Liberty Puerto Rico celebrated “Safer Internet Day” on the island for the 10th year in a row Tuesday, as part of its social responsibility campaign “Navega con seguridad.”
As Valentine’s Day quickly approaches U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is “diligently” inspecting shipments of imported cut flowers to prevent the spread of insects or pests that may damage national and local agriculture, the agency said Tuesday.
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday invalidated the inclusion of nine new broadband Internet Service Providers — including Liberty Puerto Rico — in it’s Lifeline subsidies program, leaving an undetermined number of low-income families that could have benefited in suspense had the program gotten off the ground.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved a $1 million loan to the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank for job promotion in rural areas.
The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics on Sunday released data confirming that 89,000 people emigrated from Puerto Rico to the U.S. mainland in 2015, a year when all migratory indicators reached new levels.
Recent events related to the ongoing negotiation between the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and its creditors, including an extension through March 31 of the restructuring support agreement, suggests there’s still room for consensual accords, Moody’s Investors Service said in an analysis released Thursday.
In his first presentation as the new head of Puerto Rico Trade and Export, Ricardo Llerandi on Thursday outlined the agency’s plans to “promote, encourage and facilitate the development of the local business class.”
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group, confirmed Thursday it invested close to $1 million in Puerto Rico last year.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico defaulted on $312 million in principal and interest due Feb. 1st by four credit-issuing entities, including constitutionally protected General Obligation bonds, the government confirmed Wednesday.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department released Wednesday revenue collection numbers for December 2016 totaling $799.3 million, which represents a year-over-year decrease of $45.4 million.
Parallel18, an international accelerator for high impact innovative enterprises that want to scale their businesses from Puerto Rico, announced Wednesday it has selected 37 startups that will move to the island for five months to accelerate their companies and learn from business and technology experts worldwide.
First BanCorp., the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, announced Wednesday that certain stockholders have commenced a public underwritten offering of an aggregate of 20 million shares of the corporation’s common stock, $0.10 par value per share that they currently own.
Sacred Heart University announced Wednesday the receipt of a $150,000 gift from Ashton Soniat and his wife Lauren to establish the perpetual Robert Soniat Fund to provide scholarships to outstanding students with financial need.
OFG Bancorp reported Tuesday results for the fourth quarter, reflecting an increase in net income available to shareholders to $12.1 million, or $0.27 per share fully diluted, from $11.7 million, or $0.26 per share fully diluted, in the third quarter and a loss of $4.4 million, or ($0.10) per share, in the same year-ago quarter.
FirstBank announced it has granted Pentaq Manufacturing Corp.the first working capital line of credit of $4.5 million under the CAPLine program of the U. S. Small Business Administration.
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