During the opening day of its annual convention Thursday, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association delivered a list of recommendations — including cutbacks, government restructuring and fiscal measures — to administration officials, in hopes of doing its part to help the island pull out of its economic crisis.
Puerto Rico’s current financial crisis might just be the opportunity for the government to stay on track with its strategy of collaborating with private-sector technology companies to find solutions to its problems and improve services to citizens.
Saying it “is the best option” to solve the government’s fiscal problems, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla re-introduced Tuesday a proposal to establish a value added tax system he said would generate more than $2.5 billion in net revenue for the cash-strapped administration.
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