Bad Bunny set up an online ad selling his $3.5 million Bugatti with a phone number that when called plays a snippet of a new song and texts you a message revealing his new album's title.
I have no words.
Bad Bunny on stage right now saying the only place he has to have backup generators for his concerts is Puerto Rico, because the electrical grid is so unstable.
Appropriately said this after singing El Apagón
Today starts Bad Bunny’s 2-day event at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan. The two sold out shows will include a food truck park, bars, and a museum.
Essentially, Bad Bunny is throwing himself—and the island—a music festival. 35,000 people will attend the $10 million event.
Lots of signs at the NY Puerto Rican Day Parade protesting the privatization of public beaches on the island, sale of land to foreigners, etc.
@EliezerMolinaPR
among the group representing el Campamento Carey in Rincón.
Breaking (personal) news!
Thrilled to share today was my first day as a digital reporter for
@wpri12
. The Ocean State just made sense for this former marine biologist/mapoli gal 😉
Send me your RI food/beach recs and anything related to Puerto Ricans in RI 👀🇵🇷
#rePResentando
Bittersweet news: Sunday was my last newscast at WPRI. After 6 years living stateside, I’m moving back to Puerto Rico.
In the past 2 years I spent in RI, I learned something new every day. I became a better journalist and I fell in love with tiny but mighty Rhode Island. (1/2)
Résume update—yep, you saw me on the telly this AM!
Joined 12 News This Morning as the new Saturday co-anchor.
—
Hoy empecé como co-ancla los sábados en 12 News This Morning.
Agradecida de estar en esta posición como bori e hispanohablante. Vamo’ pa’ encima 🇵🇷
#rePResentando
Jake Auchincloss, who was a registered Republican not long ago, won the Democratic House primary for Massachusetts’s Fourth District with just 23% of the vote
@elcielodeabril
Gracias. Y para los que se fueron post-Maria, eventos como Fiona (aunque los pasemos fuera de la isla) reactivan ese PTSD estes en la isla o no.
Done with my last final, which means I've officially finished my master's degree. Proud to be a
@NewhouseSU
and
@NewhouseMND
alum 🍊
-Adriana Rozas Rivera, M.A.
We launched the first-ever Spanish-language show at channel 12!
Tune in Wednesdays to for local news, interviews, and community coverage IN SPANISH.
@wpri12
Your galentine night crew on this Valentine’s Day!
I’m making my anchoring debut on a weeknight newscast. Tune in to watch me try to fill Shannon, Mike, and Kim’s shoes (yikes).
We’re live right now on 12 News at 11
@wpri12
Well, the semester is officially over which means I officially start my summer gig:
I'm excited to share that I'll be working as Project Manager for a ✨BILINGUAL✨ Frontline PBS documentary. I love working in Spanglish and now I get paid to do it. 🧡¡Pe Erre en la casa! 🇵🇷
Caught on camera: Local journalist from
@noticel
livestreaming is knocked to the ground by police at San Juan protests 👇🏼 He tells them he’s press multiple times before it happened.
How it started ➡️ How it’s going
Wore this dress the first time I anchored in grad school for
@MorninOnTheHill
(peep the mask lol) and then got to wear it this past Saturday anchoring for
@wpri12
🫶🏼
After four and half years of living in New England, I’m doing the craziest thing I’ve ever done:
Halloween weekend in Salem. On a Saturday. In 70-degree weather.
Send thoughts and prayers.
I started reporting this story in February and finally found the right moment to publish it. What makes someone Puerto Rican? The answer is...a lot of things.
My latest for
@Refinery29
on
@JCamachoQuinn
's win and what it means to be Puerto Rican:
Last year we got no trick or treaters so my roommate and I didn’t buy candy this time around.
We are currently both huddled on the floor of the living room hiding because the doorbell won’t. stop. ringing.
Holding down the desk on my own this Saturday morning!
We’ve got a look at the Newport Flower Show and your top headlines.
Grab your café and join us live ‘til 10! ☕️⛅️
Thrilled and grateful to say: My grandma turned 93 today!!! 🥰
She said she feels great and her memory is “so good she remembers every boyfriend she’s ever had.”
Not there to celebrate with her today but celebrating with her in spirit 🎂
To my coworkers—thanks for teaching me RI's quirks. It’s been an honor to share a newsroom.
To the viewers—thanks for the kindness as we kickstarted 12 Informa and thanks to those of you who woke up with Joe, Steven, and I on Saturdays.
To Puerto Rico—vamo' pa' encima. (2/2)
Three days ago, a teacher in Puerto Rico died in a car crash while leaving one of the three jobs he had. Teachers’ base salary in PR is $1750 a month.
Puerto Rico’s teachers are taking the streets demanding government action.
