Starting this week, food producers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and The Bahamas will have the opportunity to take free business workshops through World Central Kitchen’s Food Business Bootcamp, the nonprofit announced. The trainings will take place online once a week for food-related small businesses, such as farmers, fishers, and other food business. They are […]
Triple-S Advantage, Dynamics Payments, and Mastercard have joined forces to introduce an all-in-one card in Puerto Rico that combines the traditional health plan ID with a prepaid card. It also simplifies the payment of OTC (over-the-counter) medications, as well as goods and services, to meet the needs of the Medicare Advantage population, the health insurer […]
The Plaza Las Américas and Plaza Del Caribe shopping centers announced the opening of new stores and establishments ahead of the upcoming holiday shopping season. For Eyes, Casa Febus Navidad and Gef France opened their doors in Plaza Las Américas, while Plaza Del Caribe received new tenants For Eyes and PenFed Credit Union, who moved […]
The Puerto Rico Hurricane Hub announced an investment of more than $71,000 in the Bureau for Emergency and Disaster Management to buy and install KP4 radios, antennas and solar panels in the government agency’s headquarters and its 10 regions throughout the island, including Vieques and Culebra. The goal of this initiative is to keep Puerto […]
Josué Rivera, state director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office in Puerto Rico, has been awarded the 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership award from the Government Executive Media Group. The entity is a provider of news for federal government managers, which held its second annual Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Awards as a three-day virtual event. This […]
The Robot Makers initiative entered its final phase with the participation of 250 students from middle schools, high schools and universities, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy announced. “In the past three years, more than 1,300 students have participated in the Robot Makers initiative, carried out by the Department of Economic Development […]
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled a marketing plan with offers and precise tools to encourage occupancy across the island’s “paradores,” or small inns, and which seeks to complement the efforts to promote local tourism through the “Check Into Your Island” campaign. The $95,000 effort looks to support the small hotels by providing them “with the tools they […]
Boston Scientific has partnered with The Growth Coach Puerto Rico to create a program to support local entrepreneurs called the Strategic Business Owner Program that seeks to give entrepreneurs the chance to learn and implement strategies to expand their businesses. Furthermore, the program seeks to help participants gain access to tools “to optimize their companies, […]
U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) Chairman Kimberly A. Reed met with a delegation from Puerto Rico to discuss how the entity can help more Puerto Rican businesses export their “Made in the USA” products around the world. Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy headed the local delegation that included Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director […]
Puerto Rico Prosthetics, a Puerto Rican company with more than 25 years of experience in the manufacture of high-tech orthotics and prostheses with specialized services, announced the acquisition of the first robot in Puerto Rico capable of making prostheses in real-time. The patient will be able to leave with their prosthesis on the same day, […]
Liberty Puerto Rico is reinforcing its partnership with the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Child Exploitation Investigative Unit to raise awareness of the need for cybersecurity education during the COVID-19 pandemic due to higher risks of solicitation and cyberbullying through social media. To achieve this goal, Liberty Puerto Rico will continue to feature a […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of the University of Puerto Rico to receive $1.1 million in funding for its project to reduce diesel emissions in San Juan, Puerto Rico by replacing short-haul trucks at the Port of San Juan and older school buses. The UPR’s grant will be used to replace 11 […]
As part of the educational initiatives to train community organizations and businesses on the island, the Puerto Rico Bankers Association’s Community Reinvestment Committee will host the Community Economic Development workshop Oct. 7-8, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the Zoom platform. Invited speakers Anabel Rodríguez, CEO of the Ibero-American Observatory for Sustainability and Circular […]
In the three years since arriving to Puerto Rico, nonprofit organization SBP and its volunteers continue to rebuild the island after the damage inflicted by Hurricane María. “So far the organization has been able to help more than 110 Puerto Rican families who lost their homes after the impact of María, but we’re aware that […]
Condé Nast Traveler announced today the results of its annual Readers’ Choice Awards and Puerto Rico was recognized as one of the top 5 of The World’s Best Islands in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. More than 715,000 Condé Nast Traveler readers submitted responses rating their travel experiences across the globe. “As the tourism sector […]
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