Government & Politics

House to Subpoena DNER Secretary Again, Threatens Contempt Citation

Published Sep 24, 2026 · via La Perla del Sur

Fernando Sanabria Colón, president of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives' Southern Region Commission, announced he will subpoena Waldemar Quiles, Secretary of the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA), under threat of a contempt citation. This follows Quiles' failure to appear again at a public hearing where he was expected to answer questions from the commission.

The article text provided is cut off and does not specify the exact date of the missed hearing, the topics the secretary was meant to address, or further procedural details.