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A $500,000 Powerball Double Play prize was sold in San Sebastián - winners have 180 days to claimThe ticket, bought at González Pharmacy Care Corp., matched 7-12-47-56-68 with red ball 11 in Monday's Double Play drawing; more than ten $500 prizes also fell on the island.puerto rico · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-1290.5% of intimate femicide victims never filed complaints, Puerto Rico prosecutor saysThe Women's Prosecutor says 90.5% of intimate-femicide victims from 2022 to mid-2026 never entered the system; her office answers with a Nov 17 summit, a Dec 2 Ponce march and $3.5 million in services funding.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-11-12108 students walked the floor where Puerto Rico just opened a $20M biotech incubatorThe Centro Molecular's open house put high schoolers in the same pipeline as the companies now incubating upstairs.Education & Health · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-12Puerto Rico's Startup Pipeline Now Reaches 46 Towns - and It Looks Nothing Like the Old Onegeneral · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-12RAE adds Puerto Rican slang “corillo” to dictionaryThe academy defines “corillo” as a masculine noun meaning a friendly group from Puerto Rico.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-11-12Fidel Morales directs 'Confluencias' concert at Puerto Rico conservatoryThe drummer, composer and educator leads the program at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-11-11Red Cross in Puerto Rico honors veterans on their dayThe American Red Cross in Puerto Rico recognized veterans' service and contributions, according to a Nov 11 report.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-11-11LUMA's Own Filing Shows the Pymes Power Cliff Is Real: Small-Business Bills Jumped 19% in a MonthMore than 75,000 commercial accounts paid $691 on average in October, up from $579, while consumption rose just 2.5% - and the regulator's temporary 5.28-cent adjustment explains nearly all of it.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-11All 30
Puerto Rico's CPAs Put a Flat Corporate Rate and a VAT on the Table - and Show Who Pays for the Status QuoA 183-page CCPA study finds a 33-point spread between decree holders and regular corporations, a middle class whose rates quadruple between $30,000 and $100,000, and 42.7% of sales tax paid by businesses themselves.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-11Puerto Rico's informal caregivers reach 374,260, up 100,000 since 2023The Department of the Family puts the caregiver count at 374,260, a jump of 100,000 in two years, its director said on Nov 11.puerto rico · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-11-11LUMA finishes grid upgrades to connect 32-MW Yabucoa solar plantThe utility energized a new 115-kV line to tie the Yabucoa facility into Puerto Rico's grid, per a Nov. 11 report.puerto rico · Tainá Morales Cepeda · 2026-11-11Puerto Rico's startups grew up without capital - and built a model that doesn't wait for itEndeavor's ecosystem scan: 500+ companies running on innovation and alliances instead of venture money, with revenue growth to prove it.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-11Carolina Lines Up $34.5 Million for a Second Medical Tower - and Shows the Two Prices of Puerto Rico's ComebackThe Oversight Board approved a 6.15% bank note for Medical Tower II. San Juan's bond sale the same year priced at 4.99% - the gap is the market's report card on municipal finances.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-10Twenty-Five Years In, a Bayamon Steelemaker Bets on Puerto Rico's Solar BuildoutAcesco added solar-rack capacity, a new warehouse and its own 270-kilowatt array - a manufacturer's wager that island factories can supply the island's energy transition.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-10Puerto Rico Courts Spanish Capital - and the Oversight Board Wants the Math FirstHouse Bill 952 would give Spanish investors U.S.-Spain treaty dividend rates. The Board objects to the cost; the bill's own federal petition may be the more important part.general · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-10Puerto Rico's Opportunity Zone map shrinks to 178 tracts on January 1 - but a Senate bill would keep the old 98% map alive at the state levelThe federal designation covering 863 tracts expires December 31. The fight over the next decade of incentives is already underway - over whether local tax law has to follow the federal map.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-09Yum!'s earnings call said the quiet part: Puerto Rico wasn't in the growth planThe KFC and Taco Bell closure now looks less like one franchisee's failure and more like a capital-allocation filter - and a local opening.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-09The Chamber priced 'economic freedom' with a car lot: frozen tax brackets, slow permits and a 33-cent kilowattAuto sales are the visible symptom of a cost structure Puerto Rico can largely fix itself - and three local decisions already carry dates.