Road to effective AI adoption in Puerto Rico far from smooth
June 5, 2025
Experts at Tech Day Puerto Rico warn of infrastructure, regulatory and ethical gaps in artificial intelligence rollout. #NewsismyBusiness
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Puerto Rico CofC president backs inventory tax pause to ease tariff costs
April 17, 2025
Luis Pizarro-Otero says the moratorium could help offset the impact of the U.S.-China trade war. #NewsismyBusiness
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Retailers: Inventory tax moratorium is ‘right first step’ toward growth
February 14, 2025
It is estimated that Puerto Rico businesses pay about $220 million in annual inventory taxes. #NewsismyBusiness
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Gov’t Gaming Commission submits slot machine regulations to legislature
March 6, 2024
The interim executive director of the regulatory body asks the legislative bodies to review the regulation quickly. #NewsismyBusiness
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IEEFA warns Puerto Rico Legislature against power plant privatization process
December 14, 2021
In a letter to the Puerto Rico Legislature, Tom Sanzillo, director of Financial Analysis at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), urged the House and Senate to reevaluate the ongoing bidding process to privatize operations of the island’s power plants. “We have observed the flaws in the privatization processes of LUMA Energy and […]
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CUD presidential aspirant urges lawmakers to scale back
June 28, 2016
The Puerto Rico Legislature should seek to reduce the increasing load of regulatory, administrative and tax obligations thrust on the island's small business sector, urged a candidate to the presidency of the United Retailers Association (CUD, as the trade group is known by its initials in Spanish).
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DOJ, FTC urge P.R. to expand scope of optometrist duties
May 19, 2016
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the staff of the Federal Trade Commission issued a joint statement Wednesday encouraging the Puerto Rican legislature to consider expanding the services that optometrists can provide.
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Trade groups ask Legislature to hold off on labor bills
April 22, 2016
Looking to avoid further increases in operating costs that prevent the island’s productive sector from contributing to Puerto Rico’s socioeconomic development despite the ongoing fiscal crisis, a group of associations on Thursday asked for a moratorium on the approval of certain labor laws being considered in the Legislature.
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Gutiérrez backs P.R.’s last-ditch appeal for help in D.C.
December 10, 2015
WASHINGTON — Vowing he’d refuse to support legislation “that does not respond to the needs of the people of Puerto Rico,” Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) promised Tuesday he’d do everything in his power to help the island overcome its fiscal nightmare.
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Senate to vote on ‘anti-Uber’ bill that skipped hearings
March 2, 2015
The Puerto Rico Senate will put to a vote today Bill 1209, which seeks to establish public policy and regulate the operation of mobile application-based transportation network companies, or TNCs such as San Francisco’s Uber, in Puerto Rico.
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Lawmakers clear bill to overhaul Telecom Board structure
April 4, 2013
A bill seeking to increase the number of associate Telecommunications Regulatory Board members and change the lengths of their tenures from the current three, five and seven-year terms to four years has passed in the House and Senate, paving the way for major changes at the agency.
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