Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority

Debt restructuring proposals for the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority’s senior revenue bonds haven't included any reduction in principal.

Moody's has downgraded Puerto Rico's general obligation bonds to Ca from Caa3, due to the protracted economic and revenue disruptions caused by Hurricane Maria.

The Trump administration requested $12.77 billion in initial funding to help Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico’s debt cannot be canceled by order of the president, restructuring experts and a key congressman said.

Puerto Rico bonds plunged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested the commonwealth’s debt needed to be “wiped out” to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.

Puerto Rico bonds took a big hit on Wednesday after President Donald Trump suggested the commonwealth’s debt needed to be “wiped out” to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.

The board says it will postpone any discussion of furloughs until the next fiscal year.

Two key Puerto Rico Oversight Board members met with members of Congress Thursday and Friday.

Puerto Rico's power authority said it may take more than six months to restore electricity and there was a report that the Oversight Board was ready to revise the amount of debt to be paid in the next nine years.

Puerto Rico Oversight Board executive director Natalie Jaresko told The Bond Buyer the commonwealth might also pay some of its debt later this year.

Kobre & Kim will assist in the board's investigation of Puerto Rico’s debt.

One lawyer called the bankruptcy judge’s ruling a "victory in the Oversight Board's effort to destroy all bondholder liens in Puerto Rico."

A U.S. district court on Tuesday rejected that bond insurer Ambac Financial was liable for allegedly overly optimistic and misleading statements it had made about its insured Puerto Rico bonds.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board announced it was planning an investigation of the island’s public sector debt.

Puerto Rico’s voters overwhelmingly voted on Sunday for the island to become a state in a vote the opposition chose to boycott.

Goldman Sachs opened the first of a two-day retail order period for the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp., N.Y.’s $2.15 billion tax-exempt deal as municipal bonds were unchanged ahead of next week's $7.02 billion calendar.

The municipal bond market on Friday will be looking ahead to next week’s new issue calendar as participants eye falling bond yields. The largest deal of the upcoming week is from the Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. will offer $2.19 billion of second indenture revenue bonds.

Municipal bonds were stronger at mid-session, according to traders, who were looking ahead to next week’s still healthy new issue calendar, which is estimated at $8.79 billion.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board’s Title III cases got new case numbers on Thursday.

Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority bonds to C from CC.