The McConnell Valdés Pro Bono Program is marking a decade of continuous contribution to the development and strengthening of the nonprofit sector in Puerto Rico, to which it has granted more than 10,600 hours in free legal services — or more than $2 million — to some 300 organizations on the island.
Oriental Bank recently granted three credit facilities totaling $1.5 million to Olein Refinery, which it will use to convert power generation at its Cristal products manufacturing plant and oil recycling operation into an environmentally friendly system.
Puerto Rico will be represented for the first time at the Havana International Fair, slated to take place on the neighboring island nation Oct. 31-Nov. 4, as a result of a effort between the Development and Commerce, the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company and the private sector, it was announced Thursday.