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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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- Puerto Rico governor facing scrutiny after firing government minister, Justice Secretary Dennise Longo Quiñones
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Tag Archives: fraud
Puerto Rican authorities have thousands of fraud cases to process for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance fraud
https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/news/story/authorities-have-thousands-of-fraud-cases-to-process Authorities have thousands of fraud cases to process Local and federal prosecutors joined efforts to process charges, which could be completed by 2021 due to the large number of cases Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – 9:12 a.m. By Alex Figueroa … Continue reading
FBI arrests seventh defendant in Julia Keleher case, Aníbal Jover Pagés
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/tribunales/notas/el-fbi-arresta-al-septimo-acusado-en-el-caso-de-julia-keleher FBI arrests seventh defendant in Julia Keleher case This is Aníbal Jover, an authorized public accountant who allegedly paid for receiving contracts with the Health Insurance Administration (ASES) Wednesday, August 12, 2020 – 7:31 a.m. For ELNUEVODIA.COM Play Video Hannibal … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, crime
Tagged Alberto Velázquez Piñol, Aníbal Jover Pagés, Angela Avila, ASES, bribe, bribery, Columbus & Ponce, corrupt, corruption, CPA, crime, defendant, defendants, FBI, fraud, Glenda Ponce Mendoza, guilty, indictment, Intelligent Grant Solutions, Julia Keleher, money laundering, not guilty, Puerto Rico
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Trump Lashes Out Again at Puerto Rico, Bewildering the Island
http://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/trump-puerto-rico.html Trump Lashes Out Again at Puerto Rico, Bewildering the Island A church destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, P.R., was still in disrepair in January. FEMA and other agencies have so far distributed $11.2 billion in aid to Puerto … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, incompetence and mismanagement, Puerto Rico economic crisis, Puerto Rico necessary improvements, Puerto Rico politics and government, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican unprofessionalism makes it difficult to conduct business
Tagged aid, corruption, democrat, Democratic Socialism, democrats, Donald Trump, Eduardo Lalo, fraud, funds, Governor, incompetence, mismanagement, PNP, Puerto Rican, Puerto Rico, Ricardo A. Rosselló, Ricardo Rosselló, Trump
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Ángel Pérez and Antonio Soto accuse each other of stealing the primaries before the start of the count of the primaries
https://www.elnuevodia.com/noticias/politica/nota/angelperezyantoniosotoseacusanmutuamentederobarselasprimarias-1239394 TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH: Ángel Pérez and Antonio Soto accuse each other of stealing the primaries Before the start of the count of the primaries Thursday, April 19, 2012 – 12:00 AM Updated on: Thursday, April 19, 2012 – 9:26 … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, Puerto Rico politics and government
Tagged Antonio, Antonio Soto, Ángel Pérez, corrupt, corruption, fraud, Guaynabo, irregularities, New Progressive Party, PNP, Popular Democratic Party, PPD, primaries, primary, Puerto Rico, scandal, Soto, Tony, Tony Soto, vote, votes, voting
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Puerto Rico’s Urban Train – Let’s Review, 15 Years Later – A Hesitant Puerto Rico Tries Commuting by Train
Was it a success or a boondoggle and huge waste of money? Were the rosy projections correct? http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/19/us/a-hesitant-puerto-rico-tries-commuting-by-train.html A Hesitant Puerto Rico Tries Commuting by Train By Ariana Green Nov. 19, 2005 SAN JUAN, P.R. – Carlos Medina rides the … Continue reading
Posted in incompetence and mismanagement, Puerto Rico necessary improvements, transportation
Tagged bus, car, cars, commuter, fraud, mismanagement, públicos, Puerto Rico, rail, station, train, train station, Urban Train, waste
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Former FEMA Employee Pleads Guilty To Felony
https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/former-fema-employee-pleads-guilty-felony Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Puerto Rico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Former FEMA Employee Pleads Guilty To Felony SAN JUAN, P.R. – Jovanda R. Paterson, a.k.a. “Jo/Jojo,” a former FEMA Emergency Management Specialist … Continue reading
Testing kits: Apex and 313 LLC called to testify; Puerto Rico corruption investigation
https://www.elnuevodia.com/english/english/nota/testingkitsapexand313llccalledtotestify-2567825 Testing kits: Apex and 313 LLC called to testify They will have to explain the sales process Monday, May 11, 2020 – 11:58 AM By Benjamín Morales y Wilma Maldonado Arrigoitía (GFR Media) Juan Maldonado de Jesús is due … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, crime, incompetence and mismanagement, Puerto Rico Coronavirus Covid-19
Tagged 313 LLC, Apex, Apex General Contractors, contract, contracts, coronavirus testing kits, corrupt, corruption, fraud, investigation, Juan Maldonado de Jesús, kit, kits, Puerto Rico, Ricardo Vázquez Hernández, Suárez Lemus, test, testing, testing kits
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Puerto Rico government continues paying all government workers, even those NOT working while at home. Now PR wants to give them an extra $500 bonus.
Where is the shared sacrifice? There are already too many government workers in Puerto Rico relative to the overall population. It’s easy to give away money that’s not your own. Taken to its logical conclusion, this is a race to … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, culture and cycle of dependency, incompetence and mismanagement, Puerto Rico necessary improvements, Puerto Rico politics and government
Tagged $500, $500 bonus, bankrupt, bonus, corruption, debt, employees, Francisco Rodríguez-Castro, fraud, government, mismanagement, Puerto Rico, waste, William Villafañe, workers
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$19 million excessive potential profit in alleged Covid-19 testing kits tied to PNP’s Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced’s administration, being investigated by FBI, Puerto Rico Justice Department
Will corruption and kickbacks in Puerto Rico be par for the course, or is someone going to jail, to draw a line in the sand that this is not acceptable? Who is going to save the Puerto Ricans from those … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, crime, incompetence and mismanagement, Puerto Rico Coronavirus Covid-19
Tagged Aaron Vick, Apex General Contractors, bribe, bribery, bribes, contract, contracts, corruption, Covid-19, crime, crony, cronyism, Eduardo “Tito” Laureano, FBI, forgery, fraud, Governor, investigation, investigations, Juan Maldonado de Jesús, kickback, kickbacks, La Fortaleza, Maldonado de Jesús, Medical Task Force, New Progressive Party, NMEAD, payoff, payoffs, PNP, Promedical, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Justice Department, rapid test kits, Robert Rodríguez López, Rodríguez Quilichini, Segundo Rodríguez Quilichini, Vázquez Garced, Wanda Vázquez Garced
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FBI, FDA and Inspector General Looking Into Puerto Rico Health Dept. Purchases
https://caribbeanbusiness.com/fbi-fda-and-inspector-general-looking-into-puerto-rico-health-dept-purchases FBI, FDA and Inspector General Looking Into Puerto Rico Health Dept. Purchases By Yanira Hernández Cabiya on April 6, 2020 Fiscal board Requires Gov’t to Seek Reimbursements SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico Health Secretary Lorenzo González Feliciano said Monday … Continue reading
Posted in corruption, crime, Puerto Rico Coronavirus Covid-19
Tagged 313 LLC, Adil Rosa, Apex General Contractors, contract, contracts, Coronavirus, corruption, Covid-19, crime, Emergency Management Bureau, FBI, FDA, fraud, investigation, José Burgos, Lemus Group, Lorenzo González Feliciano, Natalie Jaresko, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Health Department, rapid tests, reimbursements, scandal
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