Sentences with phrase «island commonwealth»

On Monday, Alejandro García Padilla, Governor of Puerto Rico, told a television audience that the island commonwealth is just days away from a historic economic collapse and is unable to repay its estimated $ 72 billion in debt.

He's traveled to Puerto Rico in the wake of the island commonwealth's fiscal crisis and paid a call to troops in Afghanistan.

Calderón served as governor of the island commonwealth from 2001 to 2005, and remains the only woman to have held the job.

For months, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello has been struggling to get the U.S. Treasury to release $ 4.7 billion in disaster recovery loans that the U.S. Congress approved in October, weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated the island commonwealth.

But six months after Hurricane Maria devastated this island commonwealth, he says FEMA has yet to approve his application.

Puerto Rican leaders are embroiled in a sharp disagreement over whether the island commonwealth should continue to participate in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, an exam in which their students have struggled.

Yes, even before Hurricane Maria devastated the Island Commonwealth our organization's branch in the Island, known as LOS CALLEJERITOS DE PUERTO RICO, has been issuing low - cost spay neuter vaccination vouchers to pet guardians, as well as aiding grassroots animal rescuers with dog food and veterinary services.