Borinquen MadeDated notes on Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico news: economy and politics
This desk gathers dated notes on the economy and politics of Puerto Rico, taken from named outlets. It is not the magazine's historical archive. Each note cites its outlet. It is not original reporting.
A dated, sourced desk. Each note names its outlet. It is not original reporting. Figures are those the source published. If sources disagree, both layers are left in place.
Contralor: la Junta de Retiro tenía $2.6 million en propiedad sin registrar en Hacienda
Peg 27 ago 2026. OC-27-25: $2.6 million sin registrar, $4.1 million eliminadas, $28.6 million en reclamaciones — auditoría ≠ convicción.
Puerto Rico today: Cabo Rojo says Esencia no va; the file names who collects
On August 27, 2026, the Cabo Rojo march, the drought, and Ley 60 at the NYSE fit in the same public file. The offices and the firms already have names.
AAA, PREPA and Tourism face Esencia; tourism credit ~$497.7 million
27 Aug 2026. Betances lacks capacity; Act 74 credit estimated ≠ disbursed.
The Monitor puts extreme drought at 44.45 percent; it rises 11.14 points in a week
Andrea Guemárez Soto dates the August 27 map at 3:02 p.m.; D3 covers whole municipalities in the south, the east, and the islands.
Vocero: “Not a drop of water for Esencia” — AAA/PREPA
27 Aug 2026. Santiago Negrón summary; Betances and Lajas out; wells and solar next. Hearing≠court ruling.
Board authorizes up to $18.73 million in Emergency Reserve access for 21 days amid drought
El Vocero; Mujica letter to Rivera Berríos; ceiling for tankers, mobile purification and temporary distribution centers.
El Nuevo Día: Molina asks for hydric capacity; the Senate will hear RS-459 and RS-9 in public hearing
Leysa Caro González dates the call August 26, 2026. Ey Boricua, with the brief before the DIA, returned 403.
The Negociado cuts Genera's budget and says they did not prove it in the record
The president of the Negociado de Energía rejects Genera PR's budget claims after the rate review.
The drought already totals more than 26.2 million dollars; the reserve runs through September 10
The Financial Oversight Board extends the deadline to use the emergency reserve; the headline puts extraordinary spending at more than 26.2 million.
The AAA repairs La Plata's fourth pump and announces a gradual recovery
Luis R. González Delgado says the unit returned after the Cortés Industrial part; Bayamón, Guaynabo, Toa Alta, Toa Baja, Dorado, and San Juan.
ABRE: gains and gaps in the fiscal health of the municipalities
The twelfth edition of the municipal index shows less debt weight, but more municipalities running an operating deficit.
González on MS NOW: drought has not reached major federal disaster; cites 9 billion in water — Aug 25, 2026
José A. Delgado, ENDI Washington, August 25, 2026; MS NOW / Menéndez interview. Primary ENDI; clip origin is the network.
Jenniffer González Colón takes the Ley 60 extension to 2055 to Wall Street
At the NYSE, Governor Jenniffer González Colón sells Puerto Rico as open to investment and ties the message to manufacturing and permits.
Jenniffer González Colón says the drought still does not meet a federal major disaster
From New York, Governor Jenniffer González Colón holds that local resources under the Stafford Act have not been exhausted.
The trade surplus grows, but because imports fell
The Instituto de Estadísticas reports a higher fiscal 2026 surplus, with both exports and imports down.
In Guayanilla 69 percent of the coffee floats; picking costs 20 and the floor is 18
José Luis Roig Franceschini, of Café Roig, measures almudes at 11.62 dollars an hour; the drought, he says, can last through the end of harvest.
The House approves banning the separate promoter-fee charge
House Bill 1031 creates the Ticket-Sales Transparency Act; it excepts ticketing companies' technology charges and taxes by law.
The House approves ticket refunds and bars LUMA from closing complaints without resolving them
Unanimous: House Bill 429 by Lourdes Ramos, with sales tax included in 15 days, and House Bill 1364 by José Hernández Concepción; they go to the Senate.
Jenniffer González Colón and the economic cabinet travel to New York seeking capital
La Fortaleza announces an investment tour; Rosachely Rivera Santana remains as acting governor.
The government says it paid 7,900 of 13,575 IntegraPR invoices, 58 percent
Orlando Rivera Berríos and Norma Burgos Andújar cite 367.3 million dollars at Health; the prior fiscal year's payment period was extended to October.