The Puerto Rico Retailers Association (ACDET, in Spanish) again asked Gov. Wanda Vázquez to allow businesses to fully reopen on Sundays, saying losses experienced by workers and the government related to the protracted inactivity are already estimated at $203 million. The closing of some 7,296 retail businesses for some 20 Sundays — in accordance with […]
The Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association is urging Gov. Wanda Vázquez to allow expanded tourism-related activities in the next executive order to enable “thousands of employees to return to their workplaces and in this way start moving the economy.” During a news conference, members of the island’s hotel sector called for the opening of […]
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved legislation authored by Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) aimed at extending to firms working on Puerto Rico’s debt restructuring the same disclosure requirements that apply to companies involved in other bankruptcies. The bill, H.R. 683, is meant to address instances where companies consulting for Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto […]
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