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The Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico was created on January 27, 1954 to provide research, translation, library and legislative drafting services to all members of the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly. Its duties are similar to those of the Congressional Research Service . The Office is headed by a Director, currently Juan Luis ...
The governor of Puerto Rico is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The position was first established by the Spanish Empire during the 16th century following the archipelago's colonization. The first person to officially occupy the position was Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León in 1509. [ 1]
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
The Puerto Rico Mental Health and Anti-Addiction Services Administration [1] — Spanish: Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Adicción ( ASSMCA )— is a Puerto Rico -based organization associated with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services ...
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Communist party of Puerto Rico. Socialist Front – An umbrella of socialist organizations. Socialist Workers Movement – Socialist Revolutionary organization, with strong bases in the trade union and student movement. Bandera Roja – Periodical, in Spanish.
The Puerto Rico Commission on Public Service — Spanish: Comisión de Servicio Público ( CSP) — is one of Puerto Rico's oldest regulatory bodies whose jurisdiction has changed over the years. The CSP currently regulates the retail sale of natural gas, trucking, and jitneys, among other regulatory functions.
The American University of Puerto Rico ( AUPR) was a private university in Puerto Rico with campuses in Bayamón and Manatí. [ 1][ 2] The university was founded in 1963 as the American Business College, and offered undergraduate studies in arts, business administration, education, and sciences, and graduate studies in criminal justice .
"United States TV Stations: Puerto Rico", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive; Pedro Miranda Corrada (1974). "La cable television en Puerto Rico". Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (in Spanish) (42).