Caribbean Strong, under the slogan of “Building Resilience with Equity,” is the first post-Hurricane María resilience summit to be held this year, at the Sheraton of the Convention Center Hotel from Feb. 27 to Mar. 1, organizers confirmed. The summit will focus on the lessons learned after the two devastating hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources announced that the island’s unemployment rate stood at 8.3 percent in December 2018, reflecting a decrease of 2.7 percent versus December 2017. Labor Secretary Carlos Saavedra further said the workforce participation rate rose to 40.8 percent in December, while 15,000 more jobs were reported in comparison […]
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host an awards ceremony for the 10th annual “Puerto Rico Financial Awareness” video contest in San Juan on Jan. 25. The contest seeks to promote knowledge of economics, finance, and business by challenging teams of college students in Puerto Rico to […]
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