El Conquistador Resort in Fajardo will be hosting a job fair on Mar. 11-13 at the property, to recruit staff and independent contractors for different positions ahead of its early opening on May 21, 2021, General Manager Robert Holsten announced. “Our remodeling process continues at full steam. We’ve bet on Puerto Rico once again and […]
Grupo Colón-Gerena announced a new alliance with the local fishermen’s collective, Grupo Puerto Rico, to buy their daily catch and offer a variety of seasonal fresh fish in Red Lobster restaurants as part of the ongoing commitment to support for local products. It is estimated that as part of the alliance, more than 300 pounds […]
Online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats reported a 45% increase in orders from Puerto Rico’s supermarkets and convenience stores between August 2020 and January 2021. “Among the items most-ordered by Puerto Ricans were beer and ice cream,” said Carolina Coto, Uber’s head of communications for the Caribbean and Central America. The company also […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, two of Puerto Rico’s major technology companies have reiterated their continued commitment to providing a safe workplace for women. Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico, one of the island’s leading communications and entertainment providers, highlighted four key women from their leadership team during a virtual summit hosted […]
The Forest Service announced that it will continue to manage the main recreation areas along the El Yunque National Forest’s Road 191 using a reservation system for both on-island residents and off-island visitors. El Yunque is experiencing high visitation during the traditionally busy spring and summer seasons, and capacity is limited, park officials said. “Please […]
The Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF, in Spanish) authorized the disbursement of $21.2 million of the excess of the Sales and Use Tax Redemption Fund (SUT, in Spanish) to 40 towns. AAFAF Executive Director Omar Marrero said the excesses identified from the SUT Redemption Fund available to municipalities may be disbursed to cover, […]
The Maritime Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the start of a new ferry route connecting the town of Ceiba with the island municipality of Vieques’ Mosquito Pier. This route will shorten the time it takes to connect the islands in half, to 20 minutes each way, the agency said. Initially, the trips will be limited to […]
As International Women’s Day approaches, Mastercard announces the region’s first Girls4Tech Marathon, a program to inspire girls to pursue STEM-related (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) futures, for the first time in a virtual series of simultaneous sessions to be held Mar. 8th in 15 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico. Girls4Tech […]
Televisión Dominicana, which describes itself as “the official television network for the Dominican community living in both mainland US and Puerto Rico,” is now available in Puerto Rico through DirecTV Puerto Rico. Offering 24-hour programming from the Dominican Republic, audiences can tune into the network on channel 181 of DirecTV’s ‘Select’ packages and above, it […]
Over the past year, thousands of students from the Boys & Girls Club of Puerto Rico have struggled with the challenges of virtual learning. To support both virtual and in-person learning, the Toyota USA Foundation awarded a total of $200,000 to three local nonprofit organizations: Boys & Girls Club of Puerto Rico; Casa de Niños […]
The Puerto del Rey marina in Fajardo recently adopted the Speedy Dock application, which provides boat owners and clients an efficient way to track their boats and schedule a launch request through mobile devices. “We’re always on the search for new technologies that will allow us to improve the services that we provide to our […]
Puerto Rican financial institution Money Express is marking its first 25 years on the island looking ahead toward adopting new technologies and optimizing its branches to secure its growth. Its plans include redesigning its web page to include new products, namely “Prestamás,” which provides loans of between $5,000 and $15,000 and the alternative of applying […]
The Puerto Rico Purchasing Managers Index (PRM-PMI) for the manufacturing sector increased to 52.4 in January, breaking the threshold of 50, suggesting growth when compared to the previous month. The employment, own Inventories and suppliers’ deliveries sub-indexes increased with respect to the previous month, while the employment, suppliers deliveries and own inventories sub-indexes beat the […]
Looking to lead a successful recovery in the meetings, incentive, conventions and event (MICE) segment, Discover Puerto Rico has developed a series of meeting planner roundtables to educate partners about client trends and perspectives related to booking live events in the future. The roundtables also provide insight on the state of the meetings industry, direct […]
Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority Executive Director Omar J. Marrero will appear before corporate leaders, sponsors, institutional investors and financiers at the J.P. Morgan 2021 Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference to “provide a favorable perspective on doing business in Puerto Rico and present the significant accomplishments of the government of […]
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