A little more than six months after the passage of Hurricanes Irma and María through Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican company Commercial Equipment Finance Inc. (CEFI) has joined local recovery efforts through a number of initiatives on and outside the island.
The Center for American Progress has launched the “Puerto Rico Relief and Economic Policy Initiative,” a program that will focus on immediate-term hurricane response efforts for Puerto Rico, with an eye toward long-term planning, economic recovery, and solvency.
The Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands (CFVI) is awarding $31,500 in grants to support a variety of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs and projects within the U.S. Virgin Islands public schools and early childhood centers in the USVI.
The First Telecommunications Summit held at the Capitol Wednesday spurred the creation of an multi-sector committee to manage services in the event of an emergency and proposed amendments to the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Act.
Five months after Hurricanes Irma and María hit the island, Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico LLC reported “solid progress” in its network restoration process, confirming it has already reconditioned and repaired its main fiber ring around the island and continues repairing fiber sub-rings, coaxial cables and distribution equipment.
The Puerto Rico Planning Board revealed that, according to estimates made in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, some 200,000 homes are located in flood-prone areas, as per flood maps for insurance rates.
House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) organized an informal roundtable this week so committee members could discuss the situation in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after hurricanes Irma and María.
The new President of the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico (CIAPR by its initials in Spanish), Pablo Vázquez-Ruiz warned Monday that most of the damages on record during hurricanes on the island are due largely to the lack of construction resistance and lack of preparation.
The Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, Ricardo Ramos-Rodríguez, aired a laundry list of structural and operational problems plaguing the island’s main energy provider, while outlining plans to face the peak of this year’s hurricane season.
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