Puerto Rico’s Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy is betting on a handful of new online products to be launched in the next four to six weeks to speed up and streamline the government’s permitting process. During an interview with the “En Una Hora” program on 11Q 1140 AM, in which News is my […]
The government of Puerto Rico released its audited financial statement for Fiscal 2016, as required by the Fiscal Oversight and Management Board, revealing a deficit of $70.3 billion, primarily as a result of debt accrued by public servants’ retirement programs. The programs had a combined debt of $42 billion, at the time, which is the […]
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico filed more than 230 complaints against individuals and entities to recover some $4.2 billion in payments by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that were in conflict with the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and Puerto Rico law. The complaints allow the Oversight Board to ensure that the payments […]