Puerto Rico will receive $375,606 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grants and Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) Programs, agency officials announced Thursday.
First BanCorp., the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, reported Tuesday net income of $24.1 million for the third quarter of 2016.
Popular Inc. released earnings for the third quarter on Tuesday, reporting net income of $46.8 million for the three-month period ended Sept. 30, 2016, compared to net income of $89 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2016.
The majority of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities are in dire financial conditions, with more than half carrying deficits on their general funds, the Center for Integrity in Public Policy (CIPP) revealed in its third annual Financial Health Index.
Omnicom Media Group, the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. announced Tuesday the launch of its third agency network in Puerto Rico: Hearts & Science (H&S).
Nationwide Planning Associates, and independent financial industry and regulatory authority-regulated broker-dealer, inaugurated its new local headquarters facilities in Hato Rey, for which it invested $250,000.
Nonprofit organization Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) is making a call for applications to the Yale Ciencia Academy, a program to transform the training of young scientists in Puerto Rico and the U.S mainland.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, LLC $190,000 for not disclosing chemical information at its plant in Barceloneta as required by the federal Clean Air Act’s chemical accident prevention, chemical safety, and risk management requirements.
Local retailer Grand Way will inaugurate a new store at Plaza Centro Mall in Caguas on Oct. 27, shopping center officials said Tuesday.
The Public Corporation for the Supervision of Puerto Rico Cooperatives, or COSSEC as the entity is known in Spanish, confirmed it is drafting a “fiscal stability plan” where the sector will present strategies to stabilize the island’s co-op system and its more than 1 million members.
With 15 participating teams of innovators and entrepreneurs, Grupo Guayacán and the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust launched the fourth edition of I-Corps Puerto Rico at the latter’s headquarters this weekend.
Healthcare Ambulatory Services recently announced the Nov. 1 opening of its third location in Puerto Rico, in Cayey, where it invested $700,000 in a modern facility offering specialized medical services.
TV anchor Keylla Hernández and Triple-S Vida recently joined forces to raise awareness about the importance of being prepared to face cancer through an educational campaign that includes eight journalism students.
Oriental Bancorp reported $11.7 million in net income for the third quarter of 2016 ended Sept. 30.
A pioneer in Puerto Rico’s farm-to-table movement, Departamento de La Comida is expanding its scope.
With a little more than two months left to this administration’s four-year term, Treasury Secretary Juan Zaragoza said there are projects he would have liked to have seen through, including a reclassification of agency employees to improve their salaries.
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