Assured Guaranty: ‘Order, transparency, accountability at PREPA long overdue’
January 24, 2018
Assured Guaranty, a monoline insurer for Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority debt, reacted to the administration’s announced plans to privatize the utility by saying agreeing on an “on an experienced, highly qualified manager able to impose order, transparency and accountability” is long overdue.
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Yale validates research readiness in P.R. post-Hurricane María
January 24, 2018
The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) recently visited Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation member clinical research sites to assess research-readiness post-Hurricane María, confirming the island is ready to continue its operations.
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Toyota bets on ‘legacy of quality, customer loyalty’ to face ’18
January 24, 2018
Following a challenging year for the auto industry, automaker Toyota is heading into 2018 with optimism, betting on the quality of its products and services and the trust of its customers, to defy the new year.
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Bankers Association donates to Food Bank of Puerto Rico
January 24, 2018
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association donated $1,000 on behalf of the Oklahoma Banks Association to the Food Bank of Puerto Rico.
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FirstBank donates land to Siembra Vida for agrotourism project in Rincón
January 24, 2018
FirstBank, through its Property Donation Program, announced the transfer of the ownership of 1,973 square meters of land in Rincón, to the Siembra Vida foundation.
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#OurPowerPR solidarity brigades arrive to P.R. to help rebuild
January 24, 2018
The #OurPowerPR Solidarity Brigade launched by the Climate Justice Alliance, Organización Boricuá, UPROSE, Black Dirt Farm Collective, Greenpeace, Leap and 25 other partner organizations in the aftermath of Hurricane María, arrive in Puerto Rico this month with three new delegations and 45 people to support “Just Recovery and Rebuild” projects focused on food, labor and energy sovereignty led by grassroots groups in Puerto Rico.
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Rosselló administration to privatize Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
January 23, 2018
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced his administration will begin the privatization of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), which he described as “a deficient and obsolete system of generation and distribution of energy on the island that was evident to citizens during the aftermath of Hurricane María.”
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Walmart, Miami Foundation award $5M to Mercy Corps for P.R. relief
January 23, 2018
Walmart and The Miami Foundation announced $4.9 million in grants to Mercy Corps to support Puerto Rico relief and recovery efforts in the continued aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and María.
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P.R. Institute of Statistics chief questions plans to consolidate agency
January 22, 2018
Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Executive Director Mario Marazzi questioned the government’s plans to consolidate that public agency with the sole purpose of outsourcing its services down the road.
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Southern Co. deploys additional personnel, equipment to restore PR power
January 22, 2018
Atlanta-based Southern Company announced that lineworkers and support staff from each of Southern Company's four electric operating companies — Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power — were deployed to Puerto Rico over the weekend.
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Scientists from around the world to support P.R.’s recovery in March
January 19, 2018
This coming March, scientists are getting together in coffee shops, bars, and living rooms around the world to support Puerto Rico’s long-term recovery.
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Molinos de Puerto Rico bounces back in wake of Hurricane María
January 19, 2018
Since Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017, Ardent Mills' sister company, Molinos de Puerto Rico, maintained milling operations for all but about four days, company executives confirmed.
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Travelocity ‘Gnational Gnomads’ visit PR; Remind travelers island is ‘Open for Business’
January 18, 2018
Puerto Rico got a boost from Travelocity, which has sent its "Gnational Gnomad" travel experts to the island to learn firsthand how its most popular beaches and tourist attractions have quickly recovered from recent storms, and to share that knowledge with their followers.
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Solar provider Sunnova rejects alleged interest in buying PREPA
January 18, 2018
Sunnova Energy Corp., the largest provider of distributed, residential solar power in Puerto Rico, shot down reports of an alleged interest in purchasing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, as a whole or in part, as a high-ranking executive of the utility stated.
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Puerto Rico students prep to study a semester at Cornell
January 18, 2018
Sixty-two students from the University of Puerto Rico are getting ready to arrive at Cornell University by mid-January, to study at the New York institution for a semester.
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