Puerto Rico’s film industry takes $80M hit from COVID-19 pandemic
April 27, 2020
Puerto Rico’s thriving film industry has taken an $80 million hit from the measures taken to fight the spread of the COVID-19 virus, as have many other jurisdictions favored by Hollywood producers. The shelter-in-place and business lock-down orders the island’s government issued on Mar. 16, have meant the cancellation of some 21 production projects that […]
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2 Puerto Rican co.’s design equipment to fight COVID-19 spread
April 23, 2020
Puerto Rican companies Air Logix and Technical Industrial Sales joined forces to manufacture boxes featuring a germicidal light that works on a microwave electromagnetic spectrum, to disinfect and sterilize medical equipment, as the COVID-19 virus rages around the world. Faustino García-Rivera, president of Air Logix, said given the health challenges worldwide, and seeing the existing […]
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Parallel18 announces 1st all-Puerto Rican P18 cohort
April 22, 2020
Looking to continue to fulfill its mission to support high-impact entrepreneurship on the island, even in the midst of a pandemic, international startup initiative parallel18 announced the selection of 14 Puerto Rican companies that will make up the eighth generation of its P18 accelerator program. The group of companies showcases the growth from parallel18’s pre-acceleration […]
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DOT public relations agency launches ‘Support the Makers’ program
April 21, 2020
Public relations agency DOT has launched the “Support the Makers” program In support and recognition of individuals, small businesses and organizations that have reinvented themselves during the COVID-19 emergency. The project aims to publicize the services and initiatives that are being carried out during the quarantine period among the community and make the communications agency’s […]
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Fundación Triple-S donates $250K to support food security
April 21, 2020
Fundación Triple-S has allocated $250,000 to support nonprofit organizations that are working to address food insecurity and other urgent needs in communities around Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 health crisis. The first four organizations chosen to receive the funds are: World Central Kitchen Puerto Rico; Food Bank of Puerto Rico; Iniciativa Comunitaria; and Albergue El […]
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Open Society Foundations invest $500K in Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 response
April 20, 2020
The Open Society Foundations announced a $500,000 investment in Puerto Rico to respond to short-term humanitarian needs on the island driven by the coronavirus while also “making sure that Congress and the Trump administration, as well as local governments in Puerto Rico, recognize the needs of Puerto Ricans during this difficult time.” The investments will […]
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P.R. Community Foundation, Amgen lead $625K COVID-19 community prevention initiative
April 17, 2020
The Puerto Rico Community Foundation is leading the charge on a collective movement of nonprofits to “drive and strengthen” its collective response to COVID-19 community strategy. The PRFC has joined forces with the Amgen Foundation, donors such as The Chicago Community Trust, Central Florida Foundation, and The Prospect Hill Foundation, as well as individuals who […]
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Grupo Guayacán announces new $1K cash grant for EnterPRize 2020 participants
April 15, 2020
Grupo Guayacán announced that it will award a $1,000 cash grant to all emerging companies selected to participate in the EnterPRize 2020 business competition, to help them deal with the blow dealt by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are facing a new reality that requires using all the tools at our disposal to support our small […]
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Destilería Serrallés to begin producing, distributing disinfecting Superior 70 alcohol
April 14, 2020
Following the conclusion of its effort to produce and donate more than 57,000 gallons of high-concentration disinfecting alcohol to health institutions in Puerto Rico, now Destilería Serrallés will again shift gears to expand the availability of its Superior 70 disinfecting alcohol. Company President Philippe Brechot confirmed the Ponce-based manufacturer will be working with industrial alcohol […]
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Wilma N. Vázquez Hospital opens $500K COVID-19 unit
April 13, 2020
As part of its efforts to continue offering services to the public during the COVID-19 emergency, the Wilma N. Vázquez in Vega Baja Hospital has invested some $500,000 to establish the COVID SE Unit, separate from the institution’s emergency room, hospital officials said. Hospital Board Chairman José Orlando Pabón, said “the goal of this strategy […]
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Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities to grant $500K to cultural organizations
April 9, 2020
The Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities will grant $500,000 to cultural organizations that have been economically affected by the COVID-19 emergency. These funds are available due to a special allocation from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Endowment for the Humanities Executive Director Margarita Benítez said. “The $500,000 grant to the Puerto Rican […]
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Passengers arrive in Puerto Rico from areas of greatest contagion by coronavirus in the U.S.
April 7, 2020
Passenger flow from the areas of largest spread of the virus in the United States has dropped but has not stopped. Those areas also have the highest concentrations of Puerto Rican residing there. That is coupled with the fact that island airports did not take preventive health measures for weeks and tracing people who were […]
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New free digital platform helps nonprofits continue to offer social services
April 7, 2020
The quarantine in place to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Puerto Rico has left many community and nonprofit organizations with a limited ability to offer social services — which are essential for the island’s vulnerable populations. To remedy that, Puerto Rican company Propulsa, LLC has created Sociants, a free digital platform that […]
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Symptom tracking ‘vital’ to control contagion of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico
April 3, 2020
A coalition of academic and private-sector organizations has unveiled the Epidemiological Surveillance System platform, which allows the tracking and publishing results on the evolution of COVID-19 contagion in Puerto Rico. The platform’s creators include the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust, a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, Ponce Health Sciences University […]
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3D printers begin making face shields to control COVID-19 in Puerto Rico
April 3, 2020
Makers against COVID19 and The Rogue United have join forces with the mission of mass-producing face shields during this week to deliver them to health personnel next week who are on the front lines during this epidemic. The goal is to make 100 face shields a day, the groups said, confirming they are calling on […]
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