The Puerto Rico Bankers Association will kick off a new decade of commitment to community development on the island with this week’s celebration of the 11th edition of “Community Reinvestment Week,” Oct. 7-11.
Lucienne Gigante, senior vice president of Doral Bank, recently discussed the importance of community empowerment and its multiplier effects on society, during the 34th annual convention of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
In an unprecedented show of unity, members from different sectors of the Condado community came together this week in an old fashion sit in, on the sidewalk opposite the newly renovated Vanderbilt Hotel, to protest the clandestine installation of a 60-foot high, 20-foot wide, multisided, illuminated, mega billboard in a parking lot in the heart of the "Fifth Avenue of Condado," Ashford Avenue.
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