The funding comes from the 2022 National Water Quality Initiative program.
The USVI is getting $65,000 for the same purpose.
In 2021, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provided more than $19.5 million across its different programs to farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, the agency announced. “Our data shows that we and our partners brought a healthier resource base and were able to impact farmers and communities […]
There is a popular song in the Caribbean written by King Obstinate titled: “How Will Santa Get Here?” The proposed solution? “There is no reindeer in my country. He’ll have to borrow de neighbor’s donkey.” These themes of getting creative and leveraging community resources are the perfect segue for our article. The people of the […]
Health Gorilla, a provider of health data in the United States, and the US Department of Veteran Affairs announced a public-private partnership that will supply all eligible veterans and their physicians access to complete healthcare records, allowing all parties to make more informed and timely decisions. The Veteran Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System provides services to […]
Earlier this week, it was learned that an unspecified number of AT&T customers in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands that were not transitioned to Liberty Puerto Rico will be losing their wireless numbers because of the sale of the carrier late last year. AT&T has limited its comments to saying that it has […]
The US Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program has approved close to $500 million in loans in Puerto Rico and more than $36 million in the US Virgin Islands, the agency announced in its March 7, 2021 report. Moreover, the SBA has approved 12,154 PPP loans for businesses and nonprofits in Puerto Rico, a 10.9% […]
As it moves into serving more than 1 million new wireless customers through its acquisition of AT&T, Liberty Puerto Rico will be investing close to $70 million to integrate the networks and systems. Liberty took over the wireless carrier’s assets on Oct. 31, 2021, after which it began the process of managing and merging both […]
The Federal Communications Commission announced it has awarded 84.5 million over 10 years to Broadband VI to provide 1 gigabit per second fixed broadband service to all locations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The funding is through the Connect USVI Fund’s Stage 2 competitive process, which will extend high-speed broadband to 46,039 locations in the […]
In 2020, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) continued its tradition of working in partnership with farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners in the Caribbean area — Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands — despite hardships from earthquakes to COVID-19 to tropical storms. “Our data and science-based surveys of our work show that we and […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that 2,067 small businesses in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands were awarded $618.8M in federal contracts during Fiscal Year 2019. The information is included in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2019 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard, which confirms that $132.9 billion in prime federal contracts — 26.5% of […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration confirmed it continues to approve loans for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands small businesses during the second round of SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, with more than $120 billion still available. “We encourage small business owners in Puerto Rico and the USVI to take advantage of this opportunity to keep […]
OFG Bancorp announced it has received final regulatory approval and related licenses from the U.S. Virgin Islands Banking Board required for its subsidiary, Oriental Bank, to close the previously announced acquisition of Scotiabank’s USVI operations. The approval comes less than a week after the financial institution announced it had received the OK from the Board […]
OFG Bancorp announced it has received the OK from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions needed so that its banking subsidiary, Oriental Bank, may complete the acquisition of the local and U.S. Virgin Islands operations of Scotiabank. […]
OFG Bancorp announced it has filed applications at four regulatory agencies for consent of its proposed acquisition of Scotiabank de Puerto Rico, according to public notices published Tuesday. The petitions to the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the U.S. Virgin Islands Banking […]
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