The Aurora Angel Network has made an undisclosed investment in local superfood manufacturing startup Amasar, which has developed a line of products and recipes based on the long know Puerto Rican staple: breadfruit. Amasar was founded in 2016 by Puerto Rican professionals Marisol Villalobos, a microbiologist, and Jesús Martes, a chemical engineer, who quit […]
The Automotive Technicians and Mechanics Examiners Board announced an extension to the expiration date of mechanic licenses in all its categories until Aug. 31, 2020, and the approval of more than 100 continuing education courses in different modalities. “To practice mechanics in Puerto Rico, a license issued by the state is required,” said Board Chair […]
Metropistas announced the launch of a project in alliance with the Sila M. Calderón Foundation and its Center for Puerto Rico to support Puerto Rican businesswomen, publicize their businesses and motivate others toward entrepreneurship, at a time when the local economy has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The “Vía Empresarial” project presents the stories […]
A lucrative contract to deliver natural gas to a Puerto Rico power generation plant was awarded through a process plagued by irregularities that provided unfair advantages to a company with limited experience on the island, according to a report co‑authored by Tom Sanzillo of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and Ingrid […]
As a result of the current coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, micro, small and medium businesses in Puerto Rico are facing unprecedented challenges, which puts their income and possibilities of sustaining their business in danger. For this reason, today, eBay has launched “Mi Negocio 24/7 en eBay,” an acceleration program that will allow Puerto Rican businesses to […]
The Puerto Rico Nonprofit Capacity Building Network, a collaboration among Enterprise Community Partners, NeighborWorks America and the Puerto Rico Community Foundation announced the six Puerto Rico nonprofits selected for the inaugural cohort of the Puerto Rico Leadership Development Initiative. The six nonprofits, representing all major regions across the island, will each receive a $35,000 grant, […]
Nonprofit organization Habitat for Humanity announced the opening of its call to receive applications from low and medium income families and individuals interested in buying a property in its new multifamily housing project — a four story building with 12 units located on Avenida Ponce de León 1257 in Santurce. The project, which includes the […]
In the face of the food emergency associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Food Bank of Puerto Rico and a number of heavy-hitting partners have destined a combined $1 million in vouchers, certificates and gift cards to needy sectors to buy food in certain establishments, the nonprofit announced. The initiative is possible through alliances with […]
Impactivo and Day Health Strategies (DHS) have joined efforts to assist the nation’s primary healthcare providers and enable them to move forward in a world changed by COVID-19. The consultancies have partnered with researchers and practitioners nationwide to inform their newly launched “at-home healthcare solution” in the recently released white paper entitled, “Primary Care Transformation […]
A survey conducted by nonprofit Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción of 535 Puerto Rico college students confirmed many of them have experienced a financial blow from the COVID-19 pandemic and curfew. The data shows that more than two thirds of the students have seen a reduction in their income. A number of them students were unemployed, […]
The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF, in Spanish) chose Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) to provide consulting and advisory services to the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission, created by virtue of Act 81-2019, the agency announced. GLI will assist the Commission in the drafting of the regulations governing the operations, and providing consulting […]
DDB advertising agency executives from Singapore and China, countries that went through the COVID-19 pandemic before it reached this side of the world, said experience has taught them that businesses must start focusing on long-term solutions, not just what works today. In a virtual presentation in coordination with DDB Latina Puerto Rico David Tang, CEO […]
Puerto Rican companies interested in strengthening their product to reach the market or increase their sales have the chance to apply to parallel18’s pre-accelerator program, pre18, which will run for 12 weeks starting in November. The program –– whose last call received more than 250 applications –– was founded in 2017 as part of the […]
Self Learning Solutions Tech (SLSTECH), a Puerto Rican firm specializing in distance learning courses, will offer mandatory courses on protection against COVID19 to reopen businesses, locations and offices free of charge through May 31, it announced. “We’re contributing to a safer reopening by certifying employers free of charge so that they can restart their businesses,” […]
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust’s Resiliency and Business Innovation program has designed a curriculum on “Resilience for Businesses,” it announced. The initiative run with funds from the Economic Development Agency (EDA i6), is being done jointly with George Mason University — Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities and Echar Pa’ Lante. “Building […]
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