Residents of Puerto Rico, who are still reeling from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria, are being forced to make difficult decisions about their future. With few resources, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans are facing the grim reality that they may not have an opportunity to rebuild their homes, or their lives, for many years. Instead, an estimated 10 ...
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Puerto Rico’s bankrupt electric utility ignored advice from its own lawyers before signing an expanded contract worth $ 300 million with a tiny Montana company to repair its damaged power grid, newly released documents show. CBC | World News
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The cancellation came after Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello called for an immediate end to the tiny Montana firm’s $ 300-million contract to restore power to the storm-hit U.S. territory. CBC | World News
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it had no involvement in the decision to award a $ 300 million US contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s power grid to a tiny Montana company in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. CBC | World News
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A U.S. lawmaker is calling for an investigation after a $ 300-million contract to help restore Puerto Rico’s battered power grid was awarded to a small company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s hometown. CBC | World News
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One man climbs 24 flights of stairs several times a day alongside dormant elevators. Street vendors hawk plastic washboards for $ 20 US. And families outstretch their hands as crews in helicopters drop supplies in communities that remain isolated. CBC | World News
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U.S. President Donald Trump is giving himself a “10” for his administration’s response to hurricane damage Puerto Rico. CBC | World News
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Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans have left for the U.S. mainland to escape the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. With conditions back home still grim — about 85 per cent of residents still lack electricity and 40 per cent are without running water — many are scrambling to build new lives away from the island. CBC | World News
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Weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, U.S. military veterans volunteering on the island have reached out on social media to paint a bleak picture of the recovery efforts, despite President Donald Trump’s claims that it’s all going very well. On Tuesday, author and scientist Lucian Randolph tweeted out a series of short video clips he had received from some ...
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Hope had come in with a song for La Perla, a seaside slum that had long been notorious as a violent enclave that served as Puerto Rico’s biggest distribution point for heroin. Then Hurricane Maria hit. CBC | World News
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