Florida Power & Light Company announced that a 10-person team of restoration experts traveled to Puerto Rico this past weekend to support ongoing restoration efforts across the Commonwealth.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Ricardo Rosselló and members of the New York Congressional delegation called on the federal government to immediately approve a $94.4 billion federal aid package to “rebuild a stronger, more resilient Puerto Rico.”
Knox Medical-Division PR recently celebrated the pre-opening of its first medical cannabis clinic on the island, hosting a group of local physicians to the event, CEO José J. Hidalgo confirmed.
MCS Foundation, a nonprofit organization created by MCS Healthcare Holdings, LLC, has donated an electric generator to make possible the opening of a sewing center to manufacture mosquito nets and tarps in the Pueblito del Carmen community in Guayama.
Puerto Rico’s economic landscape post-Hurricane María presents a new set of challenges and opportunities to reshape business operations and education going forward, to ensure the island does not collapse and fewer residents opt to leave in search for a better life elsewhere.
The electric power industry deployed a contingent of seven incident management teams (IMTs) to Puerto Rico this weekend to support ongoing power restoration efforts across the island.
With more than half of Puerto Rico still without water, a Virginia entrepreneur has proposed to President Trump and his administration a $1 billion initiative to prepare every home on the island for inevitable future hurricanes that will again leave the population without water.
The Central Recovery and Reconstruction Office (CRRO) has been formally established under the umbrella of the Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority, and over the weekend announced a series of requests for proposals to establish policies and procedures of the new office.
Puerto Rico’s insurance sector has been busy naming new executives to its local operations.
Good for You Franchise LLC announced the opening of the second Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip store at the Best Western Condado Palm Hotel.
VT Halter Marine has launched Crowley Maritime Corp.'s second Commitment Class ship, Taíno, one of the world’s first combination container/roll on-roll off (ConRo) ships powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Puerto Rico Premium Outlets’ management announced additional stores that have opened at the center bringing the count of stores currently open to 23.
Puerto Rico’s median household income dopped by 4 percent from 2012 to 2016, when it stood at $19,606, in comparison to the $20,403 on record for the prior five-year period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Puerto Rico Community Survey.
Following the back-to-back strikes by Hurricanes Irma and María, Puerto Rico’s municipal governments, for the most part, represented the first line of response to the emergency, prompting the central government to unveil a $100 million fund to support their work.
Finders Keepers, a local consignment shop on San Juan’s iconic Loíza Street, will be closing its doors temporarily for the next several weeks, as it relocates from the sector that has been hard-hit by a lack of power for the better part of the last three months.
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