The island’s persistently high unemployment rate dropped slightly to 16.2 percent in April, representing a 0.7 percentage point reduction from the 16.9 percent rate on record for the same month last year. When compared to March 2010, the current rate is also down, by 0.6 percentage points, Labor Department statistics released Thursday revealed.
In observance of International Year of Forests, FirstBank has joined Hospedería Rio Abajo Forest Cooperative and Educational Services and Alternative Tourism Trips under its One with the Environment program to educate 500 students from public schools in Arecibo and Utuado on the importance of protecting forests and their surroundings for their ecological value.
The Agriculture Department is sponsoring a junket to New York this week for a group of 11 Puerto Rican farming entrepreneurs looking for stateside buyers for a variety of locally grown products including oranges, soursop, mango, okra, star fruit, tamarind, squash, sweet peppers, tomatoes, onions, avocados, cilantro and oregano.
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