Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) Secretary Manuel Cidre is heading to Washington D.C. this week to attend to “matters of high interest in favor of Puerto Rico’s economic development,” the agency announced. “It’s a loaded agenda, with key people who can be our allies when it comes to advancing our economic […]
Recognizing the economic development opportunity represented by the sustainable recovery of timber in a region increasingly prone to hurricanes, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) awarded a grant to the GreenWood organization to provide training opportunities and market access to Puerto Rican workers. William Gould, director of theUSDA Caribbean Climate Hub, said the Wood Innovations […]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed that 65,868 households in Puerto Rico have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit subsidy program initiated by Congress earlier this year. Since mid-May, more than 2.3 million households in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and American Samoa were approved to receive a discount on […]
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