A workgroup comprising public and private sector representatives handed Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla a report containing 34 recommendations Sunday to tackle Puerto Rico’s low labor participation rate, brain drain, the aging population and the underground economy.
General Fund collections for the month of March totaled $785 million, down 9.7 percent when compared to the $1 billion on record for March 2013.
The Center for Empowerment and Free Enterprise at the Universidad del Este in Carolina signed several collaborative agreements with private-sector organizations, the government and communities, to spur job creation in Puerto Rico, college officials announced Wednesday.