Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation
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Departamento de Recreación y Deportes de Puerto Rico | |
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Formed | June 13, 1980 |
Jurisdiction | executive branch |
Headquarters | San Juan, PR |
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Website | www.drd.pr.gov |
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Executive branch of the government of Puerto Rico |
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The Puerto Rico Department of Sports and Recreation (Spanish: Departamento de Recreaci�n y Deportes de Puerto Rico) is the executive department of the government of Puerto Rico responsible of sports and recreation in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[1]
The department's headquarters complex is located in Santurce on the banks of the Mart�n Pe�a Channel in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
In January 2021, Ray Qui�ones was designated by Governor Pedro Pierluisi as Secretary of the department.[2]
History
[edit]In October 2008 governor An�bal Acevedo Vil� inaugurated the new headquarters of the agency on the site of a former slum known as "El Fanguito" in San Juan at a cost of $24 million.[3]
In June 2017 the FBI informed it had indicted seven individuals linked to a $9.8 million for money laundering and fraud while working for the agency from 2013 to 2016.[3][4] Former secretary of the agency Ram�n Orta was among those arrested.[5] In January 2021 Orta was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty.[5]
Secretary
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "DEPARTAMENTO DE RECREACION Y DEPORTES". Government of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on November 7, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ "Con las manos llenas Ray Qui�ones, el secretario designado para dirigir el DRD". El Nuevo D�a (in Spanish). 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-08-30.
- ^ a b "Nueva sede para el deporte y la recreaci�n". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2008-10-27. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ InterNewsService. "Director del FBI: "Sabemos qui�nes son"". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.
- ^ a b Services, Inter News. "Federales arrestan a exsecretario de Recreaci�n y Deportes". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-06.