Op-Ed: If we’re not sustainable, we’re not viable
February 7, 2020
In Puerto Rico we have a long way to go to become a sustainable island, but the reality of what we are living on a daily basis is urging that we hurry. Sustainability is not a whim. Sustainability is synonymous with equality, and equality always means economic growth. At this point we can all agree […]
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Op-Ed: Who will fix this?
February 6, 2020
This week, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against the former mayor of Gurabo for extorting $125,000 from a government contractor in exchange for paying eight outstanding invoices for services previously rendered. Last week, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico (FOMB) reminded the government that a recent executive order setting aside […]
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Amnesty International P.R. blasts govt’s ‘slow and ineffective’ response to earthquake
January 10, 2020
Amnesty International Puerto Rico made a call to the local and federal governments to ensure that relief and reconstruction efforts protect human rights following the earthquakes earlier this week, and the ongoing seismic activity. “It is very worrying that the government of Puerto Rico has not provided an adequate and immediate response to the predictable […]
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Op-Ed: Join the team to fight fraud in 2020
December 23, 2019
We’re all constantly complaining about the problem of corruption in Puerto Rico. This epidemic affects us all. A dollar that is stolen or wasted in government, is money that does not reach schools, hospitals, police or roads. We all pay that one. We can’t stand it anymore. But corruption is a disease that not only […]
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Probe reveals BDO still has government contracts despite cancellations
November 22, 2019
A Special Investigation conducted by the Puerto Rico Office of the Inspector General found that former government contractors and former employees of BDO Puerto Rico still have ties with the government of Puerto Rico, under new companies. In addition, the investigation revealed that government officials may have committed ethical and legal violations in when formalizing […]
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P.R. gov’t agencies adopt changes to improve emergency response ahead of Dorian
August 27, 2019
Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez-Garced announced a number of measures that government agencies have taken to face the looming threat from Tropical Storm Dorian, which is expected to pass near Puerto Rico as a hurricane later this week. During a news conference at the Emergency and Disaster Management Bureau, Vázquez-Garced said plans have undergone “significant […]
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Gov’t unveils list of allowed commercial activities for P.R.’s Opportunity Zones
August 22, 2019
The Opportunity Zones Priority Projects Committee has established a list of qualified commercial activities by geographical area for the development of priority projects, pursuant to Law 60-2019, as the government revealed. Committee Chair and the government’s CFO, Omar J. Marrero, said this ordinary process is “an important step toward facilitating this investment mechanism and reinforcing […]
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PRITC calls for single private sector voice to face political crisis
July 22, 2019
Given the uncertainty that recent events involving administration officials and chat leaks, which have “affected all sectors of the island,” the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster called on private sector trade groups to unite and assume a single stance to guarantee the government’s operation. The co-chairs of the Board of PRITC, as well as its […]
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General Contractors outline strategies to slash illegal gov’t procurement processes
July 19, 2019
The Association of General Contractors, Puerto Rico Chapter proposed a number of strategies to eliminate corruption in public procurement processes, including promoting legislation to ban the government from hiring newly created legal entities, without financial experience, or a history of expertise. In a statement, Alejandro J. Abrams, president of the trade group known as AGCPR, […]
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College of Engineers, Surveyors warns of loss of funds if gov’t crisis continues
July 17, 2019
The Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors urged the government to avoid the paralysis of the economy by acting quickly to resolve the political crisis it is going through. “This is not a matter of parties or governors, but of the island. We’re in the international spotlight and our economy is paralyzed,” said Pablo […]
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Private Sector Coalition blasts corruption, demands ‘corrective action’
July 15, 2019
Business leaders from the Puerto Rico Private Sector Coalition condemned the arrests of former government officials and collaborators and requested an immediate corrective plan action. For Coalition members, the fact that it is not the first time that a government in power is the subject of corruption accusations, makes it more pressing to take different […]
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Community Health Centers were lifesavers after hurricane, but gov’t didn’t count on them
June 14, 2019
By Mc Nelly TorresCenter for Investigative Journalism Three days after Hurricane María, Isolina Miranda stared in disbelief at what was left of the two-story building where a community health center once stood in the heart of San Lorenzo, a town of 37,000 people in the eastern central region of the island. Miranda is the executive […]
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New head of PRMA wants to ‘insert manufacturing back into gov’t discussion’
June 6, 2019
Although he has been in his new post as president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association for less than a week, Carlos Rodríguez already has a number of goals he wants to accomplish during his tenure. First on the list is re-inserting the manufacturing sector in the government discussion. “There was a time when we […]
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Laboy: Gov’t permitting process should improve with new streamlined system
May 9, 2019
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 […]
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P.R. gov’t releases financial statement for Fiscal ’16 showing $70.3B deficit
May 7, 2019
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 […]
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