• Puerto Rico coronavirus statistics for June 6 According to numbers provided by the Puerto Rico Health Department, 5,046 people have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 1,171 since last week. The death toll is currently […]

  • Puerto Rico coronavirus statistics for May 25 According to the Puerto Rico Health Department, 3,260 people have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 550 since last week. The death toll is currently 129, with five […]

  • Puerto Rico coronavirus statistics for May 12 According to numbers provided by the Puerto Rico Health Department, 2,299 people have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 456 since last week. The death toll is currently 114, […]

  • Puerto Rico coronavirus statistics for May 4 According to the Puerto Rico Health Department, 1,843 people have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 472 since last week. The death toll is currently 97, with 34 […]

  • U.S. Appeals Court upholds Puerto Ricans’ right to Supplemental Security Income The legal case won by José Luis Vaello Madero, who was sued by the Social Security Administration for continuing to collect Supplemental Security Income […]

  • Puerto Rico coronavirus statistics for April 6 According to the Puerto Rico Health Department, 513 people have tested positive for COVID-19, an increase of 339 since last week. Fifteen people died last week, bringing the current death […]

  • Dear BoricuActivate supporters,   We have cancelled all of our previously scheduled civic engagement workshops in New Jersey and New York.    We hope that you are all staying informed, safe and tranquilos.  As cases […]

  • Governor rolls out short-term stimulus package for Puerto Rico On Monday, Governor Wanda Vásquez Garced outlined her administration’s new short-term stimulus package, designed to mitigate the economic harm caused by the COVID-19 outbreak as it […]

  • Governor announces coronavirus protocol On Saturday, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced unveiled Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 protocols and called for the public to remain calm but on alert. Among the governor’s suggestions was a call for caution in […]

  • Ben Carson signs grant agreement for CDBG-DR funding On Friday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson signed a grant agreement for the $8.2 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), allowing Puerto […]