The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources is getting $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor through the “ApprenticeshipUSA State Accelerator Grants” program to expand and expedite registered apprenticeship programs nationwide.
EVERTEC and the ATH Network recently joined efforts to give the opportunity to seven Puerto Rico-based nonprofit organizations focused on providing services to children with special needs to bring their participants to Disney on Ice and enjoy VIP treatment at the ATH Suite at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum.
Samsung Electronics, in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), announced Wednesday the second edition of the “Mobile Applications for Accessibility” competition to promote the creation and development of solutions with mobile apps dedicated to accessibility on the Android platform.
Puerto Rican engineering and predictive maintenance firm PdMTech is marking 15 years of solid growth by expanding its operations to Dominican Republic and South America.
The Caribe Health Summit, the most important medical tourism industry event of the Caribbean, will be held in Puerto Rico for the second consecutive year on June 9 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Florida-based Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. announced Thursday the pay off of its $14.5 million first mortgage loan secured by the Sheraton Old San Juan Hotel at a discount of approximately $218,000.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will make his first official visit to Puerto Rico starting next Tuesday, when he will highlight the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ongoing commitment to addressing food security and rural opportunity in the Commonwealth.
The Museum of Art and Design of Miramar (MADMi), a new museum and private nonprofit foundation in Puerto Rico located on Cuevillas Street in Miramar, will open its doors in early 2018, through an investment of some $5 million, property executives said Wednesday.
Codetrotters, the first hacker school in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean announced it has been selected among 20 global startups to join the world’s first startup decelerator, Menorca Millennials, among more than 400 groups that applied.
Sartorius Stedim Biotech, an international supplier for the biopharma industry, announced Tuesday plans to invest $50 million in its plant in Yauco over the next five years, when it will create some 350 new jobs.
Avara Pharmaceutical Services, which arrived on the island last year after picking up the assets of the former Merck plant in Arecibo, is marking its first year of operations with plans to expand production at the site, a high-ranking company official said this week.
Simara Laboy-López, a 22-year-old Biochemistry doctoral student from the University of Puerto Rico, beat out two other competitors to win the first local edition of the Singularity University Global Impact competition, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced Monday.
OFG Bancorp recently announced that its Oriental Bank subsidiary has become the first financial institution in Puerto Rico to launch a mobile banking app for commercial clients.
A group of Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico creditors have filed an amended complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico challenging the constitutionality of certain aspects of the Puerto Rico Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act, and certain related executive orders.
AccessLatina, the first multi-market accelerator that provides capital and resources to Latina entrepreneurs in the high-growth industries of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math), social innovation and agriculture announced the winners of its first cohort.
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