All posts by José Alvarado Vega

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  Dignity Project candidate for Washington aims for permanent tax incentives to attract manufacturing

  Henríquez would push for Controlled Territorial Enterprises (CTEs) if elected resident commissioner; seeks Medicare drug parity for low-income seniors

  • Posted November 2, 2020
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  RFP Issued for Grant Administrator to Fund Puerto Rico Broadband Expansion

  Aafaf: $400 million to be set aside to close digital divide in remote areas

  • Posted October 21, 2020
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  FOMB approves temporary inclusion of 200,000 people in public health plan

  Allows use of Medicaid funding for Covid-19 emergency to cover uninsured until the end of September 2021

  • Posted October 16, 2020
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  New U.S. Treasury regulations would not affect Act 154 creditability

  P.R. Treasury chief: Feds still working on transition for phaseout of CFC excise tax credit

  • Posted October 5, 2020
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  PREB to begin probe into Prepa’s costly fuel procurement process

  Rejects utility’s request for a rate hike to cover unsubstantiated increases in oil costs

  • Posted October 1, 2020
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  Capital markets buy up refunded Puerto Rico housing bond issue

  Aafaf: Refinancing of $300M debt to generate $43M in savings

  • Posted September 29, 2020
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  Fee cut to lure cruise lines to lay up ships in Puerto Rico ports

  Another Covid-19 lockdown 'would be the end of tourist activity,' says president of Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association

  • Posted September 25, 2020
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  Despite having enough cash, Prepa proposes rate hike to cover rising fuel costs

  Energy Bureau chair inclined to prevent charges be passed to ‘defenseless’ utility customers

  • Posted September 24, 2020
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  Census Bureau: Puerto Rico outmigration slows down

  Some 35,000 people left for states last year, 69% fewer than the 113,000 in 2018

  • Posted September 19, 2020
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  Hard-hit business sector calls on governor to ease Covid-19 restrictions

  Retailers, restaurants say they are being unduly targeted despite thwarting outbreaks

  • Posted September 9, 2020