Former La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández By THE STAR STAFF Former La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández has asked the Government Ethics Office (OEG by its initials in Spanish) to dismiss an ethics complaint filed against him, arguing that his decision to hire attorney Janet Parra Mercado for legal representation does not violate the Government Ethics Act. In a motion filed Thursday, Domenech’s legal team requested dismissal and summar

A lawmaker has filed a resolution calling for a legislative investigation into LUMA Energy’s smart meter deployment and the broader modernization of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, citing growing complaints from residential and commercial customers who say their electricity consumption and bills increased after the installation of the smart meters. By THE STAR STAFF Former La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández has asked the Government Ethics Office (OEG by i

The Puerto Rico chapter of the Sierra Club said Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has submitted a new version of permitting reform legislation to the House of Representatives while neither the public nor stakeholder groups have had the opportunity to review the latest draft. By THE STAR STAFF With less than a week remaining in Puerto Rico’s current legislative session, environmental organizations are raising concerns about what they describe as a lack of transparency surrounding

Coamo Mayor Juan Carlos García Padilla By THE STAR STAFF In the wake of a disturbing discovery of dead dogs and cats stuffed inside plastic bags in Ponce, Coamo Mayor Juan Carlos García Padilla called on the Puerto Rico government this week to declare a state of emergency over the island’s growing stray animal crisis and establish a $10 million sterilization program across all 78 municipalities. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths and the number