An island-wide blackout has hit Puerto Rico as the largely Catholic residents of the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend A man who escaped a Puerto Rican prison nearly 40 years ...

These inflated costs have historically made it impossible for Puerto Rico to import LNG from the United States. Unlike the mainland, Puerto Rico can't import LNG via trucking or rail and must ...

Headlights illuminate cobblestone streets in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, during an island-wide blackout, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday ...

A power blackout hit all of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend. All 1.4 million customers were affected, Hugo Sorrentini ...

Maraida Caraballo Martinez has been an educator in Puerto Rico for 28 years and the principal of the elementary school Escuela de la Communidad Jaime C. Rodriguez for the past seven. She never ...

Another 1.4 million Puerto Ricans left in the dark. That’s what Puerto Rico experienced last week. Every customer of LUMA Energy—the company responsible for running Puerto Rico’s power ...

By Jenny Gross Almost all power has been restored in Puerto Rico, two days after a blackout left the entire island without electricity. As of 10 a.m. on Friday, 99 percent of the 1.4 million ...

The song “Pitorro de Coco” shines a light on pitorro, Puerto Rico’s beloved homemade moonshine rum, infused with fruits like coconut, pineapple, mango, prunes, and more. Pitorro is ...

The blackout started at about 12:40 p.m. on April 16, when the Puerto Rico Governor's Office said a failure in the transmission of the electrical system plunged 1.4 million customers into darkness.

Power was restored early Friday to nearly all customers in Puerto Rico after an island-wide blackout hit earlier this week, authorities said. More than 1.45 million customers – or about 98.8% ...

Jenniffer González-Colón. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday urged people to moderate their energy consumption as she warned that the island has no additional power ...

FILE PHOTO: Cars drive through a dark street after Puerto Rico was hit with a massive power outage where energy plants across the island unexpectedly shut down, in San Juan, Puerto Rico April 16 ...