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Events January to April. January 18 – A federal judge signs a plan to restructure Puerto Rico's economy, allowing it to start repaying debt to creditors and lifting it out of bankruptcy. March 15 – Puerto Rican government-debt crisis: Puerto Rico exits out of bankruptcy after completing the largest public debt restructuring in U.S. history.
February 24 – A box containing 31 doses of COVID-19 vaccine is found on a street in Morovis. The vaccines had spoiled. Puerto Rico has reported at least 91,834 cases and 2,007 deaths from the virus. [7] March 12 – San Juan ′s San José Church prepares for reopening after being closed in 1996 for restoration and repairs.
Puerto Rico Department of Health. ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. The COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico was an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute ...
January to April. January 6 – A magnitude 5.8M w earthquake causes landslides, power outages, and the destruction of Punta Ventana, a natural stone arch along the southern coast. No casualties were reported. [1] January 7 – A 6.4M w 2020 Guayanilla earthquake rocks southwest Puerto Rico.
1970 – Caribbean–Azores hurricane struck Puerto Rico as a tropical depression, it was the wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect Puerto Rico. The depression left 10,000 people homeless across Puerto Rico, with 3,000 housed in emergency shelters in San Juan. At least 600 houses were destroyed and another 1,000 damaged.
Puerto Rico's governor, who is the head of government, and the members of the legislature are elected every four years by popular vote. Puerto Rico's legislature is a bicameral body consisting of a Senate and a House. The members of the judicial branch are appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Senate to serve until they reach age 70.
t. e. The 5 July 1852 cover page of "El Eco del Comercio", a newspaper published in Ponce between 1857 and 1867. The 8 October 1884 issue of El Avisador Ponceño. This is a list of newspapers in Puerto Rico. Unless otherwise indicated, all papers are published in the Spanish language.
Effects of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Between September 19-21, 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated the entire island of Puerto Rico and caused a major humanitarian crisis. Originally as a powerful Category 5 hurricane, Maria was the strongest storm to impact the island in nearly 90 years. Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico on September 20 as ...