Medicaid, Medicare Advantage providers challenge Law 90 in federal court
October 4, 2019
The Medicaid and Medicare Advantage Products Association of Puerto Rico (MMAPA) has turned to the federal court to challenge Law 90, which establishes fees for the payment of services under Medicare Advantage plans, claiming the bill jeopardizes benefits for thousands of insureds, and encroaches on federal law by trying to regulate MA funds or their […]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Discover Puerto Rico’ series debuts in JetBlue programming
October 4, 2019
The ‘Discover Puerto Rico with Lin-Manuel’ video series starring the actor, songwriter and lyricist, has been introduced free of charge in the programming offered on all JetBlue flights through January 2020, the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. announced. The complete series of short videos for the Internet was produced as a result of a collaboration between […]
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Retail Trade Association, Nat’l University College launch online retail academy
October 4, 2019
The Retail Trade Association, known as ACDET for its initials in Spanish, announced the launch of the “Retail Academy” in partnership with National University College, representing the first online continuing education platform designed for the island’s retail workforce. “The Retail Academy is a tool to explore new market needs and offers the industry the opportunity […]
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Kinesis Foundation celebrates granting $8M+ to Puerto Rican students
October 4, 2019
Kinesis Foundation President José Enrique Fernández recently announced that the nonprofit organization has granted some $8.9 million in scholarships to outstanding students in Puerto Rico who have economic limitations since its establishment in 2004. The achievement “proves that a genuine union of wills can result in the benefit of Puerto Rican youth and education, beyond […]
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Housing Dept. unveils $39M Municipal Revitalization Program for P.R. towns
October 3, 2019
The Puerto Rico Housing Department announced the start of the Municipal Revitalization Program that has allocated $39 million to create a plan that will lead to the development of more resilient communities in Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities. Housing Secretary Fernando Gil-Enseñat said “through this program, direct funds will be allocated to all municipalities to develop […]
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Hyundai inaugurates $700K parts and service warehouse
October 3, 2019
Hyundai of Puerto Rico announced the completion of $700,000 construction and expansion project for its parts and services warehouse in Cataño. The new space will be a key element in increasing the level of satisfaction and service that the brand offers to its customers, as it represents an expansion in the amount of parts inventory […]
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NEON intern program in P.R. aims to build next generation of scientists
October 3, 2019
An educational program led by the National Science Foundation’s National Ecological Observatory Network (known as NEON) is helping students in Puerto Rico hone-in on a specific scientific field by exposing them to a broad array of experiences in the environmental and ecological sciences. Yamil Toro, field operations manager for the NEON’s scientific field sites in […]
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Op-Ed: Center for Creative Land Recycling helps P.R. advance Brownfields Inventory
October 3, 2019
There’s no time like the present to begin collaborating with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. As a Technical Assistance to Brownfields provider, the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) assisted the Commonwealth agency in designing an RFP to recruit a team to inventory all Brownfields in 78 municipalities and post information […]
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Statistics Institute unveils new website to measure sustainable development goals in P.R.
October 3, 2019
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation, (UNA-USA Puerto Rico) have joined forces to launch a website to make it possible for Puerto Rico to have indicators that measure its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) approved by the United Nations. Ricardo Arzuaga-Chaves, Executive director of UNA-USA Puerto Rico, explained that […]
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American Red Cross opens new office in Fort Buchanan
October 3, 2019
With the goal of providing more direct access to services to members of the Armed Forces, the American Red Cross inaugurated a new office in the Fort Buchanan military base in Guaynabo. Some of the services that the Red Cross will provide in this new space are: Emergency communications procedures, coordination of resilience workshops and […]
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Tech consulting firm Fusionworks earns ‘Oracle Partner of the Year 2019’ award
October 3, 2019
Puerto Rican business technology consulting firm Fusionworks Inc. was recently awarded the “Oracle Cloud ERP Partner of the Year Latin America,” for the complexity of the projects it has implemented and customer satisfaction with the firm’s expertise. “This distinction marks our service record during our 17 years of existence and our goal is to continue […]
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Cloud Solutions Provider Inova marks 2nd anniversary with expansion plans
October 3, 2019
Inova Solutions, a Microsoft partner authorized as a Cloud Solutions Provider in the Caribbean and Latin America region, is marking its second anniversary in Puerto Rico, with plans to grow in size and services next year. Víctor Rivera-Cuevas, Inova’s country manager for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, confirmed that in 2017, the company […]
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Universal Television to roll ‘The Baker and the Beauty’ series for ABC in Carolina
October 2, 2019
Universal Television Production in association with ABC Studios and Keshet Studios will film a new series called “The Baker and the Beauty” for ABC Network in facility in Carolina, representing a $57 million economic investment in Puerto Rico. “This is great news for local talent working in film, tourism, the hotel industry and for many […]
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P.R. bankruptcy filings down 4.8% in September
October 2, 2019
The 629 bankruptcy cases filed in Puerto Rico in September were 4.84% lower than those on record for the same month last year, while the 5,690 petitions submitted to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court during the first nine months of this year were down by 1.3% vs. the same year-ago period, a local research firm revealed. […]
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P.R./USVI emergency responders to get $110K in equipment
October 2, 2019
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that Total Petroleum Puerto Rico Corp. will provide the Puerto Rico Department of Public Security and the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Department of the U.S. Virgin Islands Ports Authority with $110,000 worth of emergency equipment. The allocation is part of a settlement of alleged violations of provisions of […]
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