Rep. Gutierrez Heading To Puerto Rico To Survey Damage From Maria

That money covers initial request for the hurricanes that hit Texas, Louisiana and Florida as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. And life for those Americans is not easy these days. T-Mobile provided similar access to those in affected areas after Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey as well, making this pretty consistent. But even they acknowledge it’s been a challenging recovery.

St. Thomas University: Up to 100 Puerto Rican and Caribbean students could get free room and board through spring at St. Thomas University, a Catholic school in Miami Gardens.

JEFF NEEVEL: Hi, Ailsa.

A week after the Category Four storm struck, the White House said Trump had made it easier for fuel and water supplies to arrive to the ravaged island of 3.4 million USA citizens.

In a tweet Friday morning, Trump cited Rossello, who had just told CNN, “The administration has responded to our petitions”, as evidence he and his administration “delivered” for the island. What’s the extent of the damage?

Long before Maria struck Puerto Rico’s dire financial situation was a priority for Reuters. There’s hardly a tree left or a leaf left if the tree’s standing.

One shipping container already has been shipped and several more are planned to go next week.

“Maybe from where she’s standing it’s a good news story”, Cruz said after hearing Duke’s remarks.

CHANG: I like that image.

NEEVEL: Yes, we’re having a hard time getting our hands on the supplies that we did after Irma. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority has said power might not be restored for four to six months.

“Mr. President, you say it’s a small island out there in the ocean”. “They’re more capable of doing something material than they’ve ever been before, but it’s still on a philanthropically donated basis”. “Just open up the port so I can get what I need to get and take it where I need to take it”. FEMA officials did say Thursday that they are working around the clock to get essential services and supplies to everyone.

The DHS press release for the current waiver for Puerto Rico states that the waiver was granted following a determination by the Secretary of Defense that a waiver is in the interest of national defense. When that person connects to the network they are sent your info and told you are trying to reach them. And there’s a lot of people in need.

Officials still struggled to get supplies out of port to be distributed across an island of 3.4 million people where there is no electricity and scant phone service.

The Comfort is a seagoing medical treatment facility “capable of providing resuscitation and stabilization care; initial wound and basic surgery; and postoperative treatment”, according to the US Navy.

T-Mobile just made a statement about the quake, as well, letting U.S. customers know that they can contact loved ones via calls and SMS in Mexico without any additional charges until the 22nd.

Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of the USA island’s largest city, heatedly denied that.

Puerto Rican officials asked for additional medical assistance from the ship after initially indicating that they wanted to focus on getting power restored to damaged hospitals on shore, United States officials told CNN. What do you want the president to see? I mean, we’re American citizens.

“What are we going to do when we don’t have any cash?” “We have the ability to do things we weren’t previously able to do”.

“We need truck drivers”, he said, adding he had asked the Department of Defence to send troops to help with transportation.