Statistics Institute launches COVID-19 data dashboard; Researchers design contagion tracker
March 18, 2020
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics unveiled a new dashboard on its website called COVID-19, through which citizens will have access to official data on the local impact of the virus, based on data provided by the Health Department, agency Executive Director, Orville Disdier said. Among the data that users will be able to access […]
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100% of iFullCircle’s staff working on cloud, remotely as COVID-19 spreads
March 17, 2020
iFull Circle Communications, a local firm with operations in Puerto Rico, Miami, and now Colombia, has been preparing for four years to be fully operational in the cloud and with all the necessary infrastructure and tools to operate at 100% capacity remotely with all personnel connected,” company officials said. “Radames Rosado, our executive director, and […]
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Destilería Serrallés to produce, donate ethyl alcohol to Puerto Rico hospitals, health sector
March 16, 2020
Destilería Serrallés Inc. announced that, in response to the emergency situation that Puerto Rico is experiencing due to the recent detection of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, it has begun production of ethyl alcohol with a concentration of 70% that it will donate to hospitals and health clinics throughout Puerto Rico. This type of alcohol, which […]
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Public event cancellations steady as COVID-19 concerns grow
March 13, 2020
A steady string of event cancellations and postponements have been the order of the day in Puerto Rico, as concerns grow over the potential spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Although there have been no confirmed cases yet, there are at least a dozen patients showing possible symptoms of COVID-19 in Puerto Rico. As a result, […]
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SG Residential to build 128 container-based homes in Guayama
March 13, 2020
SG Residential, the licensee of container-based structure designer and fabricator SG Blocks Inc., announced it plans to launch construction of two projects in Puerto Rico to help address the housing crisis following Hurricane María in 2017. SG Residential has acquired a development site in Guayama, where it expects by the end of the first quarter […]
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Events slated to take place in Puerto Rico nixed over COVID-19 concerns
March 11, 2020
Two major events scheduled to take place in Puerto Rico in coming weeks have been canceled as a result of global travel concerns amid the spread of the COVID-19 virus. While there have been a number of suspected cases reported in Puerto Rico, none have yet been confirmed as coronavirus patients. However, Tales of the […]
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Feeding America CEO visits to inaugurate new $3M Food Bank of Puerto Rico HQs
March 11, 2020
Claire Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America, traveled to Puerto Rico this week to inaugurate the new 30,600 square-foot facilities of the Food Bank of Puerto Rico in Carolina, at an investment of more than $3 million. Because Feeding America is the largest organization for the mitigation of hunger in the United States, her trip to […]
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PRMA: No. of P.R. co.’s with contingency plans to face potential COVID-19 outbreak ‘difficult to determine’
March 10, 2020
Knowing how many businesses in Puerto Rico have contingency plans in place to handle a possible outbreak of the COVID-19 virus is “difficult to determine,” the chairwoman of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association’s Occupational Health and Safety Committee, Tania Álvarez said. However, she confirmed most manufacturing plants have plans to protect their operations based on […]
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P.R. seeks to become ‘hemp capital of the Americas’
March 6, 2020
On April 2, the island’s blossoming hemp industry will gather to participate in an ambitious agenda of conferences on economic opportunities and prospects for the cultivation and commercialization of the plant and its derivatives in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland. The “Puerto Rico HempBiz,” to be held at the Hyatt Grand Reserve in Río […]
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Study links gov’t austerity policies with absence of access to justice in P.R.
March 5, 2020
A study unveiled by Legal Aid Puerto Rico confirmed the “urgent need” to insert into the discussion of the government’s budget for next fiscal year how austerity policies affect access to justice. Legal Aid Puerto Rico Executive Director Ariadna Godreau-Aubert and the organization’s public policy analyst, Nicole Díaz-González, presented the “Access to justice as a […]
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SME Puerto Rico opens call for SME Digital Awards 2020
March 3, 2020
The Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association is opening the call to advertising agencies, brands, media and startups to nominate their best digital campaigns and initiatives for the SME Digital Awards. To qualify, the campaigns must have been executed between the months of January to December 2019, although they may show results until February […]
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Perspectivas Globales program has $100K for new startup in P.R.
February 28, 2020
Accelerator program for emerging companies, Perspectivas Globales in Mayagüez, has opened the call for Puerto Rican entrepreneurs and technologists to participate in its 2020 New Startup Competition, which will grant $100,000 in seed funding for a new company to be founded by the competition’s winners. During the competition, participants will begin to define what their […]
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Empresas Massó unveils $30K modular classroom
February 27, 2020
Puerto Rican company 2Go Storage, a division of Empresas Massó, unveiled its modular classroom concept in San Lorenzo, which use customized containers for modular construction. Each customized, fully equipped unit can cost about $30,000, said Gildo Massó-Ortiz, responsible for the 2Go Storage project. He said the cost is about 15% lower than existing alternatives. The […]
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Stateside nonprofits grant $11M to Vimenti by Boys & Girls Clubs of P.R.
February 25, 2020
The Peter Alfond Foundation and Comic Relief US have awarded a combined $11 million to Vimenti by Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico, calling to action other investors, organization leaders and individuals to join them in their support. Both nonprofits seek to break the generational child poverty cycle in Puerto Rico. Peter Alfond Foundation […]
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P.R. Products Association to host ‘Medweek’ event on Mar. 6
February 25, 2020
The Puerto Rico MBDA Business Center, operated by the Puerto Rico Products Association, will host on Mar. 6, the Minority Enterprise Development Week, or “MedWeek,” event to offer development opportunities for local entrepreneurs. This year marks the 25th edition of the event, to be held at the Condado Plaza Hilton. “’MedWeek’ is aimed at businesses […]
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