All posts tagged "Puerto Rico"

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  Tenor Placido Domingo announces disaster relief fundraising

  The 76-year-old tenor/baritone said Monday he had donated $200,000 to Carlos Slim's foundation.

  • Posted October 9, 2017
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  Puerto Rico slum transformed by ‘Despacito’ seeks to revive

  Hurricane Maria ripped away power lines, water service, and rooftops.

  • Posted October 9, 2017
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  [Video] Members of Congress discuss reactions of the Puerto Rican community after Hurricane Maria

  "How long can hospitals be without electricity, or the elderly without their medicines, or children without schools?"

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Over 11,000 FEMA tarps distributed in Puerto Rico

  SAN JUAN — While relief efforts continue in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, this Friday Gov. Ricardo Rosselló established as a priority to provide tarps to the thousands of families who lost their roofs. According to the...

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Rosselló wants Pence “to be a champion for Puerto Rico” in the US Senate

  The governor argued he hopes the funding that Congress will send to the island will be comparable to other jurisdictions.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Wide Variations in Hurricane Maria Damage Estimates in Puerto Rico

  The billions of dollars estimated include “lost output” and infrastructure damages.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Restaurant, bar industry in Puerto Rico helps their own

  Restaurants have been organizing initiatives to boost one another and restore the vibrant food and beverages scene for the island had become well-known.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Statistics Institute creates section to provide data on Hurricane Maria

  Users can find out the recovery status of facilities, as well as physical and technological infrastructure.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  US unions send specialists, supplies to Puerto Rico

  Health professionals, construction and cleaning workers, and heavy equipment drivers arrived at the island.

  • Posted October 6, 2017
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  Pentagon: Hurricane to slow some deployments to Afghanistan

  There is only a “finite number” of transport aircraft and they’ve been tied up delivering aid and forces to Puerto Rico.

  • Posted October 6, 2017