Stories

The strike of students, professors, and doctors demanding the resignation of the Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus

September 22, 2023 - San Juan, Puerto Rico:

The students and professors of the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus (RCM), demand the resignation of their chancellor due to a lack of ethics in her work. Dr. Melvin Bonilla Felix, a professor of pediatrics, stated, "We cannot ask for standards of professionalism and ethics from the chancellor that are LOWER than what we demand from our students. We want to have a chancellor whom we can look up to, whom the students can say is an example to follow..., whom we feel pride in, not shame, as the RCM currently feels."

The abandonment of cars in the Luis Muñoz Marín Airport parking lot continues

September 18, 2023 - San Juan, Puerto Rico:

While it is not common for abandoned cars to be left in the parking lot of Luis Muñoz Marín Airport, currently, more than a hundred vehicles remain on these premises, affecting the capacity of the space, the company's operations, and the associated costs.

Emilio 'Millo' Lozada: a boxing laborer dedicated to the youth in Bayamón

August 10, 2023 - Bayamón, Puerto Rico:

At his Monterrey Boxing Academy gym, the coach has developed intercontinental and regional champions from scratch.

The first veterinary hematologist-oncologist in Puerto Rico

August 1, 2023 - San Juan, Puerto Rico:

Dr. Carlos Ortiz Rosario is the first, and currently the only, veterinary hematologist-oncologist in Puerto Rico. The specialist recently inaugurated the Veterinary Oncology Center on Jesús T. Piñero Avenue in San Juan.

First parade of children vejigantes in LoÍza

July 28, 2023 - Loíza, Puerto Rico:

The non-profit organization Piñones Learns and Ventures (PAYE) organized Loíza's first-ever parade of children dressed as Vejigantes, aiming to educate them about the traditional festivals of Santiago Apostle.

Uncertainty for the merchants in the southern towns of Puerto Rico

July 21, 2023 - Ponce, Puerto Rico:

After six years since Hurricane Maria and two years since the earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico, particularly in Ponce, "El Paseo Tablado de La Guancha", a recreational and tourist spot, still awaits repairs. This delay has had a significant economic impact on local merchants, who have had to relocate their restaurants and establishments to the parking area.

boricua flavor in central american and caribbean village

June 25, 2023 - San Salvador, El Salvador:

Puerto Rican athletes make their presence felt in the Central American and Caribbean Villages in El Salvador, to the rhythm of flavor, drums, and reggaeton.

da vida #15

June 5, 2023 - San Juan, Puerto Rico:

Actor and comedian Raymond Arrieta achieves his goal and makes history by walking for Oncological Hospital of Puerto Rico patients for fifteen years.