Haitian president's hometown holds funeral amid violence
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — The funeral for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was briefly interrupted Friday by nearby gunfire and tear gas as well as agitated supporters that caused U.S. and U.N. officials to leave before his widow spoke publicly for the first time since the attack.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Haitian president's hometown holds funeral amid violence
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — The funeral for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was briefly interrupted Friday by nearby gunfire and tear gas as well as agitated supporters that caused U.S. and U.N. officials to leave before his widow spoke publicly for the first time since the attack.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Haitian president's hometown holds funeral amid violence
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — The funeral for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was briefly interrupted Friday by nearby gunfire and tear gas as well as agitated supporters that caused U.S. and U.N. officials to leave before his widow spoke publicly for the first time since the attack.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Haitian president's hometown holds funeral amid violence
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — The funeral for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was briefly interrupted Friday by nearby gunfire and tear gas as well as agitated supporters that caused U.S. and U.N. officials to leave before his widow spoke publicly for the first time since the attack.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Haiti's interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government said Friday that it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, Haitian officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti's interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government said Friday that it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, Haitian officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti's interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government said Friday that it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti's interim PM confirms request for US troops to country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s interim government said Friday that it asked the U.S. to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Colombia describes travel by suspects in Haiti assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Colombians implicated in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse were recruited by four companies and traveled to the Caribbean nation in two groups via the Dominican Republic, the head of Colombia’s police said Friday, while the U.S. said it would send senior FBI and …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
More suspects arrested in assassination of Haitian president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities have made more arrests in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, raiding Taiwan's Embassy where several suspects are believed to have sought refuge, while also detaining two Haitian-Americans and several former Colombian soldiers allegedly tied to the plot.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, Haitian officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers held in Haiti assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti's president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed to hold dual U.S.-Haitian citizenship and Colombia's government says at least six are former members of its army.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
2 US men, ex-Colombia soldiers held in Haiti assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Seventeen suspects have been detained so far in the stunning assassination of Haiti's president, and Haitian authorities say two are believed to hold dual U.S.-Haitian citizenship and Colombia's government says at least six are former members of its army.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men believed to be Haitian Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, Haitian officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti's future uncertain after brazen slaying of president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An already struggling and chaotic Haiti stumbled into an uncertain future Thursday after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, followed by a gunfight in which authorities said police killed seven suspects, detained six others and freed three officers being held hostage.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti PM: 4 suspected killers of president slain, 2 arrested
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s police chief says four suspected killers of President Jovenel Moïse have been fatally shot by police and two others arrested in an apparent hostage-taking situation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti official: Arrests made in slaying of President Moïse
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s communications secretary says police have arrested the “presumed assassins” of President Jovenel Moïse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Haiti in upheaval: President Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home Wednesday, with police killing four suspects and arresting two others hours later amid growing chaos in a country already enduring gang violence and protests of his …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday, inflicting more chaos on the unstable Caribbean country that was already enduring an escalation of gang violence, anti-government protests and a recent surge in coronavirus infections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the well-being of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the well-being of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the well-being of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the well-being of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the well-being of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
A year after pandemic hit, Haiti awaits vaccines amid apathy
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti does not have a single vaccine to offer its more than 11 million people over a year after the pandemic began, raising concerns among health experts that the well-being of Haitians is being pushed aside as violence and political instability across the country deepen.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Officials: Suspect in 3 Puerto Rico policemen killings dead
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The man being sought in the killing of three police officers is the person recently found shot to death with a cardboard sign on his chest declaring him guilty, Puerto Rican authorities announced Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
3 police officers killed in Puerto Rico after carjacking
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three police officers were killed and a fourth was injured Monday near Puerto Rico’s capital following a carjacking, authorities said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, relax coronavirus curfew
