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Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources. Current event. CARES Act-related frauds in Puerto Rico was a series of several financial fraud scandals related to the payment of benefits from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program from the CARES Act in Puerto Rico during 2020. The most notable of these schemes [according to ...
1970. Headquarters. Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Automobile Accident Compensation Administration — Spanish: Administración de Compensaciones por Accidentes de Automóviles ( ACAA) — is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico that provides compensation for medical and disability expenses resulting from traffic accidents in Puerto Rico.
The OLX marketplace is a platform for buying and selling services and goods such as electronics, fashion items, furniture, household goods, cars and bikes. In 2014, the platform reportedly had 11 billion page views, 200 million monthly active users, 25 million listings, and 8.5 million transactions per month. [3]
v. t. e. AutoExpreso is an electronic toll collection system used on tollways in the United States territory of Puerto Rico. [1] The system uses passive transponders [citation needed] where payment status is indicated by a light at the toll plazas. In 2012, AutoExpreso became the exclusive form of payment on most of Puerto Rico's tollways, with ...
Puerto Rico's murder rate dropped somewhat from the 1990s into the 2000s, yet violent crime remained significantly higher not just at a regional but also on an international scale. In the mid-2000s, the territory's troubles ranked it sixth worldwide in murders per capita. In 2006, a total of 736 individuals were murdered in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, and a of other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
The newscast was anchored by Gloria Soltero and Pedro Luis Garcia. Currently the newscast carries the name Notiseis 360 . Other media ventures in Puerto Rico include The San Juan Star, Metro Newspaper, Claridad, Caribbean Business, NotiCel and a series of regional papers such as Vision, La Calle, Jornada PR, among others.
The comptroller of Puerto Rico is a constitutionally-created office charged with carrying out post-audits of the use of public funds in Puerto Rico. The comptroller is appointed by the Governor of Puerto Rico and requires the advice and consent of both the Senate of Puerto Rico as well as the Puerto Rico House of Representatives for a term of office of ten years and until a successor is ...