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- Aguadilla, Ponce Airports to Reopen on April 1, 2021
- Plaza – Tu Supermercado, has about 4 grocery store locations in Puerto Rico
- Costco will be opening its 5th Puerto Rico location in Aguadilla in NW PR in the Plaza Noroeste Commercial Center
- Sharyl Attkisson: Where Did The $91 Billion For Hurricane Recovery In Puerto Rico Go?
- 20 Members Of A Violent Gang Charged For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Violations In Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico
- Experts Worry About Puerto Rico’s Rapid Rise in COVID Cases
- Puerto Rico’s Tourism Industry Is Suffering. High Season Is Not Looking Any Better.
- Fee cut to lure cruise lines to lay up ships in Puerto Rico ports
- EPA Region 2 to Provide $1.1 Million Grant to the University of Puerto Rico to Reduce Air Pollution in San Juan, paying to accelerate the destruction of older short-haul trucks, buses
- Transgender woman beaten, stabbed in Puerto Rico, skull fractured, needs reconstructive surgery
- Trump thanks Puerto Rican governor, Wanda Vazquez Garced, for 2020 election endorsement
- Gov. Vázquez suspends order that raised minimum wage in construction. Minimum wage laws do more harm than good
- Puerto Rico Chambers of Commerce oppose potential lockdown amid rise in Covid-19 cases
- Puerto Rican authorities have thousands of fraud cases to process for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud
- Governor Wanda Vazquez endorses Donald Trump for President
- Agents Seize $27 Million In U.S. Currency Inside Boxes Bound For St. Thomas from San Juan Puerto Rico port
- Four Puerto Rican Police Officers Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Robbery.
- Fiscal Board sends Property Tax Recommendations to Puerto Rico government. If PR property taxes go up, real estate values will go down
- Roche to Close Puerto Rico Plant After More Than Four Decades. 200 jobs will be lost
- Border Patrol Seizes $14.8 Million Dollars Worth Of Cocaine, Arrests 4 Illegal Immigrants Near Puerto Rico
- Retail sales plunge 56 percent amid Covid-19 lockdown in April
- Puerto Rico Legislator Nelson Del Valle Colon and Two Capitol Employees Indicted for Theft and Bribery
- Meet 4 Women Pushing Puerto Rico’s Sustainable Farming Movement Forward
- Puerto Rico imposes stricter measures amid coronavirus spike, until at least 9-11-20
- Puerto Rico governor calling for the island to be made a US state LOSES bid to lead her party in chaotic primary election that saw delayed and missing ballots
- FBI arrests seventh defendant in Julia Keleher case, Aníbal Jover Pagés
- Video captures daytime shooting on Martinez Nadal expressway in Guaynabo, 2 dead
- Puerto Ricans, upset at botched primary, demand answers. The Elections Commission failed to print and distribute enough ballots to multiple voting locations
- Puerto Rico governor extends anti-coronavirus measures for 2 weeks, until July 15, 2020
- Pensions must be out of electoral intentions. Politicians shouldn’t using public resources for political purposes.
- With primaries around the corner, Gov. Vázquez faces criminal probe
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aka AOC is a misguided dangerous radical who should be cancelled, not GOYA Foods, because she wants to harm America, promote lawlessness, destroy jobs
- Puerto Rico Governor Seeks Referendum on Pension Payments
- ‘They are killing our nation’: Goya Foods CEO slams boycott of his brand and says protesters are the same people who are tearing down statues of Jesus Christ as he doubles down on Trump support
- Gov. Wanda Vázquez Will Be Investigated by an Independent Special Prosecutor
- Puerto Rico to ban alcohol sales on Sundays amid pandemic
- Puerto Rico announces referendum to protect public pensions
- Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez, others face formal corruption probe
- ‘Robust’ Prepa, LUMA deal structured to avoid failure of Prasa privatization
- Puerto Rico’s Governor reinstates restrictions on social, recreational activities as Covid-19 cases soar, lockdown orders until 7-31-20
- Treasury provides options to taxpayers with difficulties to file returns, pay on Wednesday deadline
- The Fund dismisses the husband of Tata Charbonier and the wife of the mayor of Cataño. FBI raids home
- Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico’s population will last for decades, study shows. PR’s population expected to drop 200,000 by the year 2047
- Secretary of the Department of Health, Lorenzo González, warned Wanda not to do campaign rallies but she provoked him by going to a rally against his advice
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- In solitary confinement about 200 police officers suspected of COVID-19 contagion
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- Puerto Rico governor facing scrutiny after firing government minister, Justice Secretary Dennise Longo Quiñones
- The dismissal of Dennise Longo by Governor Wanda: Friday Night Massacre
- Wanda Vazquez: this time it’s different. Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced could now be considered a suspect in the crime of obstruction of justice.
