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.
The Senate confirms Carlos J. Ríos Pierluisi as DDEC secretary
Thomas Rivera Schatz reports confirmation of the June 15 designate. The floor also approves PS 768, 984, 985, and 1087.
Gobernadora anuncia $91.5 million FEMA para municipios y agencias
19 jun 2026 (peg 30 jun: press COR3). Asignación $91,570,050.48 FEMA PA — AEE $44.6 million, Educación $7.6 million, Lares DAC $6.16 million, AAA Barrancas $5.1 million. Allocated ≠ disbursed.
The First Circuit rejects LUMA's stay and the case returns to the Supremo
La Fortaleza says that on June 22 Laura Taylor Swain's remand of the annulment suits to the Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico takes effect.
Francisco Domenech goes to Justicia and Ética against Sebastián Negrón Reichard
The Gobernación secretary swears that decrees for 74,111,276.62 dollars benefited five clients of his grandfather's firm.
Carreteras federales: Puerto Rico marca $10,222.56 de alivio de emergencia por Ernesto en caminos federales en la hoja de junio 2026
Peg 18 jun 2026. ERFO FY2026: Ernesto $10,222.56 (PR2024-1-FWS); Totals $97,037,713.43 — allocation ≠ hurto; hoja distinta a la de oct 2025.
Jenniffer González Colón assigns 645,320 dollars to Dorado roads
The DTOP-municipality agreement covers PR-694, PR-828, and PR-693, with mayor Anibal Jose Torres at La Fortaleza.
The Board amends the LUMA and Genera budgets after the rate
LUMA receives an operating increase 13 days from the fiscal close.
The Junta says UPR's FY2027 budget violates the fiscal plan
Six-page letter from Robert F. Mujica Jr. to Jenniffer González Colón, June 18, deadline the 24th: 2.8 million in professionals, opex increases, and 60 million non-recurring legislative dollars.
Jenniffer González Colón signs Laws 115 and 116: animals and artificial intelligence
The same release turns PS 107 into Law 115-2026 and PS 622 into Law 116-2026, with a duty to disclose chatbots and offer a human alternative.
The Negociado cites LUMA and Genera to a technical conference on factors
The June 18 order sets the 25th at 10:00 a.m. and, if it applies, a quarterly-factor amendment for the U.S.-Iran deal, deadline June 24 at noon.
The Negociado approves transmission and distribution projects with FEMA 428 funds
It orders LUMA to reconcile FEMA and COR3, a 500 million dollar Global E&M plan, and a list of inactive projects by July 15.
PFEI assigns two special prosecutors to Negrón versus Domenech; Domenech counterfiles the same day
Primera Hora dates June 18, 2026 at 7:01 p.m.; NotiCel prints Domenech's allegations, not a finding.
Luis González Delgado accounts to the Senate for the water crisis
In Special Committee of the Whole, AAA's president attributes the failures to decades of patches; mayor Miguel Romero Lugo speaks of institutional arrogance.
Jenniffer González Colón announces community cisterns in public housing
The Administración de Vivienda Pública will use federal funds: a pilot of 22 cisterns at Las Margaritas and six at Las Casas for 80,000 dollars.
Testimony: PRASA FAASt water, 108 to 140 projects; 2.1 billion under construction
González-Colón before Energy and Natural Resources, June 17, 2026. ≠ CIP, ≠ Education FAASt.
Jenniffer González Colón asks for permanent Medicaid and sells gains before the U.S. Senate
At Energy and Natural Resources she claims equality, statehood, and a Medicaid ceiling before September 2027.
Junta aprueba reprogramar $11 million a overtime policial y $42.281 million a Ley 106
Peg 17 jun 2026 (carta 29 may). FY2026: $369,000 CapEx Justicia; $11 million + $10.624 million overtime Policía; $42.281 million Retiro Ley 106; $2.776 million Albergue. Certificado ≠ reprogramado ≠ desembolsado ≠ hurto.
The Negociado orders solar PPOAs revised and Naguabo unified at 45 MW
In docket NEPR-MI-2025-0005, the regulator gives two days to align first-year tariff or weighted LCOE of the 11-farm portfolio.
Jenniffer González Colón testifies in the federal Senate on the grid and LUMA
The Energy and Natural Resources hearing, at 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen 366, is distinct from the same day's Medicaid appearance. Martin Heinrich asks about the successor operator.
Jenniffer González Colón signs FFA Week, repeals a 1902 article, and names Ramal 5141
A June 16 release: Law 112-2026, Law 113-2026, Law 114-2026, and RCS 114 in honor of José A. Ñin Rivera Rodriguez.