The maiden voyage of the newest and most modern cruise of the Carnival line, the Carnival Mardi Gras, will include a stop in the Port of San Juan in August, Puerto Rico Tourism Company Executive Director Carlos Mercado confirmed. The stop is part of the agency’s efforts to expand options for maritime access to the […]
As consumers feel more comfortable traveling, many in the travel industry predict that travel advisors will play an enhanced role in helping them choose their destinations and travel safely, said Discover Puerto Rico. That said, the island’s Destination Marketing Organization has partnered with these professionals to educate and provide them with tools to promote the […]
Several sports facilities in Aguadilla, Aibonito, Barranquitas, Carolina and Toa Baja will be repaired using an obligation of nearly $13.3 million in funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Some of these are in the design and planning process, while work in others has already been completed. “In addition to serving as places for […]
As part of its mission to support scientists and researchers to take Puerto Rico’s knowledge economy to a higher level of excellence, the Research Grants Program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust has awarded $1.8 million to 15 science and technology research projects during 2021, the organization announced. The grants seek to […]
Puerto Rican vacation home rental company Join a Join, established in 2015 by brothers Steve and Mike Leung, has achieved steady growth in the number of nights booked through its platform before and during the pandemic. The platform in which users reserve their rentals ahead of time has tripled the number of visits, showing trends […]
The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has approved $1.2 billion to be used for all electrical infrastructure projects included in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s (PREPA) 10-year infrastructure plan. “These projects are an important step in the implementation of Puerto Rico’s energy policy. As the entity in charge of directing and implementing this public policy, […]
The Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Services office (PRITS) is getting ready to launch an interoperability platform that will allow the synchronization of citizen data for accessibility of documents, in an attempt to reduce government bureaucracy. “The Government of Puerto Rico is the custodian of citizen data; therefore, it’s the citizen who must know all […]
United Kingdom’s cruise line Virgin Voyages has chosen San Juan as the homeport for the Resilient Lady ship, which will offer trips in the Caribbean starting in November 2022. Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Joel Pizá-Batiz confirmed published reports, saying “we’re very happy that new cruise lines have considered the unique attributes of the […]
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico received 1,718 petitions from January to May, when filings were down 18.3% in comparison to the same five-month period in 2020, according to information provided by local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico. When broken down into categories, about 711 of those petitions were under […]
Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) Secretary Manuel Cidre is heading to Washington D.C. this week to attend to “matters of high interest in favor of Puerto Rico’s economic development,” the agency announced. “It’s a loaded agenda, with key people who can be our allies when it comes to advancing our economic […]
Recognizing the economic development opportunity represented by the sustainable recovery of timber in a region increasingly prone to hurricanes, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) awarded a grant to the GreenWood organization to provide training opportunities and market access to Puerto Rican workers. William Gould, director of theUSDA Caribbean Climate Hub, said the Wood Innovations […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed that 65,868 households in Puerto Rico have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit subsidy program initiated by Congress earlier this year. Since mid-May, more than 2.3 million households in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and American Samoa were approved to receive a discount on […]
MN Investments, LLC, a real estate company dedicated to the acquisition, renovation and management of multifamily properties, announced that it closed a $5 million financing facility with Parliament Capital Management, LLC that will allow the acceleration of its growth and expansion in the market. Currently, the company has a portfolio of 220 apartment units throughout […]
Passenger traffic at Puerto Rico’s main air hub, the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (LMM), bounced back in May, when it exceeded pre-pandemic results for the same month in 2019. In its most recent monthly report, Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste (ASUR), the parent company of Aerostar — which operates the LMM — disclosed that the […]
As it happens, endings are always beginnings. I say this amid the highly anticipated intelligence report by the Pentagon on UFO sightings or strange encounters by the US military. This report is scheduled to be released by June 25. But, according to senior administration officials briefed on the report’s findings, the inexplicable may remain the […]
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