The Bravo Family Foundation — a philanthropic entity founded by Puerto Rican businessman Orlando Bravo — announced an open call for its Rising Entrepreneurs Program, one of the foundation’s key initiatives, that promotes entrepreneurship among Puerto Rican youth. Those interested in participating must fill the online application no later than Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. “This […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of 26 organizations to receive a total of $5.1 million in grants for environmental job training programs across the country. Funded through the agency’s successful Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training Program, these grants help to create a skilled workforce in communities where EPA brownfields assessment and […]
Nonprofit organization Open Spaces posed to several members of U.S. Congress that if the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is not eliminated, transparency regulations must be imposed on its executives and its contractors, a firmer code of ethics, and a re-routing of the failed fiscal policies the body has implemented. In a […]