Senate President Rivera Schatz Accuses Family Secretary Roig of Lying Over $38 Million NOLA Education Deal

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1. Oct 7, 2026

   Senate President Rivera Schatz Accuses Family Secretary Roig of Lying Over $38 Million NOLA Education Deal

   via El Nuevo Día

   Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz said on Wednesday that Family secretary Suzanne Roig lied and gave testimony with multiple inconsistencies, after he questioned her intensely in a public hearing before the Senate Committee on Family, Women, Senior…

2. Oct 7, 2026

   Family Secretary Roig Tearfully Demands Senate Respect During Hearing on NOLA Education Contract

   via El Nuevo Día

   Family Department Secretary Suzanne Roig briefly halted her testimony before the Senate on Wednesday to demand respect while independent Sen. Eliezer Molina questioned her about the award of an invitation-only competitive process to the company NOLA Education…

3. Oct 7, 2026

   Roig and Medina Face Senate and Federal Questions Over $38 Million Family Department Contract

   via NotiUno

   Family Secretary Suzanne Roig is scheduled to appear before the Senate's Family, Women, Seniors and Persons with Functional Diversity and Disabilities Committee at 1:00 p.m. to answer why she allegedly pushed two companies to be hired by the Family…

4. Oct 7, 2026

   Governor’s Office Says Family Secretary Roig Keeps Its Confidence Amid $38.5 Million Contract Scrutiny

   via NotiUno

   La Fortaleza has closed ranks, for now, around Family secretary Suzanne Roig. Public Affairs secretary Jean Peña Payano said Roig remains in her post and has Gov. Jennifer González Colón's confidence, but made clear that confidence is not a blank check and…

5. Oct 6, 2026

   La Fortaleza Says Family Secretary Roig Fuertes Keeps Her Post Amid Probe and Replacement Rumors

   via NotiUno

   La Fortaleza's Public Affairs secretary, Jean Peña Payano, insisted that Suzanne Roig Fuertes, secretary of the Family Department, still has Gov. Jenniffer González's confidence.