AAFAF completes José M. Berrocal summer internship program
August 3, 2020
The Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, or AAFAF, announced the completion of the 2020 edition of its José M. Berrocal summer internship program, Executive Director Omar Marrero confirmed. He said that, through this internship, the agency sought to promote the research and professional development of the participants in the areas of public finance, accounting, […]
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EPA proposes cleanup plan of former Agrocampos property in Arecibo
July 31, 2020
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the former Agrocampos Inc. warehouse in Arecibo, which was used as a pesticide storage facility. The EPA’s plan includes removing and disposing of contaminated soil from the site and the long-term monitoring of the groundwater to protect people’s health. The […]
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Documentary series on demographic changes in Puerto Rico premieres
July 31, 2020
During the decade from 2010 to 2019, Puerto Rico lost 14% of its population. What forced Puerto Ricans to emigrate? On July 26, the first part of the “Beyond the Census: The Demographic Crisis of Puerto Rico,” premiered on the YouTube platform. The documentary series presents the factors associated with the emigration of Puerto Ricans […]
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Op-Ed: Puerto Rico — Chronicle of a disaster foretold
July 31, 2020
Sometimes it seems that the famous Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez had used Puerto Rico as the model for at least two of its best-selling novels. Many make reference to Puerto Rico being like “Macondo” from “100 Years of Solitude.” As we endure the effects of Tropical Storm Isiah, and with the background of the […]
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FEMA assigns $14M+ to 83 recovery projects across Puerto Rico
July 30, 2020
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Central Office for Puerto Rico Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, confirmed the allocation of $14 million in additional funds for 83 projects related to the recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico due to Hurricane María. Among the most recent obligations is more than $691,000 for the […]
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Discover Puerto Rico: Hotel occupancy, airline capacity drop after tourism reopening delayed
July 30, 2020
Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s destination marketing organization, confirmed that hotel occupancy and airline capacity have dropped in the past week or so following the government’s decision to roll back the reopening of the island to visitors. In its latest industry report, Discover Puerto Rico said that “after a month of increases in hotel occupancy […]
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CBP seizes 100 fake Nintendo Mini consoles in Aguadilla
July 29, 2020
U.S. Customs and Border Protection San Juan Field Operations announced the seizure of 100 counterfeit Nintendo Mini Gaming consoles inside a parcel package coming from Hong Kong into the Rafael Hernández International Airport Cargo facility. The estimated manufacturer suggested retail price of the seized products is about $326,000, had the goods been genuine, the […]
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Op-Ed: The effect of the cloud in this decade
July 29, 2020
For a decade, we have heard that the cloud has changed the way we interact with technology. We have real-time access to data, instant information, live connected and faster communications. We’re talking about productivity, competitiveness, mobility and flexibility. The cloud is transforming us. But not all clouds are created equal. The “first generation cloud” was […]
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Bluetide Puerto Rico opens call for RFPs for ‘Blue Economy’ plan
July 29, 2020
Bluetide Puerto Rico Inc. has opened the call for Request for Proposal to design and provide a “Strategic Implementation Plan for the Blue Economy” to cover the geographical region of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. “The objective of this RFP is to plan and design Blue Economy initiatives to expand Puerto Rico’s ocean-dependent […]
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Liberty customers give $96K to help 2K Puerto Rico high schoolers finish semester
July 29, 2020
Liberty Puerto Rico customers donated $96,450 to Liberty Foundation, making it possible for 2,000 public high school students in the island’s southwest region to finish the semester through the “Give a Child the New Virtual School” project The money was raised in response to a call that Liberty made to its customers to donate the […]
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Caño Martín Peña infrastructure project preselected for $66M in mitigation funds
July 27, 2020
The Paseo del Caño Sur Project in Israel-Bitumul was preselected by the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency, known as COR3, to access federal funds from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program- Section 404 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. If selected, the Paseo del Caño Sur, which requires an investment of $66 million, would […]
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World Central Kitchen announces 5th round of grants in Puerto Rico
July 27, 2020
World Central Kitchen announced its fifth round of grants in Puerto Rico through Plow to Plate, the organization’s food security and resilience program that provides direct financial support to small farmers, fishermen, and food businesses. The subsidies granted support small businesses related to food production in an effort to regenerate their long-term capacity for the […]
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Op-Ed: Communicating effectively in the age of COVID-19
July 27, 2020
Businesses have been caught off-guard by the arrival of the novel coronavirus, most of them completely unprepared for its effects. Virtually overnight, the virus has thrown both our economy and our daily lives into disarray. Government restrictions enacted to halt the rapid spread of the virus have paralyzed large swaths of the economy, leaving thousands […]
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UPR-Mayagüez gets $750K to build Tropical Animal Reproduction Research Center
July 27, 2020
The University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (known as RUM) recently received a $750,000 grant from the Puerto Rico Agriculture Department to develop Tropical Animal Reproduction Research Center (CIRAT, in Spanish), under the School of Agricultural Sciences’ Agricultural Experimental Station. The Center, an idea created by a group of multidisciplinary researchers from the School of […]
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Liberty Puerto Rico adds FirstBank to its payment options
July 27, 2020
Liberty Puerto Rico announced the start of a new partnership with FirstBank, which allows its customers to pay their bills at any of the bank’s branches throughout the island. “With this new partnership, our customers can pay their Liberty bills by visiting any bank on the island, which now includes FirstBank,” said Nelson Colón, chief […]
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