Echar Pa’lante, an initiative Banco Popular launched five years ago to empower a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation, is looking ahead to further linking academia, the government and the private sector to help restore Puerto Rico’s economy.
On an island where 52.3 percent of the population is female, there is no doubt that when it comes to driving the local economy, women are at the wheel, leveraging their considerable impact as market influencers and trendsetters.
Hilco Real Estate, LLC announced Wednesday the upcoming live and online auction of a sixth-floor medical office condominium within the HIMA Plaza One office building located in Caguas, scheduled for June 8.
A group of 37 students from public high schools in Gurabo and Manatí completed the first “Bridge to Employment” Program in Puerto Rico sponsored by Janssen LLC, as part of its Early Talent Strategy to engage millennials with the life sciences manufacturing sector, the company announced Wednesday.
Through its community impact program “Santander Solidario,” Banco Santander Puerto Rico collected more than 1,700 jeans and 3,000 personal hygiene items that will be donated to various nonprofit organizations that provide services to the homeless population around the island.
Restaurant chain Red Mango is moving forward with its growth plans in Puerto Rico, with the opening of its 13th location in Old San Juan on May 22, the company announced Wednesday.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Tuesday the certification of 260 companies that are creating more than 1,000 jobs islandwide in the areas of sales, service and manufacturing.
Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón announced Tuesday the awarding of federal funds in the amounts of $3.5 million to the Barceloneta Primary Health Services Inc. health care center, and $613,914 to the Puerto Rico Firefighter Corps.
SIMON-Plaza Carolina and Caribbean Cinemas announced Tuesday a leasing agreement to open 11 state-of-the-art movie auditoriums.
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded AT&T a task order valued up to $119 million to support the Centers for Disease Control, installing a solution that will support the work of agency employees and contractors nationwide, including Puerto Rico.
TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico gave a donation of $5,000 to the Museo de Las Américas for its art workshops program for lower income and at risk communities throughout the island, Eduardo Pagán, executive vice president of TOTE Maritime for Puerto Rico and the Caribbean announced Tuesday.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Monday that the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (AAFAF, for its Spanish acronym) and the Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico have entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with a significant portion of its major stakeholders.
Canadian airline Air Transat will include flights to Puerto Rico from Montreal and Toronto during the winter travel season, the company confirmed.
In an effort to create connections with the island’s hearing-impaired community, Liberty Puerto Rico trained a group of customer service representatives in sign language, the company announced Monday.
AT&T has beefed up its mobile internet service at Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort, adding a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) on site, the carrier announced Monday.
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