Insurance Commissioner Suzette del Valle Lecároz By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico Insurance Commissioner Suzette del Valle Lecároz announced Monday that her office is intensifying oversight of physician and healthcare provider credentialing processes amid growing complaints about duplicate documentation requests, additional requirements and delays by health insurers. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OCS by its initials in Spanish) has already opened an investigation int

A federal immigration enforcement operation in Barrio Obrero, Santurce last year. The ACLU of Puerto Rico alleges that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is implementing discriminatory enforcement practices targeting immigrant communities, including arrests carried out without judicial warrants, family separations and actions that interfere with ongoing immigration proceedings. (US DHS) By THE STAR STAFF The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Puerto Rico on Sunday

Popular Democratic Party Lawyers Organization President Abner Otero Rosario By THE STAR STAFF The Popular Democratic Party Lawyers Organization (OAP) is urging Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to veto legislation that would overhaul Puerto Rico’s judicial system, arguing that the measure would undermine judicial independence and raise constitutional concerns. OAP President Abner Otero Rosario said Senate Bill 1096, which would establish a new Judicial Branch Act, represents what

Human Resources Administration and Transformation Office Director Facundo M. Di Mauro Vázquez detailed holiday leave provisions for public employees. Advances police pay raises By THE STAR STAFF The administration of Gov. Jenniffer González Colón is seeking approval for a temporary exemption of Puerto Rico’s sales and use tax (IVU by its acronym in Spanish) on prepared foods and is moving forward with a second phase of salary increases for thousands of police officers, offici