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Para ver esta página en español, oprima aquí. Santini To Display StarGreen, Calderon To Discuss ViequesPIP Files Spanish-Only BillCalderon Will Remove Riot Squad From Vieques, She Issues First Executive Orders***** Santini To Display Star Symbol Despite Executive Order January 4, 2001 SAN JUAN (AP) - San Juan Mayor-elect Jorge Santini said Thursday that Gov. Sila Calderon cannot restrict his freedom of speech and will continue to use the star pin, which is known as the emblem for statehood supporters' desire to become the 51st state of the U.S. Santini voiced his opinion Thursday against an executive order signed by Calderon that prohibits the use of political or party emblems on the attires of public officials during working hours or while serving citizens. ***** Green, Calderon To Discuss Vieques January 4, 2001 San Juan, Jan 4 (EFE).- Adm. Kevin Green, head of the U.S. Navy in Puerto Rico , on Thursday said that he expects to meet with newly inaugurated Puerto Rican Gov. Sila Calderon to discuss the U.S. military presence on the island of Vieques . Green hopes to meet with the new governor and find a solution to the situation in Vieques that would benefit both the Puerto Rican government and the U.S. Navy. ***** PIP Senator Files Spanish-Only Legislation January 4, 2001 SAN JUAN (AP) - Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) Sen. Fernando Martin filed his first piece of legislation seeking to declare Spanish the official language of the Commonwealth. The measure establishes that Spanish will be the language to be used in all departments, municipalities and other political subdivisions of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government. In 1993, former Gov. Pedro Rossello approved a law making Spanish and English the official languages in Puerto Rico. Rossello revoked a 1991 law signed by former Gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon that made Spanish the official language in the government. Meanwhile, Senate President Antonio Fas Alzamora has filed a resolution to investigate the need to amend or reformulate the law that establishes English and Spanish as Puerto Rico's official languages. ***** January 3rd, 2001. Calderon Will Remove Riot Squad From Vieques, Issues First Two Executive Orders By Proviana Colon Diaz January 4, 2001 Gov. Sila Calderon on Wednesday said she will keep her campaign promise to remove the police Riot Squad from Vieques. Still, she said she won't leave the area unsecured to comply with the presidential agreement entered into between outgoing President Bill Clinton and former Gov. Pedro Rossello. She also issued her first two executive orders prohibiting the display of any political symbol by government employees and restoring the Commonwealth name to all government documents. The pro-statehood Rossello administration had changed the official government documents to read Government of Puerto Rico, instead of Commonwealth.
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