Because the topic of Puerto Ricans, both on the island and in Massachusetts, has not been brought up in a debate yet, I think it's time for that thread I promised on how
@EdMarkey
has served the people of Puerto Rico:
Good time to remind folks these are not "Spanish migrants." That implies they are from SPAIN and is not accurate.
Hispanic/Latinx ≠ Spanish.
They are "Spanish-speaking" refugees. Hispanic refugees. Latinx refugees. NOT from Spain. NOT Spanish.
Well, this is cool. My
@wpri
colleagues and I got nominated for a
@newenglandemmy
for our coverage of the RI tornadoes.
Watch the newscast here: …
And check out what else
@wpri12
is up for: …
Congrats to all the nominees! 💪🏼
Wow. Puerto Rico has the third highest rate of COVID-19 vaccination in the United States.
The island surpassed Massachusetts and is behind Vermont and
#1
Republic of Palau.
#NOW
:
@GovDanMcKee
and
@LGSabinaMatos
announced almost $8 million in funding to support multilingual learners.
16% of students in RI are multilingual learners, McKee said.
Matos says we need to understand the value of multilingualism.
@wpri12
¡Feliz Día de Reyes! 👑
We’re continuing our coverage of tonight’s winter storm + your commute on I-95 North will look a little different. Tune in to learn what you can expect.
@wpri12
.
@AllanFungRI
campaign manager Eric Harpootian tells me he believes Fung won tonight's
#RI02
debate, reiterates Fung won't take away guns from law-abiding citizens if he's sent to Congress.
#WATCH
a snippet of our post-debate sping room:
@wpri12
Lo último desde Martha’s Vineyard: todavía no se sabe como llegaron 50 inmigrantes venezolanos a la isla sin aviso. Organizaciones locales les están proveyendo asilo, comida, ropa y apoyo legal.
@wpri12
Your Saturday morning news crew is on for 4 hours today!
Pretty much every great event in the area is happening today—tune in for your forecast and top headlines.
@wpri12
A few days ago
@pawlbologna
sent me this gem from our pre-COVID, in-person campaign days on the trail with
@EdMarkey
. I think this was in Lawrence...or Newton...or Pittsfield...or Dorchester? Either way, lots of smiles, not a lot of sleep.
In one of the 1st convos I had with
@EdMarkey
, he told me about his vote against PROMESA. It quickly became clear that although his opponent spoke fluent Spanish, it was Markey who really showed me his PR policy. I hope the presidential candidates take note.
#ShowUsYourPRPolicy
Sometimes you have a cookiecutter liveshot…other times you accidentally find yourself in the middle of a procession (with fire!!!) and you have to go with it.
Live. Television.
@wpri12
Props to
@RyanWelchPhotog
for rolling with (many) punches today for our Army Navy coverage!
.
@SethMagaziner
comms director Patricia Socarras tells me Magaziner is different than Fung on "every issue that matters." She also responds to Fung's criticism that Magaziner comes from a wealthy background
#WATCH
a snippet of our post-debate spin room on the
#RI02
debate:
@wpri12
Glasses make their first TV appearance when you don’t have time to pop your contacts in 🤓
@wpri12
(Ignore the smirk, not quite sure what that’s about?)
5:30 PM UPDATE: Actors from a play on the island here are serving as translators. One of them is from Providence. We spoke to him and will have more for you at 10 and 11.
And LOTS of press here from across the country.
@wpri12
I answered a Q&A on how I became a journalist, life in Puerto Rico, and what it’s like to work at
@wpri12
. Give it a read!
Thanks to
@gwaynemiller
for the opportunity!
‘Journalism affects public opinion which is reflected at the ballot box… I’ve always loved WaPo’s “Democracy dies in darkness” slogan–because it truly does. Access to information leads to change.’ Q&A with broadcast journalist Adriana Rozas Rivera:
Meet Guatemalan Ediz Monzón, who imports coffee from his homeland and serves it up by the pedestrian bridge in Providence.
My first
#HispanicHeritageMonth
story for
@wpri12
Congrats to
@AdrianaRozas
who was recently awarded a Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship! Adriana wrote about her experience applying and interviewing for the fellowship on the latest
#NewhouseInsider
:
After an active morning, things are quieting down on that radar—but will that hold out for the rest of the weekend?
@chelseapriestwx
has a look ahead at your forecast.
PLUS-
@JoeNews42
and I have your top headlines. We’re on
@FOXProvidence
‘til 10 a.m.!
Only on for two hours this beautiful Saturday morning (we don’t mind giving up half our show time for the
@USWNT
).
Tune in for our last half hour—you’re going to want to watch
@smatregranoWPRI
’s forecast 👀😉☀️
We’re live now at 4 and 5 at Narragansett Town Beach.
Spoiler alert: the water is rough as we start to feel the impacts of Hurricane Lee passing offshore.
