Gov. Ricardo Rosselló met with the Democratic Hispanic Caucus in Congress to discuss the effects that the federal tax reform will have on the island and the need for Puerto Rico to receive equal treatment in the supplementary relief bill, after the disaster caused by Hurricane María.
While we continue to push for the Dream Act before the end of the year and the extension of Temporary Protected Status, we cannot lose sight of a major threat facing the Latino community and the nation.
Oriental Bank has launched SecurLOCK, a free mobile phone app (for iOS and Android) that customers can use to control and protect credit and debit cards.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) announced Wednesday the names of 11 utility industry leaders who will serve as founding members of PREPA’s Transformation Advisory Council (TAC).
Dec. 20 will mark three months after Hurricane María clobbered Puerto Rico, but the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. said it will mark the island’s “comeback” just in time for the holiday season.
After 90 days without full power for its nearly 1,000 wet-slips, 750 dry-stack spaces and 15 acres of land storage, Marina Puerto del Rey announced that by Christmas Day it will be fully energized.
Property owners have enrolled more than 3,000 properties in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s program to offer temporary homes and apartments to Puerto Rico survivors affected by Hurricane Irma and María.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló met with Massachusetts Institute of Technology President L. Rafael Rief to ask for the university’s collaboration during Puerto Rico’s recovery process.
The Corporation for the Promotion of Puerto Rico as a Destination, or DMO, is moving “full steam ahead” to complete the establishment of the nonprofit organization by July 2018, as required by the law that created it earlier this year.
Florida Power & Light Company announced that a 10-person team of restoration experts traveled to Puerto Rico this past weekend to support ongoing restoration efforts across the Commonwealth.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and members of the New York Congressional delegation called on the federal government to immediately approve a $94.4 billion federal aid package to “rebuild a stronger, more resilient Puerto Rico.”
Knox Medical-Division PR recently celebrated the pre-opening of its first medical cannabis clinic on the island, hosting a group of local physicians to the event, CEO José J. Hidalgo confirmed.
MCS Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by MCS Healthcare Holdings, LLC, has donated an electric generator to make possible the opening of a sewing center to manufacture mosquito nets and tarps in the Pueblito del Carmen community in Guayama.
Puerto Rico’s economic landscape post-Hurricane María presents a new set of challenges and opportunities to reshape business operations and education going forward, to ensure the island does not collapse and fewer residents opt to leave in search for a better life elsewhere.
The electric power industry deployed a contingent of seven incident management teams (IMTs) to Puerto Rico this weekend to support ongoing power restoration efforts across the island.
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