The White House has declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico, following Friday’s massive oil explosion and fire at the Caribbean Petroleum Corporation storage facility outside San Juan. Approximately 1,500 people have been evacuated because of the disaster and toxic smoke is blowing into residential areas. Puerto Rico's Governor Fortuno said that the blaze has already cost Puerto Rico at least $6.4 million.

Everyone is talking about the recent explosion which blasted Puerto Rico. The explosion occurred at the Petroleum Gulf Oil Center, at around 12:30 AM Puerto Rican time. Thirty Petroleum Oil Tanks were damaged, but luckily, no deaths have been noted.

An announcement was made today that Puerto Rico's government will lay off 16,970 public workers in an effort to close the gap on a $3.2 billion deficit. This is the third year of the recession and hopes the layoffs will help close a $3.2 billion deficit as the island struggles through its third year of recession and a 15% percent unemployment rate.

Sopranos Thelma Ithier-Sterling and Siri Rico accompanied y pianist Max Lifchitz celebrate the Cinco de Mayo holiday performing art songs from Spain and Latin America.
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Authorities said a single-engine Cessna 206 (example pictured) carrying six people has crashed near the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, according to the Coast Guard.

Eliezer Márquez Navedo has admitted to murdering a young American tourist named Sara Kuszak in the town of Ceiba and is currently awaiting trial in a detention center in Fajardo, according to local paper El Nuevo Dia.

Hillary Clinton is the winner of the Puerto Rick Primary. The results show that Clinton won the Puerto Rico primary by getting 10 delegates vs. Barack Obama getting only 4 delegates.

Democratic Front runner Barack Obama, who is just shy of 52 delegates to clinch party Presidential nomination, has criticised rival Hillary Clinton for insisting that the outlawed results of primaries in Florida and Michigan be taken into account for determining the nominee.

VeriChip Corporation a provider of RFID systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced today that it has installed its 30th infant protection system in Puerto Rico. VeriChip's Hugs or HALO infant protection systems are in use in 30 of the 42 birthing hospitals in Puerto Rico listed by the American Hospital Association