Tag: Puerto Rico

Most troubling was the concern about the potential motivation for why a liver doctor might perform a lung surgery that didn't appear to be needed. (Getty)

Patient died after VA doc and resident wife did unneeded procedure; then doc was promoted

Luke Rosiak · April 17, 2015 9:00 am

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Veterans Affairs hospital chief draws $179k salary despite missing 80 days a year

Luke Rosiak · March 30, 2015 2:48 pm

At the Puerto Rico facility, employees said they were never told the GSA would be closing all public restrooms in the building for an entire year. [AP Photo]Â

Energy and Environment

All courthouse bathrooms closed without notice in a year-long greening effort

Sarah Bedford · March 17, 2015 7:40 pm

Tito Santiago Martinez appears on the sex offender registry after being convicted of five counts of lewd acts. His duties include vetting government employment applicants and he helps select new hires. (Getty Images)

Convicted sex offender in charge of hiring, disciplining VA workers

Luke Rosiak · March 16, 2015 2:35 pm

This Sept. 23, 2014 photo, shows an aerial view of the Santurce neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The neighborhood is bounded on the north and east by the upscale Atlantic Coast districts of Condado, Ocean Park and Isla Verde, areas familiar to tourists visiting Puerto Rico. To the west lies the largely middle-class area of Miramar and the approach to picturesque Old San Juan, a colonial district of cobblestone streets and the seat of local government. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Neighborhood reborn amid Puerto Rico decline

Danica Coto · September 29, 2014 5:02 am

The Vieques Sports City Complex was never built because an environmentalist lawsuit dragged on unresolved for nearly a decade before it was settled. (iStock)

Apathetic HUD officials lose $10.8 million on failed Puerto Rican sports complex

Mark Tapscott · September 23, 2014 6:00 pm

Official: Puerto Rico parrot births mark comeback

Danica Coto · August 26, 2014 11:26 pm

New leads in old slaying of sailors in Puerto Rico

Danica Coto · August 7, 2014 5:58 pm

This July 16, 2014, photo, shows an aerial view of people enjoying the beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The territory's government has managed its first balanced budget in more than a decade. Sales tax revenues are up and its publicly owned power company has won breathing room to pay its debts. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Puerto Rico on shaky ground with creditors

Danica Coto · July 21, 2014 4:03 am

This July 16, 2014 photo shows the financial district in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has seen a flurry of credit rating downgrades since the announcement of a law that allows some public corporations to restructure their debt if needed. The law was approved as the U.S. territory enters its eighth year in recession. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Puerto Rico power company’s finances spark concern

Danica Coto · July 17, 2014 10:48 pm

US govt get $946M from Puerto Rico’s Popular bank

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 9:25 pm

NY Fed chief: Puerto Rico on economic deadline

Danica Coto · June 24, 2014 10:27 pm