The government of Puerto Rico will make most of its $1 billion debt payment due Jan. 1, defaulting only on some $37 million of the amount, Gov. García-Padilla said Wednesday.
With an estimated $700 million in the Government Development Bank’s coffers and a Treasury Department that reported $488.6 million in revenue collections in November, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla announced Sunday public sector employees will receive their Christmas bonuses, as established by law.
Puerto Rico General Fund collections reached $488.6 million in November, falling $15.4 million short of estimates, but $36.7 million above what the government shored up during the same month in 2014, Treasury Secretary Juan Zaragoza said Monday.