Three of Puerto Rico’s main banks — Banco Santander Puerto Rico, Popular Inc. and FirstBank Puerto Rico — banks can absorb further asset quality stress resulting from Puerto Rico’s recession for at least two more years, Moody’s Investors Service said in a report released Thursday.
Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR), the largest network of Puerto Rican scientists in the world, will launch today its #ConCienciaPR campaign to raise funds that will help the organization to expand its programs for students and educators.
The President of the Puerto Rico Telecommunications Regulatory Board, Javier Rúa-Jovet, has been selected by the Nominations Committee of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to a global advisory commission in charge of overseeing the interests and viewpoints of Internet users.
USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Lisa Mensah announced Thursday grants to preserve and repair affordable housing for very-low and low-income families living in rural areas.
The Puerto Rico CPA Society submitted a set of suggestions to the Congressional Task Force in Washington to boost four key economic areas in Puerto Rico: Education, health, energy, and fiscal matters.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed Wednesday adding a former battery recycling facility in Arecibo to its Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous sites.
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands district office announced Wednesday the opening of a new Women’s Business Center in Puerto Rico.
Triple-S, Walmart and the Salus clinic have teamed up to develop “Vivir Saludable,” a diabetes management program for employees that has yielded significant health improvements for participants and positively impacted productivity among the retailer’s associates, the companies said Wednesday.
Members of the bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Economic Growth in Puerto Rico announced an extension of the deadline for submissions from stakeholders interested in submitting ideas to identify reforms needed to grow the island’s economy to Oct. 14.
To mark this year’s “Tourism Month” celebration in September, the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association on Tuesday unveiled an agenda of events including a gathering of the island’s gubernatorial candidates for a discussion about their plans for this economic sector.
The massive exodus of Puerto Ricans to the U.S. mainland and the island’s continuing financial mess is certainly bad news, but the increased air traffic has been a bonanza for Aerostar Airport Holdings LLC, the company that’s taken over management of San Juan’s Luis Muñóz Marín International Airport.
The Puerto Rico Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America recently unveiled its proposal for the “Revitalization of vital infrastructure on the island."
A recent study by technology giant Google showed that there are about 3 million Puerto Ricans who are online and are using the internet to learn more about their candidates for the upcoming November elections.
The number of bankruptcy cases filed in Puerto Rico was up 8.14 percent year-over-year in August, when 929 cases were filed.
Liberty Puerto Rico announced Monday it is now offering customer service 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the entire island.
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