Intelligent residential energy storage provider sonnen announced the commissioning of a solar + smart energy storage microgrid that delivers energy security and sustainability to a community of rural farmers in Lares.
Liberty Puerto Rico has activated a free high-speed Wi-Fi Internet hotspot in Yabucoa to provide internet connection to the people of that municipality while the company completes infrastructure repairs in that area, it confirmed.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is setting aside $5 million to fund two key grant programs to address opioid misuse in rural communities, Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced.
During the first weeks of April, FirstBank resumed its "Hecho con Éxito, Hecho con FirstBank" program aimed at supporting the island’s small business segment’s operations after Hurricane María, the bank announced.
Air Master Awning, LLC announced an investment of some $6.5 million to expand its facilities in Barceloneta and create 550 additional jobs over three years.
bMedia Group, a Puerto Rico company founded in 2008 closed on the acquisition of the assets of Lamar Advertising of Puerto Rico, from Lamar Advertising Company, a multinational outdoor advertising company.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority recently announced a request for proposal seeking providers of power solutions for the electrical system of the island municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.
Maximo Solar Industries, which specializes in the development of solar energy projects and in selling major brands of solar storage batteries in Puerto Rico and Florida, became the first company to receive funding from the new Popular Mezzanine Fund.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló submitted his vision for a new tax model to the island’s Legislative Assembly aimed at encouraging work and create economic development through changes to the Internal Revenue Code.
Building on a history of style, technology and fun-to-drive dynamics, the Eclipse moniker is back in the form of a Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV), which this media outlet recently had the opportunity to test drive on Puerto Rico’s roads.
Every business, regardless of the size, industry or business sector, faces different challenges and obstacles during its life cycle.
The National League of Cities (NLC), a non-partisan organization that promotes the interests of cities across the United States, offered Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities free NLC membership for two years.
At closing April 11, Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico accounted for more than 92 percent of 57,369 claims received after Hurricane María, totaling $152.2 million.
With an investment of more than $80 million and the creation of more than 500 direct and indirect jobs in the project, Puma Energy Caribe will be renovating more than 230 service stations with the brand’s new image.
Looking to generate new business opportunities to promote the island’s economic growth, the operators of the Puerto Rico Convention Center are launching a campaign to attract more local and international events to the venue.
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