Sentences with phrase «rican government»

PUERTO RICO WARNS PAI ON LIFELINE — The Puerto Rican government is cautioning FCC Chairman Ajit Pai on his proposal to revamp the commission's Lifeline program, saying it could create problems for the rebuilding effort following the 2017 hurricane.

The airline this family flew — United — reportedly faces a hefty fine from the Costa Rican government for bringing passengers with invalid documents into the country, but that won't help this family recover their expenses.

On May 1, 2014, Doral announced that it was advised by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation that the bank could not include some or all of the its receivables from the Puerto Rican government in its calculation of Tier 1 capital.

Deal to make losses inevitable for investors holding onto bonds issued by Puerto Rican government authorities, Reuters

In this case, the plaintiffs, joined by the Puerto Rican government, were seeking a declaration that they had the right to elect a member of the House of Representatives.

The Costa Rican government has declared the area Seamounts Marine Management Area, and it covers nearly a million hectares, or 3,861 square miles.

Arlington, VA — A massive new marine protected area around Cocos Island is a beacon of hope for ocean health and human well - being in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, and will offer endangered marine species such as hammerhead sharks and leatherback turtles, as well as fish stocks that are important to local communities, the chance to recover from increasing pressures, Conservation International (CI) said today in reaction to a decree by the Costa Rican government.

She added that another oddity is that the Puerto Rican government is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote El Yunque National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service's only tropical rainforest, as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World — yet at the same time the government now wants to open El Yunque's coasts to hotel - luxury residential projects, golf courses, shopping centers, and a new road.

Now, what happened is that these charges [the original ones leading to a new arrest warrant being issued last year] came two days before we could sign that agreement with the Costa Rican government.

In June, Costa Rican government officials announced an ambitious plan to become the world's first country to achieve a comprehensive national strategy to eliminate single - use plastics by 2021.

You can help him by donating through the Sierra Club Puerto Rico chapter to help the Puerto Rican government purchase the remaining privately owned land in the corridor.

We call on the Costa Rican government to appeal the decision and find a way to convict these criminals of this heinous crime, or locate and convict those responsible.

However, after a mysterious group — the Peace Sentinels — arrive in Costa Rica equipped with the latest in military hardware and enough of it to disrupt the balance between the power of the East and West, Big Boss and his band of mercenaries are the only hope to the Costa Rican government who remain powerless to the new - found Peace Sentinels.

You should also know that there are no hotels in Cocos island as the Costa Rican Government has strictly imposed a No Human Settlement Policy since it has been declared a National Marine Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

They are incredibly underfunded by the Costa Rican government and rumour has it that they aren't even given enough money for gasoline to drive to the beach areas.

In addition to the preservation of a 740 hectare virgin rainforest, Pacuare Jungle Lodge has a fine tradition of top - notch service, a warm ambiance, fastidious safety policies and a warm «akin to home» hospitality that has helped it attain the highest sustainability tourism ratings awarded by the Costa Rican government.

Protected as a biological reserve by the Costa Rican Government, the water surrounding the island is extremely pristine and teeming with life.

This is why the Costa Rican government has worked to protect much of this area within the Guanacaste Conservation Area and Arenal Volcano National Park.

It happened, because in 1981 the Costa Rican government, as part of their ongoing campaign to protect the countries wildlife acknowledged that the phenomenon whereby the Olive Ridley turtles come ashore to lay eggs merited legal safeguards.

La Costa de Papito is also a lush tropical Garden of Eden on the edge of the jungle and sits just across the road from the gorgeous expanse of the white sand Playa Cocles which is coveted by the Costa Rican government as one of the client beaches in the country, and is the only life - guard protected beach on the Caribbean Coast.

Around 25 % of the countries land is protected by national parks and other protected areas with the help of the Costa Rican government, the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the National System of Protected Areas (SINAC).

The town was originally called Old Harbor until the Costa Rican government institutionalized Spanish as the new local language and changed the names of the towns and landmarks in the area from English to Spanish.

