All posts tagged "David Bernier"

• Bernier Reiterates General Elections Not Plebiscitary

  David Bernier, the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for governor, said today that the coming general elections on November 8 are not plebiscitary but to choose the governor that will try to get Puerto Rico out of...

  • Posted July 6, 2016
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  Bernier Applauds Legislative Approval of Retirement System Bills

  SAN JUAN – Popular Democratic Party president and gubernatorial candidate David Bernier said the road toward stability for the teachers’ and public employees’ retirement systems has begun following legislative approval of bills he introduced. “The allocations approved...

  • Posted July 2, 2016
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  Anti-Zika Fumigation Plans in Puerto Rico Cause Outrage

  Plans by the CDC to fumigate an insecticide by airplane to combat the ongoing Zika epidemic has drawn heavy criticism

  • Posted June 29, 2016
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  Bernier Proposes Measures to Inject $1.1B to Retirement Systems

  Retirement systems face sustained liquidity problems

  • Posted June 23, 2016
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  Rivera Schatz Calls Bernier a Poor Gubernatorial Candidate

  SAN JUAN – For former Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, David Bernier is the worst candidate for governor the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) has had in recent years. Rivera Schatz, who is vice president of the New...

  • Posted June 21, 2016
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  NPP Challenges PDP’s Proposed Status Referendum, Sets Date

  SAN JUAN – Wasting no time, the New Progressive Party (NPP) on Saturday picked up the “Statehood Yes or No” referendum proposal made Friday night by the leadership of the Popular Democratic Party (PDP), modified it and...

  • Posted June 18, 2016
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  PDP to Hold Meeting to Discuss Future of Commonwealth

  Recent Supreme Court decisions have cast doubt on island’s commonwealth status

  • Posted June 15, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Leaders Agree on Need to Change Political Relations with US

  SAN JUAN – In light of the recent opinion by the U.S. Supreme Court, which leaves no doubt about Puerto Rico’s territorial status, there is now consensus within the island’s political leadership on the need to address...

  • Posted June 10, 2016
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  And Then There Were Two

  Whoever is chosen by us come November, be it Bernier or Rosselló, should have the standing to speak for his people—de tu-a-tu—not through seven-figure advisers

  • Posted June 10, 2016
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  PDP Leader: Puerto Rico Must Reassess Political Relationship with the United States

  Pro-commonwealth and statehood leaders react to Supreme Court's landmark decision

  • Posted June 9, 2016