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-09Puerto Rico's 2027 forecast brackets zero - and the fixes all have datesForecasters at the Oversight Board symposium disagree by two points on growth and agree on everything that matters: a dated Medicaid cliff, $41.7 billion waiting to be spent, and the highest electricity bills on record.Federal & Fiscal · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-09Senate summons Deloitte and E3 over the ERP platform delaying payments to thousands of Puerto Rico suppliersThe two firms behind ÍntegraPR face a Monday hearing as 62.1 million in committed fiscal-2026 obligations sits stuck in the broken system.Economy & Business · Joaquín Santiago Nieves · 2026-11-09US Congress reconvenes with budget and Puerto Rico funding pendingThe House approved the $77.8M Nutrition Assistance increase in June; the Senate and the December 11 deadline are what remain.Federal & Fiscal · news.pr Desk · 2026-11-09Evertec is about to be a billion-dollar company. The lesson is bigger than the quarter.The San Juan payments firm just posted 24% revenue growth by selling to Latin America. Half its business is now outside Puerto Rico - a rare homegrown export story, and a playbook most local companies never try.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-08Puerto Rico's manufacturers have the billions. What they don't have is people.Factory commitments hit $2.7 billion and nearly 2,800 promised jobs in a year - but an aging, shrinking workforce could decide whether any of it lands. The industry's own fix list is worth reading.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-08Puerto Rico bill would end forced heirship, a quiet lever in the fight over unused homesHouse Bill 1468 would let owners leave property to whoever they choose. The forced-share rule it targets shapes how thousands of family homes change hands - and whether they change hands at all.More · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-08La Fortaleza says no policy limits press access, but won't detail García hireLa Fortaleza counts 260 press conferences and denies any access policy; journalists point to a simulated presser and early-morning summons; the García questions go to OGP.puerto rico · Marisol Vélez Cintrón · 2026-11-08Puerto Rico's science agency says $17 million returned $70 million - here's what that '4X' actually countsThe flagship research-ROI figure measures external funding secured and research outputs, self-reported by grantees - not money returned to the treasury.puerto rico · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-07Seven Puerto Rico research projects are headed to the space station - the aerospace pipeline grows without a launchpadThe Science Trust's $350,000 Space Edition grants drew sixteen proposals, four times its 2024 debut.puerto rico · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-07Puerto Rico's $1.5 Billion Nutrition Gap Gets Its Best Shot Since 1982A Democratic Congress puts the island's four-decade exclusion from SNAP back on the farm-bill agenda - if cost and a veto don't stop it.Federal & Fiscal · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-07Encanto's Chapter 11 Puts a Bank and a Supply Chain Where the Jobs WereThe restaurant operator's $123.9 million in liabilities land on Banco Popular and local suppliers in an economy with flat payrolls and 6.0% unemployment.Economy & Business · Rafael Ortiz Medina · 2026-11-07Plan Vital faces 90% federal Medicaid cut on Sept 30 2027 absent new lawCaribbean Business reports the odds of avoiding the full cliff improved after the Nov. 3 US congressional elections.Federal & Fiscal · Marisol Vélez Cintrón · 2026-11-07Facts · 12
More than ten $500 prizes were won in Puerto Rico during the draw.A $500,000 Powerball Double Play prize was sold in San Sebastián - winners have 180 days to claimMore than $3.5 million in state and federal funds have been pushed to strengthen services for victims and survivors.90.5% of intimate femicide victims never filed complaints, Puerto Rico prosecutor saysMore than 170 students and teachers attended this Casa Abierta.108 students walked the floor where Puerto Rico just opened a $20M biotech incubatorCentro Molecular has more than 40 PhD researchers on staff.108 students walked the floor where Puerto Rico just opened a $20M biotech incubatorDecember, January, February usually have more respiratory infections.Puerto Rico Urges Flu Vaccination Amid Rising CasesEarning $1 more per year costs $4000 more in taxes under Puerto Rico's tax system.Puerto Rico's CPAs Put a Flat Corporate Rate and a VAT on the Table - and Show Who Pays for the Status QuoAll 12
This middle class pays more salary tax, more IVU, more property costs than other classes.Puerto Rico's CPAs Put a Flat Corporate Rate and a VAT on the Table - and Show Who Pays for the Status Quo47% of caregivers in Puerto Rico have three or more chronic illnesses.Puerto Rico's informal caregivers reach 374,260, up 100,000 since 202337.8% of caregivers spend 40 or more hours weekly on care work.Puerto Rico's informal caregivers reach 374,260, up 100,000 since 2023Puerto Rico's entrepreneurship ecosystem holds more than 500 active startupsPuerto Rico's startups grew up without capital - and built a model that doesn't wait for itThe $13.62 million would be distributed to Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities based on each jurisdiction’s revenue loss from the exemption, with no municipality receiving more or less than its lost revenue.Puerto Rico moves to repay 78 towns $13.62M lost to drug inventory-tax breakMore than $110 billion in private-sector investment occurred nationwide since the program's inception.Puerto Rico's Opportunity Zone map shrinks to 178 tracts on January 1 - but a Senate bill would keep the old 98% map alive at the state levelSections · 1
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