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Senate committee hears Nino Correas confirmation hearing for emergency-management post
Summary
The Senate of Puerto Rico heard testimony and questions on the nomination of Nino Correa Filomeno to be commissioner of Emergency Management and Disaster Administration; senators pressed him on community outreach, coastal building risks and logistics for distributing aid, and several legislators publicly endorsed his confirmation.
Nino Correa Filomeno appeared before the Senates Committee on Nominations to seek formal confirmation as commissioner of the Negociado para Manejo de Emergencias y Administracif3n de Desastres. Correa, who has served more than three years as interim commissioner and described over two decades in emergency management, framed his record around community preparedness and year-round operations.
Correa told the committee he has been "three years, six months and 28 days" serving as interim commissioner and described the agencys shift since Hurricane Mara-a toward constant preparedness, citing experiences that include Hurricane Georges, the 2020 earthquakes and the COVID-19…
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