To strengthen the value of representative health and encourage people to collaborate with scientific advancements, the Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation (PRCCI) will host the 2021 Summit, 3rd edition, focused on “Aligning Global Partnerships and Community Engagement with Clinical Research: Opportunities Beyond the Pandemic,” Amarilys Silva-Boschetti, PRCCI executive director, announced. The virtual event for healthcare professionals and those […]
The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) announced the start of its Asset Mapping Project, for which it will invest $1.1 million, to provide visibility and access to the resources of the university system at a local and global level. The asset map will identify properties, programs and research, human capital, professors, and their areas of […]
DDB Latina Puerto Rico won the silver USA EFFIE Award for the “Look who came to the neighborhood” campaign created for the launch of Medalla Light in the New York market. DDB and Medalla Light become the first agency, and the first local brand, to be awarded in the most recognized effectiveness contest in the […]
As part of the Cybersecurity Education Diversity Initiative for Minority Serving Institutions (CEDI-MSI) sponsored by the National Security Administration, 15 scholarships will be offered to study at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, the school announced. These will be for individuals who meet the requirements and wish to complete a graduate certificate in Database Security […]
The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded $5.5 million in technical assistance to 44 credit unions in Puerto Rico. The CDFI fund allocations are intended to reinforce credit union’s financial ability to develop products aimed at low-income populations with affected credit, young people with no credit history, and vulnerable communities that lack adequate access to […]
The US Department of Labor recently awarded the Puerto Rico Labor Department a little more than $2.4 million to help the agency detect and combat fraud in its unemployment insurance programs. The funds are part of a global $195.7 million allocation awarded to states and territories, and the District of Columbia, the federal agency said […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is a collaboration from Grupo Guayacán, as part of its 25 Days of Giving campaign. As educators and book lovers, Gianleé Márquez and Juan Carlos Acevedo wanted to instill a love for reading in all Puerto Rican children. That’s why they decided to start gathering with small groups of children during the weekends to […]
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on Puerto Rico’s electrical system and the LUMA Energy grid privatization contract. Since LUMA Energy took over the island’s transmission and distribution system operations on June 1, electrical service in Puerto Rico has deteriorated even further — including unacceptably long outage […]
Walmart Puerto Rico has established a new agreement with Lettufresh to increase the purchase and export of lettuces that the company harvests. The agreement with Lettufresh, located in the Frontón neighborhood in Ciales, increases the purchase in Walmart stores of its romaine and Salanova lettuces, in its new “Duo” packaging, which contains a pair of […]
People 55 and older living in Puerto Rico experienced the most significant increases in internet access and digital media use, increasing from 62% in 2019 to 86.5% in 2021, while those 65 and over jumped from 28% to 43.6%. However, even with this jump of more than 657,000 people 55+ who are connected, gaps in […]
We can all safely say that Puerto Rico’s great economic experiment began taking shape last year, marked by three extraordinary events. Our experiment starts with the earthquakes in the southern part of Puerto Rico that continues to affect thousands of lives from leaving children without schools to shuttering business to affecting the mental health of […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is sponsored by Oriental bank. It has been a hard year for small and medium businesses (SMEs). The COVID-19 pandemic stopped the economy, and SMEs were the first to feel the consequences. Months with little to no activity can have a devastating effect on a business. Luckily, the Small Business Administration […]
The US Department of Labor announced it has awarded nearly $3 million to the Alianza Municipal de Servicios Integrados Inc., a Caguas-based nonprofit that provides employment and training services to youth, adults, displaced people, veterans, and social security disability recipients. The grant is part of a global $68M allocation that the federal agency made to […]
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) announced a call for employers looking to hire staff interested in participating in a Recruitment Fair, sponsored by the agency’s Labor Development Program (PDL, in Spanish). Agency Secretary Manuel Cidre encouraged anyone interested in entering the job market to attend the event slated for Oct. […]
Puerto Rico credit unions “have a great opportunity” for expansion with the growing Puerto Rican migratory flow to the US mainland, where they can also grab part of the Hispanic market that does not yet have banking services, according to a study by local analysis firm Estudios Técnicos. Other growth challenges for Puerto Rican credit […]
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