millions of Deaths; Puerto Rico Still Undercounts Heat Deathsvia Sin Comillas
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyBayamón Court Finds 16-Year-Old Accused of Killing His Grandmother Temporarily Unfit to Stand Trialvia Radio Isla
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyWoman Convicted of Homicide in the Dominican Republic Arrested in Puerto Ricovia Primera Hora
- Oct 28Our reportingQuake Watch: Magnitude 4.1 Earthquake Near Esperanza, 5 Felt Reports787daily
- Oct 28CommunityMostly Cloudy Day with Dangerous Surf on Puerto Rico’s North Coastvia NotiCel
- Oct 28Crime & SafetyDEA Executes 17 Arrest Warrants Against 'Los Tíos’ Drug Gang in Western Puerto Ricovia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28CommunityArecibo Telescope Data Revives Search for Elusive Dark Galaxyvia San Juan Daily Star
- Oct 28CommunityUPR Mayagüez Cancels Decade-Long Agroecology Partnership That Trained More Than 500 Farmersvia San Juan Daily Star
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Culture
- Oct 28CultureHecho en Puerto Rico Gala to Serve Tradition and Creativity on Every Platevia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 28CultureCommemorative Edition of Rafael Hernández Colón’s Memoirs Presented for His 90th Birthdayvia NotiUno
- Oct 28CultureAmanda Serrano Announces Retirement; Final Fight Will Be in Puerto Ricovia Telemundo PR