The number of bankruptcy petitions filed last month in Puerto Rico was 19 percent below the same month last year, Boletín de Puerto Rico revealed Friday. The preliminary numbers show that so far this year, the number of filings on record is 9 percent lower than those on record for the same 11-month period in 2010.
The Menonita General Hospital Health System has been selected by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court as the winning bidder to buy the assets of the San Juan Bautista Hospital in Caguas for $5.1 million, the company revealed Thursday.
In accordance with the recently approved Law to Strengthen Safety and Public Health, the Treasury Department mailed Thursday 5,000 debt notices and will continue the practice through the rest of the month, agency chief Jesús Méndez said.