Events in the year 2025 in Puerto Rico.
Incumbents President: Joe Biden (D) (till January 20) Donald Trump (R) (from January 20) Governor: Pedro Pierluisi (D) (till January 2) Jenniffer González (R) (from January 2) Resident Commissioner: Jenniffer González (till January 2) Pablo Hernández Rivera (from January 2)
Events January January 2 – Jenniffer González is sworn in as Governor. January 27 – An employee at a San Juan plumbing business kills four co-workers in a workplace shooting before killing himself.
February February 12 – Two children are killed in a shooting at a house in Rio Grande.
March March 7 – One person is injured following an oil spill of the coast of Vieques.
April April 16 – The entirety of Puerto Rico is struck by a blackout. April 28 – One person is killed during flooding caused by heavy rains in San Juan.
May May 3 – One person is killed after his car is struck by a falling tree caused by heavy rains in Toa Baja.
June June 2 – The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico rules in favor of allowing nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to select "X" as their gender marker on birth certificates. June 24 – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake off the coast of the neighboring Dominican Republic causes power outages in parts of Utuado.
July July 11–September 20 – Rapper Bad Bunny holds his 30-show residency in Puerto Rico. July 17 – Governor Gonzalez signs into law a bill barring hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people under 21. July 24 – Four horses are killed by a falling utility pole in Utuado that also triggers a blackout. July 30 – Governor Gonzalez declares an island-wide state of emergency and mobilizes the Puerto Rico National Guard in response to a water shortage that affects nearly 180,000 customers in the past week.
August August 1 – One person is killed while five others are injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Mayaguez. August 5 – The Trump administration dismisses all five Democratic members of the seven-person Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, including chairman Arthur Gonzalez, citing inefficiency. August 10 – A tourist from the mainland United States is killed in a shooting in the La Perla neighborhood of San Juan. August 27 – BlackRock withdraws from an agreement to restructure $9 billion in debt held by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority in response to changes in the composition of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico.
September September 4 – The residence of baseball player and manager Yadier Molina is a targeted by a burglary in Toa Alta, resulting in the theft of items valued at $57,000, including 14 pigs and one horse. September 7 – The federal government announces the deployment of 10 additional fighter aircraft to Puerto Rico to carry out operations against drug cartels amid escalating tensions with Venezuela. September 8 – Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force General Dan Caine meet with officials at Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina.
October October 7 – Police find the bodies of five naked men, three near a church in Carolina and two in Santurce, San Juan. The police superintendent says the deaths are likely related to drug trafficking. October 19 – A broken pipe causes a water outage affecting 165,000 clients in 15 cities and towns including in San Juan.
December December 14 – Governor Gonzalez signs a bill increasing the deadline for government agencies to release documents to the public.
Holidays
1 January – New Year's Day 6 January – Epiphany 11 January – Eugenio María de Hostos Day 20 January – Martin Luther King Jr. Day 14 February – Carnival 19 February – Presidents' Day 22 March – Emancipation Day 16 April – Birthday of José de Diego 18 April – Good Friday 20 April – Easter Sunday 27 May – Memorial Day 4 July – Independence Day 25 July – Puerto Rico Constitution Day 1 September – Labor Day 14 October – Columbus Day 11 November – Veterans Day 19 November – Discovery Day 27 November – Thanksgiving Day 25 December – Christmas Day
Deaths 17 October – Carlos López Rivera, 67, mayor of Dorado (since 1987) 6 December – Rafael Ithier, 99, salsa musician (El Gran Combo)
See also
2025 in the United States 2025 Atlantic hurricane season 2025 in the Caribbean
References
External links Online calendar