The Puerto Rico Treasury Department disbursed additional $26 million in income tax return refunds for the 2019 tax year, pushing the total number of payments to more than $400 million, agency Secretary Francisco Parés said. “This week we’re sending refunds of $26,247,554 to some 35,116 taxpayers. Our commitment is to continue disbursing all the aid […]
During the decade spanning 2010 to 2019, Puerto Rico’s population under 18 years of age reflected a drop of 324,293 residents, representing 36% decrease. As of July 1, 2010, this population was 897,024, nine years later in 2019 it is estimated at 572,731, according to the U.S. the Census Bureau’s most recent annual population estimates […]
Friends of Puerto Rico, a nonprofit that supports the economic development through entrepreneurship education, will host, the graduation of the first cohort of the SEEDS youth entrepreneurship program on July 30, representatives announced. SEEDS is an afterschool program that is done in partnership with Instituto Nueva Escuela. Together, both organizations will graduate 83 youth entrepreneurs […]