Caguas Compite 2021, a free business incubation program with training and support, has opened its enrollment period for the next session that begins in March. This project, headed by the municipality’s Economic Development division, consists of 20 daytime business training workshops via video call due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and includes individualized and group mentoring, […]
To continue promoting education for the prevention of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the non-profit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) developed the “Aquí Nos Cuidamos Toolkit” or #AquiNosCuidamosPR. It consists of four public service campaigns with free informational and educational resources. The purpose of #AquiNosCuidamosPR is to empower vulnerable and marginalized communities in Puerto […]
The despicable word these days is…virus. There, I said it. Just mentioning the word amid the pandemic makes us stumble and hesitate for fear of catching one just by saying it. It seems viruses are everywhere in our lives Indicative is that fact that human viruses are too much like computer viruses. Or vice versa. […]
The impact of digital commerce and the new consumption patterns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic outline the agenda of the Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Executives Association’s (SME, in Spanish) SME Sales Summit coming up on Feb. 18-19. The virtual event will mark this year’s Professionals Salespersons Week and will serve as an alternative for […]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved nearly $10.7 million to rebuild the Facundo Bueso Annex at the University of Puerto Rico for its campus in Río Piedras. The structure was demolished in 2018 since it posed a threat to the health and safety of the university community as a result of damage from Hurricane […]
Bacardí’s plant in Cataño recently earned a second Wildlife Habitat Council Certification for its newly expanded pollinator garden to attract increased numbers of butterflies, bees and bats, which are synonymous with its brand. In 2018, Bacardí received the first WHC certification ever presented to an organization in Puerto Rico. As of today, Bacardí remains the […]
Philadelphia-based Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, which was slated to open in Plaza Las Américas last month, will still make its debut in Puerto Rico, but with a delay of about a year, this media outlet confirmed. The construction and opening of Cuba Libre San Juan, a GuestCounts Hospitality LLC brand, was set back […]
Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands farmers and private landowners are encouraged to apply by March 26th for conservation easements to protect and restore agricultural working lands and wetlands through USDA’s Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). A conservation easement is a voluntary agreement between a landowner and a government or non-government entity that creates a […]
Centropiezas Plus, a Puerto Rican retailer specializing in automobile spare parts, chemicals and accessories, invested $250,000 to open its 20th store, this time in Carolina, executives announced over the weekend. “We took the risk of investing in the move and reopening of the store to expand our services, meet the demand of the Carolina market […]
Looking to keep the dialogue going on the role of the information technology industry in the Island, the Puerto Rico Information Technology Cluster (PRITC) announced the relaunch of the first “Call for Papers.” This initiative, which had to be postponed last year due to the pandemic, “promotes in a more creative and dynamic way the […]
The situation caused by COVID-19 has had a great impact on the economy, society and the behavior of capital markets, among other areas. It has shed light on trends that were already developing and that it is important to look closely to learn more about the world economic scene. The arrival of vaccines, a second […]
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources announced the disbursement of a combined $465 million in unemployment benefits, split between $371.3 million in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) payments and $94 million in retroactive disbursements. Labor Secretary Carlos J. Rivera-Santiago confirmed that the latter payout covers the retroactive weekly payments of the $300 approved […]
The Mercedita International Airport in Ponce inaugurated an $866,252 expansion to its boarding terminal, ahead of the resumption of commercial passenger flights for that facility and the Rafael Hernández International Airport in Aguadilla on April 1st. The expansion allows the arrival and management of two planes simultaneously, while the investment also covered the remodeling of […]
Puerto Rico hotels this holiday weekend could reach “the highest level” of occupancy, at 86%, since January 2020 after the closing of all commercial sectors amid the seismic events that began in the southern region and the announcement of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. report on reservation numbers reflected that Feb. […]
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics announced that during the next two weeks — and while the available spaces are filled — it has opened a call for paid internships for graduate students of statistics, mathematics, computer science or in any other area based on statistics. This also includes economics, planning, demography, epidemiology, biostatistics, criminology, […]
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