On the eve of what seems to be a “do-or-die” trip to the stateside bond market through which it is seeking to sell at least $3 billion in Commonwealth General Obligation bonds, the government is warning would-be investors that purchasing into the deal “involves significant risks.”
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta-Febo said Tuesday that preliminary General Fund net revenues for February totaled $670 million, exceeding estimated collections by $57 million.
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed Tuesday legislation authorizing the issuance of $3.5 billion in general obligation (GO) bonds to be used to refinance outstanding credit lines granted by the Government Development Bank and address the government’s liquidity issues.
Puerto Rico Trade and Export will review the rental rates of its commercial properties in a move to increase occupancy rates and boost rental income, the public corporation's main source of revenue, this media outlet learned.
The Puerto Rico government is paving the way for a general obligation bond sale next month through which it seeks to raise as much as $3.5 billion to improve the Government Development Bank’s liquidity, high-ranking administration officials said Tuesday.
Two executives who own the Bora Bora and Flamers retail establishments are facing 36 counts of tax evasion and illegal appropriation of public funds for failing to remit more than $1.2 million in sales and use tax money collected between 2009 and 2012, according to the findings of a joint investigation by the Puerto Rico Justice and Treasury Departments.
The Puerto Rico Health Insurance Services Administration, or ASES in Spanish, stands to recover about $9.7 million in duplicate payments made to insurance companies for services provided to patients covered by the government’s health plan, agency Executive Director Ricardo Rivera said Monday.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has assigned 20 agents to find and fine businesses in the towns of Carolina and Trujillo Alto who have failed to remit sales and use tax money, as required by law.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla said Wednesday his administration has created some 41,145 new jobs in the past 12 months, under the Jobs Now Act legislation passed in January 2013 to boost employment in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico’s General Fund revenue collections for the month of January amounted to $664 million, a figure that is $1 million less than the same period last fiscal year, but that Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta described as a “record.”
The governor also instructed agencies to accelerate infrastructure investment plans to revive the economy. In that vein, the government has identified $800 million in public and private investment in infrastructure projects that it will push aggressively.
More than a year after warning about the possibility, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Tuesday made good on its word and cut its rating of Puerto Rico’s general obligation debt to 'BB+' from 'BBB-,' pushing it to the highest junk level status.
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta-Febo said Monday that the General Fund collected $925 million in net revenues during December 2013, $12 million higher than the preliminary figure announced in early January.
Ingrid Vila Biaggi, chief of staff to Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro García-Padilla, announced today that a balanced budget for the 2014-2015 fiscal year will be introduced in the coming weeks.
Ten years after plans for its creation were announced, the Puerto Rico Planning Board released Thursday the draft document of the Land Use Plan and Planning Guidelines, intended to guide the island toward a model of full and sustainable socio-economic development.
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