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ICE Standoff in Río Piedras, Record Power Bills, and More · 787daily — Puerto Rico Every Morning

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  Good morning, Puerto Rico!
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  This is 787daily, your Puerto Rico briefing for Sunday, October 25.
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  Let's get into it.
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  We start in Río Piedras, with a tense scene from Saturday afternoon.
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  Two members of Colectiva Feminista en Construcción were documenting an ICE operation when agents pointed pepper spray and a taser at them.
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  The headline carries the words "You're not going to like this."
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  The two were there to document the operation, and that is the moment we're talking about.
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  Now to something that hits your wallet.
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  More than 100 people protested outside LUMA's offices in Santurce after a Bayamón business owner closed over power costs.
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  Here's the backdrop: residential customers began paying a record 33.86 cents per kilowatt-hour in October.
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  That came after the Energy Bureau largely granted LUMA's adjustment request on September 30, based on Genera PR's fuel costs.
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  A record is a record, and nobody wants to hold this one.
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  Fuel and power bring us to another energy fight, this time in the legislature.
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  PIP spokesman Denis Márquez Lebrón has filed House Joint Resolution 427.
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  It would order the Ports Authority, the Public-Private Partnerships Authority and PREPA to terminate their contracts with NFEnergía LLC, which is the New Fortress Energy contract question in a nutshell.
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  Now, a cleaner turn, toward help for homes.
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  The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, the body created under the federal PROMESA law, has authorized $20 million for a housekeeper program in 65 towns.
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  65!
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  That's a whole lot of the map.
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  Next, a quick word from the San Juan airport.
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  A security situation unfolded at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport after a suspicious object was detected in Terminal A, and a security protocol was activated.
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  We don't have more details than that, so if you're traveling, keep an eye on updates from the airport.
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  And we close at the intersection of the Senate and the courts.
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  Chief Justice Maite D. Oronoz Rodríguez had called for a veto of the judicial reform.
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  Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz has now answered her directly.
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  His message: if she believes Senate Bill 1,096 harms the constitutional order, she should challenge it in the courts once the controversy is ripe.
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  That's your Sunday rundown.
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  You can read every story in full at 787daily.com.
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  This has been 787daily, and we'll be back with you tomorrow.
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  And before you go, your Puerto Rico fun fact for today: The island is only about a 100 miles across, yet it packs in mountains, rainforest, and beaches.