Caribbean Agricultural Workers Keep Fighting for Compensation from Pesticide Exposure February 19, 2021 By Danica Coto SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France...
Virus-Hit Florida Lashed by Weakened Tropical Storm Isaias August 3, 2020 By Tamara Lush and Danica Coto Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast Sunday while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus...
Update on Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery February 28, 2020 By Danica Coto The newly appointed U.S. official charged with overseeing disaster recovery in Puerto Rico said this week that while the pace...
Puerto Rico Hit with Second Earthquake on Southern Coast; 4,000 People in Shelters January 12, 2020 By Danica Coto A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday (January 11) causing millions of dollars of damage along the island’s...
Hundreds Left Homeless, Thousands Without Power from Puerto Rico Earthquake January 9, 2020 By Danica Coto Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico...
Bahamas Suffered $3.4B in Losses, 67 Deaths from Dorian; Hundreds Still Missing November 19, 2019 By Danica Coto Hurricane Dorian inflicted losses of about $3.4 billion on the Bahamas, an amount equal to one-quarter of the Caribbean archipelago’s...
Bahamas Facing Humanitarian Crisis in Wake of Hurricane Dorian September 4, 2019 By Michael Weissenstein and Danica Coto FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Practically parking over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at...
Puerto Rico Reforms Claims, Surplus Lines, Other Insurance Laws November 29, 2018 By Danica Coto The governor of Puerto Rico overhauled the U.S. territory’s insurance laws on Tuesday to help protect policyholders as thousands of...
Insurers Under Scrutiny in Puerto Rico with 13,600 Hurricane Maria Claims Still Open October 25, 2018 By Danica Coto Thousands of Puerto Ricans have been forced to drain their savings, close their businesses, or resign themselves to living with...
Beryl, Season’s First Hurricane, Weakens; Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico Face Uncertainty July 8, 2018 By Danica Coto Tropical Storm Beryl moved rapidly westward early Sunday, heading for the Lesser Antilles at the eastern entrance of the Caribbean...