municipalities

A legislative measure follows a report by the Gender Investigative Unit of Todas and the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, which revealed that less than 10% of the performers at last year’s patron saint festivals, municipal festivals, and other events were women.

The Gender Investigative Unit analyzed the main cultural events in all of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities and found that less than 10% of artistic contracts are awarded to women.

The Municipality of Caguas canceled the contract with Universal Properties Realty Government Services, LLC., after an internal investigation confirmed irregularities in the process of declaring public nuisances and their sale by that company in Caguas, said Mayor William Miranda Torres in an interview with the Center for Investigative Journalism.