@wpri12
Tune in for a detailed timeline of the storm from
@tony_tpetrarca
.
UPDATE on Block Island: Visitors are asked not to travel to the island, as they are in a state of emergency.
The fire is still active. Both Pt. Judith and Newport high speed ferries are cancelled.
Traditional ferry only transporting emergency personnel and vehicle reservations
We don’t want to hear your empty promises. Puerto Ricans have been made many promises—most unkept—over the years.
We want to hear what you’ve been doing for us. Actions, not words.
Thank you
@EdMarkey
for consistently working with us toward justice for Puerto Rico.
I wonder how many Senators with Puerto Rican constituents (every state has Puerto Rican voters) have a robust
#PuertoRico
policy page like this one?
@EdMarkey
Look. At. That. Sunrise.
That’s our East Greeenwich cam.
We’re live through 10am with a look at a boy’s RARE find in Barrington plus could it be a dry weekend?
Join us now on FOX Providence.
@wpri12
Made an appearance today in a
@EdMarkey
's livestream where he,
@JossieValentin
, and State Rep. Carlos González discussed how COVID-19 is affecting Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts and on the island. This was a special one for me.
Únete a mí,
@jossievalentin
, y al Rep. Carlos González ahora mientras hablamos del impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en la comunidad puertorriqueña de Massachusetts y en la isla, y discutimos lo que estamos haciendo para proporcionar apoyo.
I’ve been keeping a backup beach outfit in my car for the past weeks in case a last min beach story came up.
Lo and behold, I was sent to shoot footage in Westport today after a shark was spotted at a beach. My University of Puerto Rico shirt, shorts and flipflops came in handy.
I pity the fool who invested in really nice new snow boots in the past couple of years only to be met with constant rainstorms and barely any of snow
(It’s me, I’m the fool)
NOW: Branch Ave. in Providence is at it again. Completely flooded at Route 146 and drivers are having to detour.
This is a known problem spot during storms.
@wpri12
.
@tjdelsanto
and I looking a little squinty in a standup for a project we’ve been working on for the past month.
Can’t wait to share the tales of our travels for this story ☀️
@wpri12
TONIGHT ON 12 NEWS:
@ShannonHegy
and
@AdrianaRozas
introduce you to figures in the local Hispanic community who are celebrating their raíces. Tune in at 6:30 p.m. for our Hispanic Heritage Month special.
TEAM COVERAGE: An apparent tornado picked a car up from the highway this morning in Johnston. We spoke to the daughter of the driver.
That’s coming up live on
@wpri12
at 4pm.
The scene outside Taylor Swift’s
#TSTheErasTour
at Gillette Stadium.
Two songs into Taylor’s set and there’s a crowd just outside the entrance watching.
@wpri12
Happy Saturday before Thanksgiving! We’re getting you ready for the busy travel week + Steven has a peak at your forecast for Turkey Day! 🦃
Join us live ‘til 10am.
@wpri12
This is the scene here at St. Andrews Parish in Edgartown after 50 Venezuelan migrants were dropped off on Martha’s Vineyard. One migrant tells me what’s next for him now that he’s in MV. All coming tonight starting at 4 on 12 News.
@wpri12
As the island faces a need for diesel, there is a foreign ship with 300 barrels of it waiting for enter Puerto Rico.
They need a federal waiver to offload a single barrel, because per the Jones Act, only U.S.-flagged ships can transport goods to PR.
La colonia en el 2022.
BREAKING: We’re tracking the massive fire that broke out at a Block Island hotel.
I’m told the Coast Guard has taken 40 firefighters from the mainland to the island since 1 a.m.
No word yet on injuries.
@wpri12
@JoeNews42
MORE:
~Personal life update!~
As some of you may already know, this week I started (in person) my Master’s in Journalism as a Newhouse Minority Fellow at Syracuse University! Particularly excited to start this journey during the most consequential election of our generation.
After the first two football home games of the season, SU decided to reinforce COVID-19 protocol at The Dome.
Here’s what to expect for this Friday’s game:
Got more sharks content for ya: I spoke to the man who vets public shark sightings on
@sharktivity
, a white shark tracking app.
@wpri12
Here's how
@MA_Sharks
of the
@NEAQ
determines if a sighting was a great white or a case of mistaken identity:
Alexa play “Snow On the Beach” by Taylor Swift ❄️
Take a look at our Narragansett live cam! A coating of light snow so far this morning—but will it melt?
@smatregranoWPRI
has the details.
We’re live ‘til 10 a.m. on FOX Providence.
@wpri12
Era Update 😜 Lots of people outside the stadium listening to
#TSTheErasTour
on the stairs to Patriot Place.
“You Belong With Me” got a special amount of excitement out of the crowd (and myself).
@wpri12