PUERTO RICO NEWS REPORT 

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to St. Croix Times San Juan - Puerto Rico is small enough to cross in a day, yet rich enough to keep revealing new layers for a lifetime. Rainforest trails, Spanish colonial streets, glowing bays, mountain towns, surf breaks, music-filled plazas, and family-run food stands all sit within reach of one another. That rare mix is a big reason National Geographic has recognized Puerto Rico as one of the world’s top destinations. The island does not rely

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to the St. Croix Times San Juan, PR - Tyler Perry buying a $30 million mansion in Puerto Rico is more than a celebrity real estate headline. It hints at a larger story about family, film production, and why the island is becoming harder for Hollywood to ignore. The reported purchase gives Perry a major new home base outside Atlanta, where he built one of the most influential studio operations in the entertainment industry. The Puerto Rico property

M.A. Dworkin San Juan - Puerto Rico’s statehood debate has never been just a yes-or-no question. It is about power, identity, public services, federal responsibility, and the future of more than 3 million U.S. citizens who live on the island without voting representation in Congress. That is why Governor Jennifer González Colón’s signing of Joint Resolution 66-2026 on October 16, 2026 matters. The resolution does not, by itself, make Puerto Rico a state. Only Congress can adm

M.A. Dworkin San Juan, PR - A delayed permit can do more than slow a project. It can drain a small business owner’s savings, push a developer’s financing out of reach, or make a multinational company choose another market. That is why Puerto Rico’s new planning and permitting framework matters. The Código de Planificación y Permisos de Puerto Rico is more than a technical update to rules and forms. It is an attempt to change how investment moves from idea to construction, fro

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to the St. Croix Times VI-PR - On Monday, October 12, 2026, families across the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will mark more than a holiday. They will honor a relationship built by boat rides, sugar fields, shared meals, bilingual homes, church pews, schoolyards, music, and migration. VI PR Friendship Day recognizes the long connection between two U.S. territories separated by water but joined by history. The commemoration is especially meani

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to the St. Croix Times A move to Puerto Rico would place Perry in a setting known for calm mornings, open water, and island beauty. Old San Juan, PR - Tyler Perry has built one of the most independent entertainment empires in Hollywood. So when talk turns to a possible move to Puerto Rico in January 2027, it naturally raises more than a real estate question. It points to a bigger story about wealth, work, reinvention, and what life can look like af

M.A. Dworkin USVI & PR - Puerto Rico is turning one of its largest former military sites into a test of what coastal redevelopment can look like in the Caribbean. At Roosevelt Roads in Ceiba, old federal facilities are coming down, marina plans are moving forward, and the phrase “Blue Economy” is starting to mean something concrete: jobs, research, boat services, tourism, conservation, and climate-ready coastal infrastructure. The opportunity is large because the site is larg

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to the St. Croix Times San Juan, PR - For many readers in Puerto Rico, the morning newspaper has been more than a source of information. It has been a habit, a household object, a record of public life, and a shared reference point across generations. That routine is set to change in a historic way. El Nuevo Día and Primera Hora will end their print editions in September 2026, with final print dates announced for September 24 and September 27. Thei

Maria Rivera Garcia Special to the St. Croix Times San Juan, PR - A dry spell in Puerto Rico is never just a weather story. It can mean low reservoirs, rationing schedules, closed school fountains, stressed farms, and families storing water in buckets because the tap may not run when they need it. That is why cloud seeding gets attention whenever drought tightens its grip. The idea sounds direct: treat clouds so they produce more rain. For an island facing hotter days, shifti