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The D.R. Consulting Sham
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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.
Unidad Investigativa de Género
Comisión cameral confirma pobre manejo de las querellas de violencia doméstica que involucran a policías
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La principal recomendación del informe aprobado el pasado miércoles es legislar para que sea la Oficina de la Procuradora de las Mujeres la agencia que reciba, maneje e investigue las querellas de violencia de género que involucren a miembros del Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico para que luego sean consultadas con un fiscal ajeno a la región en la cual trabaja el querellado.
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Caguas Cancels Universal Properties Contract, Refers Company to Justice Department for Irregularities
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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.
Actualidad
Caguas cancela contrato a Universal Properties y la refiere a Justicia por irregularidades con estorbos públicos
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A la empresa se le imputa haber retenido indebidamente $1.5 millones en sus operaciones en Caguas, hacer representación falsa del Municipio e inflar sus facturas.
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The Tech-Cartel that Rules in the Puerto Rico Department of Health
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A small tech company called SupportPR, owned by a donor and collaborator of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, has controlled and set the hiring guidelines for tech jobs at the Department of Health since the pandemic that has exceeded $144 million.
Noticias CPI
Supremo federal pisotea el derecho de acceso a la información de los puertorriqueños
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La decisión del Tribunal Supremo federal tiene el efecto de darle el poder a la Junta de no tener que responder al derecho fundamental que tienen los ciudadanos en Puerto Rico a conocer lo que ocurre en su gobierno. Esto es algo sin precedentes hasta para el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Esta decisión solo aplica a la Junta y no al Gobierno de Puerto Rico ni a ninguna de sus dependencias, que siguen sujetas al derecho constitucional de acceso a la información que reconoció el Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico hace más de 40 años.
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Vulnerable and Racialized Communities Are Most Affected by Climate Crisis
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“The issue of climate change is intersected by capitalism, colonialism and racism.” Gloriann Sacha Antonetty Lebrón, founder and editor of Revista étnica, said during her participation in the panel “Intersections of poverty, race, gender and climate crisis,” as part of the lineup of activities during the Caribe Fest event that took place May 4-6 in Old San Juan. Antonetty Lebrón sat with Roberto Thomas, coordinator of the Jobos Bay Eco Development Initiative (Idebajo, in Spanish), at the panel moderated by Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) journalists José Encarnación and Cristina del Mar Quiles — also co-founder of the feminist journalism media outlet Todas. They explained that there is an intersection between the climate crisis and poverty, people of color and gender, which is observed, for example, in the displacement events of vulnerable communities in Puerto Rico. Antonetty Lebrón evoked the historical aspect of racism and enslaved people to show the experiences that vulnerable communities have experienced along Puerto Rico’s southern region, the historic population of Calle Loiza in Santurce, -a San Juan neighborhood- as well as residents of the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra. “Racism, trafficking, slavery… what it did was dehumanize us and give reason to exploit us; break our spirit, exploit our lands, force us to work the land and, once we get to enjoy the natural resources a bit, we know that they are resources that are constantly under threat: they plunder them, they displace us,” the editor of Revista Étnica said.
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It is Urgent to Protect Puerto Rico’s Ecosystems to Survive Global Warming
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Caribbean islands such as Puerto Rico, before reaching this dramatic point of disappearance, could see the consequence that fresh water becomes too salty to drink, coastal communities disappear, and temperatures become so high that it will be difficult or even impossible, to survive. Conditions for agriculture and, therefore, the island’s ability to produce food, will also become complicated.
