The coronavirus pandemic, the January 2020 earthquakes and Hurricane María in 2017 have shown us the urgent need for resilient infrastructure in Puerto Rico. Using the United Natons’ “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” (SDG) as a framework and the most recent American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) “Puerto Rico Infrastructure Report Card,” Puerto Rico is […]
Ahead of the start of the new school year and at the peak of Puerto Rico’s hurricane season, Bayer Crop Science Puerto Rico announced it has donated emergency preparedness kits to the families participating in the Juana Díaz Head Start program. The company donated an emergency response kit to each of the 305 participating families in […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $631,993 on the Rural Energy for America Program in Rural Puerto Rico, the agency announced. “Rural Development is investing to increase energy resilience and decrease the demand for energy through energy efficiency improvements,” said Josue E. Rivera, USDA Rural Development State Director for Puerto Rico. “Over time, these […]