WASHINGTON — The debate over extending Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection to Puerto Rico and the possible creation of a federal fiscal control board to manage the island’s troubled finances took center stage Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
The Puerto Rico Government Development Bank announced today it has met its scheduled payments of $354 million in principal and interest after Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla instructed his fiscal team to redirect available revenues from other instrumentalities by activating contractual clawback provisions.
A decision by the Puerto Rico government to make the $354.7 million payment on Government Development Bank Senior Notes due today will come down to the wire and will depend on the outcome on talks with creditors, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla said.
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