Officials from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources and other agencies acknowledged that the process of implementing salary hikes for the Ranger Corps is still under evaluation by the Financial Oversight and Management Board. By THE STAR STAFF The implementation status of the salary increase and retroactive payment provided for by the “Special Base Salary Law for the Rangers Corps” was the subject of a public hearing in the island Senate earlier this week. “T

La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández By THE STAR STAFF U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain issued an order Thursday temporarily halting the transfer of lawsuits against grid operator LUMA Energy to the Puerto Rico court. The ruling responds to “Urgent Motions” filed by the private consortium, which requested a stay of the remand pending its appeals. The order affects an earlier ruling by Swain in lawsuits filed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authorit

By THE STAR STAFF Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez announced on Thursday that personnel from the Specialized Sargassum Unit have been dispatched to Pitahaya Beach in Cabo Rojo to assess the arrival of sargassum in that area. The specialized technical personnel will assess marine and wind conditions, collect samples of the material, and determine the necessary actions to address the latest seasonal accumulation of the seaweed. “We have

By THE STAR STAFF In a major move to fortify Puerto Rico’s capital against natural disasters, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Caribbean District has awarded a landmark $1.078 billion contract to Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial. The deal represents the largest contract ever granted by the USACE on the island. The massive engineering undertaking focuses on the Río Piedras channel, aiming to overhaul the region’s flood defenses through a series of significant str