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
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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
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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
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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
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FOMB reaches agreement on Central Government Debt The Financial Oversight and Management Board (FOMB) reached an agreement with the Legitimate Debt Coalition (CDL, in Spanish), and with owners of General Obligation (GO) bonds, to reduce the public debt by
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Admiral Peter Brown to be named Federal Affairs Coordinator for Puerto Rico After months of discussion among federal officials regarding the need for additional oversight in Puerto Rico before the Island received emergency funds, Admiral Peter Brown has now
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Puerto Rico Seismic Network: Tremors continue, but at a reduced strength Víctor Huérfano, Director of the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, says that the seismic activity that has battered Puerto Rico since December and resulted in
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Puerto Rico experiences more than a dozen tremors over the past week Puerto Rico has experienced dozens of tremors in the past week, some of considerable severity. The strongest of these, measuring 6.4 in magnitude, took
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Earthquakes Rock Southern Region of the Island A series of ten earthquakes, the strongest of which measured 5.8 on the Richter Scale, were felt across the south of the Island Monday morning. In addition to causing
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Governor Vázquez Praises a Bipartisan Agreement Increasing Federal Contributions to Medicaid On Saturday, Governor Wanda Vázquez praised a bipartisan agreement that would increase federal contributions to Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program from 55% to 76% over