As part of a shared commitment to promoting and supporting education, research and community outreach, the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association (PRABIA) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico entered a general collaborative agreement to foster and provide opportunities to students majoring in science and biotech fields.
Seven Puerto Rico trade groups will announce today the filing of a lawsuit to block what they call the “disastrous” rate hike proposed under the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority restructuring deal.
Puerto Rico’s scientific, technological and entrepreneurial communities will have the opportunity to advance their potential as engines of economic development during an unprecedented event on the island, the Forward Summit, to be held on Sept. 17, at the Sheraton Convention Center.
Puerto Rico native Mónica I. Feliú-Mójer, vice-director for Ciencia Puerto Rico and Science Outreach Program Manager for iBiology, has been selected to receive the 2016 Inspiring Women in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, CienciaPR announced Tuesday.
Embassy Suites by Hilton, which raised its flag in Puerto Rico in December 1996, is marking two decades of history on the island with a series of events at its Isla Verde and Dorado properties this year, leading up to a gala benefit next year, hotel officials said.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department said Monday General Fund net revenue collections for July, the first month of Fiscal 2017, totaled $665.1 million, a 6.2 percent, or $38.6 million, increase compared to July 2015, and $7.4 million above estimates.
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority announced Monday the extension of the AlixPartners’ contract to continue the ongoing progress on the comprehensive transformation and debt restructuring of the utility through Dec. 15, 2016, for $6.7 million in fees.
Six Puerto Rico-based growth companies got together for the first time over the weekend as Grupo Guayacán, Inc. kicked-off the 8th edition of its Guayacán Venture Accelerator (GVA) program with a welcome meeting for its new participants, the organization announced Monday.
Step by step, Puerto Rico’s medical cannabis industry is getting off the ground. It promises benefits for patients and opportunities for entrepreneurs to create new companies and jobs.
Wireless service provider Open Mobile announced a massive recycling program at its 18 stores throughout Puerto Rico, where it will be receiving all kinds of phones, of any company and in any condition.
In a new report released Thursday, Moody’s Investors Service addressed investor questions regarding the implications of the recently enacted Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) on the U.S. municipal bond market.
Local technology experts across public and private sectors are facing increasingly more complex cyberthreats as well as a higher number of cyberattacks, which make for challenging times as these types of attacks can have great impact in any organization’s bottom line.
Puma Energy Caribe announced Thursday the availability of a newly formulated gas product, Puma with Hitec 6600, an additive that introduces premium benefits to regular (87 octane) and premium (93 octane) gasoline at service stations in Puerto Rico.
More than 1 million passengers passed through Puerto Rico’s regional airports in Fiscal 2016, representing the highest figure achieved by the island’s Air System Network in the last five years, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority said Thursday.
The Coliseo of Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot wrapped up Fiscal 2016 — one of its most successful in its 12-year history — with 103 events, which accounted for a total attendance of more than 700,000 guests and more than $35 million in gross ticket sales, venue officials announced Wednesday.
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