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MCS Foundation collaborates with COASI to make donations to hurricane victims
Contributor August 29, 2018

MCS Foundation announced a collaboration with Centro de Orientación y Acción Social, Inc. (COASI) and its Manos de Amor program, to provide several older adults with the furniture and appliances they still need, almost a year after Hurricanes Irma and María.

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ASPIRA P.R. executive director to retire in March ’19
Contributor August 29, 2018

Adalexis Ríos-Orlandi, executive director of ASPIRA Puerto Rico, will retire from the post in March 2019, the nonprofit’s Board Chair Luis Meléndez confirmed.

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FCC report: Hurricane María knocked out 95.2% of cell sites in P.R.
Michelle Kantrow-Vázquez August 28, 2018

Hurricane María knocked out 95.2 percent of cell sites in Puerto Rico after it clobbered the island nearly a year ago, the Federal Communications Commission confirmed in a report released analyzing the effects of last year’s deadly storm.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK:

“The budget illustrates that the fiscal responsibility we instilled in previous years puts the Commonwealth in a better position to respond to the changing federal funding landscape. 

 

Like many states, municipalities and territories across the U.S., we may have to revisit the budget with the Governor and Legislature if federal funding levels change.”

 

— Robert Mujica, executive director, Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico

 

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