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NEW COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDERS MANDATING CLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issues new Executive Order No. 2020-54, amended by Executive Order No. 2020-57, extending the COVID-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while  ordering closure of several business activities due to a recent increase of positive COVID-19 results in the Island.   Executive Order No. 2020-054 issued on July 16, 2020 (“EO 2020-54”), extended .

PUERTO RICO ISSUES RULES FOR PASSENGERS VISITING PUERTO RICO

On July 3, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-052 establishing new requirements for tourists and passengers arriving Puerto Rico through the island’s airports as part of the measures taken to avoid further spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. Executive Order 2020-52 will be effective from Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Requirements .

Lockdown and Curfew Extension and Reopening of New Business Sectors

On June 29, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-048, extending the previously-issued covid-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while authorizing reopening of new business sectors.  Executive Order 2020-48 will be in effect from Wednesday, July 1, 2020 until Wednesday, July 22, 2020, to address COVID-19 pandemic and economic sectors .   A summary .

New Puerto Rico Tax and Economic Stimulus Programs Approved

On June 14, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act 57-2020, known as the Supplementary Act to Address the Effects on the Puerto Rican Economy caused by the COVID-19 Emergency, establishing new tax and economic stimulus programs to help the economy of Puerto Rico go back to normal and prevent a recession. The .

Client Alerts

NEW COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDERS MANDATING CLOSURE OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced issues new Executive Order No. 2020-54, amended by Executive Order No. 2020-57, extending the COVID-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while  ordering closure of several business activities due to a recent increase of positive COVID-19 results in the Island.   Executive Order No. 2020-054 issued on July 16, 2020 (“EO 2020-54”), extended .

PUERTO RICO ISSUES RULES FOR PASSENGERS VISITING PUERTO RICO

On July 3, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-052 establishing new requirements for tourists and passengers arriving Puerto Rico through the island’s airports as part of the measures taken to avoid further spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Puerto Rico. Executive Order 2020-52 will be effective from Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Requirements .

Lockdown and Curfew Extension and Reopening of New Business Sectors

On June 29, 2020, Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez issued Executive Order No. 2020-048, extending the previously-issued covid-19 lockdown and citizen curfew while authorizing reopening of new business sectors.  Executive Order 2020-48 will be in effect from Wednesday, July 1, 2020 until Wednesday, July 22, 2020, to address COVID-19 pandemic and economic sectors .   A summary .

New Puerto Rico Tax and Economic Stimulus Programs Approved

On June 14, 2020, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Act 57-2020, known as the Supplementary Act to Address the Effects on the Puerto Rican Economy caused by the COVID-19 Emergency, establishing new tax and economic stimulus programs to help the economy of Puerto Rico go back to normal and prevent a recession. The .