All posts by Center for Investigative Journalism

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  The Players Behind the Companies Commissioned for Puerto Rico’s Recovery

  Include firms that lack expertise or are involved in the fiscal crisis and others accused of breach of contract

  • Posted August 14, 2019
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  The pillaging of Puerto Rico public funds behind the chat

  Center for Investigative Journalism finds embezzlement, influence peddling and contracts awarded illegally

  • Posted July 21, 2019
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  A Deadly Bacteria Has Killed People in Puerto Rico and Health Officials Didn’t Detect it

  Leptospirosis is no stranger to Puerto Rico and research by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that before people got sick after Hurricane Maria, health officials’ passive surveillance hampered the ability to detect and...

  • Posted June 5, 2019
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  Center for Investigative Journalism: Rosselló administration delayed in restructuring Puerto Rico government

  Hundreds of documents obtained by the Center for Investigative Journalism show the obstacles the government faces to achieve the projected savings and advance some of the structural reforms promoted by the Rosselló Nevares administration.

  • Posted May 28, 2019
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  Government of Puerto Rico Drained the Guajataca Dam at the Height of the Drought

  In the midst of the growing drought brought on by climate change, the fragmentation of responsibilities, the lack of monitoring and the inaction of the government of Puerto Rico, coupled with a "petition" to release water from...

  • Posted April 24, 2019
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  Puerto Rico with a Big “Menu” for Opportunity Zones

  Designation drops federal tax rate on investment in most Puerto Rico communities to 20%

  • Posted March 8, 2019
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  Puerto Rico Gov’t Lacks Plan to Integrate Communities into ‘Opportunity Zones’

  House Speaker Méndez says local legislation to enable the federal tax exemption program on the island to be approved in the first week of March, after being on conference committee since November.

  • Posted March 4, 2019
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  Puerto Rico’s Energy Bureau Declares Sunnova’s Residential Solar Panel Lease Contracts Illegal

  The oversight agency affirms that consumers can turn to it to claim their rights and orders the Texan corporation to establish a protocol to disclose complete information about its services. It also allows customers to object invoices....

  • Posted February 19, 2019
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  Public power versus privatized power: the debate in Puerto Rico before and after Hurricane Maria

  The World Bank says that there is practically no difference in services both sectors offer

  • Posted January 25, 2019
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  CPI requests Court to declare the Fiscal Control Board in contempt

  The news organization reports that the fiscal entity has not complied with the court order to disclose their communications with the government of Puerto Rico.

  • Posted January 16, 2019