Report: P.R. lacks coordinated massive response plan for trauma emergencies
January 14, 2020
By Omaya Sosa Pascual and Jeniffer WiscovitchCenter for Investigative Journalism The greatest immediate death threat after earthquakes, such as those Puerto Rico has experienced for more than two weeks, are traumas that people may be exposed to in the face of a structural collapse. But Health Secretary Rafael Rodríguez-Mercado has not shared a plan to […]
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P.R. co’s open wallets to help earthquake-hit towns; Serrallés donates $1M
January 14, 2020
Four of Puerto Rico’s largest businesses are opening their corporate wallets to help victims of the earthquakes that have hit the island’s southern towns recover. The group includes Ponce-based Destilería Serrallés, Inc., producer of Don Q rum, which announced it will contribute $1 million to provide immediate disaster relief and essential services. “We stand in […]
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SANOS opens new health clinic at Los Prados mall in Caguas
January 14, 2020
Corporación SANOS executives announced the opening of a new health clinic at the Los Prados shopping center in Caguas, to expand services in the town. César Montijo, executive director of SANOS said the new health center opened with a $650,000 contribution from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an amount that was part of a […]
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SBA extends comment period for consolidation of Mentor Protégé Programs
January 14, 2020
The U.S. Small Business Administration is extending the comment period an additional 21 days for the proposed rule in the Federal Register to consolidate SBA’s Mentor Protégé Programs. “The SBA has proposed to merge the 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program and the All Small Mentor-Protégé Program to eliminate confusion and unnecessary duplication of functions […]
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Former Sagrado Corazón parking in Hato Rey to become Wagons 27 Food Truck Lot
January 13, 2020
A little more than two years after the government sold it, the former Sagrado Corazón Urban Train station parking lot will become the Wagons 27 Food Truck Lot, where some 30 food trucks and small restaurants will open in early March, this media outlet confirmed. Randolph Rivera-Aulet, who is in charge of the operation, explained […]
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Small inns have 400 rooms available for displaced earthquake victims
January 13, 2020
The members of the Puerto Rico of Small Inn Owners and Tourism Association are making more than 400 rooms available for Puerto Rico residents who have been affected by the recent earthquakes in the southern area of the island, emergency response personnel, and whoever does not feel safe in their home. “We’ve verified all our […]
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Destilería Serrallés opens collections center in Guaynabo, to deliver to South
January 13, 2020
Serrallés Distillery Inc. today will open two collection centers at its operations in Guaynabo and Ponce to collect donations of essential items as part of the help it will deliver to communities and citizens in the area affected by earthquakes in the island’s southern region. The list of items that can be delivered to both […]
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FCC: 31.7% of P.R.’s wireless cell sites are out-of-service post-earthquake
January 10, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau confirmed that 31.7% of the cell sites providing wireless communications in Puerto Rico are out of service as a result of this week’s earthquakes. In total, cable and wireline companies reported 258,637 out-of-service subscribers in Puerto Rico as of Jan. 8, which may include the […]
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New York Fed announces participants for Investment Connection program in P.R.
January 10, 2020
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced the 30 participants for the Investment Connection program in Puerto Rico, a program that seeks to enhance investments in community development financing by matching local organizations whose needs qualify for credit under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) with banks and other investors. Launched in September 2019, the […]
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Popular plans to repurchase $500M of its own stock, increase value
January 10, 2020
Popular Inc. announced it will carry out common stock repurchases of up to $500 million and an increase in its quarterly common stock dividend from $0.30 per share to $0.40 per share, starting in the second quarter of 2020. “We are pleased to announce our proposed capital actions for 2020 which are in line with […]
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Amnesty International P.R. blasts govt’s ‘slow and ineffective’ response to earthquake
January 10, 2020
Amnesty International Puerto Rico made a call to the local and federal governments to ensure that relief and reconstruction efforts protect human rights following the earthquakes earlier this week, and the ongoing seismic activity. “It is very worrying that the government of Puerto Rico has not provided an adequate and immediate response to the predictable […]
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Private-sector aid continues to flow for P.R.’s earthquake victims
January 10, 2020
The number of private sector businesses pitching in to deliver aid and support to the victims of this week’s strong earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks continues to increase, with help coming in from Puerto Rico and abroad. One of the companies is Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, which last month announced plans to open its […]
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P.R. Public Health Trust unveils research grant program
January 10, 2020
In keeping with its vision of improving the public health of the communities of the island, the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust it has opened the call for local researchers to submit public health proposals to increase the understanding of those issues and find solutions. The Puerto Rico Public Health Trust is part of the […]
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P.R.’s small inns ‘in good shape,’ Tourism Co. confirms
January 10, 2020
The 12 small inns that make up the Puerto Rico Tourism Co.’s Paradores de Puerto Rico program are in good shape, open and available to visitors after experiencing several earthquakes on the island, agency Executive Director Carla Campos said. Although some of the “paradores” are operating with electric generators and/or water tanks, they have not […]
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Bravo Family Foundation Exec. Dir. García-Guerra passes away
January 10, 2020
Guiomar García-Guerra, a longtime member of the nonprofit and philanthropic community, and executive director of the Bravo Family Foundation, passed away on Jan. 6, said Orlando Bravo, founder of the organization. García-Guerra was appointed to her position in April 2018, when she immediately began building a long-term plan for the foundation’s permanent mission in Puerto […]
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