Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló a pair of executive orders to achieve efficiencies in the Insurance Commissioners’ Office and the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, as well as other offices related to the agricultural industry.
The island’s coffee industry valued at $100 million before the hurricane, suffered a destruction of nearly 20 million coffee plantations, resulting in $18 million in damages.
The Agriculture Department and the Puerto Rico Pork Producers Cooperative unveiled a joint initiative to put local roasted pork, known as “lechón asado," back in the island’s restaurants ahead of the upcoming holiday season.