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Julie Schwietert Collazo October 18, 2017 Share this article As Puerto Ricans struggle following Hurricane Maria, and US aid seems in short supply, celebrity chef José Andrés is stepping in—serving more meals than even the Red Cross. When an earthquake rocked Haiti in 2010, chef José Andrés felt compelled to do something useful. Andrés, who is […]
This Celebrity Chef Has Helped Feed Over One Million People in Puerto Rico Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). […]
Ben Macmahon/AAP Image Tesla has started shipping its massive Powerpack batteries to Puerto Rico. A photo published by Electrek shows three Powerpack batteries have arrived at San Juan airport. The sighting comes a week after Tesla said it would ramp up battery production to help restore power in the storm-ridden island. Roughly 84% of Puerto Rico […]
Jonathan Drake/Reuters It’s not too soon to start thinking about how to rebuild Puerto Rico’s cratered power infrastructure. Right now, 85% of the island is still without power and Puerto Ricans are still struggling for basic necessities like safe drinking water.Restoring both, but especially the latter, are urgent priorities.But if the territory is going to make […]
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Authorities in Puerto Rico are reportedly pumping water from a well at a federally designated Superfund site, CNN said late Friday night, citing Superfund documents and interviews with federal and state officials. It is the latest indication of the growing humanitarian crisis in the US territory, three weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the […]
AP Photo/Carlos Giusti WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Tuesday for a $ 4.9 billion loan to help the cash-strapped Puerto Rican government pay its bills as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria, an administration official said. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello had asked for help with lines […]
Did Mark Zuckerberg’s VR tour of hurricane-struck Puerto Rico come across as callous to you? You’re far from alone, and Zuckerberg realizes it… in a manner of speaking. The Facebook chief has apologized for his approach to the tour, arguing that what he intended and what happened didn’t quite match. He wanted to show how […]
Internet May Soon Return to Puerto Rico From Google’s Loon Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Donald Trump’s visit to Puerto Rico some two weeks after the US territory was devastated by Hurricane Maria was widely criticized for its lack of empathy and sensitivity. The president joked about Puerto Ricans not needing flashlights anymore while most of the island’s 3.4 million US citizens remain without power. While visiting […]
AP Photo/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump in an interview broadcast on Saturday defended his decision to throw rolls of paper towels into a crowd filled with people affected by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. He told former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, on the new TBN show “Huckabee,” that the crowd was “having fun” […]
