The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency selected 149 communities across the country including the Municipality of Naranjito to receive funding for brownfield site revitalization to help local governments redevelop vacant and unused properties, transforming communities and local economies. The mountain town will receive a $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant to assess sites for hazardous substances and petroleum […]
The years-long battle the local Gasoline Retailers Association has waged against the permit process allowing Costco Wholesale to build a station in Carolina took a new turn Wednesday, when the trade group said it will scale its complaint to the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. Costco first applied for a permit to build a gas station […]
The former Gran Meliá Puerto Rico Hotel has been acquired by a trio of companies that will reopen in the fall as the Hyatt Regency Coco Beach Resort, government and company officials announced. The hotel will operate as The Resort at Coco Beach, a Hyatt affiliated hotel, from July 2019 until the renovation is completed […]
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority attempted to go back on the agreement it had reached with nonprofit organization CAMBIO and the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) to deliver public documents related to utility’s, as well as electrical system data, by June 7, the nonprofits said. Six days after making this commitment, […]
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico received 3,160 petitions from January to May, when filings were up 1.1% in comparison to the same five-month period in 2018, according to information provided by local research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico. When broken down into categories, about 1,882 of those petitions were from […]
About 33% of Puerto Rico’s population aged 18 and older are at risk of facing food insecurity, according to the findings of the Puerto Rico Food Security Survey released by the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics. Similarly, 21.7% of those interviewed said in the 12 months prior to the study, there were times when they […]
The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2157, known as the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, that includes an additional $600 million for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program, known as PAN for its initials in Spanish. The bill also includes $5 million to study impact on the use of PAN funds in Puerto Rico […]
The government of Puerto Rico and the NYU School of Professional Studies will collaborate to train a group of students on the hospitality industry, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced during the 41st New York University International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference. NYU will receive a group of students in Puerto Rico for a two-week campus project, he said, […]
The Special Claims Committee of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico on Friday launched an informal resolution process that does not require onerous litigation to resolve its recent vendor actions, it announced. The resolution process is designed to resolve the majority, if not all of the vendor claims out of court and […]
The 8th edition of Puerto Rico Restaurant Week, an event designed to allow chefs to showcase their culinary creativity and for foodies to enjoy it, will run through June 10, organizers said. The event enrolls local restaurants that design a fixed-price (“prix fixe”) menu, to draw locals and tourists to their establishments, according to Kinori […]
The Caribbean is among the most favored destinations for travelers during the summer whether flying or enjoying a cruise ship. “While we invite visitors to enjoy all the wonders Puerto Rico, the USVI and our neighboring Caribbean islands offer, we encourage everyone to learn about the CBP process to make their traveling quick and […]
Supporters of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s proposed debt restructuring agreement — including Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and PREPA Executive Director José Ortiz — have recently argued that the rate increase imposed by the agreement will be mitigated by operational savings that will lower electricity rates. The governor’s and PREPA’s public statements about rate decreases […]
Puerto Rico’s film industry could stand to win from the controversy stirring in Georgia, where a proposed anti-abortion measure is already causing major Hollywood actors and movie houses to threaten boycotting the state and moving their productions elsewhere if it passes. Georgia is known for the sweeping incentives it offers the film sector, drawing scores […]
JetBlue, Puerto Rico’s largest air carrier, announced that it has increased the number of seats it will offer to the island during the peak summer season by 7% over the same period in 2018. The increase in available seats comes amid a growing trend in demand from tourists and Puerto Ricans living on the mainland […]
A trio of nonprofits — the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, AAAS Caribbean and Ciencia Puerto Rico — have joined forces to launch the “Boost Grant,” aimed at giving continuity to the “Post Hurricane María Aid for Researchers” program. The funds — broken down into 24, $1,000 grants — will go to support […]
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