More than 90% of Liberty Puerto Rico customers islandwide already have access to their video, internet and telephony, company President Naji Khoury confirmed. The executive added that all Liberty stores and kiosks around the island are operating full-time, with the exception of the Ponce Mall store, which is closed for security reasons until further notice. […]
By Omaya Sosa Pascual and Jeniffer WiscovitchCenter for Investigative Journalism The greatest immediate death threat after earthquakes, such as those Puerto Rico has experienced for more than two weeks, are traumas that people may be exposed to in the face of a structural collapse. But Health Secretary Rafael Rodríguez-Mercado has not shared a plan to […]
Four of Puerto Rico’s largest businesses are opening their corporate wallets to help victims of the earthquakes that have hit the island’s southern towns recover. The group includes Ponce-based Destilería Serrallés, Inc., producer of Don Q rum, which announced it will contribute $1 million to provide immediate disaster relief and essential services. “We stand in […]
Corporación SANOS executives announced the opening of a new health clinic at the Los Prados shopping center in Caguas, to expand services in the town. César Montijo, executive director of SANOS said the new health center opened with a $650,000 contribution from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an amount that was part of a […]
A little more than two years after the government sold it, the former Sagrado Corazón Urban Train station parking lot will become the Wagons 27 Food Truck Lot, where some 30 food trucks and small restaurants will open in early March, this media outlet confirmed. Randolph Rivera-Aulet, who is in charge of the operation, explained […]
The members of the Puerto Rico of Small Inn Owners and Tourism Association are making more than 400 rooms available for Puerto Rico residents who have been affected by the recent earthquakes in the southern area of the island, emergency response personnel, and whoever does not feel safe in their home. “We’ve verified all our […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau confirmed that 31.7% of the cell sites providing wireless communications in Puerto Rico are out of service as a result of this week’s earthquakes. In total, cable and wireline companies reported 258,637 out-of-service subscribers in Puerto Rico as of Jan. 8, which may include the […]
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced the 30 participants for the Investment Connection program in Puerto Rico, a program that seeks to enhance investments in community development financing by matching local organizations whose needs qualify for credit under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) with banks and other investors. Launched in September 2019, the […]
Popular Inc. announced it will carry out common stock repurchases of up to $500 million and an increase in its quarterly common stock dividend from $0.30 per share to $0.40 per share, starting in the second quarter of 2020. “We are pleased to announce our proposed capital actions for 2020 which are in line with […]
Amnesty International Puerto Rico made a call to the local and federal governments to ensure that relief and reconstruction efforts protect human rights following the earthquakes earlier this week, and the ongoing seismic activity. “It is very worrying that the government of Puerto Rico has not provided an adequate and immediate response to the predictable […]
The number of private sector businesses pitching in to deliver aid and support to the victims of this week’s strong earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks continues to increase, with help coming in from Puerto Rico and abroad. One of the companies is Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, which last month announced plans to open its […]
The following is a round-up of the different efforts by the public and private sectors to help Puerto Rico recover after this week’s earthquakes. NonprofitsThe League of United Latin American Citizens said its members and leaders in Puerto Rico are already in “active contact” with teams across a large swath of communities assessing the extent […]
Puerto Rico’s three largest universities announced their plans for upcoming administrative and academic activities, following this week’s earthquakes. University of Puerto Rico President Jorge Haddock said the Mayagüez, Aguadilla, Cayey, Humacao, Carolina, Ponce and Utuado campuses will not restart its schedule as planned today, as the institution awaits the final recommendation from structural engineers who […]
The Puerto Rico College of Engineers and Surveyors has constituted a permanent assembly until the critical stage of the emergency left by the earthquakes is over, organization president Juan Alicea-Flores said. “The organization is collecting key data and evaluating it, to determine the state of structures and infrastructure and the possibility of restoration,” said Alice, […]
Entertainment and dining venue owner Dave & Buster’s Entertainment Inc. will open its second location in Puerto Rico, at the Plaza Las Américas shopping center in Hato Rey, during the third quarter of this year, this media outlet confirmed. The planned 39,000 square-foot complex will be located on the mall’s third level, spanning from the […]
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