Consulting services firm ICF lands $46M contract from Puerto Rico gov’t
April 27, 2021
The Public Private Partnership Authority recently awarded global consulting and digital services provider ICF a new $46 million contract to provide services to support long-term disaster recovery from Hurricanes Irma and María and hazard mitigation efforts to protect against future disasters, it announced. The contract, which is administered by the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction […]
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Pierluisi announces start of bidding process to rebuild hospital in Vieques
April 26, 2021
Nearly four years after losing its only hospital to the destruction caused by Hurricane María, the bidding process to rebuild the Vieques medical facility is officially underway. Gov. Pedro Pierluisi announced the start of the bid for architectural/engineering services for the conceptual drawings for the Susana Centeno Hospital in Vieques. He said $1 million has […]
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Gov’t revenue collections for February beat forecast by $110.4M
April 21, 2021
Net income to Puerto Rico’s General Fund shored up in February, the eighth month of the fiscal year, totaled $714.8 million, Treasury Department Secretary Francisco Parés confirmed. The official added that collections accrued through February totaled $6.8 billion, or $122.5 million more than the same period in fiscal year 2020, when collections reached $6.6 billion. […]
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COR3 disbursements for municipal permanent works up 26% Y-O-Y in 1Q21
April 21, 2021
The Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3) confirmed that disbursements to municipalities under the permanent works categories and participants of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Public Assistance Program reflected a 26% year-over-year increase during the first quarter, versus the same period in 2020. Agency Executive Director Manuel A. Laboy said that some […]
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Puerto Rico Health Dept. proposes $300 fine on travelers arriving without negative COVID-19 test
April 20, 2021
Puerto Rico Health Secretary Carlos Mellado has signed a new Administrative Order that effective April 28, will impose a $300 fine on all travelers who fail to present a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours prior to their arrival to the island. However, he said the fine will be removed once the traveler submits the […]
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Río Piedras Medical Center unveils 10 new operating rooms, after $5M investment
April 19, 2021
The first 10 new operating rooms to be located at the Río Piedras Medical Center’s Julio A. Pérez building were recently unveiled following a $5 million investment, the government’s Medical Services Administration, which manages the hospital, announced. In these rooms, general surgeries, orthopedic surgeries, ear-nose and throat, ophthalmology, urology, maxillofacial and neurosurgery can be performed, […]
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San Juan makes $4.3M available for ‘Capital Entrepreneurship’ program
April 15, 2021
San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero announced the availability of $4.3 million in federal funds through the municipality’s “Capital Entrepreneurship” program, which in turn will benefit up to 800 of the town’s microentrepreneurs who have suffered economic losses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and who have been in operation for at least one year. […]
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Central gov’t starts distributing $100M more to Puerto Rico towns
April 15, 2021
Puerto Rico’s 78 towns have completed the application process for the third phase of the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) Assistance Program to Municipalities, Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF, in Spanish) Executive Director Omar Marrero said. As part of the process, the central government will assign $1 million to each town so they can continue to […]
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DDEC to offer workshop on how to sell products and services to Ft. Buchanan
April 13, 2021
The Puerto Rico Federal Contracting Center (FeCC) under the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) will host a virtual workshop titled “How to sell products and services to Ft. Buchanan,” the first in a series of Federal Matchmaking 2021 events. The series is a cycle of business roundtables and workshops that seek […]
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FEMA earmarks $18.4M to repair Roberto Clemente Stadium in Carolina
April 8, 2021
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved an obligation of some $18.4 million for permanent repairs to the Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium, a sports facility managed by the Municipality of Carolina. Aside from its sociocultural importance, the home of professional baseball’s Carolina Giants team “plays a very important role in Carolina’s economy,” the federal agency […]
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Treasury Dept.: Jan. collections at $817M, beating forecast by $62.3M
April 6, 2021
Net income to the government’s General Fund during January — the seventh month of Fiscal 2021 — totaled $817 million, while accumulated collections from July to January, reached $6 million, compared to the $5.9 billion on record for the same period of Fiscal 2020. January collections beat the agency’s fiscal forecast by $36.3 million or […]
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Gov’t offers up to $10K in incentives to co.’s on export track
April 6, 2021
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce announced two calls with more than $425,000 available to encourage local companies to export their products and services. The initiative includes an Export Accelerator to train participants and financial incentives to pay for export initiatives of up to $10,000, said agency Secretary Manuel Cidre. “In Puerto Rico there […]
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Dept. of Econ. Dev’t grants $2.6M to Abbott for job creation, retention
April 5, 2021
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) announced the the allocation of $2.6 million in incentives from the Special Fund for Economic Development to Abbott’s Puerto Rico facility to create and retain jobs and acquire machinery and equipment to expand operations. “The Department of Economic Development and Commerce granted this incentive to […]
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COR3, FEMA lay down plan to expedite projects under Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
March 31, 2021
Representatives from the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (COR3, in Spanish) recently participated in the Hazard Mitigation Sprint Meeting to establish a joint plan with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to “expedite and maximize” the use of some $4 billion earmarked for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program. “During the past months, COR3 has […]
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Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics revamps report of filled gov’t positions
March 30, 2021
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics unveiled new programming to generate a report that offers a clearer picture of the number of occupied positions in government and the ability to compare current information with prior months, among other changes. To redesign the report, the agency used the “R” free, open-code software, eliminating manual procedures, said […]
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