The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development is accepting applications for its Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) Program, which provides increased access to education, training and health care resources in rural areas, Under Secretary Lisa Mensah said Monday.
A trio of students representing the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras won this year’s edition of the Financial Awareness Video Contest sponsored by the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The Episcopal San Lucas Hospital in Ponce recently invested $1.5 million on new MRI equipment, positioning itself at the “forefront of technology in the health care industry,” executives said.
The Puerto Rico Builders Association, a professional trade group, will serve as a link between the Roosevelt Roads Redevelopment Authority and the private sector to encourage the revitalization of the former naval base in Ceiba.
Corso Coffee, an Italian style coffee bar with a New York ambiance, is opening today at The Mall of San Juan at the first-level 300-square-foot kiosk formerly occupied by Hacienda Monte Alto.
As part of Choice Cable’s integration process, Liberty Business now offers fiber optic coverage for business services throughout the entire island, the company announced Tuesday.
Starting this month and through April 8th, Puerto Rico college students can compete for a prize of up to $10,000 for their business idea, during the fourth edition of the "IV Santander Award for Business Innovation" business plan competition.
Internet giant Google announced Monday it has begun rolling out its “Street View” vehicles on Puerto Rican streets to record images of several towns that will be collected, processed and included in Google Maps.
Nine finalists will showcase their apps live at the “Appcircus San Juan” final on Jan. 21 at Sacred Heart University.
In a letter to Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Nevada Senator Harry Reid on Tuesday called on Republicans to work with Democrats to address the deepening debt crisis facing Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico Investment Summit organizers revealed Tuesday new additions to its lineup of speakers and panelists for its two-day event scheduled for Feb. 11-12.
The Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants will host a seminar on how the island’s economic scenario will affect the insurance sector, which is expected to take a hit from the government’s debt restructuring process.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) field operations officers announced Monday they completed the seizure of 10,000 counterfeit toy dolls arriving in a shipment from China to San Juan.
A depiction of Puerto Rico’s La Cueva del Indio in Arecibo will be included in the U.S. Postal Service’s 2016 stamp program that also comprises Star Trek, NASA’s New Horizons and Shirley Temple among the topics to be highlighted this year, the agency announced Wednesday.
Puerto Rican technology company e-Nabler — creator of mobile point-of-sale system e-Mobile POS — and Elavon, an international e-payment processing company recently formed an alliance to streamline and improve the security of these types of transactions in the local market.
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