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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Most of Puerto Rico is still without power, making communication difficult. In Queens, New York, a group of students in a ham radio club are relaying messages to the island. CBC | World News
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A ROYAL CARIBBEAN cruise ship has cancelled its intended voyage to instead head to Puerto Rico and aid the island following Hurricane Irma and Maria. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
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