36 Hours in San Juan, Puerto Rico
April 17, 2024
Explore the city through its colonial history, variety of eateries and nightlife. #NewsismyBusiness
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FEMA awards multimillion-dollar grants to repair Puerto Rico nursing homes
October 31, 2023
The funding aims to improve infrastructure and residents’ well-being after natural disasters. #NewsismyBusiness
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Incoming AGC-P.R. president to focus on expanding construction workforce
January 18, 2023
Engineer Rodríguez to be sworn in Feb. 3, and proposes President Biden issue an order aimed at helping create some 20,000 jobs in Puerto Rico.
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FEMA allocates $35M to retrofit public schools to resist earthquakes
June 3, 2022
The nitial obligation has been allocated to the Puerto Rico Public Buildings Administration.
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FEMA expects to OK $640M in earthquake recovery projects by year’s end
April 8, 2022
Nearly half of the allocation is for 488 permanent construction projects.
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FEMA moves forward with earthquake recovery efforts in Puerto Rico
January 5, 2022
Two years after the string of earthquakes that hit Puerto Rico at the end of 2019, the recovery continues with more than $523 million that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has allocated. The funds are distributed among projects in 14 municipalities of the southern, western, and central parts of the island. Among the structures […]
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$277M+ in FEMA funds driving recovery efforts in Puerto Rico’s southern region
June 4, 2021
There are currently 168 projects underway to rehabilitate the areas and structures that were affected by the 2020 earthquakes along Puerto Rico’s southern region, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said. Projects include allocations for the municipalities of Mayagüez and Ponce. About $185,000 from the agency are earmarked to repair the Castilo Serralés, the Salazar […]
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NY gov’t officials deliver aid supplies to Peñuelas, Yauco
April 26, 2021
New York government officials teamed up with nonprofit organization Somos Inc. to deliver aid supplies to residents in Peñuelas and Yauco affected by the 2020 earthquakes. On April 22nd, Assemblywoman Maritza Dávila, chairwoman of the New York State Puerto Rican/Hispanic Taskforce, along with Somos Inc. nonprofit Chairman Francisco Díaz and the New York State Office […]
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American Red Cross Puerto Rico launches long-term earthquake recovery program
April 12, 2021
The American Red Cross Puerto Rico Chapter, along with Esperanza para la Vejez, Sage Puerto Rico, Cooperativa de Farmacias Puertorriqueñas (COOPharma) and the Coordinadora Paz para la Mujer is kicking off its long-term recovery program for the southwest municipalities that were affected by the earthquakes last year. Esperanza para la Vejez and Coopharma will deliver […]
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Practical Techie: Earthquakes did Arecibo Observatory in
December 1, 2020
What to do if one is terrified, bordering on a phobia of earthquakes? Well, find places in the world that never tremble. They are geographic regions where there are no unstable tectonic plates, or that may not rest over geological faults. Countries with good footing, as a builder would say. Such havens are identifiable on […]
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6 towns get go-ahead to use $19M in community disaster loan funds
October 7, 2020
Six towns affected by the earthquakes that rattled Puerto Rico in January recently got the go-ahead from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to tap into a combined $19 million in Community Disaster Loans (CDL) to rebuild. Guayanilla, Mayagüez, Ponce, Salinas, Santa Isabel and Villalba will be able to tap into the operational funds meant to […]
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Learning Undefeated brings mobile STEM lab to southwestern Puerto Rico
March 12, 2020
Learning Undefeated, a nonprofit organization that provides life-changing STEM experiences for under-resourced communities, announced that for the first time it will provide mobile STEM lab resources outside the continental United States. Working in partnership with the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust, Learning Undefeated’s will take its MdBioLab to southwestern Puerto Rico, where it […]
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Food Bank of P.R. stresses food safety lessons after earthquakes
February 20, 2020
The seismic emergency Puerto Rico recently experienced should put the island on alert on the need to ensure food security for the entire population, Denise Santos, president of the Food Bank of Puerto Rico said. The Bank has distributed 150,000 pounds of food to earthquakes victims in the southwest in addition to the 13.4 million […]
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Banco Popular to support commercial customers affected by earthquakes
February 12, 2020
Banco Popular announced that, as part of its efforts to help mitigate problems caused by recent seismic events, it will be offering a series of orientations under the JumpStart program, for commercial customers affected in municipalities included in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s emergency declaration. The initiative will be allocating funds for any need that […]
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Startup DataScope offers digital platform to gather data on P.R.’s seismic emergency
January 30, 2020
During the emergency caused by Hurricane María in Puerto Rico in 2017, Chilean startup DataScope offered the municipality of Mayagüez its digital platform that uses cell phones to collect data from the population in need of help. DataScope is now making it available to municipalities affected by the earthquake in southwest Puerto Rico and to […]
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