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Housing Department Confirms Hiring of Former OGPE Director Under Investigation

5 updates over 22 days — last updated Jul 3, 2026

  1. Former ASES Director Calls for Emergency Intervention in First Medical

    via Centro de Periodismo Investigativo

    The former director of ASES, an attorney and health services administrator under the Vázquez and Pierluisi governments, has questioned the financial figures presented by First Medical to the Office of the Insurance Commissioner. He emphasized the need for an emergency…

  2. Former Director of Incentives Makes Questionable Statements

    via NotiCel

    Ernesto Zayas García, former director of the Office of Business Incentives at the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC), issued a press release in response to a sworn complaint filed by Secretary of the Interior Francisco Domenech against former…

  3. Outgoing COR3 Director Confident in Reconstruction Continuity

    via El Nuevo Día

    Eduardo Soria Rivera, the outgoing executive director of the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction, and Resilience (COR3), emphasized the need to continue the work model implemented over the past 18 months. With approximately $30,000 million assigned by the Federal Emergency…

  4. Antonio Weiss, Architect of PROMESA: 'We Needed a Bipartisan Proposal'

    via El Nuevo Día

    Antonio Weiss, the former acting number two at the US Department of the Treasury, guided the process of what eventually became the PROMESA law from the US Executive branch. As the architect of PROMESA, Weiss stated that they needed a…

  5. Housing Department Confirms Hiring of Former OGPE Director Under Investigation

    via Primera Hora

    The Department of Housing confirmed that former Director of the Office of Permit Management (OGPE), Norberto Almodóvar Vélez, joined the agency on Monday, despite being under investigation by the Independent Special Prosecutor's Office (FEI) for alleged improper actions during a…