San Juan Star Reborn

Former employees of The San Juan Star, a now-defunct Pulitzer Prize-winning English-only daily newspaper, have formed a cooperative to publish a new English-language daily for the island nation.

Rafael Matos, listed as director of the project, says the Puerto Rico Daily Sun will be available starting Wednesday, Oct. 22, by subscription and at newsstands across the island.

Matos said that a portion of the 120 staffers who worked at The San Juan Star are involved in the project.

Puerto Rico has three major Spanish-language newspapers and a weekly English language business newspaper.

Earthquake jolts U.S. Caribbean Territories

A strong earthquake jolted people awake Saturday in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. There were no immediate reports of damages.

The magnitude 6.1 quake reportedly was the strongest to hit Puerto Rico in 20 years and struck on the 90th anniversary of a 7.3 quake that killed 118 people in the western half of Puerto Rico in 1918.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck was centered about 70 kilometers (43 miles) northwest of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands. Disaster officials in the British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico said there were no reports of significant damage or injuries.

- Wire reports