Liberty Puerto Rico announced it is launching Liberty Delivers, a new delivery service available for the company’s current residential and business customers at no extra cost. The new service delivers replacement or additional equipment to customers’ homes or businesses in less than an hour, the company said. Through Liberty Delivers, customers can receive replacement or […]
Entrepreneurs throughout Puerto Rico will have the opportunity to participate in the 13th edition of the Guayacán Venture Accelerator (GVA), the executive development program offered by Grupo Guayacán for established companies that wish to accelerate their growth. This year, the GVA program will be offered virtually, to facilitate access for participants, organizers said. The closing […]
uerto Rico’s Economic Activity Index, released by the Economic Development Bank, revealed a 6.4% year-over-year drop in December 2020, marking the 10th consecutive decline after 20 months of year-on-year increases. Agency President Luis Alemañy said the EAI reached a level of 115.7, which was essentially flat — showing a 0.3% increase — when compared to […]
To continue promoting education for the prevention of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) developed the “Aquí Nos Cuidamos Toolkit” or #AquiNosCuidamosPR. It consists of four public service campaigns with free informational and educational resources. The purpose of #AquiNosCuidamosPR is to empower vulnerable and marginalized communities in Puerto […]
The despicable word these days is…virus. There, I said it. Just mentioning the word amid the pandemic makes us stumble and hesitate for fear of catching one just by saying it. It seems viruses are everywhere in our lives Indicative is that fact that human viruses are too much like computer viruses. Or vice versa. […]
The impact of digital commerce and the new consumption patterns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic outline the agenda of the Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association’s (SME, in Spanish) SME Sales Summit coming up on Feb. 18-19. The virtual event will mark this year’s Professionals Salespersons Week and will serve as an alternative for […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved nearly $10.7 million to rebuild the Facundo Bueso Annex at the University of Puerto Rico for its campus in Río Piedras. The structure was demolished in 2018 since it posed a threat to the health and safety of the university community as a result of damage from Hurricane […]
Bacardí’s plant in Cataño recently earned a second Wildlife Habitat Council Certification for its newly expanded pollinator garden to attract increased numbers of butterflies, bees and bats, which are synonymous with its brand. In 2018, Bacardí received the first WHC certification ever presented to an organization in Puerto Rico. As of today, Bacardí remains the […]
Philadelphia-based Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, which was slated to open in Plaza Las Américas last month, will still make its debut in Puerto Rico, but with a delay of about a year, this media outlet confirmed. The construction and opening of Cuba Libre San Juan, a GuestCounts Hospitality LLC brand, was set back […]
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands farmers and private landowners are encouraged to apply by March 26th for conservation easements to protect and restore agricultural working lands and wetlands through USDA’s Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and a government or non-government entity that creates a […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources announced the disbursement of a combined $465 million in unemployment benefits, split between $371.3 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments and $94 million in retroactive disbursements. Labor Secretary Carlos J. Rivera-Santiago confirmed that the latter payout covers the retroactive weekly payments of the $300 approved […]
The Mercedita International Airport in Ponce inaugurated an $866,252 expansion to its boarding terminal, ahead of the resumption of commercial passenger flights for that facility and the Rafael Hernández International Airport in Aguadilla on April 1st. The expansion allows the arrival and management of two planes simultaneously, while the investment also covered the remodeling of […]
Puerto Rico hotels this holiday weekend could reach “the highest level” of occupancy, at 86%, since January 2020 after the closing of all commercial sectors amid the seismic events that began in the southern region and the announcement of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. report on reservation numbers reflected that Feb. […]
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics announced that during the next two weeks — and while the available spaces are filled — it has opened a call for paid internships for graduate students of statistics, mathematics, computer science or in any other area based on statistics. This also includes economics, planning, demography, epidemiology, biostatistics, criminology, […]
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced that it reached an agreement in principle with several creditor groups to lower Puerto Rico’s debt to what it termed “sustainable levels” as a result of a mediation process. In tandem with the announcement, the Oversight Board asked the court to extend the deadline for […]
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