The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico defaulted on $312 million in principal and interest due Feb. 1st by four credit-issuing entities, including constitutionally protected General Obligation bonds, the government confirmed Wednesday.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department released Wednesday revenue collection numbers for December 2016 totaling $799.3 million, which represents a year-over-year decrease of $45.4 million.
Parallel18, an international accelerator for high impact innovative enterprises that want to scale their businesses from Puerto Rico, announced Wednesday it has selected 37 startups that will move to the island for five months to accelerate their companies and learn from business and technology experts worldwide.