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Monday, January 11, 2016

Puerto Rico News Digest For January 11, 2016


LAST PR LEGISLATIVE SESSION BEGINS


















From Caribbean Business:

"The seventh and last ordinary session of the Puerto Rico Legislature for
the 2012 to 2016 term begins Monday at 1 p.m., with both the House of Re-
presentatives and the Senate having left several measures on the table.  Am-
ong these is the controversial legislation to restructure the Puerto Rico Elec-
tric Power Authority (Prepa), which had been expected to be addressed in an
extraordinary session that did not materialize. Senate President Eduardo Bha-
tia and Rep. Jesús Santa have both said the measure will  be considered this
month..."


PIERLUISI URGES STATEHOOD VOTE


From The San Juan Daily Star:

"Resident Commissioner and New Progressive Party (NPP) gubernatorial can-
didate Pedro Pierluisi is calling on new Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Pre-
sident and gubernatorial candidate David Bernier to push for an up or down vo-
te on statehood. “I invite you to review the [friend of the court brief] presented
by the Department of Justice of the United States in the case People vs. Sánchez,
before the Supreme Court of  the United States,” Pierluisi said in a letter dated
Jan. 5. “In a crystal clear manner the federal Department of Justice exposes how
the Constitution of the Free Associated State is not a sovereign status, nor does
it change the territorial status of the island...”


LAW TO BOOST GOV'T BUYS FROM SMALL BIZ


From News Is My Business:

"A bill amending Law 62 of 2014 calling for an increase in government pur-
chases from local small and mid-sized businesses from 20 percent to 30 per-
cent starting this year has been signed into law, House Speaker Jaime Perelló
announced. The bill also included amendments to facilitate and streamline
permits processes for the sector..."


POWERBALL JACKPOT KEEPS GROWING


From NBC News:

"The ever-surging Powerball jackpot has grown to a record $1.3 billion after
Saturday night's drawing which had no bigger winner. But should you wind
up with the winning jackpot in Wednesday's record-breaking draw, odds are
good that you won't be able to hold on to your anonymity. With Powerball ti-
ckets sold in 44 states, as well as in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands
and Puerto Rico, all but six states require lottery winners to come forward
publicly..."



1 comment:

  1. Concerning the Powerball: the frenzy drives the demand, the more people spend on ticket the higher is the top prize. The sales peaked at about 3bn dollars, about 1.5bn tickets or 1/4 of the worlds population. Personally I spend 60 dollars for that game playing online, Icelotto review. It paid off only 20.

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