The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority spent $192 million to buy land or to develop projects that were not built or completed, according to an audit by the Puerto Rico Office of the Comptroller. The report reveals that PREPA spent $62.2 million in the cancellation of the Gasoducto del Sur natural gas pipeline project, disbursed […]
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced that the Puerto Rico Education Department made at least $80 million in payments over 13 years to employees who had resigned, are retired, are deceased, on vacation, or otherwise not working because the agency “lacks an automated system that ensures only employees who are working […]
The Coalition for Food Insecurity Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Retailers Association (ACDET, in Spanish), and the Chamber of Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution (MIDA, in Spanish) applauded U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic caucus on including key nutrition provisions addressing food insecurity in Puerto Rico in the newly updated HEROES ACT. […]
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