WASHINGTON — José Raúl Perales, a Santurce-born regional trade expert who spent years advising the Puerto Rican government — and later the U.S. private sector and the Department of Homeland Security — says bankruptcy protection and tax breaks alone won’t help the island regain its long-term competitiveness against global rivals.
Bankruptcy filings were up 5 percent year-over-year in December 2015, when the number of Chapter 11 cases on record soared by 385 percent when compared to the same month last year, according to preliminary figures released Monday by research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico.
Bankruptcy filings soared by 23 percent in November, when a total of 950 cases were filed, in comparison to the same month last year, according to preliminary figures released by research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico Thursday.
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi introduced a bill Thursday that would authorize the U.S. Treasury Department to guarantee repayment of principal and interest on bonds to be issued in the future by the island’s bond-issuing public entities, but only if the agency certifies that the commonwealth has “demonstrated meaningful improvement in managing its public finances.”
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. on Thursday sent a letter, in conjunction with more than 100 elected officials from across the nation, demanding immediate action from Congress to enact legislation that will allow Puerto Rico to enter bankruptcy.
Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi announced Tuesday that Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the Ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will cosponsor S. 1774.
Maritime shipping company Crowley recently added its name to a long list of private-sector companies that have thrown their support behind HR 870, known as the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015, which seeks to extend bankruptcy protection to the island’s public instrumentalities.
Home goods retailer Anna’s Linens, which made its debut in Puerto Rico a little more than three years ago, has begun its going-out-of-business sale as part of a company-wide bankruptcy proceeding.
Less than two weeks after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ordered the closing of its banking arm, Doral Financial Corp. announced Wednesday that it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Hedge fund manager Mohnish Prabai, who last year established an investment firm in Old San Juan, said Thursday Puerto Rico will find a “huge competitive advantage” in having the necessary legal tools to be able to restructure public debt.
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law held a hearing Thursday on H.R. 870, known as the “Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015,” which drew a bi-partisan delegation from the island to express support for inclusion.
A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee announced Thursday it will hold a hearing on House Resolution 870, known as the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act of 2015, at 11:30 a.m. on Feb. 26th in Washington D.C.
Bankruptcy filings were down 20 percent year-over-year in December, when a total of 839 cases were filed, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico.
The number of bankruptcy cases filed on the island during the first 11 months of 2014 represented at 1 percent year-over-year drop, according to data released Monday by local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico.
Bankruptcy filings dropped by 6.3 percent in November, when a total of 771 cases were filed, in comparison to the same month last year, according to preliminary figures released by research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico on Tuesday.
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