Gov. Ricardo Rosselló presented Wednesday a budget of $9.5 billion to Puerto Rico’s Legislative Assembly, which guarantees essential services and pension payments, and which also makes contributory justice for the citizens of the island, he said.
General Fund net revenues in August totaled $550 million, $10.3 million, or 1.9 percent, above estimates, Treasury Secretary Juan Zaragoza-Gómez said Thursday.
Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla introduced Wednesday the measure paving the way for a $9.8 billion General Fund budget, and a $28.8 billion consolidated budget for Fiscal 2016.