The Costa Rican government agrees and has protected over 25 percent of Costa Rica's landmass by converting it into national park.

The eco-friendly Costa Rican government has gone to great lengths to protect the habitat of these amazing animals.

This enchanting and serene lodge is right in front of Playa Cocles which was awared the Blue Flag for cleanliness by the Costa Rican government.

Going above and beyond, this Doubletree has been awared with four leaves by the Costa Rican government on its Certificate of Sustainable Tourism, meaning your stay helps contribute to the hotel's efforts to preserve the environment.

In 2003, Costa Rican government outlawed euthanasia as a form of animal population control so instead, this nation relies on high - volume, low - cost spay and neuter programs to keep numbers of unwanted animals at manageable levels.

The IUCN is working with the Costa Rican government to establish farms for brown caiman, and in Nicaragua, it is helping locals to set up black iguana farms.

Her series of children's books, Aventureros de la Ciencia (Adventurers of Science), has been adopted by the Costa Rican government as a basis for teaching science in public schools.

But soon after, Koblick and his newly formed nonprofit, the Marine Resources Development Foundation, approached the Puerto Rican government with an idea of his own.

A significant amount of the money used to buy these credits is administered by the Costa Rican government, in the form of foreign aid from the E.U., to pay landowners to plant or maintain tropical forests, Rundel says.

Any relief from the federal government will, and should, involve addressing the Puerto Rican government's past fiscal mismanagement and changing it's future functioning.

As described in a recent report commissioned by the Puerto Rican government, Puerto Rico's fiscal shortcomings have been masked and ultimately worsened by poor fiscal and accounting practices.

The Puerto Rican government says it needs to restructure its debt or receive federal help within the next year if it is to remain solvent.

Cuomo at the time also urged Congress to approve a bankruptcy plan for the Puerto Rican government.

It creates a federal oversight board (PROMESA), which will have the ability to re-structure debts and audit the Puerto Rican government.

She has also served in a number of senior positions within the Puerto Rican government.

The Costa Rican government report recommends that Oliver North, General Richard Secord, former National Security Advisor John Poindexter, former U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, and former CIA station chief in Costa Rica, Joseph Fernandez, be banned from Costa Rican territory for life because of their involvement in illegal gun and drug operations.13

A Costa Rican government study concluded that «requests for contra help were initiated by Colonel [Oliver] North to General Noriega.

In Costa Rica, long a beacon of democracy in Latin America, there is now a remilitarizing of society generally, symbolized by the U.S. military exercises taking place in Costa Rica's national parks, in spite of objections by the Costa Rican government.

But it's also an immediate emergency: With revenues disappearing, and expenses skyrocketing in response to the hurricane, the Puerto Rican government could run out of money by November 1.

First, the Puerto Rican government will try to unilaterally decide which bond payments it needs to skip in order to keep the lights running.

The first is that the Puerto Rican government has never been expected to be able to pay back the reduced amount — $ 8 billion — it may have to under the deal, and it definitely won't be able to do so now.

The Puerto Rican government took advantage of this situation by borrowing a lot of money, but didn't manage to spend the money that they borrowed to accomplish much that was useful in the long term.

Since Congress has, so far, not acted we are now on the precipice of a much more uncertain and chaotic situation in which Puerto Rico will attempt to selectively cancel debts and bondholders will seek to use the federal courts to block the Puerto Rican government from operating until it pays up.

The Puerto Rican government is facing intense pressure to restore power quickly.

Because of its special relationship with the United States, US investors got favorable tax treatment when buying Puerto Rican government bonds.

For the record, Alphabet launched the balloons from its Nevada launch site to Puerto Rico with the help of aviation authorities and air traffic controllers under the Puerto Rican government.

The energy company also struggled to get equipment to the island, leading the Puerto Rican government to hire expensive charter flights, according to the newly publicized details of the botched deal.

Vox's Alexia Fernández Campbell reported that the Puerto Rican government's own missteps in the reconstruction effort, including botching a massive recovery contract with Whitefish Energy, have further hampered the power restoration effort.