Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority Executive Director Omar Marrero offered an update on eight projects underway in the busy zone that represent a combined $112 million in private investments. Among the most important projects is the EcoExploratorio, which will be a center for informal education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), sustainability and […]
Puerto Rico residents continuing to recover from 2017’s hurricanes could be eligible for increased nutrition assistance funded by U.S. Congress and provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This temporary assistance of $600 million in new benefits will be distributed through Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP) beginning as early as August, […]
U.S. Congressman Darren Soto introduced bipartisan legislation to provide equal access to federal resources for Medicaid to American citizens living in U.S. territories, the lawmaker’s office announced. H.R. 3631, known as the Territories Health Care Improvement Act, increases the limit on Medicaid payments and the federal medical assistance percentage for the five U.S. territories: Puerto […]
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