The second edition of Puerto Rico’s biggest student-run hackathon, “HackPR,” took place over the weekend in Mayagüez, allowing technology amateurs and professionals showcase their skills before big name companies like Microsoft and Google, and also to local start-ups that are in the lookout for new talent that can satisfy their technological needs.
The Foundation for Puerto Rico has designed a new model of shared spaces to be developed in La Ciudadela following the signing of a 10-year lease agreement between Foundation Founder Jon Borschow and Nicholas Prouty, CEO of Putman Bridge Funding, LLC., which owns the Santurce complex that will house the venture.
The similarities between Ireland and Puerto Rico are so numerous that Ireland's case is of interest for our island.
More U.S. and foreign filming producers are shooting in Puerto Rico as a result of the incentives package and other benefits provided by the Commonwealth, as in the case of Crackle, Sony’s multi-platform entertainment network, which last week finished the second season of its original series, “Cleaners,” according to Demetrio Fernández, executive director of the Puerto Rico Film Commission.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development program announced recently it has extended the deadline to apply for Value-Added Producer Grants to April 8, said José Otero-García, agency state director for Puerto Rico.
A month after launching its “contract-free” business model, T-Mobile announced a new $20 million investment to upgrade its Puerto Rico 4G LTE infrastructure and add 100 new jobs to its payroll, a high-ranking parent company executive said Thursday.
The U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday the latest population estimates for the municipalities of Puerto Rico, which showed, among other findings, that from July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 the population declined in 68 of the 78 towns.
The Plaza Carolina shopping center will have three new tenants before year’s end with the arrival of the Sports Authority, A’gaci and the first Men’s Warehouse location in Puerto Rico, company officials announced Thursday.
Telecommunications carrier Claro Puerto Rico announced the opening of a new store at the Plaza del Sol shopping center in Bayamón, representing the first of several outlets slated to open this year, company officials said.
A trio of public and private sector development projects — a housing development, a new connector road and office complexes, apartments, and additional stores — are in the pipeline for the town of Guaynabo at a cost of $350 million, Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla announced Wednesday.
As part of an initiative to promote exports of local products, Economic Development Bank President Joey Cancel-Planas announced Wednesday the signing of a partnership with Scotiabank Puerto Rico to spur international transactions.
With a new Board of Directors and members, the Puerto Rico District Export Council outlined Wednesday its efforts to nurture and assist local businesses to achieve growth through exporting.
Spanish insurance group MAPFRE confirmed Wednesday that the North American market, which covers Canada, the United States mainland and Puerto Rico, now represents 10 percent of its premiums and revenue.
As we deal with our current crisis, we can easily forget that crises such as ours have happened before and will probably happen again in other societies.
EVERTEC Inc. will be included in the Puerto Rico Stock Index, Interim Government Development Bank President José V. Pagán-Beauchamp announced Wednesday.
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