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor announced Tuesday that he will reopen beaches, marinas and pools, eliminate a Sunday lockdown and shorten a curfew that has been in place since the pandemic began to control the number of COVID-19 cases.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pedro Pierluisi vowed to achieve statehood for Puerto Rico and fight against poverty, corruption and COVID-19 after he was sworn in Saturday as the U.S. territory’s new governor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pedro Pierluisi vowed to achieve statehood for Puerto Rico and fight against poverty, corruption and COVID-19 after he was sworn in Saturday as the U.S. territory’s new governor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Eastern Caribbean issues rare alerts for rumbling volcanoes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to issue alerts in Martinique and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as scientists rush in to study activity they say hasn’t been observed in years.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Feral pigs flummox Puerto Rico, infiltrate communities
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs are snorting and squealing their way across Puerto Rico in what many fear has become an unstoppable quest to eat and reproduce on an island struggling to stop them.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Cayman Islands jails US college student in coronavirus case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S. college student and her boyfriend have been sentenced to four months in prison in the Cayman Islands for violating strict COVID-19 measures following a recent ruling that will be appealed, their attorney said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Respiratory therapist receives Puerto Rico's 1st vaccine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A respiratory therapist who treated the first two COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Puerto Rico became the first person in the U.S. territory to be vaccinated against the virus on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
St. Martin reports fatal shark attack, 1st in recent history
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A shark killed a 38-year-old female tourist in the French Caribbean territory of St. Martin on Thursday, shocking many in the eastern Caribbean region where experts say such attacks are extremely rare.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses
ARECIBO, Puerto Rico (AP) — A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century completely collapsed on Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope collapses; many mourning
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has long played a key role in astronomical discoveries collapsed on Tuesday, officials said.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Cubans receive last of remittances via Western Union
HAVANA (AP) — Western Union closed its 407 locations across Cuba on Monday, a sanctions-driven move that will leave thousands bereft of remittances on an island that depends heavily on them — or force them to use less reliable ways to bring in money.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope to close in blow to science
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will close the huge telescope at the renowned Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in a blow to scientists worldwide who depend on it to search for planets, asteroids and extraterrestrial life.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The giant, aging cables that support one of the world's largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling in this U.S. territory, pushing an observatory renowned for its key role in astronomical discoveries to the brink of collapse.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico to activate National Guard to fight COVID-19
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor announced Friday that she will activate the National Guard to help enforce a curfew aimed at curbing a rise in COVID-19 cases and other measures, including once again closing beaches to everyone except those doing exercise.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
COVID-19 cases hit 1st Caribbean cruise since pandemic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after at least five passengers tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
COVID-19 cases hit 1st Caribbean cruise since pandemic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after at least five passengers tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
COVID-19 case hits 1st Caribbean cruise since pandemic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of the first cruise ships to ply through Caribbean waters since the pandemic began ended its trip early after one passenger fell ill and is believed to have COVID-19, officials said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico unearths uncounted ballots 1 week after election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s elections commission said Tuesday that it has discovered more than 100 briefcases containing uncounted ballots a week after the U.S. territory held its general election, drawing criticism and scorn from voters who now question the validity of the outcomes of certain races.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Pedro Pierluisi wins gubernatorial race in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party won a majority of votes to become the U.S. territory’s next governor, according to official preliminary results released late Saturday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Ricans in unfamiliar territory as vote count delayed
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — For the first time in decades, voters across Puerto Rico are still waiting for officials to confirm the winners of some of the most high-profile races days after the U.S. territory held its general election.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico awaits final result in tight gubernatorial race
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday of elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race in the U.S. Caribbean territory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico awaits final result in tight gubernatorial race
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday of elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race in the U.S. Caribbean territory.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico awaits final result in tight gubernatorial race
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday following elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Tight gubernatorial contest as Puerto Rico counts votes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's two main political parties were in a tight gubernatorial race late Tuesday after voters stood in long lines and forced polling centers to remain open late as they chose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico keeps voting due to long lines at polls
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans forced voting centers to remain open past past official closing times Tuesday as they stood in long lines to choose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
