Fiscal Control Board claims it wants to leave Puerto Rico, but its actions tell a different story
February 14, 2025
Far from seeking its exit, the Fiscal Control Board is at its peak integration with the Puerto Rico government. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico fiscal board members were evaluated without defined criteria, before Promesa was signed
February 27, 2024
Through a secret process until now, the U.S. Department of the Treasury evaluated more than 115 people in 2016 to be selected as the first members of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Control Board. #NewsismyBusiness
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OCIF: Puerto Rico banks could benefit from fiscal board
September 20, 2016
Puerto Rico’s banking sector, which has been weathering the island’s economic storm for the better part of the last decade, could benefit from the arrival of the Fiscal Control Board, and the trust it could instill on future investors, Financial Institutions Commissioner Rafael Blanco said.
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Op-Ed: What we can do for ourselves to boost economy?
September 20, 2016
Everybody is “waiting” for the Fiscal Control Board in hopes that it will “give” us something. It remains to be seen which programs they would implement, etc. But why can’t we do something for ourselves?
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Senate grills experts on Ch. 9, fiscal control board for P.R.
December 2, 2015
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.
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