All posts tagged "Puerto Rico Fiscal Crisis"

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  Prepa defends health contract awarded to highest bidder

  Executive director José Ortiz ruled out that the decision to choose Triple S responds to links with lobbyist Elías Sánchez Sifonte

  • Posted December 9, 2019
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  Puerto Rico governor designates GDB president as his representative to fiscal board

  Attorney Sobrino accepts taking Elías Sánchez's seat

  • Posted July 20, 2017
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  The Cause of the Crisis

  Tax exemption's key role in Puerto Rico's recession

  • Posted June 24, 2017
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  Puerto Rico governor back in Washington

  Watch the 'Moving Puerto Rico Forward: A Conversation with Gov. Rosselló' forum

  • Posted April 26, 2017
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  Rivera Schatz: I don’t care about the board, thanks

  SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz assured Monday that he would evaluate the governor’s budget not the fiscal board’s, and urged sectors with more resources, such as foreign companies, to contribute more to the...

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  House Speaker: Oversight board hasn’t communicated with me

  SAN JUAN – House Speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez refused Thursday to comment on the Financial Oversight & Management Board’s demands, days after it specified the dates by which the legislature and the executive branch must present the budget,...

  • Posted March 30, 2017
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  Five things to know about Natalie Jaresko

  SAN JUAN – The $625,000 annual salary isn’t the only thing that has raised eyebrows concerning the recently appointed executive director of the Financial Oversight & Management Board, Natalie Jaresko, who was born in Chicago to Ukrainian parents. Here’s a...

  • Posted March 30, 2017
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  PDP sen. denounces ‘thousands’ of dismissals in Fiscal Plan

  Sen. Rossana López decried over $1.3 million in fiscal incongruences

  • Posted March 26, 2017
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  Governor asked to not collaborate with fiscal board

  PIP rep reiterates need to confront it to avoid more austerity measures

  • Posted March 10, 2017
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  Oversight Board Announces 5th Meeting

  SAN JUAN – The Puerto Rico Financial Oversight & Management Board informed Tuesday that it will hold its fifth public meeting to discuss the fiscal plan presented by the administration of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló as well as an official...

  • Posted March 7, 2017