The McConnell Valdés Pro Bono Program is marking a decade of continuous contribution to the development and strengthening of the nonprofit sector in Puerto Rico, to which it has granted more than 10,600 hours in free legal services — or more than $2 million — to some 300 organizations on the island.
Business consulting firm Vision-to-Action (V2A) announced Wednesday the launching of the largest and most comprehensive database of the banking industry in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Minority Supplier Development Council will present a proposal to the Congressional Task Force outlining a new economic model guaranteeing the reactivation of the island’s manufacturing sector through purchases from minority businesses, the nonprofit’s Chairman, José Ríos-Nieves said Tuesday.
Atlanta-based John Dixon & Associates will conduct an auction of more than 40 pieces of real estate including homes, condominiums, multi-family units and other properties in Puerto Rico on Sept. 10, the company announced Monday.
Local multidisciplinary company Pharma Consulting Corp. is marking its 13th anniversary by strengthening its services in Puerto Rico, as well as its footprint in the Central and Latin American regions, company President Charil Pabón said Monday.
A multi-million dollar investment, an upcoming fish tournament and an interest in FADs are currently on the radar of the Club Náutico de San Juan.
A group of nine leading Puerto Rico industry and business associations on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against a Puerto Rico Energy Commission move to impose the first in a series of what they called “unlimited, blank check" rate increases under the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority debt-restructuring agreement.
A lack of a formal intervention protocol, such as the ones in place in the U.S. mainland for governments in distress, is making Puerto Rico’s restructuring process “uncomfortable” and more challenging to address, an expert with 25 years of experience in reforming troubled public and private sector entities said Wednesday.
Seven Puerto Rico trade groups will announce today the filing of a lawsuit to block what they call the “disastrous” rate hike proposed under the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority restructuring deal.
Six Puerto Rico-based growth companies got together for the first time over the weekend as Grupo Guayacán, Inc. kicked-off the 8th edition of its Guayacán Venture Accelerator (GVA) program with a welcome meeting for its new participants, the organization announced Monday.
Step by step, Puerto Rico’s medical cannabis industry is getting off the ground. It promises benefits for patients and opportunities for entrepreneurs to create new companies and jobs.
The Coliseo of Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot wrapped up Fiscal 2016 — one of its most successful in its 12-year history — with 103 events, which accounted for a total attendance of more than 700,000 guests and more than $35 million in gross ticket sales, venue officials announced Wednesday.
PathStone, a nonprofit organization, recently inaugurated “Valle Dorado,” a senior housing building with an associated $6.5 million investment in the town of Utuado.
At a time when major construction projects in Puerto Rico are at a standstill, Popular Inc. is moving forward with its $30 million Urban Hub project in Hato Rey, where several pieces were installed over the weekend.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that cement producer CEMEX de Puerto Rico has agreed to pay $291,722 in penalties.
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