San Juan, Puerto Rico News

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists said Thursday.

Puerto Rico halts government layoffs SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Almost half of the 15,000 government employees scheduled to be laid off this week because of a budget deficit will keep their jobs until next year, Puerto Rican officials said Tuesday.

Police say a U.S. tourist who was pretending to be surfing on the hood of a friend's moving car was killed when he fell and broke his neck in a popular Puerto Rican beach town.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adop4 one of the world's lowes4 legal limits for drunk driving.

With nominations in five categories including album of the year, the Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 is a favorite to win a Latin Grammy in Las Vegas - which might have producers of the international awards ceremony on edge.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A developer and nine other people, including a former salsa singer, have been charged in an alleged $14 million mortgage fraud in Puerto Rico, federal officials said Tuesday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico's governor on Friday canceled the designation of a portion of the island's northeastern coastline as a nature reserve, opening the door to large-scale development along a white-sand beach where proposals for hotel resorts have sparked bitter protests.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico a " Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said Sunday.Army Maj.

Parker Waichman Alonso LLP, along with its co-counsel, is preparing to file lawsuits on behalf of individuals who sustained financial and physical damages as a result of the explosion and fire that occurred at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The government of Puerto Rico says it has approved a $62 million loan to help finance the renovation of a ritzy hotel in the popular tourist area of Condado.

Happy cows apparently do not come from this U.S. Caribbean territory. For the first time in a decade, officials are importing fresh milk from the United States because high temperatures have stressed the island's cows and production has dropped, agriculture secretary Javier Rivera said Tuesday.

Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of a lagoon in Puerto Rico's capital.

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A fire erupted Friday morning at a fuel storage facility in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Residents of San Juan, Puerto Rico, are at risk of possible smoke inhalation and acid rain due to a raging fire, officials said Saturday.

Guantanamo Bay SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico a ' Three human rights groups said Friday they will spurn an invitation to tour the Guantanamo Bay prison next month because it doesn't include an opportunity to speak with prisoners.

Smoke billows from the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. warehouse and distribution center, in a suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Friday.

A large explosion has rocked an industrial complex in Puerto Rico's capital San Juan.

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