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The number of people employed in Puerto Rico during November fell 1.8% from July.
December 26 -
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board gave extensions to Puerto Rico’s government and public authorities for fiscal plan submissions.
December 21 -
Judge Laura Taylor Swain directed that Puerto Rico Employers Retirement System bond interest payments to bondholders should continue pending a determination on their lien.
December 20 -
Fresh from a victory on Friday, bondholders and insurers are asking the Title III bankruptcy court to award them additional documents connected to the sales and use tax.
December 19 -
Puerto Rico said it had $5 billion more in cash than disclosed three weeks ago after scouring more than 800 government bank accounts.
December 18 -
Bond analysts and Puerto Rico political leaders were voicing concern Friday over a new tax on territories reportedly included in the Republican federal tax bill.
December 15 -
Puerto Rico’s electrical grid is unlikely to be fully restored until the end of May, the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Wednesday -- months longer than the timeline offered by the island’s governor.
December 14 -
Creditors clashed in court with bond issuers over claims on revenues for the Employee Retirement System.
December 13 -
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority named 11 experts in grid reliability and restoration to a senior-level advisory council, part of a long-term effort to improve service, lower costs, and reduce prices.
December 12 -
Over two months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the island’s government still hasn’t received any of the $4.9 billion of short-term loans promised in the storm aid package Congress passed at the end of October.
December 8 -
The act gives the federal government flexibility in how to deal with Puerto Rico, the department said in answering a challenge by Aurelius Capital.
December 7 -
By continuing to insist on their pound of flesh, bondholders will lose more.
December 7
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The U.S. Virgin Islands is grappling with a government revenue shortfall in the aftermath of two category 5 hurricanes.
December 6 -
Puerto Rico expects its central government revenues to come in 25% short of budget in this fiscal year.
December 5 -
While money on hand was better than expected, the island's financial advisory authority warned that expenditures will worsen.
November 30 -
A longtime bond professional explains why he’s an understanding holder of Puerto Rico general obligation debt -- and angry investor in the island’s sales tax revenue bonds.
November 29
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., introduced a comprehensive support bill for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Tuesday, calculated to cost up to $146 billion.
November 28 -
The engineer who led the restoration of electrical service in New York City after Superstorm Sandy has been appointed to oversee the recovery of Puerto Rico's power grid.
November 27 -
Puerto Rico’s government announced it would pay its annual Christmas bonus to workers this year.
November 20 -
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority governing board said it was gathering a Transformation Advisory Council of utility industry leaders.
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