A weary Puerto Rico prepares for referendum, new leaders
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Voters across Puerto Rico on Tuesday are choosing new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
A weary Puerto Rico prepares for referendum, new leaders
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Voters across Puerto Rico on Tuesday are choosing new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus pandemic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
5 parties field candidates for Puerto Rico governor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Candidates from five parties are vying Tuesday to become Puerto Rico’s next governor, facing voters in the U.S. territory weary of corruption and seeking relief from an onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus that has deepened a decade-long economic crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
A record 5 parties field candidates for Puerto Rico governor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Candidates from a record five parties are vying Tuesday to become Puerto Rico’s next governor, facing voters in the U.S. territory weary of corruption and seeking relief from an onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus that has deepened a decade-long economic crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico debt restructuring hits snag in public clash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A plan to pull Puerto Rico out of a type of bankruptcy by 2021 hit a major obstacle Friday when a new member that U.S. President Donald Trump appointed to a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances rejected the immediate filing of a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
A record 5 parties field candidates for Puerto Rico governor
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Candidates from a record five parties are vying Tuesday to become Puerto Rico’s next governor, facing voters in the U.S. territory weary of corruption and seeking relief from an onslaught of hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus that has deepened a decade-long economic crisis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico debt restructuring hits snag in public clash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A plan to pull Puerto Rico out of a type of bankruptcy by 2021 hit a major obstacle Friday when a new member that U.S. President Donald Trump appointed to a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances rejected the immediate filing of a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico debt restructuring hits snag in public clash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A plan to pull Puerto Rico out of a type of bankruptcy by 2021 hit a major obstacle Friday when a new member that U.S. President Donald Trump appointed to a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances rejected the immediate filing of a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico debt restructuring hits snag in public clash
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A plan to pull Puerto Rico out of a type of bankruptcy by 2021 hit a major obstacle Friday when a new member that U.S. President Donald Trump appointed to a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances rejected the immediate filing of a …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico shutters 911 call centers amid coronavirus cases
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Both of Puerto Rico’s 911 call centers were shut down Wednesday night after several employees tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico shutters 911 call centers amid coronavirus cases
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Both of Puerto Rico’s 911 call centers were shut down Wednesday night after several employees tested positive for the coronavirus, officials announced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in the battleground state of Florida.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Grandfather pleads guilty in Puerto Rico cruise ship death
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A grandfather accused in the fatal fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year pleaded guilty Thursday to negligent homicide.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Puerto Rico imposes stricter measures amid coronavirus spike
Puerto Rico’s governor says she will place the U.S. territory on a 24-hour lockdown every Sunday as part of stricter measures to fight a spike in coronavirus cases
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Officials disagree on Puerto Rico power restoration timeline
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in the U.S. and Puerto Rico gave differing views Thursday on when power will be fully restored to the U.S. territory after Hurricane Maria hit as a Category 4 storm more than a month ago.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Officials disagree on Puerto Rico power restoration timeline
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Officials in the U.S. and Puerto Rico gave differing views Thursday on when power will be fully restored to the U.S. territory after Hurricane Maria hit as a Category 4 storm more than a month ago.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico gov seeks to cancel contract
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Sunday demanded that the board of the island’s power company cancel the $300M contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the Montana company’s role in Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico gov seeks to cancel contract
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Sunday demanded that the board of the island’s power company cancel the $300M contract with Whitefish Energy Holdings amid increased scrutiny of the Montana company’s role in Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Ex-colonel to oversee troubled Puerto Rico power company
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A former military officer was appointed Wednesday to oversee reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s flattened electrical grid and operations of the island’s troubled power company amid growing concerns over a $300 million contract awarded to a small Montana company to help repair the damage from Hurricane …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Ex-colonel to oversee troubled Puerto Rico power company
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A former military officer was appointed Wednesday to oversee reconstruction of Puerto Rico’s flattened electrical grid and operations of the island’s troubled power company amid growing concerns over a $300 million contract awarded to a small Montana company to help repair the damage from Hurricane …
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 7 YEARS AGO
Puerto Rico vote endorses statehood with an asterisk
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Ricans have supported U.S. statehood in a vote that jubilant members of the pro-statehood party say is the strongest sign yet that the Caribbean island territory is on the road to losing its second-class status.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS AGO
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