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For almost three months, the country knew that the former governor Wanda Vázquez Garced she would be arrested by the FBI for alleged acts of corruption while occupying La Fortaleza. The only question left unanswered was “when?” The answer to that question came this Thursday morning, when the former Secretary of Justice was arrested at … Read more
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The Resident Commissioner in Washington, Jenniffer González, said today that the government of Puerto Rico will not lose the $ 1 billion of the Medicaid program allocated to the island for this federal fiscal year, and emphasized that since last week it has been working on several initiatives so that these funds are used in … Read more
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Tonight the resignation of the commissioner of the 9-1-1 Emergency Systems Bureau, Yazmín M. González Morales in a statement from La Fortaleza. According to the press release, the resignation will be effective on August 28 of this year. “By accepting her resignation, I thank her for her high sense of commitment and availability to contribute … Read more
The administration of Wanda Vázquez Garced You will have 30 days to present to the Fiscal Oversight Board (JSF) a concrete plan to publish, within approximately 12 months, the government’s audited financial statements (CAFR) for fiscal years 2017 to 2019. The demand of the tax agency occurred, for the first time yesterday, when the president … Read more
The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced today issued Executive Order 2020-049 that declares a state of drought emergency for all of Puerto Rico, assigning priority to the regions that are affected by meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought. “During the past weeks, we have been facing a period of low precipitation, which, together with the continuous aftershocks … Read more
The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced today issued Executive Order 2020-049 that declares a state of emergency due to drought for all of Puerto Rico, assigning as a priority, attention to the regions that are affected by meteorological, agricultural and hydrological drought. “During the past weeks, we have been facing a period of low precipitation, which, … Read more
The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced signed a new executive order that allows an employee or contractor of a company or business not to comply with the 14-day quarantine when arriving in Puerto Rico through the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, a directive that is part of the measures to prevent the expansion of coronavirus (COVID-19) … Read more
The candidate for governance by the New Progressive Party (PNP), Pedro Pierluisisaid today that the governor Wanda Vazquez must respond to Ricardo Roselló Nevares the letter in which he questioned the whereabouts of belongings that he left in La Fortaleza after his resignation from office in the summer of 2019. In turn, he cataloged as … Read more
The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced extended until July 22 the curfew that orders people to stay at home from 10:00 pm to 5:00 am, but relaxed the restrictions imposed on work, social, educational and commercial activities that may be carried out outside these hours. At the moment, the new Executive Order 2020-048 has not yet … Read more
The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issued Executive Order 2020-048, which extends the curfew or the end of the hours allowed to leave the residences from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. until July 22, 2020, and establishes the parameters for the beginning of work in the public sector and in the public and private education system. … Read more