U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced plans to reopen Trusted Traveler Programs enrollment centers to the public on Sept. 8, including the location at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport. The reopening plans were developed in consultation with CBP health and safety experts and include measures to minimize the risk of exposing travelers and CBP personnel to […]
As the U.S. celebrates Labor Day, national polling of the U.S. workforce indicates a majority of employees are burnt out (58%), up from 45% in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among employees who report burnout, 35% say it is attributable to COVID-19 circumstances, up from 25% in April. These findings are contained in […]
Vimenti School, part of the Vimenti Center and Puerto Rico’s first public charter school, recently began its new school year after delivering iPads with internet connection to its families to ensure the distance education process. Vimenti School has an enrollment of 126 students from kindergarten to third grade. The students are split by levels and […]
Sacred Heart University in Santurce has been selected as the first and only Puerto Rican college to be part of the Peace Corps Prep program for undergraduate students, the university announced. This certification program strengthens students’ professional and intercultural skills, combining academic preparation with volunteering and an entrepreneurial project in areas such as health, education, the […]
Tropizen announced the completion of its first commercial cannabis harvest from its recently added 10,000 square foot outdoor cultivation facilities. The new harvest, destined for both flower sales and the manufacture of infused medicinal products, arrives as patient demand for cannabis flower in Puerto Rico continues to surpass available market supply. “This harvest represents an important […]
CorePlus Servicios Clínicos y Patológicos, LLC, a clinical and anatomic pathology laboratory, announced the first deployment in the Americas of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered digital pathology solution for detecting prostate cancer at its main facilities in Carolina. The deployment includes Whole Slide Imaging techniques used to digitize traditional glass slides and the Galen Prostate, an […]
Everynet BV, a Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) technology provider and network operator, announced the completed roll-out of a new secure data network designed to enhance Puerto Rico’s infrastructure modernization initiatives. “There’s a great opportunity to enable efficiencies with Internet of Things (IoT) in Puerto Rico,” said Tom Nelson, Everynet’s chief commercial officer. “Everynet brings […]
The Food Bank of Puerto Rico, in an effort to raise awareness against hunger, launched the “Zero Hunger Puerto Rico” campaign, seeking to boost education and mechanisms to work toward achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture on the island. “After the hurricanes, earthquakes and the pandemic that we are experiencing, the veil […]
Discover Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC) signed a collaboration agreement to create new alliances with local organizations, bridging sectors of the economy, representatives confirmed. The organizations will work together to spread the message of efforts underway, “strengthening each other as links in the same economic chain,” they said in a […]
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and White House senior officials participated in a forum hosted by the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Latino Leadership to discuss ongoing efforts to help Puerto Rico recover from natural disasters dating back to Hurricanes Irma and María in 2017 and recent earthquakes. EPA Associate Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento, […]
Some 34 individual, as well as local and international company representatives interested in submitting a Request for Proposals for the Isla Grande dry dock project participated in an informative videoconference sponsored by the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, agency Executive Director Joel A. Pizá-Batiz. “The videoconference…allowed Ports Authority representatives to address any doubts or concerns that […]
Committed to alleviating the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Puerto Rican Endowment for the Humanities (FPH, in Spanish) awarded a total of $265,000 in special donations to 27 cultural organizations with humanistic purposes that have been affected by the crisis. The allocated funds were provided by a special CARES Act allocation, channeled through […]
The National Science Foundation’s Innovation-Corps Site based at the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez campus is looking for researchers, engineers, scientists, and general entrepreneurs who have research-based technology, product ideas, or technology applications and want to evaluate the potential to go commercial. The goal is to help them lock down entrepreneurial skills through training in the […]
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority confirmed it will interrupt the power service to test the emergency generators in the Vieques and Culebra municipal islands, this Sunday, Aug. 30. The service interruption will be from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Vieques, and from 7:30 a.m. to 8 […]
The events of 2020 — the January earthquakes and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — has spurred nonprofit organization ConPRmetidos to launch a grant program to help 500 Puerto Rican families learn how to transform their personal finances through the “Claridad Financiera” course. The nonprofit is known for developing social impact projects in sectors […]
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