A group of Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. (known as COFINA in Spanish) stakeholders expressed concern about the government’s alleged release of inaccurate information about Sales and Use tax (SUT) collections.
The Private Sector Coalition expressed its opposition to Reorganization Plan No. 8, which proposes creating the Puerto Rico Public Service Regulatory Board. and urged lawmakers to block the plan.
Puerto Rico ranks 3rd in the top 30 locations that U.S. mainland residents look up online when they think about buying a second home, according to a study by real estate firm Point 2 Homes.
The former mansion that once housed a Chilli’s restaurant in the Condado area of San Juan has been razed to make way for an 18-story residential building called the Peninsula.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony last week at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Center here marked completion of construction on a $6 million build-out project to relocate the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) San Juan Laboratory.
Business accelerator Parallel18 (P18), announced that 40 local companies were selected to enter the pre-18 preparatory program that begins in April and will grant $20,000 in funds, among other benefits, for the development of their businesses.
Colmena66 marked International Women’s Day by noting the importance of female entrepreneurship, noting its network includes 10 business-building organizations that support women in Puerto Rico.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust held its first Open House for the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (PRVCU) to present its strategy for the integrated management of vectors, and also highlight the projects the initiative has undertaken since its creation in September 2016.
Hispanic Leadership Fund President Mario H. López and nine other signatories from free market organizations sent a letter to key members of Congress, calling for a hearing on the lack of progress made by the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) Oversight Board in the 18 months of their commission.
Puerto Rico entrepreneurs looking to learn about Colombia’s exportable product offer will be participating in Business Matchmaking 70, organized by ProColombia, an agency that promotes the country’s foreign investment, exports, tourism and brand.
Three experts will be headlining this year’s Lean Leadership & Innovation Summit, March 14-15 at Universidad del Este, aimed at helping Puerto Rico’s small and global companies recover and grow from the interruptions Hurricane María caused in recent months.
With an investment of more than $650,000, the largest network of affiliated hospitals in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Metro Pavia Health System announced the expansion of the Dr. Susoni Metropolitan Hospital in Arecibo through the addition of offices in the Metropolitan Office Building.
In the days following the disaster, companies experienced disruption of operations due to the absence of electricity, loss of human resources, dislocations in the supply chain and total absence of telecommunications.
Grupo Guayacán Inc. (GGI) announced the return of its I-Corps Puerto Rico (I-Corps PR) program with the official call for applications for its 6th cohort, which will take place during April and May at the Universidad del Este (UNE) in Carolina.
Puerto Rico’s film industry is set to generate $225 million for the island’s economy this fiscal year ending in June, with several television and film projects in the pipeline that will generate some 12,000 jobs, government officials said Sunday.
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