Gov. Ricardo Rosselló unveiled Tuesday a bill to streamline and integrate the Puerto Rico’s permitting process, which has received the private sector’s backing and should facilitate the opening of new businesses.
Looking to position the island as an “ideal investment destination for China” in the United States and Latin America, Puerto Rico will host the 1st China Investment Forum, Mar. 1-3, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Tuesday.
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics on Sunday released data confirming that 89,000 people emigrated from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland in 2015, a year when all migratory indicators reached new levels.
Puerto Rico's traditional Medicare population is not representative of the island's much larger Medicare Advantage membership, questioning its use as the foundation for establishing MA benchmarks on the island.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico on Saturday approved Gov. Ricardo Rosselló’s request to extend the deadline in which to present the administration’s fiscal plan to Feb. 28.
Full service public relations and digital marketing communications firm The Big Think Group has been appointed the Puerto Rico partner of the PRConsultants Group, considered North America’s “leading public relations professionals,” the local agency announced Sunday.
Members of the Empresarios por Puerto Rico trade group met Monday with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to help identify measures to promote economic development focused on sustainability and in which priority is given to local businesses and eliminating barriers affecting competitiveness.
Wireless sensors for soil, plant-based water filter for emerging markets and a mobile platform to borrow and share objects with your neighbors were among the 25 companies pitching to potential investors at Parallel 18’s Demo Day.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico on Wednesday outlined the goals, objectives and parameters that must be included in the new administration’s fiscal plan, as well as its willingness to extend the deadline to submit the document and effect a moratorium on creditor lawsuits, subject to specific conditions.
The Puerto Rico's Science, Technology and Research Trust announced Wednesday it will invest $225,000 in three startups through the recently created follow-up fund Parallel18 Ventures.
Backyard Bondholders Inc., an organization representing about 20 percent of the government's outstanding public debt, met a briefing Wednesday with several members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico to establish the position of local bondholders.
The Ad Hoc Group of Puerto Rico General Obligation bondholders addressed a memo Tuesday to island policymakers claiming the unconstitutionality of the Sales Tax Financing Corp., known as COFINA, and asking for its invalidation.
The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights has called for fair solutions to the huge debt crisis in Puerto Rico, warning that ratcheting up austerity measures will threaten residents’ human rights and worsen the U.S. territory’s “intolerable” poverty levels.
The Puerto Rico Investment Summit, the Caribbean’s foremost investor’s conference, will celebrate its 5th edition March 2-3, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, organizers announced.
The Puerto Rico Private Sector Coalition on Wednesday revisited its quest for labor reform, asking Gov. Ricardo Rosselló to present necessary legislation to promote a new environment for employers.
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