The Economic Development Bank will be setting its sights on promoting self-employment initiatives in 2012, targeting specific sectors with orientation sessions and, perhaps most importantly, funding, agency President Ivonne Otero said.
Puerto Rico Telephone, which does business as Claro, announced Friday that if the increase in Universal Service Fund charges that the Federal Communications Commission is pushing for is approved, landline and wireless customers will see an increase in their bill starting the first quarter of 2012.
Miguel Serrano, the local inventor and developer of the STATIM tsunami and flood shelter project, announced Thursday the launching of a global “crowdfunding” campaign to raise the $100,000 in financing he needs to expedite plans to build and commercialize his novel disaster preparedness technology.
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