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October 2026
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Wednesday, October 7
Politics
- Oct 7PoliticsRep. Torres García Seeks Probe of Government Pay-Scale Plan After Worker Complaintsvia San Juan Daily Star
- Oct 7PoliticsSenate President Rivera Schatz Accuses Family Secretary Roig of Lying Over $38 Million NOLA Education Dealvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7PoliticsComptroller Faults Hacienda Over $45,385 in Improper Payments on Delayed ERP Accounting Systemvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7PoliticsOversight Board Asks Health Secretary for True Value of Xuvo Technology Contractvia NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsPPD Lifts Suspension of Arroyo Mayor After Harassment Complaints Dismissedvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7PoliticsGroups Urge Puerto Rico Legislature to Release Draft Permits Reform Billvia La Perla del Sur
- Oct 7PoliticsWhat’s Known About Star Academy, the Firm Behind a $38.5 Million Puerto Rico Contract Proposalvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7PoliticsPREPA Retirees Say Oversight Board Debt Plan Threatens Their Pensionsvia NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsGovernor Says Construction Permit Processing Time Cut 42% Since 2024via NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsOusted ADSEF Head Tells Senate She Warned Governor González and Domenech of Problems at Agencyvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7PoliticsPuerto Rico Supreme Court Lets Industrialists Association Join Government Case Against LUMA Contractvia NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsMovimiento Victoria Ciudadana Asks for Law Firm Invoices Tied to Anthony Maceira from Senate, San Juan and Genera PRvia NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsEthics Office Fines Transportation Department Employee $6,000 for Erasing Traffic Tickets, Including Her Ownvia NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsGovernor Creates Interagency Committee to Strengthen Earthquake Preparednessvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7PoliticsSenator Presses Recreation and Sports Department Over $80,870 Owed to Team Managers and Umpiresvia NotiUno
- Oct 7PoliticsCourts Administration Director Opposes Senate Bill 1096, Warns of Higher Costs of Eliminating Municipal Judgesvia NotiCel
- Oct 7PoliticsBill Proposes Refundable Tax Credit Up to $5,000 for Working Family Caregiversvia Radio Isla
- Oct 7PoliticsResident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Calls on Governor to Fire Energy Czar Josué Colón and Family Secretary Suzanne Roigvia NotiUno
- Oct 7PoliticsCataño Mayor-Elect Torres Montalvo to Cancel $540,000 Advertising Contract Flagged by Comptrollervia NotiUno
- Oct 7Our reportingContract Watch: PREPA’s $77.9 Million Contract Leads 49 New Filings Over $1 Million787daily
- Oct 7PoliticsFamily Secretary Roig Keeps Governor’s Confidence Amid $38.5 Million Contract Scrutiny, La Fortaleza Saysvia NotiUno
- Oct 7PoliticsDivided Puerto Rico Supreme Court Lets Biological Father Keep Parental Rights After Grandmother’s Adoptionvia San Juan Daily Star
- Oct 7PoliticsSen. Rodríguez Veve Files Bill to Criminalize Officials’ Willful Failure to Follow Legal Mandatesvia San Juan Daily Star
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Infrastructure
- Oct 7InfrastructureEnergy Bureau Orders PREPA and Genera to Hand Over Natural Gas Invoices, Payments and Creditsvia Telemundo PR
- Oct 7InfrastructureCarraízo and La Plata Reservoirs Continue to Dropvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7InfrastructureRep. Hernández Urges Government to Take New Fortress to Court, Warns Power Bills Could Risevia NotiUno
- Oct 7Our reportingTropics Watch: 1 Active System, None Threatening Puerto Rico787daily
- Oct 7Our reportingDaily Water Watch: Carraízo at 40.65 m787daily
- Oct 7InfrastructureGovernor Says Dispute Over Gas Ship Entering San Juan Bay Has 'gotten out of proportion'via NotiCel
Business
- Oct 7BusinessBanesco USA Unveils New Brand Identity Amid Continued Growthvia The Weekly Journal
- Oct 7BusinessRetailers’ Group CUD Urges Six-Month Moratorium on 'Crudita' Fuel Tax as Electricity Rates Risevia The Weekly Journal
- Oct 7BusinessPuerto Rico Manufacturing Expands for Fourth Straight Month, PMI at 52.9 in Augustvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7BusinessCosvi Revamps Brand to Attract Younger Consumersvia The Weekly Journal
Community
- Oct 7Crime & SafetySeeking Homes for Dogs After Owner’s Death in Carolinavia WAPA TV
