He is an urban planner who lives on a five-acre farm in rural Vega Baja with his wife and a bunch of animals. But make no mistake about it, Ruben Flores Marzán, who was named Puerto Rico Planning Board president less than a month ago, is not horsing around when it comes to development.
Some 1,500 Puerto Rico homeowners facing the possibility of foreclosure may be able to qualify for a new $20 million emergency assistance program unveiled Friday by the Puerto Rico Housing Financing Authority, in agreement with local banks.
Gov. Luis Fortuño announced Wednesday the appointment of Ivonne Otero Guzmán as Economic Development Bank president, succeeding banker Lizzie Rosso who resigned to the post late last month to return to the private sector.