Seeking to help with Puerto Rico’s recovery efforts after the passage of Hurricane María, FirstBank under its “One for All” program, joined Liberty Puerto Rico on the Liberty Wi-Fi Tour, an initiative to deliver assistance to the most affected municipalities on the island.
Magnus Textile recently announced it has donated nearly 4,000 towels to the Red Cross in Puerto Rico to aid in the hurricane relief effort following the devastation of Hurricane María.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the 20 winners of the fourth Growth Accelerator Fund competition, including I-Corps Puerto Rico, which will receive a $50,000 cash prize from the federal agency.
As part of its commitment to contribute to the recovery of the island, the Ford office for Puerto Rico, Central America and the Caribbean carried out the first event of its “Ruta Solidaria Ford” in the Buenos Aires community of Arecibo, where the Río Grande river covered streets and homes with mud, causing great losses.
MMM Healthcare LLC H4004, a coordinated care HMO program, recently achieved a 4.5 out of the 5-star rating in the 2018 Medicare Quality Rating Program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Orlando González, president of MMM announced.
Destilería Serrallés Inc., producer of Don Q rums, has resumed its production and export operations after a brief disruption caused by Hurricane María’s path through Puerto Rico, the company confirmed.
In the face of the crisis that Puerto Rico has suffered after Hurricane María, software development company Rock Solid Technologies opened its doors to municipal governments and private clients to use its accounting systems to perform tasks, such as: payroll, purchase orders, disbursements, requisitions and accounts payable, the company confirmed.
TOTE Maritime, through its partnerships with diverse organizations and individuals such as Monica Puig and the American Red Cross, is playing a leading role in the delivery of relief cargo to Puerto Rico.
Five weeks after Hurricane María pummeled Puerto Rico, about 72.6 percent of local bank branches, or 228, have resumed operations, according to data from the Office of the Financial Institutions Commissioner.
Puerto Rico’s fuel market has had to adjust rapidly to the dramatic rise in diesel fuel demand since Hurricane María struck on Sept. 20, which in the case of Total Petroleum is five times higher than prior to the storm.
As a way to contribute to Puerto Rico’s recovery in the wake of Hurricane María, Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico (“metropistas”) investment partners Abertis and Goldman Sachs announced a $1 million donation toward hurricane relief efforts on the island.
As part of its efforts to contribute to the island’s recovery after Hurricane María, Ford Puerto Rico established an alliance with Reliable Auto to make buying new Ford models more accessible.
In the wake of a growing humanitarian crisis after hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico, YMCA of the USA (Y-USA) announced it has joined forces with the MCS Foundation through a $200,000 matching campaign for disaster relief efforts aimed at helping individuals, families and the communities served through the YMCAs in Puerto Rico.
With the goal of multiplying international aid that can contribute to the island’s relief and recovery after Hurricane María, DDB Latina Puerto Rico created the “Puerto Rico Recovery Index,” a website that brings together fundraising efforts and other initiatives being carried out locally and abroad.
Empresas Fonalledas and its affiliated group of companies in Puerto Rico have pledged more than $1 million in cash and other assistance to support recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María.
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