Robinson School opens scholarship applications for 2024 admission
October 23, 2023
The prestigious Puerto Rican school offers academic scholarships to talented 7th to 11th graders. #NewsismyBusiness
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Salvation Army hosts Back to School event
August 7, 2023
More than 350 students receive essential supplies ahead of the new school year in Puerto Rico. #NewsismyBusiness
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Treasury announces back-to-school sales tax-free holiday
July 7, 2023
Taxes will be exempt for school uniforms, supplies and certain art materials for one day this month and again in January. #NewsismyBusiness
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Colegio Espíritu Santo foundation opens pre-registration for ’22-’23
July 8, 2022
The Save CES Foundation is rounding up support to get their alma mater to reopen.
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Hunter College study reveals 44% drop in P.R.’s school-aged children
May 9, 2019
The Center for Puerto Rican Studies, at Hunter College of the City University of New York released a report confirming a steep decline in the enrollment of children of school age in schools in Puerto Rico. Enrollment between 2006 and 2018 declined 44 percent, from 544,138 students in 2006 to 306,652 students at the beginning […]
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sonnen powers Orocovis school using solar+battery microgrid
February 16, 2018
Intelligent residential energy storage company sonnen announced the commissioning of a solar + battery storage microgrid at S.U. Matrullas, a K through 9 school that educates more than 150 students in the remote town of Orocovis.
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New $3.6M School of Tourism opens in Mayagüez
October 14, 2016
Jorge Iván Vélez-Arocho, president of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, announced Thursday the opening of the $3.6 million University School of Tourism, Hospitality and Culinary Arts (EUTHAC, its Spanish acronym) in the college’s Mayagüez campus.
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FirstBank donates $20K to ‘Madres Tutoras’ program
December 24, 2015
FirstBank announced Thursday it has donated $20,000 to bolster the “Madres Tutoras” program at La Nueva Escuela Juan Ponce de León, located in the heart of the Juan Domingo community in Guaynabo.
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EcoEléctrica opens SERSKOLA education center
March 30, 2015
Natural gas-based energy company EcoEléctrica recently reaffirmed its commitment to the community by announcing the opening of an education center created under the vision and mission of SER de Puerto Rico-Ponce.
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Walgreens equips Puerto Rico’s back-to-schoolers
August 6, 2013
For the second consecutive year, Walgreens has distributed thousands of school supplies to Puerto Rico-based educational organizations that are part of the Alternative Education Alliance, to benefit students islandwide.
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Office Depot Foundation equips Puerto Rico kids for school
July 24, 2013
With the beginning of the new school year just a few weeks away, the Office Depot Foundation is donating 1,800 colorful new “sackpacks” containing essential school supplies to kids served by nonprofit organizations and schools in Puerto Rico.
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Walmart, Education partner to send moms back to school
July 22, 2013
For the second consecutive year, Walmart Puerto Rico, through a partnership with the Education Department will help mothers who have not completed high school to get their diploma through its social responsibility program, “Mom goes back to School.”
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U. of Phoenix closes Carolina campus, keeps Guaynabo
October 19, 2012
The closings announced this week at the University of Phoenix will not affect its main Puerto Rico campus — one of the school’s oldest branches located in Guaynabo — but will represent the demise of the Carolina Learning Center, News is my Business confirmed Thursday.
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Office Depot Foundation to donate 2,500 ‘sackpacks’ to island students
July 17, 2012
The Office Depot Foundation will help children throughout Puerto Rico to get ready for the new school year by donating 2,500 colorful new “sackpacks” to 12 nonprofit organizations and schools during an event slated to take place Thursday, the retailer announced.
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John Dewey opens health sciences grad school
June 25, 2012
With the objective of preparing well-rounded health professionals, John Dewey College recently inaugurated its first Health Sciences graduate school, offering master's degrees in nursing with specialties in anesthesiology, mental health and psychiatry.
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