PDP Senators Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz and Josian Santiago Rivera. By THE STAR STAFF The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) Senate delegation, led by Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, has referred Family Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes to the Office of Government Ethics and the Department of Justice over alleged perjury tied to her confirmation process. At a press conference, Hernández Ortiz and Sen. Josian Santiago Rivera said they requested investigations into possible violations o

CENCOR Director General Hector J. Berdec Hernndez. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Center for Conservation and Restoration (CENCOR) has released a new study and survey effort aimed at producing the most comprehensive snapshot to date of the cultural heritage field in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, an area the organization says has long lacked integrated, systematic documentation. The project, titled “X-ray of Cultural Heritage in Puerto Rico: Diagnosis, Capacities, and Dev

By THE STAR STAFF A court-appointed mediation team overseeing negotiations in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) bankruptcy case asked a federal judge on April 29 to extend the mediation for another six months, through Oct. 31, 2026, citing increased discussions among stakeholders following recent court rulings and a new electricity-rate decision by the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau. The request was made in the mediation team’s Twenty-Second Notice and Report filed

Costa Sur in Guayanilla (AEE) By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico’s Financial Oversight and Management Board asked the federal court overseeing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s bankruptcy case to deny a renewed bid by PREPA bondholders to force additional document production, arguing the request is overbroad, duplicative, and aimed at privileged work product rather than the limited accounting issues the court has allowed to proceed. Recently, the court partially lifted th