A mural alongside Baldorioty de Castro Avenue in San Juan, near the exit to De Diego Street, reads nowadays, “¡Auditoría ya, mamabichxs! A ciegas no” (which roughly translates into “Audit Now, suckers! Don’t do it blindly.”)
Google.org has launched a campaign focused on Puerto Rico’s economic recovery, committing to match up to $2 million in donations made June 8-20, 2018.
Sales Tax Financing Corp. bondholders submitted an Agreement in Principle in the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico, potentially ending its dispute with the island’s government.
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce, through the Film Investment Fund, is looking to promote eight local production projects per year for the next two fiscal years, calling for an annual investment of $1 million a year, agency officials said.
Developer McCormack Baron Salazar, in a public-partnership with the Puerto Rico Department of Housing, unveiled the new $41.3 million Bayshore Villas mixed-income apartment community in Old San Juan, near Bahía Urbana.
As part of the effort to develop and promote best practices for greater energy efficiency in Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Alliance recently held its third annual energy savings and sustainability competition, the "Battle of the Buildings Puerto Rico — 2017 Edition.”
The use of the internet in Puerto Rico continued its upward trend in 2018 after the passage of Hurricane María, reaching an incidence of 75 percent among users 12 years and older, equivalent to 2.2 people, according to the results of the 2018 Digital & Mobile Behavioral Study.
A group of experts from Puerto Rico’s medical cannabis industry will host a forum to discuss the draft of the new Medicinal Cannabis Regulations recently published by the island’s Health Department.
Under the slogan “Bringing Data to Life,” the Sales and Marketing Executives Association will hold its annual Digital Forum, May 17 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, featuring local speakers as well as from the U.S. mainland and Latin America.
The Puerto Rico Clinical Research Summit 2018, held in San Juan for the first time, successfully gathered more than 200 key stakeholders, including patients, representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Yale University among others.
The Puerto Rico Comic Con, slated to take place May 18-20 at the Puerto Rico Convention Center in San Juan, is expected to generate some $2.5 million in economic activity.
Puerto del Rey recently debuted its Dock Center, a new amenity that offers a range of services to its customer’s right on the main dock.
The Puerto Rico Soccer League, the island’s most elite league, will join forces with Playbook Management to create an administrative and legal structure for the sporting organization, looking to invest in and further the sport, executives said.
Future Farm Technologies Inc. announced that FFPR LLC, its Puerto Rico joint venture with TCG Investments, LLC, owners of the Clinica Verde brand of medical cannabis clinics, is set to begin construction on the first two of five dispensaries that FFPR plans to open on the island.
MSO of Puerto Rico, LLC, the corporate administrator of the Medicare y Mucho Más MMM provider network, announced the opening of a specialized care unit, “Unidad Dorada” in Mayaguez.
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