Walmart to invest $10M to reopen Humacao Supercenter on April 11
February 6, 2018
Walmart Puerto Rico is investing $10 million in the reconstruction of the Humacao Supercenter located in Plaza Real, whose facilities were severely damaged by Hurricane María last September, Iván Báez, director of Public and Government Affairs confirmed.
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Citi Community Development grants $500K for housing recovery in P.R.
February 6, 2018
Citi Community Development and four Department of Housing and Urban Development-approved housing counseling organizations announced today an initiative to provide urgently-needed housing assistance in Puerto Rican communities affected by Hurricane María, the company announced.
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Majority of P.R. claimants still wait for FEMA help, many found ‘ineligible’
February 5, 2018
By Rebecca Banuchi | Center for Investigative Journalism Armando Vega-Martínez anxiously awaits for the day he can have a home again. The house in which he lived, among the mountains of the Guaraguao neighborhood in Ponce, was completely destroyed when an adjacent structure fell on it after succumbing to the powerful winds of hurricane María […]
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Some 300K customers took moratoriums on Banco Popular credit products
February 2, 2018
An estimated 300,000 Banco Popular customers participated in Banco Popular de Puerto Rico’s loan moratorium program, which included personal, auto, leasing, and mortgage loans, as well as credit cards, bank officials said Thursday.
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Wyndham Grand Río Mar, El San Juan Hotel announce reopenings
February 1, 2018
Two major hotels announced upcoming reopenings after undergoing renovations to repair damage caused by Hurricane María last September.
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Grupo Guayacán, Banco Popular Foundation award $225K to 22 local businesses
January 31, 2018
Grupo Guayacán Inc. (GGI) announced the 22 local businesses selected to receive emergency funding through the Guayacán Start-Up Grants Program, an initiative launched in collaboration with the Banco Popular Foundation to support the economic recovery of emerging companies in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María.
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Exelon’s 6 Utility co.’s on their way to PR to work on energy restoration
January 30, 2018
Line mechanics, crew leaders, safety personnel — and bucket trucks — from Exelon’s six utilities are on their way to Puerto Rico to add even more resources to the electric industry effort to restore power to the island.
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Analysis: PR should look to other countries to put economy on stronger track
January 29, 2018
Puerto Rico’s economic model must change its old ways and look to what has worked for other countries other than the United States to regain traction and truly compete on a global scale, according to an analysis by economic firm H. Calero Consulting.
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City Winery to hold volunteer agrotourism recovery event Jan. 30-31
January 29, 2018
Nonprofit agrotourism organization Visit Rico and the La Concha Hotel will host City Winery for the first corporate “voluntourism” event to be held in Puerto Rico Jan. 30-31 to help rebuild agro-ecological farms affected by Hurricane María.
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AGC to defend local contractors to maximize opportunities post-María
January 26, 2018
The new president of the Associated General Contractors, Puerto Rico Chapter, Stephen Spears, said Thursday in his inaugural speech that the trade group will “vigorously defend” the use of local contractors, sub-contractors and local suppliers to maximize opportunities created by Hurricane María’s devastation.
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Clean Water Project deliver free filters to P.R. communities
January 26, 2018
The Clean Water Project has been created to provide access to potable water in Puerto Rico communities where it is needed and to extend a better quality of water to the population.
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Bankers Association donates to Food Bank of Puerto Rico
January 24, 2018
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association donated $1,000 on behalf of the Oklahoma Banks Association to the Food Bank of Puerto Rico.
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Walmart, Miami Foundation award $5M to Mercy Corps for P.R. relief
January 23, 2018
Walmart and The Miami Foundation announced $4.9 million in grants to Mercy Corps to support Puerto Rico relief and recovery efforts in the continued aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and María.
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Scientists from around the world to support P.R.’s recovery in March
January 19, 2018
This coming March, scientists are getting together in coffee shops, bars, and living rooms around the world to support Puerto Rico’s long-term recovery.
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Molinos de Puerto Rico bounces back in wake of Hurricane María
January 19, 2018
Since Hurricane María hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, 2017, Ardent Mills' sister company, Molinos de Puerto Rico, maintained milling operations for all but about four days, company executives confirmed.
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