Wilma Maldonado

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

For nearly two months, House Speaker Carlos “Johnny” Méndez concealed information about the outside income earned by members of the House

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.

In addition to their salaries, senators may earn up to 35% of their base compensation in outside income.

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.

The agency director’s decision limits public oversight, warns organizations advocating for transparency and the responsible use of public funds.

Voters under these categories will no longer find their information or the reason for being taken out of the Consulta del Elector digital platform. Only active voters will be able to access their registration data.

Statements from individuals registered twice or living in the United States, who the Puerto Rico Electoral Register claims participated in elections they did not vote in, add to the CPI’s findings of people listed as having voted despite being deceased

The CPI found nearly 900,000 deceased people in the Electoral Register, and thousands of them appeared to have voted in the 2020 and 2016 elections. Fraud is part of a system plagued by corruption for decades.

The CPI identified at least 34, out of 78 municipalities that were left completely in the dark due to the electrical system failures following Tropical Storm Ernesto.

The experience of communities in Isabela and Vega Baja shows that the government of Puerto Rico acts against the recommendations of experts and its own public policy, which is supposed to protect coastal natural resources.

One of the biggest challenges that those of us who practice journalism in Puerto Rico have is the lack of periodic publication of data by the three branches of government.

Legislative advisors who have also been members of the Popular Democratic Party Governing Board are consultants to the company referred to the Department of Justice for its business deals with municipalities.

In Puerto Rico, 22 municipalities have contracted the services of Universal Properties Realty Government Services.

Citizens are defenseless before a pattern in which mayors have given free rein to a group of companies to manage declarations of public nuisances, appraisals, legal representation in expropriation processes, and sales of expropriated properties.

The company was paid $180,000 from ex-governor Ricardo Rosselló Nevares’ donors to create a Facebook page, manage social media accounts, and edit videos of Rocky Balboa and Pope Francis.