Puerto Rico Tourism Co.’s new exec. director taking 3-pronged approach to recovery
January 14, 2021
Carlos Mercado, the newly named head of the Puerto Rico Tourism Co., said the agency has a three-pronged approach to working with the industry as it begins recovering from the COVID-19 business downturn. The official ...
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Using just 2% of CDBG-DR funds shows Puerto Rico gov’t’s slow spending
September 4, 2020
By Vanessa Colón-AlmenasCenter for Investigative Journalism Of the $20.2 billion recovery funds allocation granted after Hurricane María through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program (CDBG-DR), Puerto Rico has been approved to use only ...
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FEMA $16M+ in additional funds for 88 recovery projects in Puerto Rico
August 5, 2020
In the face of recent weather disturbances, FEMA along with Puerto Rico’s Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience, or COR3, approved more than $16 million in additional grants for repairs after Hurricane María, the agencies confirmed. ...
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