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Shrill whistles mixed with drums, tambourines and the clacking of spoons on pots as public employees shut down streets in Puerto Rico’s capital Friday to demand better pay and pensions. It’s a ...
In 2012, there were 13,159 farms in Puerto Rico. [9] While not a state, Puerto Rico is a member of the Southern United States Trade Association, a non-profit organization that assists the agriculture industry in developing its exports. [10] In early 2020, farm owners in Ponce reported on the continuing challenge of finding laborers. [11]
Puerto Rico privatized its electricity production on Wednesday, selecting Genera PR to take over the operation and maintenance of state power generation units in the U.S. territory as part of an ...
Earlier Tuesday afternoon, around 1.2 million customers in Puerto Rico, or 82.2% of the electricity company's clients, were spending New Year's Eve without electricity.
A man selling bundles of Quenepas in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Melicoccus bijugatus is native to northern South America and naturalised in coastal and dry forest in Central America, the Caribbean and parts of the Old World tropics. [5] It is believed to have been introduced into the Caribbean in pre-Columbian times and is also found in India. [6]
Thespesia grandiflora, most commonly known as Maga, and also referred to as Maga Colorada ("Red Maga") and Puerto Rican hibiscus, [2] is a tree in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade [2] endemic to Puerto Rico, where its flower is officially recognized as the national flower of the archipelago.
Puerto Rico officials announced that Genera PR, a subsidiary of New Fortress Inc., will take over power generation in the U.S. territory amid ongoing blackouts.
Front page of "La Gaceta de Puerto Rico" in January 1836. News Media in Puerto Rico can be dated back to the invasion of the Spaniards and the introduction of a Spanish led government. Captain General, Toribio Montes established a printing press at the Spanish government's headquarters and began publishing "La Gaceta del Gobierno de Puerto Rico ...