The Puerto Rico Planning Board announced Thursday the approval of two renewable energy projects in the towns of Humacao and San Germán, which will generate a combined 65MW of energy through solar energy panels that will be connected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s Distribution System. The Humacao project will be located in the […]
Sales volumes for businesses participating in MasterCard’s “Priceless Puerto Rico” program grew by 9 percent, while the volume of transactions rose 13 percent in the last two years, the credit card company said upon announcing the results of the initiative launched in 2011 in partnership with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company and the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week the availability of nearly $40 million to provide housing for farm workers and their families.
AT&T Puerto Rico announced Wednesday it has turned on its 4G LTE service in Jayuya, to deliver the latest generation of wireless network technology to that part of the island.
More than 20 Puerto Rican artists have placed their talent at the service of the Puerto Rico School of Plastic Arts for the upcoming fund raising auction “Munny con Causa 2” to take place at Froyo World in Miramar Aug. 22 at 7 p.m.
Doral Bank recently took its “dparques” reforestation program to Barceloneta, where it will begin this year’s schedule of planting trees and gardens in low- or moderate-income communities.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday the availability of loan and grant funds to support rural micro entrepreneurs and microenterprises, with funding reaching as much as $500,000.
Sea Star Line Inc. recently donated $25,000 to the Iniciativa Comunitaria nonprofit organization in Hato Rey, to expand its Apego project to allow the children of program participants to visit their loved ones for longer periods of time.
Building on Infiniti’s legendary sports sedan design, performance, and technology leadership, the all-new 2014 Infiniti Q50 introduced by Ambar Infiniti is designed to create a new, distinct level of customer engagement.
For the second year in a row, and as part of its ongoing commitment to Puerto Rico, JetBlue recently sponsored hockey clinics by the Florida Panthers professional hockey team at the Boys and Girls Club, Las Margaritas, in San Juan.
Iniciativa Comunitaria, a nonprofit that seeks to provide Puerto Rico youth the opportunity to move away from high-risk behaviors, while reinventing themselves through art and innovation, is looking to raise $550,000 through the Fundly digital crowdsourcing site.
International luxury travel network Virtuoso announced the winners of the 2013 “Best of the Best” hotel awards at its 25th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference held in Las Vegas this week.
The Independent Telephone Workers Union, a 2,000 employee bargaining unit employed by Claro Puerto Rico known as the UIET, has voted to affiliate itself with the Office and Professional Employees International Union. The new group will be known as OPEIU Local Union 1971.
Looking to strengthen small businesses growth in Puerto Rico, the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce and the U.S. Small Business Administration have partnered to exchange information and support resources in favor of the sector.
The Lexus Grants for Artists Program bestowed a total of $27,000 in grants split equally among Puerto Rican artists Julio E. Amill-Martínez, Tari Beroszi and Omar Velázquez-Román to support their emerging careers.
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