Supporters of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s proposed debt restructuring agreement — including Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and PREPA Executive Director José Ortiz — have recently argued that the rate increase imposed by the agreement will be mitigated by operational savings that will lower electricity rates. The governor’s and PREPA’s public statements about rate decreases […]
Puerto Rico’s film industry could stand to win from the controversy stirring in Georgia, where a proposed anti-abortion measure is already causing major Hollywood actors and movie houses to threaten boycotting the state and moving their productions elsewhere if it passes. Georgia is known for the sweeping incentives it offers the film sector, drawing scores […]
Puerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index for the month of April 2019 reflected a 1.6% increase, to 121.3, when compared to the same month in 2018, Economic Development Bank President Gerardo J. Portela said. “The EAI for April 2019 reflects a reduction of 0.1% compared to the result obtained in March this year,” he said. “The […]
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