The Women’s Affairs Advocate and Best Buy have joined forces to combat the escalating problem of domestic violence against women, of which there were 16,000 reported cases on the island last year.
Puerto Rico residential property owners who have yet to register their units with the Municipal Revenues Collection Center, or CRIM, have until mid-June to do so to avoid being the target of potentially significant fines, government officials said Monday.
Labor Secretary Miguel Romero submitted a $116.5 million budget for fiscal 2012 to the House Treasury Committee Friday, saying it will be enough for the agency to operate and run a number of programs that pursue job creation in a market where the workforce barely reaches 42 percent.