FCC chair in PR to evaluate telecom needs, recovery
November 6, 2017
Federal Communications Commission Chair Ajit Pai will be in Puerto Rico this week to “evaluate and analyze” how the regulatory agency can continue collaborating in the recovery work related to the island’s telecommunications services, Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres confirmed.
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Science Trust hosts 200+ displaced professionals in PR
November 4, 2017
For the past two weeks, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust has hosted more than 200 entrepreneurs, independent professionals, startups and people needing a place to work at its headquarters in San Juan, CEO Lucy Crespo confirmed.
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Op-Ed: ‘Ricanstructing’ our business after María
November 3, 2017
“I will contribute to Puerto Rico’s recovery by not becoming an unemployment statistic.”
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OSJ retailers: Grim future if power isn’t back in 15 days
October 31, 2017
Old San Juan, a sector that is home to at least 800 businesses and 500 commercial offices, has been in the dark for the better part of the last six weeks, which have kept many from reopening since Hurricane María made landfall on Sept. 20.
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PREPA: Nulling Whitefish contract is ‘4-month setback’
October 30, 2017
The government’s decision to cancel the contentious $300 million contract with Montana-based Whitefish Energy will set back restoring Puerto Rico’s power fully by about four months, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Executive Director Ricardo Ramos said Sunday.
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‘After yrs of worrying about it, PR has finally hit bottom’
October 26, 2017
The impact of the back-to-back hurricanes — Irma and María — on the island has pushed Puerto Rico to “finally hit bottom,” said José Rafael Fernández, CEO of Oriental Financial Group Wednesday, upon announcing the bank’s third quarter results.
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OBoard names Chief Transformation Officer for PREPA
October 26, 2017
In the wake of the controversy swirling around the $300 million contract the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority awarded Whitefish Energy to rebuild the network post-Hurricane María, the utility has been assigned a “Chief Transformation Officer” to oversee the work.
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73% of PR banks open 5 weeks after María’s devastation
October 26, 2017
Five weeks after Hurricane María pummeled Puerto Rico, about 72.6 percent of local bank branches, or 228, have resumed operations, according to data from the Office of the Financial Institutions Commissioner.
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Amgen back online in Juncos, María deals $67M blow
October 25, 2017
Pharmaceutical company Amgen, which has a multi-building complex in Juncos, released third quarter results Wednesday, where it confirmed it is back to full operations five weeks after Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico.
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Passport services to resume next week in PR
October 25, 2017
As early as next week, Puerto Rico’s U.S. passport service office will resume operations, Resident Commissioner, Jenniffer González confirmed.
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jetBlue to redeploy PR leisure flights to other cities
October 25, 2017
Airline carrier jetBlue will “temporarily redeploy” inbound leisure flying from Puerto Rico to other destinations, as the island picks up the pieces after the devastation left behind by Hurricane María.
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González: PR has received $626M in federal assistance
October 23, 2017
Puerto Rico has received more than $626.7 million in funding from the U.S. government in the past month to manage the emergency brought on by back-to-back storms Hurricane Irma and María, Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González said.
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Liberty Global CEO: ‘We’re here to repair network, lives’
October 20, 2017
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries said Thursday although Hurricane María is not the first experience the provider has had with storms, this one is the worst it has experienced in 25 years of presence in Puerto Rico.
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United for PR awards $481K in funds to 4 PR nonprofits
October 19, 2017
United for Puerto Rico, a private nonprofit created after Hurricane Irma, announced the award of $481,000 in funds to four local nonprofits.
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Laboy: Manufacturers staying put thru PR’s hardship
October 17, 2017
Manufacturing operations — including pharmaceuticals and medical device makers — have not given notice of plans to leave the island despite the hardship conditions Hurricane María left in its wake, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy said Monday.
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