Latest Puerto Rico census data reveal stable incomes, migration decline
September 15, 2023
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Survey found that household and family incomes saw no significant changes, but poverty rates rose slightly, despite a large drop in unemployment. #NewsismyBusiness
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Genera PR, Polytechnic partner to boost education in energy sector
August 28, 2023
This alliance will also foster collaboration in research projects. #NewsismyBusiness
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New Forward Center to boost STEM tech startups, education
June 22, 2023
The Economic Development Administration is backing high-tech innovation and STEM education as part of hurricane recovery efforts #NewsismyBusiness
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Bayer Crop Science’s ‘Grow and Learn’ Program’ ends 2nd collab with Vimenti
May 23, 2023
Overall, the educational program welcomed 79 Vimenti School students and program participants on its second visit to the organization. #NewsismyBusiness
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Educator launches ‘Tuto,’ an online class and tutoring services platform
April 13, 2023
Innovative e-learning ecosystem empowers educators and students with tools for personalized courses, flexible schedules and accessible pricing. #NewsismyBusiness
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UPR Aguadilla opens $350K Distance Education Center
February 2, 2023
The facilities are composed of a Virtual Classroom, a Training Lab and the DivED Studio.
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FirstBank donates $10K to Fundación Cortés educational program
June 10, 2022
Fundación Cortés has already reached 14,500 children and youth from public schools in Puerto Rico.
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CINED online platform seeks to educate future film industry professionals
May 25, 2022
The workshops offered on the platform are free.
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CNE study: Public university system needs to be ‘divorced from politics’
November 18, 2021
The Center for a New Economy (CNE) is incorporating the topic of higher or post-secondary education in its work agenda, for which it has added an expert who in an analysis concluded, among other things, that higher learning in Puerto Rico cannot be tied to election cycles. In her first analysis for the think-tank, titled […]
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Amazon Web Services bets on cloud tech for Puerto Rico’s digital transformation
September 7, 2021
Amazon’s cloud computing company, Amazon Web Services (AWS), plans to continue applying data analytics and cloud computing to develop the economy and create education and natural disasters response programs in Puerto Rico, officials told News is my Business. Abby Daniell, public sector program manager AWS in Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean, said in an […]
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Public Relations Professionals Assoc. unveils on-demand courses, virtual library
August 18, 2021
The Puerto Rico Public Relations Professionals Association (ARPPR, in Spanish) announced it will offer its members access to seminars and courses with continued education through a new on-demand platform. The new benefit will include a catalogue of the courses the association has offered since 2020, as well as access to its professional development program “in […]
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Practical Techie: High tech supports back-to-school amid persistent pandemic
August 17, 2021
As thousands of students return to the classroom amid this last pandemic semester of 2021, the new mixed reality of transferring knowledge from teacher to students via online or a physical classroom makes learning and teaching more challenging than ever before. This year’s reality is a hybrid live and virtual flow of lessons, an […]
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Kinesis Foundation gets $100K donation from AbbVie Puerto Rico
August 6, 2021
Kinesis Foundation received a $100,000 donation from biopharmaceutical company AbbVie Puerto Rico to support economically challenged students with academic excellence. The agreement between both entities will benefit students from 10th to 12th grade in Barceloneta and Jayuya. Twenty-five students from each town will receive financial support. Students participating the Bright Stars Program will receive the […]
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Puerto Rico public schools to serve locally harvested products
July 13, 2021
The Puerto Rico Agriculture Department and the Education Department have reached an agreement through which public school lunchrooms will serve locally harvested products when students return to the classrooms in August, the agencies announced. The contract represents some $30 million in annual purchases that will benefit some 300 farmers, News is my Business confirmed. Funding […]
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SBTDC launches Biz Learning Center multimedia platform
July 13, 2021
The Puerto Rico Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) of the Inter-American University and the U.S. Small Business Administration, has launched a new multimedia platform, called BIZ Learning Center, for anyone who wants to learn how to establish a business in Puerto Rico, among other topics. The Puerto Rico SBTDC has created a digital […]
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