The U.S. Department of Labor announced Wednesday the funding of a $6 million National Dislocated Worker Grant initial award to the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources to employ temporary workers to assist with recovery efforts after the Zika virus outbreak in the commonwealth.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) announced Tuesday it will immediately proceed with the implementation of the Integrated Resource Plan, as modified by the Puerto Rico Energy Commission (PREC), which adopted key elements of its $2.4 billion capital investment plan.
I firmly believe that if entrepreneurs don’t rescue and use the huge amount of potential talent we have in our extremely high school dropout statistics, not only are we doomed to waste valuable resources, but we will also pay a huge social price.
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