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CPI ASKS COURT TO ORDER LAND AUTHORITY TO DELIVER INFORMATION ABOUT ITS GOVERNING BOARD

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San Juan, PR – The Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish) today sued the Puerto Rico Land Authority (ATPR, in Spanish) for ignoring a request for access to public information about the composition and minutes of its Governing Board.   

Since January 23, 2024, journalist and founder of Bonita Radio, Carmen Enid Acevedo, who received a scholarship from the CPI Journalism Training Institute, requested by email from Irving Rodríguez executive director of the ATPR the minutes of the Governing Board meetings, the composition of the Board, and who have been its secretaries from 2018 to the present, . After several days without getting a response, the journalist went to the Land Authority headquarters to follow up. She was told it was necessary to submit her request for information, again, in writing. After making the requested arrangements and informing at least three agency officials about the request, in person and in writing, including the executive director of the ATPR, Irving Rodríguez, Acevedo  waited for several days without getting a response and then called the agency several times until they told her again that they were working on her request. But as of today, more than 10 weeks after the original request, the requested information has not been received.

Unidad Investigativa de Género

Ser policía en Puerto Rico multiplica por cuatro las probabilidades de convertirse en feminicida

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De acuerdo con el análisis más reciente de la organización Kilómetro 0, los miembros de la Policía superan cuatro veces la cifra esperada de feminicidas cuando se compara la cantidad de personas feminicidas en los últimos seis años dentro y fuera de esa agencia.

Los chavos de María

Centros urbanos sin rehabilitar por la desorganización de Vivienda y la deficiencia de compañías intermediarias

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Las asesorías deficientes de las empresas contratadas, combinadas con cambios de plataformas web de trabajo y enmiendas del Gobierno a las guías del programa, son las principales razones del retraso en los proyectos del PRC, a juicio de funcionarios de 10 municipios entrevistados por el Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

Unidad Investigativa de Género

Cientos de policías arrestados por violencia doméstica pocas veces enfrentan consecuencias

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Una investigación del Centro de Periodismo Investigativo (CPI) y el Miami Herald identificó fallas en el manejo de los casos por este delito que involucran a policías, así como una cultura de impunidad en el Negociado de la Policía de Puerto Rico que protege a los agresores y hace aún más vulnerables a las víctimas. 

Actualidad

No Solutions to Prevent Blockages in Irrigation Channels During Severe Floods in Puerto Rico

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Communities around the irrigation channels, whose conditions worsened due to the flooding caused by Hurricane Fiona, will continue to be at risk because there are no immediate solutions to prevent obstructions during extraordinary rainfall events, experts and the government of Puerto Rico told the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI, in Spanish). Although the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) set aside $62 million in Hurricane María recovery funds for permanent work projects for this network of irrigation channels, the process is still in the design stage, one of the steps required by the federal agency to allocate the funds and, eventually, disburse them. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) submitted three permanent works projects to FEMA in October 2021 for the three irrigation districts it manages in Patillas in the South, Isabela in the North and Lajas in the southwestern coast. These structures belonged to the former Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (PRWRA), created in 1941 to manage the reservoirs used for electricity generation. Irrigation channels are part of that system and now provide water for agriculture in those areas.