Given the proliferation of skateboards, known as “scooters,” traveling on public roads in the metropolitan area, the Senate passed a measure to investigate the proliferation of businesses and mobile companies dedicated to renting these vehicles .
Senate Resolution 86, drafted by the Senator for the District of San Juan, Guaynabo and Aguas Buenas, Nitza Morán, mandates the Commission for Innovation, Telecommunications, Urban Planning and Infrastructure of the Higher Body to conduct an investigation for the above purposes. especially in tourist areas, although these cannot be used for driving on highways, national highways or other public roads that are asphalted.
“This has become a means of transport, not only for tourists, but also for residents. A new style of business, especially for the capital. Puerto Rico, like other countries, has had problems with “skateboards”. The big challenge is to temper the spaces for the use of these transports. The intention is not to ban the use of these avant-garde vehicles, ”said Senator Morán.
On the other hand, Popular Democratic Party spokesman Javier Aponte Dalmau denounced the situation facing residents of the municipal islands of Vieques and Culebra, as they do not have enough boats, by the Maritime Transport Authority (ATM) to get fuel. to be transported to the islands.
“We assess that the only cargo ferry that has the ATM to transport food to the municipal islands has broken down and it will take months for the situation to be resolved. We see again the government’s determination to privatize and let go of its responsibility to deal with the situation of transfers, it’s happening again. We are tired of this bank filing the complaint and I will return to make the same allegation. Governor, you cannot relinquish responsibility for maritime transport to the municipal islands, ”complained Aponte Dalmau.
The legislator proposed to use the federal funds “CARES” for the development of infrastructure on the island, for the repair of boats. “Those boats are the roads for those citizens,” he insisted.
Meanwhile, Puerto Rican Independence Party senator María de Lourdes Santiago made a formal request to the people of Vieques and Culebra to participate in the selection of the agency’s executive director.
On the other hand, the Senate received the partial report of Senate Resolution 42, which presides over the Special Commission for Legislative Monitoring of the Special Education Program of the Ministry of Education to examine, supervise and continuously monitor the performance of that program. to assess compliance with current laws and regulations.
The authorship resolution of the Senatorial President, José Luis Dalmau Santiago and the Independence Senator, María De Lourdes Santiago, quotes in its partial report that “this Commission recommends that the Senate order the Ministry of Education to establish a calendar that includes the celebration. . of meetings of scheduling and placement committees (duly constituted) for the assessment of all individualized education programs of students enrolled in the special education program It is imperative that you know the current situation of the needs of these students.
Senator María de Lourdes Santiago, for her part, said in turn about the measure that “the Ministry of Education did not cross her mind that these students should be vaccinated before starting face-to-face classes.” Senator of the New Progressive Party, Migdalia Padilla, said, in turn, that “we keep making the same mistakes with this population. The answers given were not specific and very general. The individualized plan of each of these boys and girls has been violated ”.
In addition, the Deputy Senate Law 176 was approved, which amends the “Law of the Public Company for Supervision and Insurance of Cooperatives of Puerto Rico,” to require the Corporation to publish through its electronic page and of the international information network, known as the Internet and to keep track of the findings about legal consultations or advice, complaints, reports or complaints submitted before the treatment, including any natural or legal person, as well as cooperatives, administrative bodies, officials or other officials Services.
The Senate suspended its activities until Thursday, March 18 at 1:00 pm.