787daily — Puerto Rico Every Morning

787daily — Puerto Rico Every Morning

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  • Evictions, Energy Fights, and a Early-Morning SWAT Call
    Legal Aid Director Urges Measures to Curb Evictions as 2,000 Puerto Rico Families Face Them; San Juan Court Orders Eviction of Octogenarian From Hato Rey Home of 27 Years; Lender Sues to Foreclose on Santurce Headquarters of Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos
    3 min
  • Evictions, Water Billions, and the Gas Bill Fight
    Legal Aid Director Urges Measures to Curb Evictions as 2,000 Puerto Rico Families Face Them; $354.6 Million Announced for 15 Water Infrastructure Projects in Aguadilla and Moca; San Juan Commits $1.7 Million for Solar Batteries for People Reliant on Electric Medical Equipment
    5 min
  • Isaias Update, Gas Fight, and a Napkin
    P3 Authority Orders Claim Against New Fortress Over Gas Halt Costing $1.25M Daily; Energy Czar Withdraws Genera PR's Authority to Purchase Replacement Natural Gas Due to Conflict of Interest with New Fortress; Citizen Hands Napkin to Family Secretary After Senate Hearing
    3 min
  • Housing, Quakes, Contracts, and a Grid Check
    204 Young People in Puerto Rico Face Homelessness or Unstable Housing; Governor Creates Interagency Committee to Strengthen Earthquake Preparedness; Puerto Rico Supreme Court Lets Industrialists Association Join Government Case Against LUMA Contract. Corrected October 8: this episode was made from an earlier version of “ASSMCA Count Finds 204 Young People Homeless or in Unstable Housing in Puerto Rico”; the story has since been corrected.
    3 min
  • Cabinet Scrutiny, Contract Fights, and a Tropical Outlook
    Family Secretary Roig Keeps Governor's Confidence Amid $38.5 Million Contract Scrutiny, La Fortaleza Says; Lawmaker Takes Complaint of Possible Voter ID Card Cloning in Arecibo to the FBI; PREPA Bondholders Lash Out at Oversight Board Over Backing of Power Expectations Contract. Corrected October 7: this episode was made from an earlier version of “Tropics Watch: 1 Active System, None Threatening Puerto Rico”; the story has since been corrected.
    3 min
  • LUMA's Billion-Dollar Warning and Roads for Everyone
    Cancelling LUMA Energy Contract Would Cost $1.3 Billion, Company Tells Supreme Court; Governor Announces $114.4 Million for Road Improvements in 42 Municipalities; Education Secretary Says Department Is Working to Pay School Transporters Amid Work Stoppage
    3 min
  • Bus Protests, a River Rescue, and a Stuck LNG Barge
    School Bus Operators to Protest in San Juan Monday Over Unpaid Education Department Debt; Four People Rescued From Charco Frío in Ceiba After Sudden River Rise; House Committee Summons Ports Authority, Pilots and NFE Over Stalled LNG Barge
    2 min
  • Bills Up, Reservoirs Down, and a Little FEMA Relief
    Puerto Rico Electric Bills to Rise Starting Tomorrow, Energy Bureau Confirms; Electric Bill Hits Record: $113 More per Month Since LUMA Took Over; School Cafeterias Could Face Food Shortages as Suppliers Halt Deliveries Over Unpaid Education Department Bills
    5 min
  • Solar Batteries, Flood Warnings, and Your Coffee
    San Juan Commits $1.7 Million for Solar Batteries for People Reliant on Electric Medical Equipment; LUMA Energy to Perform Electrical Infrastructure Work in Several Municipalities This Saturday; Weather Service Issues Flood Warnings for San Juan Metro Area Municipalities
    3 min

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Your daily audio briefing on Puerto Rico, in English. The stories that matter — politics, the power grid, the economy, culture, and what's happening around the island — told fast, clear, and with…