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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Puerto Rico’s poor economy is rooted in counter-productive Puerto Rican government policies
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-blame-puerto-ricos-poor-economy-on-hurricanes/2018/12/17/206a5734-f181-11e8-9240-e8028a62c722_story.html The Puerto Rican government is the problem by having policies that encourage people to be on welfare, to discourage them from working. It’s simple logic, in that one will get more behavior that is rewarded and less behavior that … Continue reading
Posted in analysis and opinion, culture and cycle of dependency, Hurricane Maria and aftermath, Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rico people, Puerto Rico necessary improvements
Tagged AEI, American Enterprise Institute, Andrew G. Biggs, bankrupt, bankruptcy, debt, default, economy, Financial Oversight and Management Board, FOB, Hurricane Maria, José B. Carrión, oversight board, Puerto Rico
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Dealing with Puerto Rico government agencies, needless inefficiency, time wasted, outdated information, DMV, DTOP, CESCO
A reader reports on a recent horrible experience in attempting to renew their car registration. We would like to emphasize that this person made an extreme effort to comply with the law, but ran into numerous roadblocks. Person received a … Continue reading
Posted in analysis and opinion, culture and cycle of dependency, DMV aka DTOP, government offices, incompetence and mismanagement, Puerto Ricans and Puerto Rico people, Puerto Rico necessary improvements, Puerto Rico politics and government
Tagged auto, automobile, car, car registration, CESCO, dmv, DTOP, marbete, Puerto Rico, register, registration, renew, renewal
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The Hidden Problems With Puerto Rico’s Water Supply – Pollution, groundwater contamination
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/puerto-rico-hurricane-water-contamination The Hidden Problems With Puerto Rico’s Water Supply Hurricane Maria exacerbated long-term issues, and researchers are only just starting to understand how. by Sarah Laskow March 05, 2018 Islands Week Directing water from a cave spring to drinking water … Continue reading
Posted in geography and landscape, incompetence and mismanagement
Tagged aquifer, contaminants, contaminated, contamination, drinking water, EPA, Federal, groundwater, karst, Natural Resources Defense Council, NRDC, pollution, Puerto Rico, site, source, sources, standard, standards, Superfund, treatment, violation, violations, water, water supply, water well, water wells, well, wells
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Multi-million dollar contracts for Tu Hogar Renace, in English, Your Home Reborn
https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/english/nota/multi-milliondollarcontractsfortuhogarrenace-2462136 See this link for NY Times article referenced here. $3,700 Generators and $666 Sinks: FEMA Contractors Charged Steep Markups on Puerto Rico Repairs Multi-million dollar contracts for Tu Hogar Renace The program concludes at the end of 2018 Tuesday, November … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, culture and cycle of dependency, incompetence and mismanagement
Tagged Adjusters International, contract, contracts, FEMA, Fernando Gil Enseñat, Hage & Integra, Hage Consulting, Luis Vega Ramos, Puerto Rico, Rising Phoenix Holdings, Samir El Hage Arocho, Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power, STEP, Stephen T. Surace, Tu Hogar Renace, Your Home Reborn
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$3,700 Generators and $666 Sinks: FEMA Contractors Charged Steep Markups on Puerto Rico Repairs
Sounds like 80% of the FEMA funds were wasted. Wouldn’t the money have been far more effectively spent in direct payments to the victims, with a mechanism restricting those checks payable only for home repairs? The widespread culture of … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, incompetence and mismanagement
Tagged abuse, billed, contract, contractor, contractors, contracts, corruption, FEMA, fraud, funds, homeowner, homeowners, María Elena Villalobos, markup, Michael Byrne, middlemen, overhead, Puerto Rico, repair, repairs, Tu Hogar Renace, waste
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Puerto Rico’s unlikely financial bounceback
https://www.axios.com/puerto-ricos-unlikely-financial-bounceback–cd785c49-86ef-4527-83e8-67350cda23f3.html Felix Salmon Oct 28, 2018 Puerto Rico’s unlikely financial bounceback Puerto Rico was the poorest and most struggling part of America even before Hurricane Maria hit in September 2017. Its bonds had been in default for over a year, … Continue reading
Posted in bad businesses and organizations to avoid, culture and cycle of dependency, Hurricane Maria and aftermath
Tagged bond, bondholders, bonds, debt, debt load, disaster, distressed, Donald Trump, GDP, Hurricane Maria, investment, investments, money, poverty line, Puerto Rico, recovery, relief, Trump
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