USDA offers grants for rural community facilities dev’t.
June 19, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking applications for technical assistance and training grants in the Community Facilities Program. The maximum grant is $150,000.
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Neptuno invests $15M to upgrade network, launch 5G service
June 16, 2017
Wireless broadband service provider Neptuno will invest $15 million to develop an islandwide next-generation 5G network, to offer services to both small businesses and individuals over the next three years, company President Pedro Andrés said Thursday.
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Popular unveils new way to send and withdraw cash
June 16, 2017
Banco Popular on Thursday unveiled a new tool through which clients can send cash to other people even if they do not have a bank account.
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Op-Ed: A strategic vision of the economics of sports
June 16, 2017
Sports are a highly profitable business enterprise, with Forbes Magazine recently confirming “the sports market in North America was worth $60.5 billion in 2014. It is expected to reach $73.5 billion by 2019.”
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Indulac sues Ag. Dept. over UHT milk price hike
June 15, 2017
Industria Lechera de Puerto Rico, known as INDULAC for its initials in Spanish, filed a complaint at the San Juan Superior Court Wednesday, seeking to halt a price increase for Ultra High-Temperature milk ordered by the Agriculture Department, the dairy farmers confirmed.
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Espacios Abiertos hosts rogue budget hearings
June 15, 2017
Espacios Abiertos, an organization that seeks to strengthen the capacity of individuals, groups and communities to act effectively in the political, social and institutional framework, hosted public hearings Wednesday to give citizens a chance to testify on the government’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2018.
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Gov’t: ‘We effectively faced expiration of Medicaid funds’
June 15, 2017
The Government of Puerto Rico took a series of steps to address the expiration of the Medicaid federal funds and the commencement of the pay as you go pension plan model, given the insolvency of the Retirement Systems, with several measures to improve its liquidity, said Gerardo Portela, executive director of the Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (FAFAA.)
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$15M ambulatory surgical center to be built in Caguas
June 14, 2017
The Caguas Ambulatory Surgical Center Inc., a $15 million state-of-the-art clinic, broke ground Tuesday at the Turabo sector of the town.
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Study: Some 60% of P.R.’s children living in poverty
June 14, 2017
Puerto Rican children and their families face significant economic distress, according to the 2017 Kids Count Data Book released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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Evertec launches ATH Móvil for Business service
June 14, 2017
ATH and electronic transaction processing company Evertec announced Tuesday the launch of ATH Móvil Business, a service that will enable small businesses to receive electronic payments in an easy and secure way in real time from any ATH Móvil user.
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USDA seeks to help socially disadvantaged rural farmers
June 14, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for grants to help socially disadvantaged agricultural producers and rural business owners.
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USDA grants $100K to Coamo schools for healthy eating
June 13, 2017
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the projects selected to receive the USDA’s annual farm to school grants designed to increase the amount of local foods served in schools.
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FIRST conference focuses on handling security breaches
June 13, 2017
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) kicked off its 29th annual conference in Puerto Rico, with some 720 attendees from 68 countries.
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Medical cannabis workforce registers uptick in P.R.
June 13, 2017
More than 4,000 people in Puerto Rico have begun the process of education and training to become part of the medical cannabis industry, which experts say shows the budding sector’s economic potential.
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Op-Ed: It’s not just PROMESA…
June 13, 2017
In Puerto Rico we have focused so much on the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) that we seem to have forgotten that we are part of a much larger economy beyond our 100x35 and that what happens there has an impact on us.
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