Total Petroleum Puerto Rico Corp. and the U.S. government announced a settlement agreement Monday related to alleged company violations against the Resource Conservation Recovery Act at 31 gas stations in Puerto Rico and four in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board and the Puerto Rico Police Department signed an agreement Monday to step up the fight against copper theft, which represents about $5 million in annual losses for public and private sector companies.
On the heels of its legal victory last week, Doral Financial Corp.’s Economic Advisor Robert Shapiro on Monday urged the government of Puerto Rico to honor the tax agreement upheld by a local court, “for the sake of its credibility.”