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News channel or source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/22/former-puerto-rico-mayor-sentenced-for-bribery-scheme-humacao/3761692734856/
Published on: Tuesday 22 August 2023
Aug. 22 (UPI) --The ex-mayor of Humacao, Puerto Rico, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison Tuesday for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme involving municipal contracts.
News Puerto Rico » Humacao » Government: Puerto Rican communities bear the brunt of the water crisis
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/puerto-rican-communities-bear-the-brunt-of-the-water-crisis/ar-AA2erx2y
Published on: Saturday 17 October 2026
As a child, visits to my grandmother’s home in the rural area between the municipalities of Humacao and Yabucoa, in eastern Puerto Rico, often began with the same question: “Is there running water?” ...
News Puerto Rico » Humacao » Government: Puerto Rico's anti-corruption laws promoted fraud by outsourcing government services, study suggests
News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2024-06-puerto-rico-anti-corruption-laws.html
Published on: Monday 17 June 2024
The anticorruption laws enacted in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria created a new economic sector—a lucrative anti-corruption market based on outsourcing public procurement to private sector ...