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Puerto Rico’s Earthquakes: The Science
Puerto Rico Report
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July 2, 2025
Puerto Rico was hit by thousands of earthquakes in 2020, including a 6.4 magnitude quake, and aftershocks from those quakes continue. What’s more, Puerto Rico continues to have thousands of smaller earthquakes each year, and was recently shook by...
Companies Behind the Esencia Project in Puerto Rico Leave a Global Trail of Damage
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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July 2, 2025
The five foreign companies behind the Esencia megaproject in Cabo Rojo, on Puerto Rico’s southwest coast, have left a trail of environmental destruction and community disputes in the ecologically sensitive areas where they’ve developed previous...
USDA issues warning about beef jerky after consumers complain about plastic pieces
Food Safety News
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July 2, 2025
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) beef jerky stick products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic. FSIS did not request a recall because...
Puerto Rico Prepares for This Year’s Hurricane Season
PR51st
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July 2, 2025
This session of Mano a Mano begins with a look at the 2025 hurricane season, which has just begun. NOAA is predicting a more severe hurricane season than usual, as shown in the infographic below: This matters for Puerto Rico since the Island is in...
What’s behind Puerto Rico’s battle to go green?
Energy Knowledge - Energy Institute
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Damage from Hurricane Maria in 2017 – Puerto Rico is often devastated by hurricanes but installation of thousands of residential solar panels and batteries offers the grid resistance and rapid recovery from blackouts Photo: Wikipedia In April...
Liberty Puerto Rico deploys low-frequency spectrum to improve coverage
News is My Business
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July 2, 2025
From left, Chuck Page, Liberty vice president of technical operations, and Víctor Vera, engineering director for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, stand in front of backup batteries at the company’s core platform site in San Juan. Liberty...
Autocare expands in Puerto Rico with new Charlie Boy location
Petrol Plaza
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July 2, 2025
Local automotive service company begins expansion plan with Charlie Boy opening in Punta Las Marías.Puerto Rican Autocare has announced the opening of a new Charlie Boy car wash location in Punta Las Marías, Isla Verde, marking the launch of an...
How Killing Solar Tax Credits Could Hand Victory to China in the Global AI & Manufacturing Race Why the Solar Investment Tax Credit Should Be Phased Down, Not Eliminated
Solar Power World
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July 2, 2025
By Jason Steinberg, CEO of Scanifly The most critical issue for the next century is who will lead AI. A secondary item, at least per the current US administration, is resurrecting domestic manufacturing. While reshoring may require massive...
Licensing Cartelists Say the Quiet Part Out Loud in Puerto Rico
Cato Institute - Washington D.C.
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July 1, 2025
Stephen Slivinski Real estate agent industry representatives in Puerto Rico are worried these days. That’s a good thing. Governor Jenniffer González Colón has the opportunity to sign into law a licensing reciprocity bill—almost identical to ones...
LIFT Launches Drone Innovation Program in Puerto Rico
Dronelife - New Hampshire
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July 1, 2025
Empowering Local Engineering Students and Advancing National Security LIFT, a national advanced manufacturing innovation institute supported by the Department of Defense, has announced a new drone development initiative at its facility in Caguas,...
$1.5 million NIL-valued Flau’jae Johnson drops 3-word reaction for Olivia Miles after USA’s win vs Puerto Rico
Sportskeeda
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July 1, 2025
Following Team USA's 80-62 victory over Puerto Rico in the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, LSU women's basketball star Flau’jae Johnson expressed her affection for her teammate Olivia Miles, who registered a team-high eight assists, alongside nine...
Totalenergies Scales Up Clean Energy In The Caribbean With AES Deal
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. TotalEnergies has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in the solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) portfolio of AES Dominicana Renewables Energy, Trend reports. The...
Coalition stands with American Samoa in opposing unilateral proposals for deep seabed mining
Samoa News
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July 2, 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Right to Democracy (RtD) and the America the Beautiful for All Coalition have united in support of American Samoa's right to protect its ocean and seabeds from destructive deep seabed mining. The organizations have...
In repeat of Hurricane Maria aftermath, Puerto Rico is again spending big on infrastructure contractor with little history
Florida Politics
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July 1, 2025
It is said that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. Which of those ultimately happens in Puerto Rico is yet to be determined, but one thing at least is clear: The Caribbean Island to which the U.S. sends tens of billions of...
Cryptocurrencies in Puerto Rico: Between Growth and the Lack of Regulation
The Weekly Journal
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July 1, 2025
In an interview for the second episode of the Economy 101 podcast, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Adrián Zayas offered a detailed look at the growth of the cryptocurrency market in Puerto Rico, its appeal to investors, and the challenges posed...
TotalEnergies Raises Stake in AES Renewables Portfolio in Caribbean
Rigzone
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July 3, 2025
TotalEnergies SE said Wednesday it had completed the purchase of a 50 percent stake in AES Corp.’s renewable energy and battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio of over one gigawatt in the Dominican Republic. Last year the French energy...
Attorney General Hilgers Urges Consumers to Check Eligibility for Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices
Alliance Times Herald - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
Attorney General Hilgers is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as Nebraska joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic...
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Addressed the Legal Framework of Deference to Administrative Agencies
JD Supra - California
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July 1, 2025
[co-author: Gabriela Bartolomei]* On May 21, 2025, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico had the opportunity to address the judicial deference that was traditionally given to administrative decisions. In Vázquez v. Consejo de Titulares, 215 D.P.R. ___,...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
USA tops Puerto Rico to stay unbeaten through Day 3
FIBA Basketball
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SANTIAGO (Chile) – The United States kept its flawless record intact (3-0) in Group B of the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025, once again displaying solid team play to defeat a more seasoned Puerto Rico squad (1-1) by a score of 80-62. The Puerto Rican...