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The Best Places for Seafood in Puerto Rico

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Small  fishing villages  and family-run fishing businesses are still abundant in Puerto Rico, so it’s a perfect place to visit if you want fresh seafood. Restaurants all over the island, from small roadside stands to large gourmet restaurants, offer dishes such as red snapper, shrimp, octopus, dorado (mahi mahi) and chapin. Visit Puerto Rico and try some of these mouthwatering seafood restaurants. La Pescadería La Pescadería in Humacao is a great place for a relaxing lunch or dinner with drinks. Feel the ocean breeze as you sit on their cozy deck and gaze at the water, or go inside and beat the heat in their air conditioned dining room. Try the catch of the day or munch away on some fish tacos with mango salsa. Chicharro (mackerel) at La Pescadería |  © Javier Lastras/flickr Address & Phone Harbour Dr Humacao, Puerto Rico 787-552-0110 Opening Hours Mon - Tue : 11:00 am - 6:30 pm Wed - Sun : 11:00 am - 10:30 pm Budget $ ...

Jaguars owner donates 1,000 playoff tickets to refugees, displaced citizens from Puerto Rico

Jaguars owner Shad Khan has made a kind gesture ahead of the team's playoff matchup against the Bills on Sunday. He's donated 1,000 total tickets to refugees who've settled in Northwest Florida and displaced citizens from Puerto Rico. From the Jaguars' official press release (via  Jordan Ferrell ): "Shad Khan and the Jaguars Foundation have donated 500 tickets to Sunday's game to refugees from around the world who have settled in Northwest Florida. To identify these individuals, the Jaguars Foundation enlisted the support of Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida, which for more than 35 years has been aiding in the resettlement of refugees admitted to the United States due to dangerous political climates or natural disasters in their own countries. Another 500 tickets have been donated to displaced Puerto Ricans and their families in communities throughout Jaguars territory in North and Central Florida." By Chris Trapasso   Jaguars owner...

Is the United States Returning Puerto Rico to Spain?

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The United States government has secretly negotiated a deal to return the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to Spain. In December 2017, word spread quickly via social media that the United States intends to return the territory of Puerto Rico to Spain after a report detailing such a plan was  published  in the Puerto Rican newspaper  El Nuevo Día. The report said the plan was the result of secret negotiations between the United States and Spain (translation ours): A hundred and nineteen years after the Treaty of Paris, which enabled the transfer of ownership of Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States, Madrid and Washington have virtually finalized an agreement to return the jurisdiction of the Caribbean island to the European country, endi.com sources have confirmed.  The deal, which has been negotiated in secret for at least two years, is not yet official, but it has the approval of Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Mariano Rajoy of Spain an...

Music Helps Many Puerto Ricans Deal With Hurricane Maria's Aftermath

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Many Puerto Ricans are still without electricity and even basic services three months after Hurricane Maria. But that has not dampened everyone's mood. Some are still finding time to sing, dance - even celebrate. Jeff Cohen, from member station WNPR, recently visited a nonprofit in the town of Cayey that opens its doors on weekend nights for musicians and music lovers. JEFF COHEN, BYLINE: After the storm blew out her windows, Maria Enid Rodriguez lost water, internet, power and her entire home office. Her company offered her a one-way ticket to be with family in New Britain, Conn., but she refused. For her, it was round trip or nothing. She wanted to come back. MARIA ENID RODRIGUEZ: I went to New Britain for 10 days - not for me, for them - for my daughters. You know, they have to see me - that I was OK. COHEN: But now she's back in Puerto Rico, and she faces a choice. She works from home, but she can't work without electricity and internet. So ...

'We Feel Like Home': Displaced Puerto Ricans Celebrate Traditional Christmas Parranda

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Merely Torres-Garcia has been living in a hotel room in Hartford, Conn., with her husband and two kids after losing part of her house in Puerto Rico to Hurricane Maria. She said spending the Christmas season in the northeastern cold has been hard for her family. But on Saturday night, in the noisy atrium of Hartford City Hall, it felt a little bit like Christmas on the island. "My kids are happy. We feel like home in here right now," she said. "It's part of us, what we are," Torres-Garcia said. "We are loud. And we like to dance. We like to sing, we like to do all of that stuff. And that only means — Puerto Rico." Carmen Cotto grew up in Hartford, and had recently moved to the island before the hurricane flooded her house. She said the event started the Christmas season for families who have focused more on recovering from the hurricane. She said that many Puerto Ricans start celebrating right after Thanksgiving. "Christmas hasn't rea...

Janet Jackson, 'Lion King,' a Puerto Rico benefit and more of the week's best events in the Baltimore area

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One of music’s most successful women brings her State of the World Tour to Baltimore. Sure, we’ve been waiting a long time for this one: Jackson was originally supposed to play Charm City on Feb. 29 of last year, then was rescheduled for the following Aug. 14, then was rescheduled again (in a video, Jackson said she and her husband were planning a family; their son, Eissa, was born last Jan. 3). Here’s betting she’ll prove well worth the wait. 8 p.m. Saturday at Royal Farms Arena, 201 W. Baltimore St. $39.50-$135. royalfarmsarena.com. Disney presents "The Lion King" begins a 25-day stay at the Hippodrome Thursday. (Disney) Disney Presents ‘The Lion King’ Simba, Mufasa, Nala, Scar, Pumbaa and all the other Disney greats, brought to gloriously imaginative life on stage. Performances Thursday through Dec. 10 (except for Nov. 23, Nov. 27 and Dec. 4), at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center at the Hippodrome, 12 N. Eutaw St. $65-$249. france-merrickpac.com. Bal...