’13 ‘Poder Business Awards’ to honor singer Martin
October 24, 2013
Puerto Rican music superstar Ricky Martin will be honored during this year’s 12th annual “Poder Business Award” for his achievements in entertainment as well as his support of the worldwide fight against child exploitation, event director Nicolas Ibarguen said Wednesday.
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Banco Santander bestows Solidarity Award in Education
October 16, 2013
Banco Santander Puerto Rico, through its community reinvestment division, recently granted the Casa Juan Bosco in Aguadilla the Santander Solidarity Award in Education.
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AIA Puerto Rico recognizes Universal Insurance building
October 8, 2013
American Institute of Architects’ Puerto Rico Chapter recently celebrated its annual “Honor Awards” to recognize architectural design excellence on the island, granting one of its highest distinctions to Universal Insurance’s Canóvanas customer service branch.
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Santa Isabel wind farm takes ‘Project of the Year’ award
September 16, 2013
The Santa Isabel Wind Farm project recently earned the “Outstanding Project of the Year Award” in Land Surveying and Environmental Engineering.
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Mayagüez professor among STAR Awards recipients
September 11, 2013
Prof. Nelson Cardona, of the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez nabbed the “Educator of the Year, Higher Ed” award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, which through its STAR Awards seeks to recognize key contributors in the Hispanic community in the fields of science, technology, math and engineering (STEM).
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Dorado Beach takes ‘Best Achievement in Design’ award
August 16, 2013
International luxury travel network Virtuoso announced the winners of the 2013 “Best of the Best” hotel awards at its 25th annual Virtuoso Travel Week conference held in Las Vegas this week.
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DDB Latina Puerto Rico nabs regional award
August 6, 2013
Advertising agency DDB Latina Puerto Rico announced Monday it has won the Impact Award, bestowed by parent agency DDB Worldwide.
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SBA grants $95K award to Inter American University
August 5, 2013
Supporting programs for innovative, technology-driven small businesses under SBA’s Federal and State Technology (FAST) partnership program, the U.S. Small Business Administration has granted 20 awards, of $95,000 per award, for Fiscal 2013 to 20 state and local economic development agencies, business development centers, and colleges and universities.
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Dorado Beach vying for Virtuoso’s ‘Best of the Best’ hotel award
July 11, 2013
The Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve, in Dorado has earned a nomination for the “Best Achievement in Design” award from luxury travel agency network Virtuoso, becoming one of only 50 properties worldwide vying for the annual award.
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Rock Solid gets Microsoft ‘Partner of the Year’ nod
July 11, 2013
Rock Solid Technologies Inc., a Puerto Rican company dedicated to developing IT solutions and business partner of Microsoft since 1998, was recognized for the second time as “Partner of the Year” for Puerto Rico during the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held earlier this month.
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EVERTEC earns ‘Cisco Cloud Partner of the Year’ award
July 8, 2013
Electronic transaction processing firm EVERTEC Inc. was recently recognized by Cisco as the “Cisco Cloud Partner of the Year” for the Central America, North of South America and the Caribbean region for its innovation, leadership and best practices in developing the market for cloud services in this region.
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Citi, Puerto Rico Community Foundation join to boost microenterprises
July 8, 2013
The Citi Foundation and the Puerto Rico Community Foundation recently came together to launch the first “Citi Small Business Award” to recognize microfinance institutions, as well as small businesses and entrepreneurs that drive economic development island communities.
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Oriental Bank chosen among Puerto Rico’s top 100
July 8, 2013
The Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce recognized Oriental Bank as one of the island’s “most outstanding companies,” during its annual convention last month.
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Verdanza Hotel earns top TripAdvisor award
May 24, 2013
Verdanza Hotel announced this week that it has received a TripAdvisor “Certificate of Excellence” award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this award.
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Puerto Rican firm awarded B Corp certification
May 23, 2013
Impactivo Consulting, a social impact consulting firm, recently became the first company in Puerto Rico to become a Certified B Corporation, conferred by B Lab, a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Clinton Global Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation, and USAID, among others, to companies that voluntarily meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
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