All posts tagged Pierluisi

Horizon Lines is one of four maritime shippers serving Puerto Rico. (Credit: www.horizonlines.com)
GAO releases Jones Act impact study; Pierluisi to file bills
March 21, 2013, 1 Comment

The U.S. General Accounting Office released Wednesday a lengthy report assessing the impact of the Jones Act on Puerto R ...

“If we don’t regulate the use of these cover-over funds, this will become a race to the bottom," says Puerto Rico's Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi.
Pierluisi calls PR-USVI rum rivalry a ‘race to the bottom’
January 30, 2013, No Comments

Puerto Rico isn’t a country, so unlike most of its English-speaking Caribbean neighbors, it doesn’t have an embassy ...

The Veterans Hospital in San Juan is one of the most heavily utilized hospitals in the VA system. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)
$26.8M assigned for VA Hospital parking facility
October 4, 2012, No Comments

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a $26.8 million contract to design and construct a parking garage at ...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Puerto Rico gets $2M Affordable Care Act ‘rate review’ grant
September 25, 2012, No Comments

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a $2 million discretionary “rate review” grant to the P ...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Puerto Rico Medicare beneficiaries save $110M under ‘Affordable Care Act’
September 24, 2012, No Comments

Since its enactment by the federal government in 2010, the Affordable Care Act has already saved more than 45,000 Medica ...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Local delegation promotes P.R’s broadband needs in DC
June 6, 2012, No Comments

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi told members of Congress Tuesday Puerto Rico needs to “have the correct policies ...

PRMA logo
Dominican Republic presidential candidates to headline PRMA convention
May 14, 2012, No Comments

The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association will be hosting its 84th annual convention under the “We’re all manufactur ...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
GAO to Pierluisi: Jones Act impact study underway
April 17, 2012, No Comments

The U.S. Government Accountability Office is “actively working” on Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi’s request ...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi
Pierluisi pursuing $457M for P.R. low-income residents through SNAP program inclusion
March 29, 2012, No Comments

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi on Wednesday submitted HR 4280, known as the “Puerto Rico Supplemental Nutrition ...

Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi (center) along with Universal Solar General Manager Moisés Almansa (right) inspect a solar panel.
Gov’t incentives spur use of solar heaters in P.R.
March 14, 2012, No Comments

Some 11,200 solar heaters were installed in Puerto Rico during 2011 and 2012, following the injection of more than $20 m ...