On the island, there are more than 20 professions that require occupational licensing and mandatory professional association membership. #NewsismyBusiness
The Puerto Rico Financial Services Forum will feature experts discussing compliance, innovations and more. #NewsismyBusiness
The interim executive director of the regulatory body asks the legislative bodies to review the regulation quickly. #NewsismyBusiness
The lodging platform said it collaborated with local stakeholders on short-term rental regulation and aims to support economic opportunities and responsible tourism. #NewsismyBusiness
Puerto Rico’s capital was included for the first time in the ‘Doing Business North America Report’ by Arizona State University. #NewsismyBusiness
The island is the “least free” jurisdiction in the United States.
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico announced the adoption of two new policies to “foster accountability, transparency and efficient dealing” in certain government transactions and public projects.
The government’s "Dale Tijera" initiative launched March 12 has already resulted in the elimination of 116 regulations, Puerto Rico Secretary of State Luis Rivera-Marín said.
Linda McMahon, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today encouraged small businesses to comment on the Federal Register notice posted earlier this month in response to President Trump’s Executive Order 13777, which aims to ease the burdens placed on America’s small businesses.
This upcoming Memorial Day weekend kick starts the summer travel season and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection is offering guidelines on international arrivals at any port of entry, particularly those arriving from destinations into Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
A round of inspections by the Puerto Rico Fire Department of businesses located along busy Piñero Avenue in San Juan uncovered that dozens of commercial establishments are not up to code, agency Chief Ángel Crespo-Ortiz said Thursday.
In the wake of this year’s somewhat chaotic Black Friday sales event, the Consumer Affairs Department will take it upon itself to review the Regulation Against Deceptive Practices and Advertisements to, among other changes, require tighter language from retailers when it comes to special offers and item descriptions.
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will present the 7th edition of the Minority Depository Institution Training Seminar on Nov. 7-8.
Puerto Rico’s mortgage bankers and housing developers raised a red flag Tuesday to warn about the potentially devastating effects of a recently enacted federal regulation that sets new parameters that could make it difficult for would-be island home buyers to qualify for loans starting next year.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company’s Gambling Division is revisiting casino regulations in response to hoteliers who have spent the better part of the last year lobbying for amendments to temper the rules to current economic conditions and provide more flexibility they say would prevent a wave of casino closings.
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