ConPRmetidos, PROCAFE hosting coffee-picking event
September 15, 2021
Nonprofit organizations ConPRmetidos and PROCAFE announced they will be hosting a coffee-picking event for the public on Sept. 21, 22, 23, and 26, at farms located in the municipalities of Adjuntas and Lares. With a $20 donation, participants will learn about coffee growing in Puerto Rico, visit a farm in the island’s central region, collect […]
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Contractors Bermúdez, Longo recognized for ‘diversity, inclusion’ practices
September 15, 2021
The firm of electrical, mechanical and telecommunications infrastructure contractors, Bermúdez, Longo, Diaz-Massó (BLDM) received the “Diversity and Inclusion” award — one of the main recognitions granted by the Association of General Contractors in recent annual convention —for its efforts to include women and minorities into the construction industry workforce. BLDM, a local firm on its […]
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MCS offers benefits, products to fit needs of microenterprises
September 15, 2021
MCS recently launched its “There’s an MCS health plan for everyone” campaign that highlights all the products the company offers for individuals and small businesses. With direct and group health plans, MCS has a variety of options for students, employees without health plan benefits, self-employed professionals, and specific plans for small and medium-sized businesses. MCS […]
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SBA’s Guzman announces 2 new Women’s Business Centers in Puerto Rico
September 14, 2021
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Guzman announced the launch of two Women’s Business Centers (WBC) in Puerto Rico, at the Ana G. Méndez University in Gurabo and Friends of Puerto Rico. Guzman — who kicked off National Small Business Week, which runs Sept. 13-15, during her first visit to Puerto Rico — confirmed the […]
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Tourism execs: Puerto Rico needs to pump millions into infrastructure to compete
September 14, 2021
Puerto Rico has all of the attributes needed to compete with the most popular tourist destinations in the world, but it needs to make significant investments to attractions islandwide and its capital city of San Juan, tourism executives agreed during a panel discussion at the San Juan Economic Forum. “Tourism is based on experiences and […]
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Retaining, luring back talent ‘key’ to making Puerto Rico ideal tech destination
September 14, 2021
Puerto Rico has a “significant need” to retain its existing human talent and to find ways to lure back those who have left, to guarantee its place among the world’s ideal innovation and technological destinations, several private-sector representatives who are either entrepreneurs or help those who are up-and-coming, agreed. During a panel discussion on the […]
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US DOT assigns $1.2M to 2 local co.’s to protect aviation industry jobs
September 14, 2021
The U.S Department of Transportation announced the allocation of $1.2 million from its Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection program (AMJP) to two Puerto Rico applicants. Aguadilla-based Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico LLC will get up to $1.2 million, with which it will protect 89 jobs, while ULD Services Corp. will get $40,560 to preserve three jobs. The […]
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DDEC joins industries, academia to promote talent dev’t in Puerto Rico
September 14, 2021
Academics and leaders of different educational institutions, as well as representatives of several business and government sectors drew up joint plans that will result in the development of the workforce and increase the competitiveness of Puerto Rico as an investment destination. The strategy was part of the “Academy Meets the Industry” roundtable at the General […]
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Parallel18’s pre18 program open calls for 4th generation
September 14, 2021
With the slogan “Sácala del Parque,” (“Hit a home run”) parallel18’s pre-acceleration program, pre18, has opened a call for local companies interested in participating on its fourth generation. Startups will have until Oct. 12 to summit the online application form. The program, part of the Puerto Rico Science, Research and Technology Trust, is looking for […]
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$70M Puerto Rico Film District project dead 3 yrs. after unveiling
September 13, 2021
Three years after the much-touted $70 million Puerto Rico Film District project in Miramar was announced in 2018, the pre-development agreement between the government and British businessman Keith St. Clair has been terminated, meaning the end of the venture, News is my Business has learned. Puerto Rico Convention District Authority Executive Director Mariela Vallines confirmed […]
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Parallel 18 alum HOKALI to open operations in Puerto Rico by December
September 13, 2021
HOKALI — an application that helps schedule classes with sports teachers — one of startup accelerator parallel18’s successful projects, will expand services to the island by mid-December with its surfing lessons to beach areas like Rincón and downtown San Juan. The app currently is dedicated to surfing, but the expectation is to add kite surfing, […]
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Going from an idea to a project, and what happens along the way: UnderstHand
September 13, 2021
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is a collaboration from Grupo Guayacán, as part of its 25 Days of Giving campaign. “We assumed many things about what the deaf community needs,” said Alondra Toledo. “We had done interviews and market studies. We were looking for solutions to a problem.” In essence, what Alondra and Joel Josué Colón […]
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Op-Ed: Are vaccination rates impacted by politics?
September 13, 2021
As we all have watched in great amazement the outsize rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant, particularly in most southern states, I wondered if there was a trend between vaccination rates and party affiliation. I know the mere thought sounds absurd; however, after watching a recent program on “Jugando Pelota Dura” in […]
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DDEC invites businesses to participate in federal procurement assistance event
September 13, 2021
As part of the 4th Procurement Technical Assistance (PTAC) Centers National Day, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC, in Spanish) is invites local businesses and entrepreneurs interested in exhibiting and selling their products or services to the federal government, to participate in a virtual event organized by the agency’s Federal Contracting Center (FeCC) […]
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USDA investing $537K in 11 renewable energy projects in Puerto Rico
September 10, 2021
The US Department of Agriculture will invest $537,363 in 11 renewable energy infrastructure projects in Puerto Rico, through one loan and 10 grants, to help rural communities, agricultural producers and businesses lower energy costs. The allocation to Puerto Rico is part of a global $464 million funding round that the agency announced for operations in […]
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