This edition features a trio of executive appointments at the Kinesis Foundation and the Instituto Psicopedagógico de Puerto Rico.
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Four company leaders spoke about the representation of women in the industry.
The problem of climate change is three separate problems: sustainability, resilience, and adaptation.
The TOTE Group’s maritime companies have partnered with Global Citizen USA to ensure hundreds of families in Alaska and Puerto Rico received toys in time for the holidays. TOTE worked with logistics partners Carlile, Ryder Systems, Tropical Shipping, DM Transport and OM Transport to provide transportation and warehousing services to deliver 23,400 toys to more […]
The strong 2021 reactivation of tourism in Puerto Rico allowed the industry to recover about 96% of the jobs lost in the Leisure and Hospitality sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, Discover Puerto Rico confirmed. Data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that between March and April of 2020, the number of people […]
The National Science Foundation awarded a $552,529 research grant for work at the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico’s Aguadilla Campus, the college announced. The initiative will create the Host-Virus Evolutionary Dynamics Institute and together with its researchers, it aims to establish fundamental rules of life, or Laws of Virology, which govern the interactions and mechanisms […]
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) unveiled its new informational space, AcueductosTV, to air on the public corporation’s AcueductosPR channel on YouTube. Company officials said different topics of interest to the community in Puerto Rico will be discussed. “This space that will be broadcast monthly intends to inform, educate, and disseminate relevant content […]
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank is looking to convert those who benefitted from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program into “entrepreneurs instead of employees,” agency President Luis Alemañy said. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, passed in 2020 created the PUA program through which thousands of individuals in Puerto Rico […]
La Hacienda, a local family-owned business established in 1979, is in expansion mode with plans to open two stores in the San Juan metro area in coming weeks and crossing the Atlantic into the US mainland in coming years to continue fueling its growth. In an exclusive interview with News is my Business, La Hacienda […]
Celeres Capital, an investment and advisory firm based in San Juan, announced that Puerto Rico has secured a leadership role in communication technology with the launching of the 5G Zone initiative. The project is primed to enable companies, government entities, and academia to test applications and develop new uses for 5G networks, securing Puerto Rico’s future […]
Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s Destination Marketing Organization is seeking to position the Puerto Rico as a “premier travel destination,” educate potential travelers on current restrictions and guidelines to protect the health and safety of residents and visitors and generate future demand to accelerate the tourism industry’s economic recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. By […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Puerto Rico Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, approved more than $84 million in additional grants for repairs after Hurricane María. The funds were allocated from July 31 to Aug. 6 and represent 105 projects related to Puerto Rico’s recovery and reconstruction. Among the most recent obligations is nearly $2 million to the […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the former Agrocampos Inc. warehouse in Arecibo, which was used as a pesticide storage facility. The EPA’s plan includes removing and disposing of contaminated soil from the site and the long-term monitoring of the groundwater to protect people’s health. The […]
Aware that this hurricane season creates a new challenge for small businesses, which are also struggling with a global pandemic, the Puerto Rico Small Business and Technology Development Center is calling on small businesses to prepare their contingency plan for business continuity. Ricardo Martínez, executive director of the nonprofit based at the InterAmerican University of […]
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