Given the urgency to start rebuilding roads affected by the earthquakes that hit the island’s southwest region, as well as building shelters, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce issued a pair of administrative orders through its Permit Management Office (OGPe) to expedite emergency government projects. The OGPe issued Administrative Order (AO) 2020-01 to grant […]
Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel A. Laboy, traveled to New York this week, where he made a presentation to the Japanese Foreign Trade Organization and met with the Consul General of Japan in New York, Kanji Yamanouchi, looking to attract investment in Puerto Rico. “For two days we had the opportunity to […]
In a bid to support high school and university students to continue their work in scientific research, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce’s Youth Development Program will disburse $263,000 for a project being developed at the Ponce Institute of Sciences, agency Secretary Manuel A. Laboy announced. “Science and technology are subjects that are in […]