The National League of Cities (NLC), a non-partisan organization that promotes the interests of cities across the United States, offered Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities free NLC membership for two years.
At closing April 11, Cooperativa de Seguros Múltiples de Puerto Rico accounted for more than 92 percent of 57,369 claims received after Hurricane María, totaling $152.2 million.
With an investment of more than $80 million and the creation of more than 500 direct and indirect jobs in the project, Puma Energy Caribe will be renovating more than 230 service stations with the brand’s new image.
Looking to generate new business opportunities to promote the island’s economic growth, the operators of the Puerto Rico Convention Center are launching a campaign to attract more local and international events to the venue.
Italian company Copan Industries Inc. — dedicated to biotechnology and health — will establish a new facility in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico with an investment of $13 million and a commitment to create a working platform that will generate up to 100 new jobs.
Even though our island is facing a severe economic recession that has lasted more than 10 years, and priorities could have changed after the passage of hurricanes Irma and María last year, we can’t procrastinate our responsibility to properly plan for our individual future.
A little more than six months after the passage of Hurricanes Irma and María through Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican company Commercial Equipment Finance Inc. (CEFI) has joined local recovery efforts through a number of initiatives on and outside the island.
Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), fuel distributor Macro Companies Inc., engaged in hurricane recovery activities in Puerto Rico, has paid more than $1.1 million in back wages to 219 employees.
Walmart Puerto Rico announced the reopening Wednesday of the Humacao Supercenter where it invested $10 million in the reconstruction after the facilities were totally destroyed by Hurricane María last year.
After Hurricane María there have been many organizations outside of Puerto Rico that have supported the island in different ways.
Six months have passed since Hurricane María struck Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Category 4 storm destroyed houses and significant infrastructure, leaving mass devastation.
Former Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla has been appointed partner and president of Spanish law firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo’s new practice on the island, which will begin operating today, the company’s Chair Javier Cremades said.
Frontier Airlines on Wednesday began operating its new Raleigh-Durham route with two weekly flights on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
More than six months after Hurricane María decimated Puerto Rico, local company Thompson Pump and its workers are still on the island helping citizens recover from the aftermath of the worst storm in the island’s history.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded a record $18.5 billion to support long-term disaster recovery in Puerto Rico following Hurricane María.
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