Walgreens has introduced the new myWalgreens Credit Card program, featuring two retail health and wellness credit cards, issued by Synchrony Bank. The program and the cards will be available in Puerto Rico, News is my Business confirmed. The myWalgreens Mastercard and the myWalgreens Credit Card are the first-ever of their kind to reward more personalized […]
The University of Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Plan “unilaterally changes a significant part of our social contract, redistributing the risk and responsibility of providing higher education outside the state and toward the individual and the private sector,” said Sergio Marxuach, policy director at the Center for a New Economy. “The modern social contract in developed societies […]
As thousands of students return to the classroom amid this last pandemic semester of 2021, the new mixed reality of transferring knowledge from teacher to students via online or a physical classroom makes learning and teaching more challenging than ever before. This year’s reality is a hybrid live and virtual flow of lessons, an […]
The Puerto Rico Office of the Comptroller announced it has established a Special Investigations Division that joins the tax intelligence, digital forensics, investigation, and technical support groups, to expedite the processes of investigating a complaint through tax intelligence. The tax intelligence methodology is based on the systematic use of specialized techniques to obtain and analyze […]
The Kinesis Foundation — a nonprofit organization that has focused on youth education since 2004 — received a $16,000 donation from Açai Express to support outstanding students with limited financial resources to continue their academic preparation for college. The initiative between Kinesis Foundation and Açai Express brought together the local company’s 31 franchises throughout Puerto […]
Jorge Pérez, regional manager for ASM Global, has earned the Certified Venue Executive accreditation from the International Association of Venue Managers, the company announced. Only three professionals in the industry have completed both certifications worldwide. Of these, Pérez is the first and only executive ever to obtain the CVE as well as the Certified Venue […]
Puerto Rico has taken the #4 spot in a ranking of jurisdictions in the Americas that offer the best value-for-money to consumers for their mobile broadband speeds, according to an analysis generated by Speedcheck, an international organization dedicated to tracking data speeds. The island placed behind the continental United States, Chile, and Argentina, with average […]
A young couple from Barranquitas invested more than $125,000 and launched Luna Escondida, a unique conceptual accommodation in the mountains of Puerto Rico. The property, located in the central town, is characterized by the presence of elements related to the moon, the natural environment that surrounds it, and the prominence of the black color in […]
The US Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for funding to increase the supply of affordable housing for farm workers. Luis R. García, acting state director of USDA Rural Development in Puerto Rico, said that subject to the availability of funds, the loan and grants will be provided through USDA’s Farm Labor Housing Program. Eligible […]
Due to the passing of weather system Grace over Puerto Rico, the organizers of Puerto Rico Cocktail Week Isla have postponed the events scheduled to take place in Ponce to Aug. 18. The schedule of seminars aimed at hospitality industry personnel will be held in the Hotel Meliá in Ponce. Wednesday’s schedule will include seminars […]
The Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association (SME, in Spanish) has opened the call for this year’s Excellence in Marketing awards, urging brands to participate in the different categories. Early-bird discounts will be offered for registrations submitted before Aug. 31, with the final submission deadline set for Sept. 17. Campaigns and initiatives are submitted […]
Following a $50 million expansion, medical device manufacturer Medtronic announced — accompanied by Gov. Pedro Pierluisi — the creation of more than 700 new direct and indirect jobs in the biosciences sector. In addition to the 575 new direct jobs (225 in the first phase and 350 in the second), another 200 jobs will be […]
Global marketing strategies change immensely every day. They depend on systems, services and applications that facilitate the interaction of brands with consumers. This is the case of the TikTok social platform, which has already become the most downloaded app throughout 2020 and so far in 2021. Given the boom that the TikTok social network has […]
The third stop of Puerto Rico Cocktail Week Isla will begin Aug. 16 at the Juana Díaz Cigars cigar bar in the historic Hotel Meliá in Ponce, with a schedule of seminars aimed at hospitality industry personnel, organizers confirmed. “Puerto Rico Cocktail Week Isla has become an enriching enjoyment of internal tourism on our beautiful […]
This week, we celebrate the role of Community Health Centers throughout Puerto Rico and the United States. Through in-person and virtual celebrations, we seek to elevate the outstanding work done by Community Health Centers in the past year, fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic to keep our communities healthy and safe. In […]
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