Governor Names Interim DACO Chief After Secretary Wins Cataño Mayoral Race

September5 updates

1. Sep 27, 2026

   Governor Names Interim DACO Chief After Secretary Wins Cataño Mayoral Race

   via Primera Hora

   Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González announced that Erwin “Farito” Álvarez, subsecretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO), will lead the agency temporarily while she makes a new appointment.

2. Sep 27, 2026

   Federation of Mayors Congratulates Hiram Torres Montalvo and Plans Meeting to Address Cataño's Needs

   via Metro PR

   The president of the Federation of Mayors, Gabriel Hernández Rodríguez, congratulated Hiram Torres Montalvo on his election as the new mayor of Cataño and announced that he will coordinate a meeting with the municipal executive to discuss the main needs of…

3. Sep 25, 2026

   PNP Official: Courts Rejected Four Challenges to Torres Montalvo's Cataño Mayoral Candidacy

   via NotiUno

   Aníbal Vega Borges, electoral commissioner of the New Progressive Party (PNP), said Friday that courts rejected on four separate occasions challenges filed by three municipal legislators seeking to disqualify Hiram Torres Montalvo's candidacy for mayor of…

4. Sep 18, 2026

   Puerto Rico Supreme Court Updates Jury Instructions Manual

   via Microjuris al Día

   The Puerto Rico Supreme Court approved an updated version of the Jury Instructions Manual (Libro de Instrucciones al Jurado) through Resolution EC-2026-01, published as 2026 TSPR 97, dated September 9, 2026.

5. Sep 15, 2026

   Puerto Rico Supreme Court declines to intervene in Cataño mayoral candidacy dispute

   via El Nuevo Día

   Puerto Rico's Supreme Court decided not to take up a lawsuit filed by three New Progressive Party (PNP) municipal legislators—Gustavo Grana Martínez, Damián Claudio Miranda and José Ortega Rodríguez—who are demanding that party leadership disqualify Hiram…