SBA seeks to fund entrepreneurship training
January 19, 2017
The U.S. Small Business Administration is inviting funding proposals from nonprofit organizations, state, local and tribal government agencies, and institutions of higher learning to provide “Boots to Business” entrepreneurship training to service members, military spouses, and veterans.
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San Patricio Plaza to undergo $4M remodel in ’17
January 17, 2017
San Patricio Plaza in Guaynabo will undergo a $4 million remodeling that will begin tonight and last over 10 months, company officials announced Monday.
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Liberty opens new customer service center in Aguadilla
January 17, 2017
Liberty Puerto Rico announced Monday the opening of a new customer service center at Aguadilla Mall to offer more efficiency and convenience to customers in northwestern Puerto Rico.
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$1.5M Crunch Fitness gym to open in Plaza del Caribe
January 17, 2017
Crunch Fitness Club will open its newest location in Puerto Rico in March, a $1.5 million, 30,000 square-foot gym at Plaza del Caribe in Ponce, company officials announced Monday.
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PRHTA study: PR needs DMO to boost tourism, economy
January 13, 2017
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association unveiled Thursday a study that confirms tourism as the sector that can provide “quick stability and economic growth” to Puerto Rico.
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FirstBank grants financing to Optifarma
January 13, 2017
FirstBank's Small Business Unit granted two loans under the SBA Express and SBA 7(a) Programs to Optifarma, LLC for the purchase of inventory and operational capital, the bank announced. The amount of the loans were undisclosed.
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Parallel18 Ventures to invest $225K in 3 startups
January 12, 2017
The Puerto Rico's Science, Technology and Research Trust announced Wednesday it will invest $225,000 in three startups through the recently created follow-up fund Parallel18 Ventures.
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Backyard Bondholders meet with Oversight Board
January 12, 2017
Backyard Bondholders Inc., an organization representing about 20 percent of the government's outstanding public debt, met a briefing Wednesday with several members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico to establish the position of local bondholders.
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GO bondholders ask for invalidation of COFINA structure
January 11, 2017
The Ad Hoc Group of Puerto Rico General Obligation bondholders addressed a memo Tuesday to island policymakers claiming the unconstitutionality of the Sales Tax Financing Corp., known as COFINA, and asking for its invalidation.
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Energy Commission orders 21% drop in PREPA rate
January 11, 2017
The Puerto Rico Energy Commission on Tuesday issued an order establishing a reduction of 21 percent on the provisional rate that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority effected in August 2016.
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CBP starts operations at Pazos aviation facility at LMM
January 11, 2017
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that Tuesday that PAZOS Fixed Base Operator Service opened a new general aviation processing facility at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina.
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PharmPix gets pharmacy benefit management approval
January 11, 2017
PharmPix, a local full-service Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) company, has again earned URAC accreditation in its field, the company announced Tuesday.
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UN: ‘Human rights cannot be sidelined” in PR crisis
January 10, 2017
The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights has called for fair solutions to the huge debt crisis in Puerto Rico, warning that ratcheting up austerity measures will threaten residents’ human rights and worsen the U.S. territory’s “intolerable” poverty levels.
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5th edition of P.R. Investment Summit slated for March
January 9, 2017
The Puerto Rico Investment Summit, the Caribbean’s foremost investor’s conference, will celebrate its 5th edition March 2-3, at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, organizers announced.
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Public can vote on PR Financial Awareness video contest
January 9, 2017
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association is asking the general public to cast their vote for the “People's Choice Award” as part of its Puerto Rico Financial Awareness Video Contest 2016, its annual video competition on financial education, aimed at college students.
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