The Puerto Rico MBDA Business Center, run by the Puerto Rico Products Association, will sponsor an event on Feb. 2 to spur business growth opportunities for local companies.
The number of bankruptcy cases filed in Puerto Rico during 2016 dropped by 2 percent year-over-year, with a total of 10,221 filed, research firm Boletín de Puerto Rico disclosed Wednesday.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló sent a letter Wednesday to Acting-Secretary of Health and Human Services, Norris Cochran, advocating for increased funding to the Medicare Advantage plans operating in Puerto Rico, which serve over 570,000 elderly island residents including some of the most vulnerable among them.