For decades, in Puerto Rico, only about 45% of the capable people have been employed, or actively seeking employment. Now, the structure of the pandemic aids has increased the number of qualified people, who choose to stay at home. Simultaneously, populist voices blame employers for the situation, ignoring the various causes for the problem, and […]
José M. Suárez made that statement during a recent virtual panel among travel industry leaders, who shared lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis. And I couldn’t agree with him more. It’s a phrase we share frequently here at Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) for which José serves as chairman of the […]
During the past five weeks, we have seen our progress with the pandemic vanish, causing an increase of up to 300% in the positivity rate and hospitalizations. While the data indicate that 91% of outbreaks occur in the family environment, they also reflect that a substantial number of infections occurred in closed commercial spaces, such […]