The Bravo Family Foundation announced that its Puerto Rico Digital Education Access Initiative, which provides equipment that facilitates free internet access to K-12 public school students in low-income communities, has expanded its reach to students in 20 additional municipalities islandwide. The program started in November 2020 providing internet access equipment to students in multiple communities […]
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi testified before the US House Committee on Natural Resources and discussed President Biden’s Build Back Better Plan, an infrastructure plan to transform the economy and provide relief to working families. Specifically, the plan will provide assistance to Puerto Rico by supporting a full recovery, a reconstruction of the infrastructure, providing economic development […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that New Fortress Energy’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in the Port of San Juan was built and is currently incompliant with the Federal Natural Gas Law. In a 27-page order on a case dating to June 2020, the regulator determined that it has jurisdiction over the LNG […]
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department confirmed that the new filing date for individual and corporate returns corresponding to the 2020 tax year will be extended to May 17, 2021, from April 15, 2021. In an Administrative Determination released Tuesday, the agency confirmed that it is juggling several events in the midst of COVID-19. “Our staff […]
Grupo Guayacán announced Popular’s contribution of $25,000 toward fellowships for companies and nonprofit organizations to participate in the Guayacán Venture Accelerator 2021. The GVA is a program that provides business training for the executive teams of companies and nonprofit organizations in an accelerated growth stage. The teams are composed of executives, managers, and officers of […]
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero unveiled details of the newly created Capital Entrepreneurship Program, through which the municipality seek to help create and expand local business in Río Piedras, Santurce, Condado and Old San Juan through incentives. The initiative will establish agreements with private businesses to support existing merchants and incentivize new entrepreneurs, he said […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies due to the social distancing norms and nationwide lockdowns. People and organizations all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. We explore possible scenarios of the digital surge and the research issues that […]
Discover Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce of the West have signed a collaboration agreement to work together to spread the word on the tourism efforts being carried out in the region. “We’re honored to formally establish a collaboration agreement, allowing us to reach out to the members of the organization and […]
By Luis Joel Méndez González | Center for Investigative Journalism WeChat, a Chinese mobile app similar to Facebook that she uses to text and call, is open on her phone. Meili Deng, who emigrated in 2010 to work as a visiting professor of Mandarin at Sacred Heart University, connects through WeChat with 1,500 Chinese living […]
The Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico’s Legal Aid Clinic students are offering free advisory services to the community to help them avoid foreclosures, as well as the procedures related to civil and criminal cases. The clinic works as practice for law students who are finishing up their studies and is a graduation requirement. It […]
The members of the Puerto Rico Air Cargo Committee recently asked the US Government Accountability Office for support of the island’s bid to promote the development of the two-year air cargo transshipment exemption granted by the US Department of Transportation. The federal agency granted a waiver to allow foreign air carriers to provide certain expanded […]
EnterPRize, Grupo Guayacán’s business competition, announces a new call for entrepreneurs that seek to grow their emerging businesses. The new edition of EnterPRize coincides with Grupo Guayacán’s 25th anniversary and brings a “renewed vision,” which includes prizes of more than $220,000 in seed capital, a record amount for the competition. Those interested must complete the […]
The Puerto Rico Housing Department announced the start of the construction of Hogar Manuel Mediavilla Negrón III, a $25.6 million project of new and accessible housing for the elderly in the northeastern town of Humacao. The project’s financing includes $8.6 million in federal funds from the CDBG-DR Gap Program for Low Income Housing Tax Credits, […]
Private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, a firm focused on the software and technology-enabled services sectors, announced the acquisition of Talend, a data integration and data integrity company, in a deal worth $2.4 billion. Thoma Bravo intends to begin a tender offer to acquire all of Talend’s outstanding ordinary shares and American Depositary Shares, for […]
HMS Ferries, the company selected in November 2020 to operate the Maritime Transportation Authority’s ferry service through a public-private partnership, said it is identifying three additional cargo vessels to add to the Ceiba-Vieques-Culebra routes, which in recent weeks has been in crisis mode. The company, which has yet to formally take over the service — […]
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