07 October, 2017
Trump touted the response to Hurricane Maria as he attended the briefing on relief efforts, noting that the territory's officials "can be proud" of the relatively low death toll on the island compared to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Gov. Kenneth E. Mapp praised the Trump administration's relief efforts during Vice President Mike Pence's visit to St. Croix on Friday.
Ortiz and other residents of the low-income housing residence in Trujillo Alto said the building administration ordered them to leave ahead of Hurricane Maria, saying the building wasn't equipped to weather the storm.
Another section, which stated that 50 percent of Puerto Rico residents have access to drinking water, was removed as well.
A dam failure caused partial evacuations on Puerto Rico, though the entire island (population 3.4 million) was not evacuated.
"SUNY has a responsibility, as a public institution, to step in and help students when circumstances beyond their control may affect their ability to attend, pay for, and succeed in college", said SUNY board chairman H. Carl McCall. Nelson, "The congress is going to have to swallow their pride that they don't like to appropriate funds for disasters".
While visiting the ravaged island, Trump nearly gleefully gloated that 16 deaths are far fewer than the more than 1,800 that died during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 - a storm he referred to as a "real catastrophe" - telling Puerto Ricans they should be "very proud".
The five-member FCC unanimously approved "up to seven months of their normal federal support in advance - right now, in a lump sum - to help them fix their networks and restore service to consumers", Pai said.
"This has been a learning moment for a lot of people because a lot of people didn't know that Puerto Ricans are Americans, which is shocking because they've had American citizenship for over 100 years", Aleman said. They are doing everything to try to bring the country back to normality but he reiterated that as a colony it "can never be normal".
Treasury Secretary of Puerto Rico, Raul Maldonado, has revealed that the island is left with just enough money to last it until October 31, 2017, after which the government will have no choice but to halt its operations. People in the Caribbean are in need of water, food and medicine, among other necessities, to save lives.
Reyes said it seems the government is paying more attention to metropolitan areas like San Juan, while places like Coamo are being overlooked.
"I'm so sad because I was born in Puerto Rico, I grew up in Puerto Rico", said Acosta. Me and many friends in the continental US were looking from far away with no communication at all. "Basically, times right now are desperate", Paris said.
