Looking to promote entrepreneurship among the island's neediest populations, including recent college graduates, inmates about to complete their sentence and medical professionals participating in the government's health reform program, Governor Luis Fortuño announced Tuesday the start of the new "Because you can" financing program.
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Economic Development Bank announced Monday the availability of emergency and disaster loans for small and mid-sized businesses, as well as homeowners, whose property was either lost or damaged by Hurricane Irene.
In the wake of the destruction Hurricane Irene inflicted upon the agriculture sector, currently estimated at some $20 million, the Economic Development Bank has granted an automatic three-month stay on loans held by insured farmers, agency chief Ivonne Otero said Thursday.
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