The Ángel Ramos Foundation will award $300,000 in grants, split equally among six Puerto Rico nonprofits that went above and beyond their duties to help communities after Hurricanes Irma and María.
With the goal of continuing to provide solutions in service and variety of products, Packers Provision has expanded operations to incorporate a new fresh produce division, Packers Fresh Solutions.
The 7th annual “Caguas Compite” business incubation program concluded with a graduation rate of 85 percent, one the highest percentiles since the initiative began in 2012, town officials confirmed.
The Arecibo Credit Union has invested some $1.5 million in a new technology platform that will add new services, improve customer experience, streamline banking transactions and provide new protections to customer data to make it safer, company President William Méndez-Pagán said. The migration of operations to the new platform will be completed by July 3, […]
KraftHeinz has awarded Puerto Rican consumer products distribution company Colomer & Suárez, its “Top Distributor of the Year” recognition in the Latin American region. KraftHeinz also recognized two Colomer & Suárez processes that have contributed to the success of their brands in Puerto Rico: “Implementation Award,” for their effective media strategy (documentation, internal communication, etc.); […]
PetSmart announced the re-opening of its Caguas and Carolina stores, two locations that were greatly impacted when Hurricane María struck last September. Both stores suffered significant structural damage that required nearly eight months to repair, the retailer said. “It has been a long road to recovery, not only for PetSmart, but for the entire island,” […]
An Earned Income Tax Credit, an issue that is taking center stage as part of the discussion of the Puerto Rico tax reform, “does justice to workers” and is “good public policy,” Cecille Blondet, director of nonprofit Espacios Abiertos, said. Upon unveiling a study it recently commissioned from Economist María E. Enchautegui, Espacios Abiertos believes […]
As tourism continues to recover in Puerto Rico after two devastating hurricanes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to award up $316,000 to the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board to help protect beachgoers, contingent upon the number of eligible recipients that apply for grant funds nationwide and the availability of funding. “Enjoying the beach is […]
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC) bestowed its President’s Special Award to Evertec Inc. for the “outstanding and timely support offered to the business sector after Hurricane María.” The recognition was awarded during the CofC’s gala dinner, which included a special certificate by Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Jennifer Gonzalez, for Evertec’s work. “We at […]
Hurricane María severely affected the Puerto Rico real estate market, where home prices dropped to an eight-year low, a scenario that is drawing a growing interest from stateside buyers looking for property bargains, according to a study. Point2 Homes, a real estate website for U.S. mainland residents and Canadians looking to buy property on the […]
Trust MD Corp., a Puerto Rican company specialized on advising on financial services, recently launched an educational division focused on retaining local talent. The company seeks graduate students to provide employment alternatives on the island, company executives said. Trust MD identified an opportunity for finance, economics, law and accounting students to stay on the island […]
HITN, a Spanish-language network that offers educational and entertainment content to more than 44 million households across the United States through TV cable providers, will launch its new series, “Puerto Rico Contigo” on July 1st. The Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting Corporation (WIPR) will showcase the program on July 1st at 10 p.m., with a rebroadcast of […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Transportation has launched the CESCO Digital Mobile application to enable users to conduct transactions that until Monday could only be done in person.
The Pharmaceutical Industry Association of Puerto Rico (PIA-PR) hosted the 16th FDA Regulatory Conference with nine speakers that presented top priorities for pharmaceutical manufacturing across the globe, new technologies as voice recognition and how to effectively transition from paper to mobile, among other key topics.
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The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau has extended the deadline for filing comments and reply comments in response to the “Uniendo a Puerto Rico Fund” and the “Connect USVI Fund” until July 26, and Aug. 8, respectively. The original deadlines to file comments were July 5 and July 18, respectively. The FCC is seeking […]