In order to offer economic relief to citizens amid the pandemic of coronavirus COVID-19, The governor Wanda Vázquez Garced He asked the Fiscal Oversight Board to authorize him to be able to deliver $ 500 to all taxpayers, including pensioners.
“I am requesting the Fiscal Oversight Board to authorize the necessary funds to be able to bring financial aid of $ 500 to all taxpayers on the island as well as our pensioners, regardless of whether they filed the return during the past year,” established during a press conference in La Fortaleza.
Vázquez Garced explained that the fiscal team identified a surplus that the General Fund will have, since an item had been set aside for Medicaid expenses that are now to be covered with federal funds.
“These funds will serve as a relief for extraordinary expenses as well as to compensate for income not received. In addition, will join other federal incentives that have already been announced as well as the $ 1,200 per person and $ 500 per child that the Department of the Treasury will be handling with the Federal Treasury “, stressed the governor.
Before the announcement, The new day requested a reaction from the Board.
On the other hand, the first executive indicated that they will grant about $ 12 million in incentives for the personnel of the Department of Education. The bonus ranges from $ 500 to $ 1,500, depending on the school in which they work.
Vázquez Garced also announced that he granted permanence to 706 teachers and school principals of the public education system.
According to the president, aid to attend the emergency total $ 840 million.
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