As Puerto Rico finds itself in the midst of furthering its role in the knowledge economy on a large scale, the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association (PRABIA) and the Mayagüez campus of the University of Puerto Rico signed Tuesday a collaboration agreement that will benefit the agronomists that graduate each year.
A group of holders of outstanding bonds of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico Monday seeking to enjoin certain transfers of assets by GDB they claim are prohibited under Puerto Rico law.
With 16 participating teams of innovators and entrepreneurs, the third edition of I-Corps Puerto Rico program kicked off this past weekend at the University of Puerto Rico’s Mayagüez campus.
Nine months after Liberty Puerto Rico picked up the assets of Choice Cable TV, the telecommunications company announced that effective today, both companies will operate as Liberty islandwide.
The Bahamas is still trying to get back on its feet ever since last year’s Baha Mar scandal, in which a $3.5 billion mega-resort on Nassau’s Cable Beach largely financed by China’s Export-Import Bank shut its doors and declare bankruptcy even before opening.
Agricultural Under Secretary Lisa Mensah announced Monday that $5.8 million nationwide in competitive funding is available to help start, improve or expand cooperative businesses in rural areas.
Following Sunday’s confirmation that Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Juan Zaragoza had stepped down from his post at the Government Development Bank’s board of directors, to “avoid a conflict of interest,” a group of bi-partisan lawmakers demanded transparency from the troubled public agency.
Mired in recession and awaiting a fix for its huge debt crisis, Puerto Rico has one bright spot in the local economy: Agriculture.
One year ago, a family on vacation on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands was poisoned by methyl bromide, a harmful pesticide that was illegally applied below their rental condo.
The two biggest threats facing Caribbean tourism today are four-letter words: Cuba and Zika. Both unnerve officials throughout the region, for very different reasons.
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., a global player in the solar photovoltaic industry, announced that it will supply METKA-EGN USA, LLC with 57.65 MW of PV solar modules for the largest facility of its kind in Puerto Rico.
In a 3-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday decided to expand its Lifeline Universal Service Program, which currently subsidizes voice telephone service for low-income households, to allow those households to use the program to lower the cost of broadband service.
Puerto Rico’s historically outdated Property Registry has been thrust into the 21st century through a $6.9 million modernization project that converted the government’s database from paper to fully electronic and available 24/7, Justice Secretary César Miranda announced Thursday.
The 2016 World Candles Congress & Suppliers Trade Show, jointly sponsored by the National Candle Association and the Latin American Candle Manufacturers Association announced the upcoming Luminaria Project, which will support Casa Cuna de San Juan, an organization that provides safe refuge and a transitional home for abandoned children.
The senior creditors of the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corporation, known as COFINA, said Wednesday the draft of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act lays “the groundwork for a pragmatic, workable policy solution…aimed at addressing Puerto Rico's economic crisis.”
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