The Foundation for Puerto Rico and the Center for Entrepreneurs will join forces to develop business ideas, in 54 hours, that strengthen the island’s tourism ecosystem.
American Cut Bar & Grill and BRIO Tuscan Grille are among the eight new shopping and dining options that will debut before the end of this year — seven of which are exclusive to the market — at The Mall of San Juan.
United Airlines is promoting San Juan as a “perfect” tourist destination in the December 2015 edition of its “Hemispheres” magazine, which is distributed on board all its flights worldwide.
Colgate and Walmart Puerto Rico recently joined forces in a fundraiser through which they collected $5,000 that were donated to nonprofit Enactus Puerto Rico, to support sustainable development projects in economically disadvantage communities on and off the island.
The eventual restructuring of some or all of Puerto Rico’s $73 billion in debt obligations will carry “significant implications” for the financial guaranty sector as a whole, Moody’s Investor Service said Thursday.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York announced Thursday it has awarded $27.1 million in subsidies to fund 35 affordable housing initiatives throughout New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
FirstBank and Fundación Proyecto La Línea de mi Pensamiento have joined forces to sponsor the second edition of “Creando Verde” an art contest for students between eight and 18 years of age focusing on creating ecological and social awareness.
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced Wednesday the five winners of a combined $350,000 in grant funding through the Small Research Grant Program program.
Committed to enrich and strengthen local communities, AT&T recently donated $40,000 to support Centros Sor Isolina Ferré’s educational programs for high school students.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a $91,000 environmental education grant to the Universidad Metropolitana, known as UMET, to enhance environmental education for students islandwide.
WASHINGTON — The debate over extending Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection to Puerto Rico and the possible creation of a federal fiscal control board to manage the island’s troubled finances took center stage Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
About 950 Puerto Rico-based private-sector companies have asked the Department of Labor and Human Resources to be exempted from paying this year’s Christmas bonus, the agency revealed Tuesday.
San Juan-based security guard company Optimus Investigations Corp. and its owner Jorge Rivera-Berríos has been ordered to pay more than $166,000 in back wages and liquidate damages to 243 employees misclassified as independent contractors, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday.
With an investment of $2.5 million, Applebee’s will inaugurate its fifth restaurant on the island on Dec. 7, becoming the first market to introduce a new architectural design to be adopted by other restaurants nationwide.
Viking Ocean Cruises announced Tuesday it will expand its destination-focused cruising to North America and the Caribbean with five new itineraries launching in September 2016.
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