José M. Encarnación Martínez

The Financial Oversight and Management Board limited the current contract to 90 days and required a new competitive procurement process.

The allegations made by former Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard have placed under scrutiny a company that has expanded across multiple government agencies in recent years.

A judge ordered Puerto Rico’s Treasury Department to explain why it awarded an $8.7 million Lottery Bureau advertising contract to another agency, despite Digimedia receiving the highest score in the bidding process.

Veintinueve de Febrero has secured up to $8.7 million to oversee Puerto Rico Lottery campaigns.

The promise of socioeconomic mobility through enlistment is being eclipsed by harassment, discrimination, language barriers and the prospect of looming armed conflicts.

As Puerto Rico prepares to host the World Baseball Classic in March 2026, many communities across the archipelago are still waiting for the parks where children and teenagers play the sport to be brought back into shape.

A new wave of military activity revives the island’s long struggle with years of U.S. occupation and its human toll.

Puerto Rico’s government promised unprecedented development on the land that once housed a U.S. naval base, but the promised economic revival never took off.

An advertising agency with contracts exceeding $47 million has been tasked with staging and coordinating parties, breakfasts, and luncheons, as well as handling the purchase of promotional materials for the Puerto Rico Lottery Bureau.

A child and his mother have been confined to their home in Puerto Rico for over a week, fearing a knock from Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The Puerto Rico Lottery Bureau created new permanent positions to secure jobs for political appointees who used a WhatsApp chat to coordinate political activities and, at times, to mock PNP voters. In the four-year term that ends in December, these employees also benefited from substantial salary increases

A government investigation found that 4,718 tickets were fraudulently validated, recommending administrative action against Camarero to recover $2.4 million. However, authorities responsible for regulating the horse racing industry have not retrieved the money and had previously concealed the fraud.

Valid documents not being accepted, and applications rejected without explanation are part of the problems with the digital platform operating since October 2023.

The government commissioned Truenorth to handle data security projects and to design and develop the application for the technological equipment that holds the electronic electoral lists in the polling stations.

After the CEE allowed ES&S representatives to participate as observers during the primaries, the company presented a $56 million bid to sell ballot-counting machines.

Verdict: False