Teachers’ ‘Operation Agua’ donations reach $1M across PR
November 18, 2017
"Operation Agua," a crowdsourced campaign to provide safe drinking water to the people of Puerto Rico, has received $1 million in donations, with containers full of thousands of water filters reaching Puerto Rico every week and being distributed to schools and families across the island.
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Oriental introduces next-generation ATMs in PR
November 18, 2017
Oriental announced it has begun to introduce a next generation of ATMs incorporating two-way, real-time audio-video communication with live tellers.
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Tres Monjitas starts selling bottled water in PR
November 18, 2017
Consumers in Puerto Rico will have more opportunities to purchase bottled water locally, after Vaquería Tres Monjitas got the go-ahead from the Department of Health to process and bottle water under the "Hydris" brand.
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Economists: Hurricane María gives PR chance to improve metrics, decision-making
November 17, 2017
The Financial Oversight and Management Board held Thursday the first of three listening sessions to inform the process for revising the certified Fiscal Plans of the government of Puerto Rico and its agencies.
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Parallel18 unveils ‘Pre18,’ a special program for budding businesses
November 17, 2017
Global business accelerator Parallel18 (P18) announced the start of Pre18, a program dedicated to helping innovative businesses in Puerto Rico, in early stages, with global potential, to reach the market.
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Fluor completes high priority power line in PR under USACE contract
November 17, 2017
Fluor Corporation confirmed that, working under its contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), it has completed a high priority 38kv power line near San Juan.
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Tribune Media Foundation donates $50K to assist PR recovery efforts
November 17, 2017
The Tribune Media Company Charitable Foundation announced it is donating $50,000 to two organizations dedicated to assisting the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico following Hurricanes Irma and María.
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SBA graduates 20 co.’s from Emerging Leaders Training series ’17 in PR
November 17, 2017
The U. S. Small Business Administration Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office finalized the third cycle of the federal agency’s Emerging Leaders training series in San Juan, graduating the 20 companies selected for the program, SBA Deputy District Director María de los Angeles de Jesús announced.
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PR Vector Control Unit fights mosquito breeding
November 17, 2017
After the hit of Hurricane María, the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit, a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust in collaboration and by federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has joined the reconstruction process of the island with an educational campaign about the correct management of accumulated water, to reduce mosquito breeding sites in the island’s surroundings.
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PR Taskforce members call on Republicans to extend tax provisions for island
November 16, 2017
With ongoing negotiations over tax reform, Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Puerto Rico Taskforce sent a letter to Republican leaders in Congress urging the inclusion of tax provisions that will help rebuild Puerto Rico.
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Foot Locker to collect sneakers for PR hurricane victims during ‘Week of Greatness’
November 16, 2017
Foot Locker will be introducing sneaker donation bins in more than 1,650 of its stores around the globe to provide new shoes to Hurricane María victims in Puerto Rico.
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Ciudadela complex in Santurce receives FHA approval
November 15, 2017
The Santurce apartment complex known as Ciudadela recently got approval from the Federal Housing Administration to finance Phases I & II Buildings, and the completed Towers of Phase III — Towers 600, 700 and 800, developers confirmed.
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Energy execs urge PR Energy Commission, OBoard to ‘take over’ PREPA
November 15, 2017
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and the Institute for Competitiveness and Sustainable Economics for Puerto Rico called for the Puerto Rico Energy Commission and the federal Fiscal Oversight and Management Board of Puerto Rico to take control of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority.
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Kinesis Foundation provides chance to study semester at Georgia Tech
November 15, 2017
With the aim of being part of the recovery process of university students in Puerto Rico following Hurricane María, the Kinesis Foundation is joining the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to provide Puerto Rican students the chance to pursue a semester at the stateside university.
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Oversight Board wants license to be unaccountable
November 15, 2017
As it publicly sets off a strategy to strengthen its control over the management of the Government of Puerto Rico, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is asking a federal judge to exempt it from having to render accounts to the people of Puerto Rico with extremely dangerous arguments for transparency.
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