- Oct 7WeatherTropical Storm Isaias Could Hit US Gulf Coast as Hurricane; Puerto Rico Weather Improves Fridayvia WAPA TV
- Oct 7CommunityCharges Filed Against Man for Allegedly Using Coworker’s ATH Cardvia Primera Hora
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyEight Bayamón Inmates Charged with Smuggling and Controlled Substancesvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyFather and Son Charged with Assaulting Elderly Tenantsvia Primera Hora
- Oct 7CommunityWaterspout Spotted Off Salinas Coastvia WAPA TV
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyDecomposing Body Found in Carolina Residencevia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CommunityCeiba Mayor Begins $5.3 Million Underground Power Line Project on Main Avenuevia Primera Hora
- Oct 7CommunityASSMCA Count Finds 204 Young People Homeless or in Unstable Housing in Puerto Ricovia WAPA TV
- Oct 7CommunityReport Finds Four in Ten Puerto Rico Adults Face Food Insecurityvia Telemundo PR
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyPolice Search for Missing 14-Year-Old in Carolinavia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyWoman Killed While Exercising in Guayama Identifiedvia WAPA TV
- Oct 7CommunityDonation Supports Rehabilitation of Two Manateesvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CommunityEl Comedor de la Kennedy Opens in Arecibo with City Government Supportvia The Weekly Journal
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyMan Found Dead with Gunshot Wounds in Salinasvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyCBP Intercepts Boat with 594 Kilos of Cocaine South of Guayanilla, Detains Three Venezuelansvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyPonce Detectives Interview Acquaintances of Teacher Shot Dead in Santa Isabelvia Metro PR
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyBound and Shot Body Found in Río Grandevia Radio Isla
- Oct 7Our reportingSafety Watch: Homicides Down 1.2% Through September787daily
- Oct 7CommunityRecord Number of Commercial Fishing Licenses in Puerto Ricovia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CommunitySanta Isabel Mayor Says Ex-Mayor Questell Seeks to Evict 90-Year-Old Man from Municipal Landvia Radio Isla
- Oct 7CommunitySenator Colón La Santa Files Bill to Add Sign Language Courses to Public Schoolsvia Metro PR
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyDEA Serves 28 Arrest Warrants in Southern Puerto Rico Drug Trafficking Operationvia WAPA TV
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyMasked Individual on Motorcycle Assaults and Robs Woman in Miramarvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyMan Arrested for Threatening to Set Fire to Residential Complex in Manatívia Primera Hora
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyMan, 41, Shot Dead in Hato Rey’s Las Monjasvia NotiCel
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyMan Victim of Carjacking at Caguas Gas Stationvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7Crime & SafetyYoung Man and Grandparents Arrested in Río Piedras Raidvia Telemundo PR
- Oct 7CommunityUPR Non-Teaching Employees Protest at Campus Gates Demanding Collective Bargaining Agreement Be Honoredvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CommunityRural Female Entrepreneurs Market Promotes Independence in Puerto Ricovia The Weekly Journal
- Oct 7CommunityVimenti Wins $1.03 Million Federal Grant to Build STEM Labs at Four Puerto Rico Schoolsvia The Weekly Journal
- Oct 7CommunityGovernor Approves Updated Land-Use Plans for Aguas Buenas, Guayama and Morovisvia San Juan Daily Star
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Culture
- Oct 7CultureTeleOnce to Present First Edition of Puerto Rico Worship Awardsvia Primera Hora
- Oct 7SportsSon of Boxing Legend Wilfredo 'Bazooka' Gómez Asks for Prayersvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CultureSteven Moreno to Represent Puerto Rico at 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Dakarvia NotiCel
- Oct 7SportsInternational Surf Competition Comes to Arecibovia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7SportsAlex Cora Rejects Phillies Offer, Considers Resting in 2027via El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CultureJay Wheeler Turns Puerto Rico into a Song for Banco Popular’s Christmas Specialvia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7CultureBar Celis Wins Best Tapas Award at Ruta de la Tapa 2026via Metro PR
- Oct 7SportsUtuado to Host Women’s Baseball All-Star Gamevia Metro PR
- Oct 7CultureVicky Carbonell Transforms into a Pirate with Her Typical Costumevia El Nuevo Día
- Oct 7SportsEnrique 'Kike' Hernández Hits 17th Postseason Home Runvia El Nuevo Día