Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

The board says it will file law suits seeking to claw back funds from bondholders before the end of Thursday, May 2.

Judge Swain's ruling complicates the Puerto Rico Oversight Board's effort to recover payments on $6 billion of bonds that the board deems to have been illegally sold.

A class-action lawsuit alleges four of the world’s largest oil suppliers cheated Puerto Rico's electric utility out of more than $1 billion.

Puerto Rico’s Federal Oversight Board is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that deemed its members unconstitutionally appointed.

The Oversight Board in its fiscal plan had projected a 5.06% population drop after the 2017 hurricanes; the Census Bureau found a 3.9% decline.

They say that the Oversight Board has shown itself to be slow and obstructionist in attacking illegitimate bonds and prosecuting guilty parties.

January revenue beat the original budget projection by 36%, raising hopes that there will be more money to pay bondholders as the island's debt is restructured.

Ambac and FGIC filed motions in support of the Puerto Rico Oversight Board's effort to declare illegal $6 billion of the commonwealth's bonds.

The firms are saying they shouldn't have to participate in the disclosure, which could lead to a clawback of bond payments.

One group of GO holders says that pre-fiscal 2012 guaranteed debt should have higher priority for repayment than the newer bonds.

PREPA says it needs federal money to complete the work of rebuilding the commonwealth’s electrical grid following the destruction caused by Hurricanes Maria and Irma, but the Trump administration has been slow to disburse funds already approved by Congress.

The proposed 2020 budget has $139 million for the payment of debt.

The step is said to be unprecedented in the history of Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Twenty-three members of Congress are urging the Oversight Board to pull back the bonds' underwriting and other fees.

The IRS audit of the Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency's $59 million in 2005 Series B Refunding Bonds is the third IRS audit of tax-advantaged bonds involving the commonwealth announced over the last six weeks.

The board acknowledged Puerto Rico is in compliance with the fiscal 2019 budget, even as it wrangles with the local government over next year's plan.

If the ruling holds, analysts said special revenue bonds may have to be re-evaluated based on the general credit of the issuer.

The House Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a May 2 hearing to examine the successes and failures of PROMESA.

The Senate on Wednesday debated a $13.45 billion disaster aid bill that would require Puerto Rico to assume a local share of additional FEMA aid rather than the 100% federal share in a bill passed by the House.

1st Circuit judges upheld the bankruptcy court's ruling that payment of special revenue bonds is voluntary.