By THE STAR STAFF With the goal of strengthening technical compliance and fostering leadership, innovation, and sustainable growth of CPA firms in Puerto Rico, the Society of Certified Public Accountants (CCPA by its initials in Spanish) will hold the 2026 Annual Conference of Firms and Independent Practitioners, under the theme “From Technique to Strategy,” on June 25 from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Hyatt Centric San Juan Hotel in Isla Verde. The conference has been designe

By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico has certified the fifth revised fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget for the bankrupt Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), formalizing a new spending framework aligned with the latest rate determinations issued by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB). In a June 17 letter to Gov. Jenniffer González Colón, the oversight board confirmed that the revised budget complies with the Puerto Rico Oversight,

Former Permits Management Office Assistant Secretary Norberto Almodóvar Vélez By THE STAR STAFF The Office of the Special Independent Prosecutor Panel (OPFEI by its initials in Spanish) has appointed two independent prosecutors to investigate former Permits Management Office (OGPe) officials Norberto Almodóvar Vélez and Charlene Neuman Rivera, following a referral from the Department of Justice and the submission of additional information by a former Cabinet official. The inf

La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández By THE STAR STAFF A widening ethics controversy inside the administration of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón intensified this week after La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández filed two sworn complaints accusing former Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish) Secretary Sebastián Negrón Reichard of orchestrating a pattern of conflicts of interest that allegedly steered tens of mi