Sports are a highly profitable business enterprise, with Forbes Magazine recently confirming “the sports market in North America was worth $60.5 billion in 2014. It is expected to reach $73.5 billion by 2019.”
Espacios Abiertos, an organization that seeks to strengthen the capacity of individuals, groups and communities to act effectively in the political, social and institutional framework, hosted public hearings Wednesday to give citizens a chance to testify on the government’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2018.
The Government of Puerto Rico took a series of steps to address the expiration of the Medicaid federal funds and the commencement of the pay as you go pension plan model, given the insolvency of the Retirement Systems, with several measures to improve its liquidity, said Gerardo Portela, executive director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (FAFAA.)
Puerto Rican children and their families face significant economic distress, according to the 2017 Kids Count Data Book released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
ATH and electronic transaction processing company Evertec announced Tuesday the launch of ATH Móvil Business, a service that will enable small businesses to receive electronic payments in an easy and secure way in real time from any ATH Móvil user.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for grants to help socially disadvantaged agricultural producers and rural business owners.
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) kicked off its 29th annual conference in Puerto Rico, with some 720 attendees from 68 countries.
In Puerto Rico we have focused so much on the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) that we seem to have forgotten that we are part of a much larger economy beyond our 100x35 and that what happens there has an impact on us.
The San Juan Hub of Global Shapers organization launched for the second consecutive year a survey that gathers and analyzes the ideas and feelings about public policy among young adults between 18 and 34 years in Puerto Rico as part of the “Comovamospuertorico.com” project.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development division announced Monday it is seeking applications for grants to make housing repairs for low and very-low-income rural residents through its Housing Preservation Grant Program.
The Puerto Rico College of Architects and Landscape Architects will hold its 39th annual convention June 16-17, focusing on the theme of “With our boots on: Architecture and Landscape as an entity of Economic Development.”
General Wireless IP Holdings LLC, which owns the RadioShack brand in the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and other territories throughout the world, will auction its controlling interest in the brand, it announced.
The creation of a Destination Marketing Organization for Puerto Rico is taking shape with the incorporation of the entity at the State Department, as the Corporation for the Promotion of Puerto Rico as a Destination Inc., Tourism Company officials confirmed Thursday.
As part of its global community engagement efforts, PPG announced Thursday the completion of a “Colorful Communities” project at the Puerto Rico Food Bank, which entailed more than 190 gallons of Glidden and PPG Paints products and some 35 PPG employees who volunteered to help restore and beautify the nonprofit organization’s facility.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Thursday it is recruiting for positions of border patrol agent, field operations officer, pilots and maritime agents throughout the United States.
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