Starbucks opens 1st new store in PR since Hurricane María
December 19, 2017
Starbucks Puerto Rico recently celebrated the opening of its 25th location on the island, a new café on the Metropolitan University (UMET) campus in Cupey, which is part of the Ana G. Méndez University System.
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FirstBank joins Boys & Girls Clubs to support young entrepreneurs from Isabela
December 19, 2017
FirstBank has joined Boys and Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico as a sponsor of the nonprofit’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program and the Digital Fab Lab located at the club's site in Isabela.
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MMM delivers hope, joy, food thru ‘We walk together during Christmas’ tour
December 19, 2017
MMM Healthcare’s parent company in the United States, InnovaCare Heath, and its employees, is delivering hope, joy, food and other basic needs to organizations and communities around the island through it’s “We walk together during Christmas” tour. MMM will visit diverse communities in Puerto Rico.
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Evertec integrates Siri, Apple Watch in its ATH Móvil service
December 19, 2017
Evertec and the ATH Network unveiled new features on its ATH Móvil service, which now integrates Siri and Apple watch.
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UN: ‘American Dream’ rapidly becoming ‘American Illusion’
December 18, 2017
The United States, one of the world’s richest nations and the “land of opportunity,” is fast becoming a champion of inequality, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston.
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Op-Ed: Why multichannel marketing matters
December 18, 2017
Direct marketing is a form of advertising for companies and organizations to communicate directly with existing or potential customers through different means, including print advertising, direct mail, brochures and catalogs and digital, mobile and email marketing platforms.
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Ford completes its ‘Ruta Solidaria’ outreach tour
December 18, 2017
Ford wrapped up its “Ruta Solidaria” tour in Canóvanas this weekend, as part of its collaborative efforts to help Puerto Rico regain its footing after Hurricane María.
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Moody’s: Recovery prospects for PREPA bondholders down to 35% after storms
December 15, 2017
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders can expect to recover about 35 percent of their investments due to the business disruption and costs, as well as lost revenues related to damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and María, Moody’s Investors Service predicted in a report released Thursday.
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1st phase of PR government’s ‘Assets Map’ unveiled
December 15, 2017
The Puerto Rico government's main economic development agency unveiled Thursday the first phase of the Asset Map, created to attract new investment, create jobs and promote economic development in different regions of the island.
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Piloto 151 opens local chapter of Government Blockchain Association
December 15, 2017
Piloto 151 coworking space announced the creation of the Puerto Rico Government Blockchain Association (GBA) Chapter, a private membership organization that seeks to assist government and public sector people and organizations understand, implement and benefit from blockchain-related technologies and capabilities.
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Universidad del Este, San Juan Bay Estuary Program join to educate
December 15, 2017
The San Juan Bay Estuary Program and the José A. Tony Santana International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts from the Universidad del Este (UNE) have joined forces through a collaborative agreement to strengthen the metropolitan area’s natural infrastructure to offer tourists a unique experience.
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Liberty: Rebuilding network will pave way for new services at same rates
December 14, 2017
Liberty Puerto Rico — like countless companies across the island — has spent the better part of the last three months picking up the pieces of its network that Hurricane María destroyed, en route to restoring services and laying the groundwork for new offerings.
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Rosselló meets with Democratic Hispanic Caucus to talk federal tax reform
December 14, 2017
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló met with the Democratic Hispanic Caucus in Congress to discuss the effects that the federal tax reform will have on the island and the need for Puerto Rico to receive equal treatment in the supplementary relief bill, after the disaster caused by Hurricane María.
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Op-Ed: 4 reasons why the Republican Tax Bill is a disaster for Latinos
December 14, 2017
While we continue to push for the Dream Act before the end of the year and the extension of Temporary Protected Status, we cannot lose sight of a major threat facing the Latino community and the nation.
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Oriental Introduces SecurLOCK to control, protect credit and debit cards
December 14, 2017
Oriental Bank has launched SecurLOCK, a free mobile phone app (for iOS and Android) that customers can use to control and protect credit and debit cards.
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