By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Broadband Program (PRBP) has issued a request for proposals seeking suppliers to modernize the island’s telecommunications infrastructure in an effort officials say will strengthen the communications systems used by public safety agencies. The PRBP said the initiative is aimed at improving the resilience, reliability and coverage of critical networks used by emergency management, law enforcement and other security agencies, particularly durin

By THE STAR STAFF Solo Por Hoy Inc., one of Puerto Rico’s leading organizations serving people experiencing homelessness, is urging lawmakers to overhaul the island’s institutional framework for addressing homelessness, arguing that the current structure has weakened coordination, distorted public policy and sidelined community expertise. In a detailed explanatory memorandum submitted to Senate Housing and Social Welfare Committee Chair Jamie Barlucea Rodríguez, the nonprofit

Treasury Secretary Ángel Pantoja Rodríguez By THE STAR STAFF Treasury Secretary Ángel Pantoja Rodríguez announced on Tuesday that he will provide the island Senate with the requested tax information regarding former Secretary of justice Antonio Sagardía de Jesús, following the receipt of express authorization from the taxpayer. “As Secretary of the Treasury, ensuring the confidentiality of the information that taxpayers submit to the Department of the Treasury is a responsibi

By THE STAR STAFF Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz stated on Tuesday that he is reviewing the Department of Justice’s report on an investigation involving the Family Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes. “If you have a file containing sworn statements, documentary evidence, testimony, and information that -- according to the prosecutor -- exonerates the family secretary, why not turn it over?” Rivera Schatz asked during a press conference. The Senate president said he had requ