The American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) received a letter Tuesday from Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Executive Director Ricardo Ramos requesting assistance in bringing resources to Puerto Rico to support power restoration on the island.
Focused on the revitalization of its dealers in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, Suzuki del Caribe resumed operations in Carolina, opening in its regular hours Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., the company announced.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the 20 winners of the fourth Growth Accelerator Fund competition, including I-Corps Puerto Rico, which will receive a $50,000 cash prize from the federal agency.
As part of its commitment to contribute to the recovery of the island, the Ford office for Puerto Rico, Central America and the Caribbean carried out the first event of its “Ruta Solidaria Ford” in the Buenos Aires community of Arecibo, where the Río Grande river covered streets and homes with mud, causing great losses.
Nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) invites young scientists in Puerto Rico to apply to the Yale Ciencia Academy, a program to transform the training of PhD students in Puerto Rico and the United States.
Old San Juan, a sector that is home to at least 800 businesses and 500 commercial offices, has been in the dark for the better part of the last six weeks, which have kept many from reopening since Hurricane María made landfall on Sept. 20.
Puerto Rico remains without an effective emergency response more than a month after Hurricane María devastated the island, a group of UN human rights experts has warned.
Boys and Girls Club de Puerto Rico, Fundación de Esclerosis Múltiples de Puerto Rico, Inc., and Humanitarian Assistance Cooperative Housing Foundation will split close to $398,000 from United for Puerto Rico, a private nonprofit organization established after Hurricane Irma to fundraise for devastated island communities.
MMM Healthcare LLC H4004, a coordinated care HMO program, recently achieved a 4.5 out of the 5-star rating in the 2018 Medicare Quality Rating Program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Orlando González, president of MMM announced.
Destilería Serrallés Inc., producer of Don Q rums, has resumed its production and export operations after a brief disruption caused by Hurricane María’s path through Puerto Rico, the company confirmed.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the government of Puerto Rico announced that Transitional Sheltering Assistance is available to Puerto Ricans who are unable to return to their homes because they are displaced as a result of Hurricanes Irma and María.
Two generators, part of a $35.1 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began providing up to a combined 50 megawatts of electricity Oct. 30, 2017, to the Palo Seco power plant near San Juan, the agency announced.
The government’s decision to cancel the contentious $300 million contract with Montana-based Whitefish Energy will set back restoring Puerto Rico’s power fully by about four months, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Executive Director Ricardo Ramos said Sunday.
Direct Relief, which for the past eight years has been supporting a network of nonprofit community health centers in Puerto Rico, delivered $21 million in medicines and medical products to the island over the weekend, the company confirmed.
Sacred Heart University in Santurce, in partnership with the Faculty Resource Network, New York University (NYU) and the University of Cincinnati, has developed an online program, free of charge, for university students who were affected by Hurricane María.
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