The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the availability of $6.6 million for Puerto Rico water and waste infrastructure programs that will benefit several towns as well as the Roosevelt Roads Redevelopment Authority, which is getting the bulk of the assignment.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Donations Acceptance Program (DAP) announced Monday its upcoming Fiscal 2017 large-scale proposal submission period, open to port operators and government entities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Saying the island’s tourism sector is the “first industry to come out of recession,” Puerto Rico Tourism Co. Executive Director Ingrid Rivera said the work done over the past three-and-a-half years would result in record-breaking numbers by year’s end.
With an investment of more than $800,000 and the creation of 25 direct jobs, Venezuelan entrepreneur Jesús Roldán-Díaz will open the newest Red Mango restaurant of the chain on Sept. 17.
At a cost of $1 million, Guaynabo Mayor Hector O’Neill recently inaugurated a state-of-the-art community health center (known as a CDT by its initials in Spanish) to better serve the town’s Amelia sector population.
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.
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