The Coronavirus pandemic will cause people to rethink existing values and will impact economic models going forward, a group of local and international experts gathered by Invest Puerto Rico during a virtual webinar concluded. In Puerto Rico, where the economy has been limping along for the better part of the last 12 years, the already […]
The Federal Communications Commission handed down notices against two local companies — WiFi Services Caribbean Inc. and Buzzer Net LLC — which face a $25,000 fine each for operating networks that violate the integrity of the Federal Aviation Administration’s doppler radar in San Juan. In separate notices, the federal telecom regulator described the reasons for […]
Puerto Rican companies Air Logix and Technical Industrial Sales joined forces to manufacture boxes featuring a germicidal light that works on a microwave electromagnetic spectrum, to disinfect and sterilize medical equipment, as the COVID-19 virus rages around the world. Faustino García-Rivera, president of Air Logix, said given the health challenges worldwide, and seeing the existing […]
The Robot Makers program is back for its fourth edition, featuring a new virtual format to train 116 middle and high school teachers as well as college professors, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy announced. “Like all projects being developed in the midst of the emergency due to the spread of COVID-19, […]
The Credit Union Executives Association (ASEC, in Spanish) announced that credit unions that have members who own businesses and commercial clients, are ready to process loan applications for the second round of assistance funding through the U.S. Small Business Administration. Puerto Rico has more credit unions certified as SBA Lenders than banking institutions and “they’re […]
The Home Depot’s Puerto Rico stores have donated “tens of thousands” of pieces of personal protective equipment — such as masks, face shields and gloves — to health care providers and first responders all over the island. Entities including Puerto Rico’s Veterans Hospitals, Auxilio Mutuo Hospital, San Carlos Hospital, and police departments across the island […]
Liberty Puerto Rico announced it is providing open access to more entertainment choices during the lock-down. Through May 31, Liberty’s television subscribers will have access to Sony Movie Channel, plus select channels from Discovery, regardless of the bundles they are subscribed to. “Opening access to these channels helps us add even more variety to the […]
Hyundai de Puerto Rico announced it will operate the technical service area of some of its dealers in a limited way, to address the growing need to maintain and repair vehicles for personnel offering essential services during the lock-down. In compliance with the government’s protocol to contain the spread of COVID-19, customers will be offered […]
A month into the government-mandated island-wide lock-down and curfew to combat the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Permits Management Office (OGPe, in Spanish) has processed 11,100 procedures for 46 products requested through the Single Business Portal. Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel Laboy said of that total of approved applications, more than […]
Looking to continue to fulfill its mission to support high-impact entrepreneurship on the island, even in the midst of a pandemic, international startup initiative parallel18 announced the selection of 14 Puerto Rican companies that will make up the eighth generation of its P18 accelerator program. The group of companies showcases the growth from parallel18’s pre-acceleration […]
Sam’s Club Puerto Rico has distributed five food wagons worth $100,000 among 25 nonprofit organizations throughout the island to support their mission of assisting different disadvantaged populations during the emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “In the challenging times we are experiencing, we have to unite and collaborate to start moving forward,” said Iván Báez, […]
Eleven Pep Boys locations in Puerto Rico will reopen on select days, in response to the government order allowing certain essential businesses to resume operations, it announced. The stores will begin reopening this week to service essential personnel only. Nine of the 11 locations will offer both automotive parts and service, while two of the […]
Óptima Seguros has launched a new service that allows performing virtual vehicle or property inspections during the claim evaluation process, while preserving the social distancing measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 on the island, said José Soto, vice president of claims. “The application is safe and very easy to use from any iOS or […]
Medplus Solutions, a Puerto Rico-based provider of long-term pharmacy and medication management services, has started the production of hand sanitizer to donate it to those institutions that need it most as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The program seeks to produce more than 5,000 liters of hand sanitizer solutions to benefit […]
Puerto Rican law firms McConnell Valdés and Ferraiuoli LLC made this year’s 2020 World Trademark Review, a directory of 1,000 firms and inviduals that focuses exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners. The WTR 1000 ranking, considered a “go-to” resource for those seeking world-class legal trademark expertise included the two local firms, considered for their “depth […]
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