InterAmerican University gets $552K grant for virology research institute
October 22, 2021
The National Science Foundation awarded a $552,529 research grant for work at the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico’s Aguadilla Campus, the college announced. The initiative will create the Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute and together with its researchers, it aims to establish fundamental rules of life, or Laws of Virology, which govern the interactions and mechanisms […]
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DDEC’s Youth Dev’t Program, Enactus grant $5.5K to social youth enterprises
October 21, 2021
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce’s (DDEC, in Spanish) Youth Development Program and Enactus granted between $2,000 and $5,500 to 12 youth social enterprises selected from the “Promoting socioeconomic development within youth” event to help them succeed. The first phase of the event had an investment of about $50,000 and is part of the […]
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Labor Dept. reminds employers about Christmas bonus exemption rules
October 19, 2021
The Department of Labor and Human Resources informed employers that they have until Dec. 15, 2021, to pay the bonus to private sector workers who are entitled to it, according to Puerto Rico laws. Employers looking to be exempted from paying the bonus to their employees, because they suffered economic losses or received earnings that […]
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COR3 makes 1st disbursement of $7.1M for PREPA reconstruction projects
October 15, 2021
The Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) announced the first disbursement of approximately $7.1 million to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority for work related to reconstruction projects. “The approval of the Advance Request, presented by PREPA to COR3 and whose millionaire amount was disbursed to cover expenses incurred and projected for the […]
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Spirit Airlines announces new route connecting Orlando and Ponce
October 15, 2021
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company announced the arrival of new Spirit Airlines flight routes connecting Orlando and Ponce starting February 2022 during the World Routes 2021 convention. Spirit will be operating a daily nonstop flight between Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Mercedita International Airport (PSE), with about 52,925 additional seats projected per year and an […]
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San Juan municipal gov’t grants $255K to 6 new businesses
October 8, 2021
The San Juan municipal government has granted $255,000 to six companies that will establish their operations in different communities of the city, as part of the Community Entrepreneurship Program that impacts more than 35 people. “I’m proud that young people and adults from different communities identify needs in their communities and that from there, the […]
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Public Housing unveils $11.8M community internet project
October 7, 2021
The Public Housing Administration announced the start of an $11.8 million community internet project that will offer free high-speed wi-fi access in all public housing complexes in Puerto Rico. The project will be carried out in phases and is projected to conclude next year when the more than 300 residential complexes on the island have […]
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InvestPR locks down 5K jobs, $270M in capital investments in fiscal ’21
October 1, 2021
Invest Puerto Rico — a nonprofit investment promotion organization — confirmed that it was able to lock down commitments generating almost 5,000 jobs, with $270 million in capital investment for the island in Fiscal 2021. Those achievements will be included in the entity’s final report to be released in a few months, Ella Woger-Nieves, chief […]
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Ports Authority lands $45.3M grant for Aguadilla airport upgrades
September 22, 2021
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority received an additional $45.3 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to help complete the estimated $130 million, five-year construction of the new runway at the Rafael Hernández International Airport in Aguadilla. “This new grant joins the one announced in September 2020 for $24.2 million from the FAA, as […]
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Metropistas marks 10th yrs. in Puerto Rico confirming $170M in upgrades
September 22, 2021
Autopistas Metropolitanas of Puerto Rico, known as Metropistas, is marking 10 years since taking over the operation of Highways PR-5 and PR-22 through a public-private partnership with the government, confirming it has made some $170 million in infrastructure improvements. The money was put into the containment systems along the highways — such as the concrete […]
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DDEC, UPR Mayagüez launch a second call for Innova that includes $100K incentive
September 22, 2021
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) and the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez campus, signed a collaborative agreement to launch the second call for the Puerto Rico Innova program — a project that seeks local entrepreneurs — of which finalists may request a $100,000 incentive. The finalists may also request a […]
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Puerto Rico Tourism Co. adds 8 new certified co.’s to its Agrotourism program
September 17, 2021
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company announced the certification of eight new Puerto Rican companies in its Agrotourism Program, for which they also received an incentive of $3,000 and participated in two workshops on Agrotourism in the Digital Era. The eight certified companies are: Hacienda Chocolat in Fajardo; Hacienda Verde Tahiti in Cabo Rojo; La Finca […]
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Parallel 18 alum HOKALI to open operations in Puerto Rico by December
September 13, 2021
HOKALI — an application that helps schedule classes with sports teachers — one of startup accelerator parallel18’s successful projects, will expand services to the island by mid-December with its surfing lessons to beach areas like Rincón and downtown San Juan. The app currently is dedicated to surfing, but the expectation is to add kite surfing, […]
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Pandemic unemployment aid ends Sept. 4 after disbursing $9.6B in Puerto Rico
August 26, 2021
The Department of Labor and Human Resources announced the end of the benefits of temporary assistance programs such as the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation after disbursing $9.6 billion in Puerto Rico in 18 months. “Today, some 130,000 unemployment and PUA claimants were notified, via email, about the imminent end […]
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Ports completes $1.4M waterproofing project at Ponce’s Mercedita Airport
August 26, 2021
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority completed rehabilitating the waterproofing system in the passenger terminal of the Mercedita International Airport in Ponce, at a cost of $1.4 million, which was paid for with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds and the agency’s own money. During the passage of Hurricane María in September 2017, the Mercedita Airport […]
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