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The Puerto Rico State Insurance Fund Corporation —Spanish: Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado (CFSE)—is a government-owned corporation of Puerto Rico that provides workers' compensation in Puerto Rico.
FirstBank (stylized as 1 FirstBank), is a banking institution in Puerto Rico. The company is headquartered in San Juan, with branches there and in twenty-two other Puerto Rican cities. "1FirstBank Florida" includes branches in Miami, Boca Raton and Ft Lauderdale. [1] As of 2020, FirstBank had 8 branches in Florida. [2]
The Puerto Rico Department of Public Safety (PR DPS) (Spanish: Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Puerto Rico) is the umbrella organization within the Executive branch of Puerto Rico that agglomerates the Puerto Rico Law Enforcement and Emergency Response agencies in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Because of this, Puerto Rico has been called the "welfare island". [7] People from the Dominican Republic do many of the jobs in Puerto Rico that pay too little to attract the locals. [7] However, proponents of the program argue that Puerto Rico's social condition is in far worse shape than any of the 50 U.S. states. [33]
Puerto Rico's indigent population has relied exclusively on the local government for their healthcare needs since the start of the island's commonwealth status. The government maintained several hospitals, emergency centers, and free clinics , including the Rio Piedras Medical Center ( Centro Médico in Spanish) which is considered the largest ...
The Puerto Rico Special Investigations Bureau (SIB, Spanish: Negociado de Investigaciones Especiales (NIE)) is a division of the Department of Public Safety responsible for investigations relating to organized crime, prison gangs, terrorist groups, gaming and white collar crime, and fugitives.
Located by highway PR-3, Sector Palmer is the closest settlement to El Yunque National Forest.The sector has a United States Post Office, [2] a community center, stores and various establishments catering to both residents and visitors to the nearby rainforest.
National Register entries listed below are found in the highlighted 8 municipalities of Puerto Rico. This is a list of properties and districts in the southern municipalities of Puerto Rico that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (Spanish: Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos).