Territorial Affairs – Page 33 – Virgin Islands Free Press

Puerto Rico Gets Largest Grant in HUD History … $18.5 Billion To Rebuild Housing Infrastructure

SAN JUAN -- Puerto Rico will receive $18.5 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help rebuild its battered housing stock and infrastructure after September’s Hurricane Maria, the island’s…

John McCarthy April 11, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

U.S. Army Reserve Connects With Puerto Rican Community At Rotary Club Meeting

ON TARGET: Brig. Gen Dustin A. Shultz, Commanding General of the U.S. Army Reserve 1st Mission Support Command, speaks at the Rio Piedras Rotary Club, during the club's weekly meeting.…

John McCarthy April 8, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

Sint Maarten Inmate Rushed To Hospital After Pointe Blanche Prisoners Fight

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] POINTE BLANCHE -- One inmate is being treated for several cuts after he was “seriously ill-treated” during a fight with another inmate at the Pointe…

John McCarthy April 6, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

Puerto Rico Says It Won’t Cut Government Jobs Or Pensions Just Because The Feds Tell Them To

SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico's government submitted a required fiscal plan on Thursday that excludes pension cuts and layoffs sought by a federal oversight board as legislators in the U.S.…

John McCarthy April 6, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Caribbean News

POLITICS GONE WILD! Barbados Prostitutes Have Their Own Political Party … Two in Fact

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] BRIDGETOWN -- Barbados is in a state of chaos with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart refusing to set a date for the upcoming election. Now a…

John McCarthy April 5, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Education News

Puerto Rican Teachers Union Files Lawsuit Against Education Department To Stop Charter Schools

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — A Puerto Rico teachers union filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the island’s education department seeking to stop the U.S. territory from creating…

John McCarthy April 4, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News National News

Puerto Rico’s Rossello Calls Out Utah Congressman Bishop Over ‘Dictatorial’ Letter

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Puerto Rico’s governor on Monday fiercely defended his administration’s right to help steer the insolvent, storm-ravaged island out of bankruptcy after a…

John McCarthy April 3, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

LOS MISERABLES: People In Puerto Rico Can’t Get Any Help More Six Months After Maria

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Straddled across Ausberto Maldonado’s backyard in Bayamon, a suburb of Puerto Rico, is a nagging reminder of Hurricane Maria’s destructive power. “See,…

John McCarthy April 1, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Environmental News

ROSSELLO’S REP: If We Bow Down To Feds Now, Puerto Rico Will Become A Footnote To Caribbean History

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico government officials said Friday they will not bow to demands from a federal control board overseeing the island’s finances that…

John McCarthy March 24, 2018

At VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Puerto Rico Is Still A Candle-Lit Flickering Mess After Hurricane Maria Hit Six Months Ago

[ad name="HTML-68"] [wpedon id="23995" align="left"] SAN JUAN -- Generators are still humming. Candles are still flickering. Homes are still being repaired. Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six…

John McCarthy March 21, 2018