By Víctor Rodríguez Velázquez | Center for Investigative Journalism Far from slowing the pace of construction on Puerto Rico’s coasts to address climate change, as experts have requested, Gov. Pedro Pierluisi’s administration hit the accelerator to approve construction permits along the coasts. During his first year in office, and well into the pandemic, approval of […]
Puerto Rico’s restaurant industry took a $398 million hit in sales during 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions were in full force, reaching $1.6 billion, a report released by Puerto Rico Restaurants Association (ASORE, in Spanish) showed. The 2020 results were 20% down from the $1.9 billion reported for 2019. The study also showed that in the […]
The Financial Stability Index for the Credit Union Industry in Puerto Rico, prepared by Estudios Técnicos Inc. (ETI), shows that conditions in this industry continued to improve in the third quarter of 2021. Economist Leslie Adames, director of ETI’S Economic Analysis and Policy Division, said “the index increased from 0.49 in the third quarter of […]
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