The U.S. Department of Agriculture kicked off Monday “National Homeownership Month,” highlighting its role in helping people buy homes in rural areas across the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico.
More than a handful of local tourism leaders gathered for a panel discussion hosted by the Foundation for Puerto Rico concurred there is a need for a multi-sector tourism statistics database to be able to gauge the visitor economy and its economic impact.
After months of negotiation, U.S. House Republicans introduced a bill that would help Puerto Rico deal with its $69 billion debt that has crippled its economy, setting rules that would allow it to seek bankruptcy protection.
The Toyota Dealers Association will be donating $100 to the CAP Foundation for every homerun connected by the Superior Double A Baseball League through the end of the season that ends in August to support pediatric cancer patients receiving treatment at the Medical Center Pediatric Hospital.
An independent commission established by Puerto Rico's government has issued a report casting doubt on the legality of the island's debt, which could be declared null by a court if it decides the Commonwealth borrowed without authorization.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday several measures to strengthen rural opportunity in Puerto Rico, including designating the Eastern Region as a federal “Promise Zone.”
The Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources is getting $200,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor through the “ApprenticeshipUSA State Accelerator Grants” program to expand and expedite registered apprenticeship programs nationwide.
EVERTEC and the ATH Network recently joined efforts to give the opportunity to seven Puerto Rico-based nonprofit organizations focused on providing services to children with special needs to bring their participants to Disney on Ice and enjoy VIP treatment at the ATH Suite at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum.
A study by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University released Wednesday showed that on the basis of its fiscal solvency in five separate categories, Puerto Rico ranks 51st among the U.S. states and the island itself for its fiscal health.
Effective Wednesday and following a $2 million investment, the healthcare facility known as the Lafayette Hospital in Arroyo became part of the San Lucas Episcopal Health System and will begin operating under a new name: the San Lucas Arroyo Emergency and Integrated Medicine Center.
Roche Diabetes Care and Puerto Rico government officials announced Tuesday the expansion of the Roche Operations Ltd. manufacturing facility in Ponce, where the company will invest $60 million over the next two years.
Looking to ease the analysis of activity taking place in Puerto Rico airports to support the tourism and aviation industries, as well as track migration patterns, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority and the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute unveiled the “Aviation Intelligence” online tool.
Puerto Rican engineering and predictive maintenance firm PdMTech is marking 15 years of solid growth by expanding its operations to Dominican Republic and South America.
If the government of Puerto Rico were to pay the full amount due next year in GO debt would require laying off more than 3,400 public workers, among other adjustments.
The Puerto Rico Government Development Bank is waiting for creditors to submit a “global” restructuring offer that would address some $48 billion in debt in its entirety, rather than piecemeal, agency President Melba Acosta said during budget hearings Monday.
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