García-Padilla signs sweeping pension reform
April 5, 2013
Amid outcry from many public workers who will see their pension benefits dwindle once they retire from their government jobs, Puerto Rican lawmakers approved and Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla signed a sweeping reform aimed at “rescuing” Commonwealth’s Employees Retirement System.
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García-Padilla’s economic team takes lobbying to D.C.
March 26, 2013
The Puerto Rican government’s economic team is in Washington D.C. this week to “disclose and advance plans to stabilize the government's finances and revive the island’s economy,” the Treasury Department said Monday.
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Puerto Rico Treasury going after fraudulent taxpayers
March 14, 2013
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department is embarking on a pursuit of taxpayers who defrauded the government’s coffers either by under-reporting on their income taxes or failing to file altogether, agency Secretary Melba Acosta said Thursday.
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