Plaza Las Américas opens new stores, eateries before Christmas
September 28, 2021
Plaza Las Américas announced the upcoming opening of new stores and restaurants through November November, in time for the start of the 2021 Christmas season and totaling close to 20,000 square feet of commercial space. These include Springfield and Pashon stores, Mañanitas and Smash Burger restaurants, an MCS service center, and a Tesla car showroom. […]
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Goya marks 85th anniversary with exhibit of its trajectory
September 28, 2021
To mark 85 years since Don Prudencio Unanue established Goya de Puerto Rico, the company inaugurated its “Goya: The Historical Exhibit,” featuring historical data and interactive features through which the public can learn about its trajectory. The exhibit is in the Plaza del Sol shopping mall in Bayamón and will tour several shopping centers over […]
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TAIS and the competition that changed everything
September 27, 2021
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is a collaboration from Grupo Guayacán, as part of its 25 Days of Giving campaign. For food recycling company TAIS, garbage doesn’t exist. The company is dedicated to turning food waste into compost, which nourishes the soil and allows more vegetation to grow. It also uses photosynthesis to capture the carbon that would otherwise […]
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Puerto Rico Food Bank distributes $2M to fight local hunger
September 27, 2021
The Puerto Rico Food Bank announced the distribution of $2 million among 25 community projects that will bring Puerto Rico closer to the goal of Zero Hunger, said Denise L. Santos, president of the nonprofit. This contribution is connected to a donation from philanthropist Mackenzie Scott, who chose the Bank as one of the only […]
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Granja Avícola Pujols launches Eco Natural organic fertilizer
September 27, 2021
Granja Avícola Pujols, based in the town of San Sebastián and dedicated to the production of eggs marketed under the Del País brand, announced the launch of Eco Natural, the first organic fertilizer based on chicken manure produced locally that will be sold exclusively in Walmart stores islandwide. Yanice Deynes, president of Granja Avícola Pujols, […]
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Bravo Family Foundation announces Rising Entrepreneurs Program winners
September 24, 2021
The Bravo Family Foundation (BFF) announced the winners of the second edition of its Rising Entrepreneurs Program (REP), an entrepreneurship acceleration initiative aimed to scale local tech and innovation startups with capital, mentoring, and world-class curricula. Local startups Beauty 911, Sirena Patterns, and FindIt, which are all women-led, were declared the winners among a […]
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New $8M Toyota dealership breaks ground in Bayamón
September 24, 2021
With an investment of $8 million and the creation of more than 100 direct and indirect jobs, the construction of a new Toyota dealership in Bayamón broke ground, company officials announced. The facility is scheduled to open next year, with the goal of providing a greater inventory and a team trained “to find solutions according […]
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Polytechnic University to distribute $8.5M in financial aid to students
September 24, 2021
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico announced that it will distribute a little more than $8.5 million in financial aid among its students in the San Juan, Orlando, and Miami campuses. These funds were assigned to the college as part of the 2021 American Rescue Plan. Each student will receive about $ 2,000 for the […]
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USDA unveils resource guide to help rural communities find disaster recovery assistance
September 24, 2021
The US Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development agency unveiled a resource guide as part of National Preparedness Month to help rural communities seeking disaster resiliency and recovery assistance. The United States endured 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2020, costing $95 billion in damages to homes, businesses and public infrastructure, agency officials […]
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Optico Fiber, Blood Bank to hold blood donation drive in Santurce
September 24, 2021
Optico Fiber, a local internet service provider, together with the Mutual Services Blood Bank, will carry out a Blood Donation activity open to the public on Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the company’s headquarters on Ponce de León Ave. in Santurce. During September, the company has carried out the “Connect with […]
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Bayer donates trees to nature reserve in Maunabo
September 24, 2021
As part of its commitment to contribute to community planting efforts aimed at mitigating the impact that Hurricane María had on the Punta Tuna Wetlands Nature Reserve, Bayer Crop Science donated 456 trees to nonprofit Siempre Verde and the Maunabo Pro-Development Committee. Through a collaborative effort, the Siempre Verde company oversees the restoration work in […]
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Gov’t announces trade mission to Dominican Republic later this year
September 23, 2021
Looking to promote and strengthen the presence and incursion of local companies into the Dominican Republic market, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish), through its Trade and Export Program, is recruiting for the first in-person multisectoral trade mission since the start of the pandemic, from Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 2021. “Currently, the […]
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Foundation for Puerto Rico’s Innovation and Public Policy Council holds 1st meeting
September 23, 2021
The Foundation for Puerto Rico’s Innovation Center will hold the Innovation Council’s first meeting on Sept. 28, to bring together more than 60 leaders from a cross-section of sectors including communities, government, private sector, academia, nonprofits, and professional associations. The goal is to establish a priority agenda to be developed under a participatory process, the […]
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Nonprofit breaks ground on $4.6M expansion of primary health clinic in Luquillo
September 23, 2021
The Concilio de Salud Integral de Loíza Inc., which has facilities in the towns of Loíza, Río Grande, Ceiba and Luquillo, announced the groundbreaking of the new Clinica Familiar in Luquillo, through a $4.6 million investment in federal funding. The executive of the entity known as CSILO, César A. Rodríguez, said the new primary care […]
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Op-Ed: The insensible sense of rights
September 23, 2021
We have seen a significant percentage of the population behaving with an insensible sense of rights. Some people believe they deserve privileges above anyone else; they do not care if their actions impact others and are often brazen and arrogant in their activities. We have in the U.S. 182,012,343 Americans fully vaccinated, just 54.8% of […]
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