Black People : Deployed Again: Destination Puerto Rico

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Return to Puerto Rico: How Puerto Ricans continue to struggle 6 months later

Yahoo View

ABC News' "Nightline" returned to Puerto Rico, where Puerto Ricans are struggling to rebuild and recover from the hurricane aftermath.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/return-puerto-rico-puerto-ricans-040000139.html

 

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Trump responded faster to Texas hurricane compared to Puerto Rico storm

By Bob Fredericks

Team Trump responded faster and more effectively to help hurricane-ravaged Texas than it did in Puerto Rico after another mega-storm socked the island, according to a new investigation ...

https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/trump...exas-hurricane-compared-to-puerto-rico-storm/

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump help volunteers hand out meals during a visit with flood survivors of Hurricane Harvey at a relief center in Houston, Texas.Reuters

 

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Puerto Rico to close 283 schools amid sharp enrollment drop

DANICA COTO
Associated Press

... Education Secretary Julia Keleher said there would be no layoffs, with teachers and other employees being reassigned to other schools as part of a fiscal plan that aims to save the department some $150 million. The U.S. territory currently has more than 1,100 public schools that serve 319,000 students.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rico-close-283-schools-amid-sharp-enrollment-220554393.html

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2017 file photo, children discuss their thoughts about Hurricane Maria at Ramon Marin Sola Elementary School in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's governor signed an education reform bill Thursday, March 29, 2018, to create charter schools and vouchers and help turn around a system long known for its bureaucracy and failure to administer dwindling resources. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

 

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Puerto Rico to get $18.5 billion to rebuild shattered housing market

By Luis J. Valentin Ortiz
Reuters

SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Rico will receive $18.5 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help rebuild its battered housing stock and infrastructure after September's Hurricane Maria, the island's governor and HUD officials said on Tuesday.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-r...ld-shattered-housing-223211279--business.html

 

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Inside Puerto Rico’s Plan to Influence the Midterm Elections
Frustrated by Congress’ response to Hurricane Maria, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is preparing to drop a ‘hammer’ in targeted states in 2018

By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE


Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló says months have gone by since he’s talked to President Donald Trump. The Trump administration and Congress offered prayers and promises for help last year, but many Puerto Ricans haven’t seen the follow-through, six months in, 55,000 Puerto Ricans still don’t have electricity ...

https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...lan-to-influence-the-midterm-elections-217840

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Puerto Rico Hit By Islandwide Blackout

Dominique Mosbergen
HuffPost


In what’s been called the second-largest blackout in history, Puerto Rico lost power entirely on Wednesday — marking the second time the island has suffered a major power failure in less than a week ...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rico-hit-islandwide-blackout-181555405.html

In what's been called the second-largest blackout in history, Puerto Rico lost ...