Gov. Pedro Pierluisi has signed into law House Bill 478, opening a tax-free holiday during the last weekend of May, to buy articles and equipment to prepare for the hurricane season that begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30. “On June 1st we will start the hurricane season again and we already know that, given […]
The Center for a New Economy’s (CNE) Blueprint initiative presented a digital platform that helps identify and monitor the extent to which Puerto Rican families and households have been able to overcome the damages to their homes after Hurricanes Irma and María. Official government reports indicate that about a third of the housing units in […]
Raincoat, a microinsurance technology company based on the island, partnered with the Puerto Rico Children and Youth Rights Network to provide free microinsurance financial protection against hurricanes to 500 low-income Puerto Rican families and Network participants. Raincoat creates technologies to provide adequate protection to people facing adverse weather conditions and natural disasters. The policy offers coverage of up to $1,000 a year. “This […]
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