Josué Rivera, state director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development office in Puerto Rico, has been awarded the 2020 Theodore Roosevelt Leadership award from the Government Executive Media Group. The entity is a provider of news for federal government managers, which held its second annual Theodore Roosevelt Government Leadership Awards as a three-day virtual event. This […]
The Robot Makers initiative entered its final phase with the participation of 250 students from middle schools, high schools and universities, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy announced. “In the past three years, more than 1,300 students have participated in the Robot Makers initiative, carried out by the Department of Economic Development […]
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. unveiled a marketing plan with offers and precise tools to encourage occupancy across the island’s “paradores,” or small inns, and which seeks to complement the efforts to promote local tourism through the “Check Into Your Island” campaign. The $95,000 effort looks to support the small hotels by providing them “with the tools they […]
Looking to promote the enactment of healthy public policy that benefits the island’s tourism industry and achieves a positive multiplier effect, business leaders, employment generators, and local capital investors from several sectors of the tourism industry have come together to create the Puerto Rico Tourism Business Council. Among its immediate priorities and in its commitment […]
Puerto Rican Endeavor Entrepreneur Carlos García, co-founder and CEO of the Andiago! company, is one of nine featured entrepreneurs in the Endevor-produced Think Big podcast that seeks to inspire entrepreneurs to find their purpose, transform industries, impact humanity and change the world. Hosted by Mexican media and business consultant Genaro Mejía, Think Big explores the […]
Short-term rental platform Airbnb announced that from Aug. 1, 2017 to Aug. 31, 2020 it has collected a total of $16.8 million from the 7% hotel room occupancy tax and remitted the money to the Puerto Rico government. In 2017, Airbnb established an agreement with the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. to formalize short-term rentals and […]
During September, the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved $48.7 million in additional federal grants for 12 projects to repair several campuses of the University of Puerto Rico, the agency confirmed. “More than a contribution to strengthen the infrastructure of the UPR, this investment will help future generations benefit from resilient facilities within the Island’s public university system. It is […]
Puerto Rico has been awarded nearly $1.9 million for two projects — the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust and the Migrant Health Center Western Region Inc. — that will provide enhanced access to telemedicine and online education to rural communities. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) […]
Cidrines, a Puerto Rican company founded in 1978 known for its sweet ‘sobao’ bread and pastries, is investing $3 million to expand its manufacturing plant in the Zeno Gandía industrial park in Arecibo to increase its exports, company and government officials announced. The investment will cover the hiring of 50 employees over the next 36 […]
Boston Scientific has partnered with The Growth Coach Puerto Rico to create a program to support local entrepreneurs called the Strategic Business Owner Program that seeks to give entrepreneurs the chance to learn and implement strategies to expand their businesses. Furthermore, the program seeks to help participants gain access to tools “to optimize their companies, […]
U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) Chairman Kimberly A. Reed met with a delegation from Puerto Rico to discuss how the entity can help more Puerto Rican businesses export their “Made in the USA” products around the world. Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy headed the local delegation that included Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director […]
Puerto Rico Prosthetics, a Puerto Rican company with more than 25 years of experience in the manufacture of high-tech orthotics and prostheses with specialized services, announced the acquisition of the first robot in Puerto Rico capable of making prostheses in real-time. The patient will be able to leave with their prosthesis on the same day, […]
Liberty Puerto Rico is reinforcing its partnership with the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Child Exploitation Investigative Unit to raise awareness of the need for cybersecurity education during the COVID-19 pandemic due to higher risks of solicitation and cyberbullying through social media. To achieve this goal, Liberty Puerto Rico will continue to feature a […]
Six towns affected by the earthquakes that rattled Puerto Rico in January recently got the go-ahead from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to tap into a combined $19 million in Community Disaster Loans (CDL) to rebuild. Guayanilla, Mayagüez, Ponce, Salinas, Santa Isabel and Villalba will be able to tap into the operational funds meant to […]
The Fairmont El San Juan hotel has named Kelley Cosgrove as general manager of the Isla Verde property, which is also in line to undergo a round of renovations, this media outlet confirmed. Cosgrove, who brings with her 33 years of experience with the chain in properties in Canada, Dubai, Hawaii and California, has been […]
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