The Financial Oversight and Management Board has approved a contract, with observations, clearing the way for Novum to supply some 6 million barrels annually of No. 6 fuel oil to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Aguirre (pictured), San Juan, Palo Seco and Costa Sur power plants under a three-year agreement valued at up to $2 billion. Supplier secures independent terminal access By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board has approved Genera PR’s p

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón By THE STAR STAFF A coalition of labor unions and nonprofit organizations is calling on Gov. Jenniffer González Colón to fill vacancies on Puerto Rico’s Minimum Wage Review Commission, arguing that employer-sector representatives are attempting to render the body inoperative at a critical stage in its evaluation of potential wage increases affecting hundreds of thousands of workers. The groups contended in a statement Sunday that the recent resig

An after-hours inspection of a Barrio Obrero business establishment revealed violations of the Public Order Code and other applicable regulations, leading the participating agencies to issue fines and seize alcoholic beverages. By THE STAR STAFF In the early hours of Saturday, the Municipality of San Juan and officials from the island Treasury Department conducted enforcement actions at several commercial establishments, issuing 30 fines totaling $41,300. During one of the op

Some 1,500 citizens attended a special service event for the Nutritional Assistance Program held Saturday at the Pedrín Zorrilla Coliseum in Hato Rey. The high turnout surpassed the expectations of Family Department officials. By THE STAR STAFF Several Popular Democratic Party lawmakers are demanding that the island Family Department take responsibility for what they described as poor planning and disorganization during a recent Nutritional Assistance Program (PAN by its acro