Sacred Heart University, in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), will offer a pre-college program for high school students interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), with an emphasis on neuroscience, the universities announced. The program is aimed at public and private school students with a minimum GPA […]
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico welcomed today a new initiative to reduce the backlog of property deeds and other documents yet to be registered in Puerto Rico. This initiative was launched with the University of Puerto Rico and the Department of Justice. The new program, designed to tackle more than 400,000 […]
California-based Health Gorilla announced that four new healthcare partners have adopted its technology platform to advance clinical interoperability efforts in Puerto Rico. The solution enables the participating health care ecosystem – patients, payers, providers, digital health solutions, and labs – to seamlessly share health data and aggregate each patient’s entire clinical history in one place. […]
Puerto Rico’s Association of Small Inn Owners expressed their support to the proposed amendments to Law Number 17 of 2017, that would grant more funding to Destination Marketing Organization Discover Puerto Rico. “In just 16 months, our DMO has proven to be very efficient and productive for Puerto Rico. By strengthening our position and image […]
Marriott International’s incubator brand, Aloft Hotels, which opens in December in the El Distrito area in San Juan, will host a job fair to fill some 45 positions that the eclectic hotel that is known for meeting the demands of the modern traveler, will need. The job fair will be held Oct. 16 in room […]
There’s no time like the present to begin collaborating with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. As a Technical Assistance to Brownfields provider, the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR) assisted the Commonwealth agency in designing an RFP to recruit a team to inventory all Brownfields in 78 municipalities and post information […]
“Recuperación Agrícola,” an initiative of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust in collaboration with the American Red Cross created to provide financial and technical assistance for local farmers after Hurricane María, announced the launching of a new ecological agritourism platform to continue boosting the sector. The new initiative is running jointly with the […]
Some 18 months after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, women’s fashion retailer A’GACI has announced the closing of the remaining 54 stores in its chain, including three in Puerto Rico. Going-out-of-business sales are underway at the stores — including locations in Plaza del Norte, Plaza del Caribe and Plaza Las Américas. However, it remained unclear […]
Bats are more than just an icon on a label for Bacardí. The company, synonymous with the world’s only flying mammal, stepped up its environmental stewardship efforts at the world’s largest premium rum distillery in Cataño to create a full-circle bat conservation campaign in 2018. The initiative was applauded during the annual WHC Conservation Conference […]
High-ranking executives have been appointed recently to positions at Birling Capital, Uber and Cemex, responsible for the Puerto Rico market. Birling Capital appoints CPA Teresita Fuentes as vice chair Francisco Rodríguez-Castro, president of Birling Capital announced the appointment of CPA Teresita Fuentes as vice chair of Birling Capital, member of the executive committee and director […]
Following what he described as a “year of historic performance,” Aurelio Alemán, president of FirstBank —Puerto Rico’s second-largest financial institution — said 2019 the strategy is to maintain a retention and growth strategy to secure 20 percent of the market. To achieve its growth goals, FirstBank plans to invest some $50 million to build on […]
Integrated point of sale system, eMobilePOS, created by Puerto Rican company e-Nabler Corp., will be used in Super Bowl LIII, the company announced. eMobilePOS will be used in the stores located at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia during the Super Bowl game in which merchandise from the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles […]
A number of public and private sector organizations are stepping up for furloughed federal employees in Puerto Rico. There are an estimated 14,000 federal employees in Puerto Rico, of which an estimated 4,500 are affected by the government shutdown that began last month, the Puerto Rico Office for the Socio-economic and Community Development said. The […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources announced that the island’s unemployment rate stood at 8.3 percent in December 2018, reflecting a decrease of 2.7 percent versus December 2017. Labor Secretary Carlos Saavedra further said the workforce participation rate rose to 40.8 percent in December, while 15,000 more jobs were reported in comparison […]
The Pharmaceutical Industry Association of Puerto Rico (PIA-PR) hosted the 16th FDA Regulatory Conference with nine speakers that presented top priorities for pharmaceutical manufacturing across the globe, new technologies as voice recognition and how to effectively transition from paper to mobile, among other key topics.
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