The Puerto Rico Office of the CIO, in conjunction with the Science, Technology and Research Trust, will host the first UX/UI Bootcamp Empirical Design Marathon to develop a style guide that defines best practices for design, flow, navigation and structure of the government’s information systems.
The government of Puerto Rico announced Thursday the signing of a collaborative agreement with Arcos Dorados, the franchisee of the McDonald’s fast food chain, to enable the production of iceberg lettuce for the restaurant by local farmers.
Puerto Rico government officials announced the start of the process to prepare the island’s first official Human Development Report, to be based on the methodology that the United Nations Program for Development has been using since 1992.
Puerto Rico projects the image of a society that has achieved material progress but behind the curtain lies a stark reality: 45.6 percent of its people live in poverty compared with 15.9 percent in the U.S., according to a report released by the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR).
Puerto Rico government officials told investors Tuesday that the Commonwealth's Fiscal 2014 General Fund budget revenue will grow by $1.7 billion, or 17 percent, largely due to new tax measures, amendments to Law 154 and an expansion of the Sales and Use Tax (IVU, as it is known in Spanish) base.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co. announced Wednesday it has activated its contingency plan to address the closing of a number of federal offices and facilities frequented by tourist, including the El San Felipe del Morro fort in Old San Juan and the El Yunque National Rainforest.
Puerto Rico's socioeconomic fiscal base has eroded and continues to erode significantly, while the central government and some public corporations are basically insolvent.
A fundamental part of Puerto Rico’s unemployment and economic crisis responds to government neglect to teach vocational education and skills in demand in today's job market, said Carmen Z. Claudio, former president of the Puerto Rico Association of Private Education, during a community activity held recently at the Thomas Alva Edison School in Caguas, entity she heads.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla’s administration confirmed Tuesday that Puerto Rico Government Development Bank President Javier Ferrer tendered his resignation effective July 19.
Puerto Rico’s current economic situation is deep-rooted in the government’s inability to understand the gravity of the problem and the outcome of doing the same things over and over again, while expecting different results.
Representatives from 26 professional organizations from a cross-section of Puerto Rico’s economy, as well as thousands of businesses and workers, on Monday asked Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla and his administration for “transparency” and inclusion in the decision-making process to find solutions to the island’s precarious fiscal situation.
The Government Development Bank will be hosting a “Puerto Rico Investor Day” event in New York next week, to give backers a one-on-one opportunity to meet with senior members of the island’s fiscal team.
High-ranking Puerto Rico government officials unveiled Wednesday a package of measures aimed at resolving the Commonwealth Retirement System’s critical fiscal situation, including raising the retirement age and increasing employee contributions.
With a change of government at hand and a new year ahead, it would be interesting to dare imagine a vision of a proactive, efficient and transparent Puerto Rico, that is, the opposite of what we have today in many respects.
Puerto Rico Society of Certified Public Accountants President Kenneth Rivera-Robles urged all sectors to set forth a reform program to help the island’s new leaders to get over the current crisis.
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