http://www.prfaa.com/news Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:44:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bloomberg News By Simone Baribeau  Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno proposed tax breaks, bank incentives and other measures to boost the commonwealth’s housing industry and rid the market of more than 10,000 unsold new homes.      The program, aimed at both local residents and U.S. investors, would eliminate sales taxes on homes bought in its initial nine months ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1143 by The Puerto Rico Daily Sun staff   Private Sector Coalition spokesman Francisco Rodríguez Castro said the organization entirely supports the Housing Department's incentive and the Vía Verde project, as initiatives that comply with the Economic Development Plan presented by the Coalition. Rodríguez Castro reported that these government initiatives were endorsed after considering ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1140   by Raul Colon / Puerto Rico Daily Sun   With the housing market in critical state, Gov. Fortuño unveiled a comprehensive stimulus package aimed at reducing the large inventory of unsold new homes, estimated at 20, 000. "We want to make buying a home a more plausible reality for all. That's why we ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1137     CaribbeanBusiness The island government and its Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority will go ahead with its natural gas conversion plan to cut energy costs, with the results becoming tangible on electric bills as soon as December. Gov. Luis Fortuño on Monday provided details of the project, dubbed “Vía Verde (Green Route),” to ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1134     Puerto Rico Daily Sun July 20, 2010 Energy and Environment For every $100 that a Puerto Rican earns, $12 goes to pay for electricity. “We are facing an energy crisis, because of our dependence on oil and an obsolete infrastructure,” said Gov. Fortuño as he signed three measures that, taken together, create an aggressive ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1132 By George F. Will WASHINGTON — A Republican governor — a very Republican governor — has an idea for solving one of his party's conundrums. The party should listen to Luis Fortuno, the Reaganite who resides in Puerto Rico's executive mansion. Conservatives need a strategy for addressing the immigration issue without ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1129 The governor is expanding a partnership between the Puerto Rico Police Department and the NYPD as part of his administration’s efforts to battle crime on the island. http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1120   Gov. Fortuño participated in the annual NGA meeting where governors discussed a range of topics, including the implementation of federal health care reform, child nutrition issues, progress of the economic recovery, national security and strategies to tackle the federal budget deficit. At the meeting, the Governor was named to the ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1108 The Washington Times KEATING: Are Hispanics lost to Republicans? By Frank Keating ANALYSIS/OPINION: The lights went out on the Republican renaissance when the Arizona Legislature criminalized the presence of illegal immigrants in their state. Or, at least that is popular wisdom. Hispanics constitute the fastest-growing segment of the population. They are rooting in cities and ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1104   New Birth Certificates Can Now Be Ordered Two Ways On-line: www.vitalchek.com and www.pr.gov;  Phone Service Now Available via VitalChek’s 24/7 Bilingual Call Center at (866) 842-6765 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Government of Puerto Rico is expanding services for those seeking the island’s new, more secure birth certificate through a partnership with vital ... http://www.prfaa.com/news/?p=1101