All posts tagged "José Aponte Hernández"

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  Puerto Rico House speaker to lobby for island to be considered domestic in US tax reform

  Assures that if island remains a foreign jurisdiction, up to 250,000 jobs could be lost

  • Posted December 4, 2017
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  Puerto Rico rep exhorts US Congress to treat island as domestic jurisdiction

  Says tax classification would be step toward equality with states, statehood

  • Posted November 27, 2017
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  NPP rep continues islandwide campaign for statehood

  CANÓVANAS – Former Puerto Rico House Speaker José Aponte Hernández continued his campaign in favor of Puerto Rico’s decolonization via statehood by holding a discussion in the municipality of Canóvanas. Several people, including Canóvanas Mayor Lornna Soto, gathered...

  • Posted March 15, 2017
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  Aponte Hernández Demands Congress to Admit PR as 51st State

  Pro-statehood Representative notes NPP’s victory in last elections as another step into gaining admission

  • Posted November 16, 2016
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  Aponte Hernández: Appointing Bacó to GDB Presidency Would Be A ‘Grave Error’

  SAN JUAN – New Progressive Party Rep. José Aponte Hernández said he rejects La Fortaleza’s  recommendation of Economic Development Secretary Alberto Bacó-Bagué as interim president of the Government Development Bank (GDB) and the likelihood of his permanency. “It is a...

  • Posted July 31, 2016
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  Aponte Hernández Requests to Certify Fund Availability Before Law Approval

  NPP Representative wants the Senate to consider House Bill 3001 for approval

  • Posted July 14, 2016
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  Aponte Hernández: Time Has Come for US to Grant Puerto Rico Statehood

  "No more excuses, no more delays," he wrote

  • Posted June 24, 2016
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  More Support for Pierluisi Candidacy Announced

  NPP Reps urge large turnout for June 5 primary

  • Posted May 16, 2016
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  Aponte Hernández: Exodus of Puerto Ricans to US Due to Colonial Status

  SAN JUAN – The new wave of Puerto Ricans relocating to the United States mainland, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), exceeded 112,490 people in 2015, and is a result of...

  • Posted April 17, 2016
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  Bill Filed to Make Audited Financial Statements Public by Dec. 1

  Would order Treasury secretary to file report earlier

  • Posted April 3, 2016