The Senate opens the session asking for contract papers and papers from La Fortaleza

On August 18, 2026, NotiCel places the Senate session opening with requests for information. Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, according to that coverage's dek, resumes oversight of Francisco Domenech, Itza García, and the temporary-generation contract. The body of the page could not be opened: this note writes only what the snippet and the dated URL confirm, and names other rows in this roundup by date and outlet when context is needed.

There is a request 2026-0106 to Norma Burgos Andújar on Francisco Domenech's dealings between July 1 and August 7, and on Itza García through August 15. There is another request to Josué Colón Ortiz and Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta on the $5,887 million contract. Those request numbers, those names, and that amount are the listed facts. There is no inventory here of what Burgos delivered, and no page count.

The $5,887 million matches the figure El Nuevo Día used on August 21, in the Proskauer letter, and on August 13, when it quoted Governor Jenniffer González Colón before the Board's vote. On August 14, the Board, on its site, spoke of $5.9 billion. On the 21st, NotiCel cited Jenniffer González Colón with a contract that exceeds $5,800 million. The Senate, on the 18th, asks for papers with the $5,887 million wording. That wording is left in this request.

Mary Carmen Zapata Acosta, according to El Nuevo Día on August 21, canceled on the 18th — the same day as this session. This NotiCel note, in the confirmed facts, does not describe that cancellation. It describes requests for information. They are not fused. On August 13, Metro covered the legislature's priorities, with Héctor Hernández Ortiz following the Francisco Domenech inquiry. On the 18th, the Senate asks Burgos for the July and August stretch of dealings. Two dates in the same oversight thread.

NotiCel's headline also speaks of protections for minors. That clause is in the URL and in the English headline of the path; this row's confirmed facts do not detail the text of that protection. It is not filled in. The note stays with the requests, with Thomas Rivera Schatz in the dek, and with the $5,887 million contract. The reader has the URL. The fetch failed; the body is not invented.

Source: NotiCel. https://noticel.com/en/noticias/20260818/senado-exige-informacion-sobre-contratos-y-fortalece-protecciones-para-menores/