The Senate of Puerto Rico today authorized the investigation of the contract awarded to the company HMS Ferries, which in turn is owned by the Hornblower company, to operate the boats that carry sea transport to and from the islands of Vieques and Culebra offer., And also between San Juan and Cataño.
“This is a survey requested by the people living on the municipal islands of Vieques and Culebra, who have been affected by poor public transport for decades. This is a contract to be questioned today, when they supposedly won a proposal and still won’t be working in February. The residents of Puerto Rico, as with the LUMA contract, have revised this contract. It seems to us that the difference between what was proposed and what was shut down is huge, ”emphasized Javier Aponte Dalmau, author of the measure and senator from the Carolina district.
Carolina District Senator Maritza Jiménez for the New Progressive Party (PNP) also said that “the boats and that sea are the highway of the Viequenses and Culebrenses and that this contract should definitely be investigated.”
Equally importantly, in its commitment to the education of the country, the Senate of Puerto Rico has approved the Senate resolutions 2 and 5, both written by the Vice President of the Senate, Marially González Huertas.
RS2 instructs the Senate Restructuring and Compliance Committee to conduct a thorough investigation into the outcome of the inspections conducted in public schools after the 2020 earthquakes. “In the event of an earthquake, we have 10 seconds or less to respond properly, so we must guarantee our boys and girls the right to study in a structurally safe school if a major earthquake occurs during the school period, ”stressed the also chair of the Senate Compliance and Restructuring Committee, Marially González Huertas.
Meanwhile, RS5 orders the Senate Committee on Education, Tourism and Culture to conduct a thorough investigation into the process of distributing electronic devices to students and teachers of the public education system and the current status of computer and tablet delivery. Likewise, it wants to know about the process of awarding and claiming the grant awarded to Department of Education (DE) students and faculty for the payment of high-speed Internet services and the current status of claims received in the Ministry of Education (DE) on these issues. “With the results of this research, we are ensuring that distance learning reaches the homes of public education students,” said Ponce District Senator Marially González Huertas.
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In addition, Senate Resolution 27 was passed to order the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources of Puerto Rico to conduct a thorough investigation into the delay in the disposal of end-of-life tires at the tire recycling plant in the Guanica Municipality. It wants to know the plans and strategies of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DRNA) for tire removal and plant cleaning, as well as the relevant measures to lighten the environment. and health problems to the demolition of the structure.
On the other hand, the Senate has endorsed Senate Resolution 23 requiring the Women’s Affairs Committee to investigate whether there is price discrimination in Puerto Rico for goods and services based on the gender they are addressed to. According to the explanatory memorandum on the island, there is no clear picture that indicates whether there is price discrimination in products and services based on the gender for which they are aimed.
Another of the approved measures was Senate resolution 3, which aims to order the Compliance and Restructuring Commission to carry out an investigation that will allow the infrastructure state of the national highways and their branches in the municipalities of Adjuntas, Guánica, Guayanilla, Jayuya, Juana Díaz, Lajas, Lares, Maricao, Peñuelas, Ponce, Sabana Grande, Utuado and Yauco.
On the other hand, it was announced during the session that the Governor, Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia, was submitting the nomination of Mr. Fernando Figueroa Santiago as Attorney General to the Senate for his advice and assent; from Mrs. Ana l. Escobar Pabón as Secretary of Correction and Rehabilitation; William O. Rodríguez Rodríguez as Secretary of Housing; by Mrs. Carmen Ana González Magaz as family secretary; Mr. Manuel Cidre Miranda as Secretary of the Economic Development Department; Mr. Ray Jones Quiñones as Secretary of the Sports and Recreation Department; and Edan G. Rivera Rodríguez as Secretary of the Consumer Affairs Department.