Given with the challenge that employers in Puerto Rico are facing due to the health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce is earmarking $8 million in federal funds to reimburse up to 160 employers for certain expenses. Economic Development Secretary Manuel A. Laboy Rivera said the funding will […]
The Department of Economic Development and Commerce, through its Youth Development Program, is sponsoring a second edition of its “Entrepreneur Challenge” that seeks to train and encourage young people between the ages of 21 and 29 to develop their companies. “This year we again join forces with the INprende organization to launch the ‘Entrepreneur Challenge’ […]
Yauco and Guánica will be the scenarios of the “Back to Business event in the South: Economic Reinforcement,” an initiative by the Department of Economic Development and Commerce to offer small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in the southwest area the guidance and tools needed to resume their business operations after the recent earthquakes. “SMEs are an […]