EC Waste buys Republic Services de Puerto Rico
September 2, 2020
Solid waste management company EC Waste, announced the acquisition of Republic Services de Puerto Rico, a subsidiary of Republic Services Inc., as well as the integration of its employees, management, client portfolio and landfills in Ponce and Salinas, as of Sept 1. The financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed. “The acquisition of Republic Services […]
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National Puerto Rican Agenda launches BoriCuenta 2020 Census campaign
August 24, 2020
The National Puerto Rican Agenda (NPRA) announced the launch of #BoriCuenta2020, a grassroots campaign to promote completion of the 2020 U.S. Census in Puerto Rico and in Puerto Rican communities across the nation. The Puerto Rico response rate is the lowest in the nation at about 30%, while the national response rate is 64%. A […]
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Connecting Paths PR Inc. graduates 18 women seamstresses in midst of pandemic
August 24, 2020
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, 18 women residents of the northern town of Loíza completed a creative sewing course and, at the same time, collaborated with the public health emergency by making face masks. The course was made possible through a donation from the Puerto Rico Community Foundation to Connecting Paths PR Inc., […]
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Direct Relief has donated $3M to Puerto Rico during pandemic
August 20, 2020
Nonprofit organization Direct Relief confirmed it has committed more than $3 million in Puerto Rico during the past five months due to the emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “In our ongoing commitment to facilitate medical access in Puerto Rico to those most in need, and even more so in the face of the Covid-19 […]
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Prime Restoration Services is Puerto Rico’s 1st fast emergency response company
August 19, 2020
With a $200,000 investment and the creation of 15 new jobs, Prime Restoration Services has opened an operation in Puerto Rico, becoming the first company on the island to provide specialized services in response and immediate restoration to natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, fires and pandemics. In addition, it offers the industrial sector, consultancy […]
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Puerto Rican investment industry expert Rivera joins CDVCA Board
August 18, 2020
The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance (CDVCA), a community development financial institution (CDFI) and player in the community development venture capital industry nationally, announced that local executive Myrna M. Rivera has been named to its Board of Directors. CDVA is the manager of two venture capital fund of funds, one of which is the $45 […]
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Grupo Guayacán launches 11th cohort of the I-Corps Puerto Rico program
August 17, 2020
Grupo Guayacán is looking for business ideas and future entrepreneurs who are eager to learn how to start a business in a short, yet intense virtual series of workshops. This will be the 11th edition of Grupo Guayacán’s I-Corps Puerto Rico (I-Corps PR) program, the idea validation boot camp to be offered online at no […]
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Puerto Rican firm We Connect transitions into virtual, 3D event planning
August 14, 2020
We Connect, a local company that provides solutions and strategies for event production, announced its expansion and transition into offering services to a virtual world. Through the adoption of Virtway Events, a proprietary and global platform/technology that allows the coordination of any type of event in 3D format, the company becomes the first Virtway certified partner […]
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Integro Foundation joins effort to raise $1M, donate 200K masks in Puerto Rico
August 10, 2020
Integro Foundation, a nonprofit organization established on the island in 2015, collaborated with Binance Charity to raise $1M and donate 200,000 KN-95 masks in Puerto Rico as part of the “Crypto Against COVID-19 Campaign.” A total of 500,000 masks are being donated to Brazil, Brazilian Amazon, South Africa, Bermuda, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominican Republic, and Navajo […]
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Thoma Bravo sells Ellie Mae to Intercontinental Exchange in deal worth $11B
August 7, 2020
Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm founded by Puerto Rican entrepreneur Orlando Bravo, announced the sale of its portfolio company Ellie Mae to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), in a deal worth $11 billion. Ellie Mae, based in Pleasanton, CA with approximately 1,700 employees, was founded in 1997 with a mission to automate and digitize the […]
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Musical Arts Corp. launches business training project for musicians
August 3, 2020
The Musical Arts Corporation (CAM, in Spanish) and the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (ICP, in Spanish) will collaboratively hold a series of keynote conferences called “Musical Factories,” to train and offer entrepreneurial tools to professional and developing musicians. This new training project will be an extension to the ICP Cultural Factories initiative, and participation […]
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Documentary series on demographic changes in Puerto Rico premieres
July 31, 2020
During the decade from 2010 to 2019, Puerto Rico lost 14% of its population. What forced Puerto Ricans to emigrate? On July 26, the first part of the “Beyond the Census: The Demographic Crisis of Puerto Rico,” premiered on the YouTube platform. The documentary series presents the factors associated with the emigration of Puerto Ricans […]
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CBP seizes 100 fake Nintendo Mini consoles in Aguadilla
July 29, 2020
U.S. Customs and Border Protection San Juan Field Operations announced the seizure of 100 counterfeit Nintendo Mini Gaming consoles inside a parcel package coming from Hong Kong into the Rafael Hernández International Airport Cargo facility. The estimated manufacturer suggested retail price of the seized products is about $326,000, had the goods been genuine, the […]
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World Central Kitchen announces 5th round of grants in Puerto Rico
July 27, 2020
World Central Kitchen announced its fifth round of grants in Puerto Rico through Plow to Plate, the organization’s food security and resilience program that provides direct financial support to small farmers, fishermen, and food businesses. The subsidies granted support small businesses related to food production in an effort to regenerate their long-term capacity for the […]
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Caño Martín Peña infrastructure project preselected for $66M in mitigation funds
July 27, 2020
The Paseo del Caño Sur Project in Israel-Bitumul was preselected by the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency, known as COR3, to access federal funds from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program- Section 404 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. If selected, the Paseo del Caño Sur, which requires an investment of $66 million, would […]
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