Top Local News Headlines
These are the top local news stories from News is my Business for Monday, March 30, 2020.
Total Petroleum Puerto Rico to donate $30K in gas cards to hospital staff
Published 30 March 2020, 12:25 pm
With this initiative, Total in Puerto Rico joins its parent company in France as well as affiliate operations in other countries to help hospitals and health centers, it said.
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Vázquez signs off on $500M to prop Puerto Rico’s economy amid COVID-19
Published 30 March 2020, 5:03 am
The first $500 million in assistance from the Emergency Measure Support Package will go to frontline workers, educators and students, and small businesses.
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U.S. Census Bureau pushes off start of door-to-door surveys to April 15th
Published 30 March 2020, 5:02 am
For Puerto Rico, that decision means putting on hold the work of some 18,000 people the U.S. Census hired to go door-to-door gathering information from island residents.
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FirstBank offers automatic moratoriums; Oriental unveils online help
Published 30 March 2020, 5:01 am
Two of Puerto Rico’s main banks unveiled different measures over the weekend to help customers whose finances have been affected by the lockdown and mandatory curfew.
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Harvard joins Puerto Rico’s COVID-19 Surveillance System
Published 30 March 2020, 5:00 am
The COVID-19 Surveillance System is an online syndromic monitoring platform.
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[AUDIO REPORT] Puerto Rico COVID-19 Task Force status update
Published 28 March 2020, 5:09 pm
The group has received proposals from the private sector to add new machines for molecular testing of the virus.
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Game Changer virtual entrepreneurship platform launched for teachers, students
Published 27 March 2020, 3:44 pm
The initiative is part of the Education Department’s “From the school to an enterprise" program.
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Department of Homeland Security extends Real ID application period
Published 27 March 2020, 2:14 pm
States across the country, including Puerto Rico are temporarily closing or restricting access to motor vehicle department agencies, which will prevent people from applying for and receiving their REAL ID.
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Puerto Rico’s self-employed may request $500 incentive starting Mar. 30
Published 27 March 2020, 1:31 pm
To claim the incentive, the vendor must access their SURI account.
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Gov. Vázquez extends Puerto Rico’s lockdown to April 12
Published 27 March 2020, 5:05 am
Grocery stores will be closed on Sundays as the extension of the lockdown comes into effect.
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Estudios Técnicos predicts Puerto Rico will see $5.8B in economic losses in rest of ’20
Published 27 March 2020, 5:04 am
The numbers were estimated before Gov. Wanda Vázquez announced that the lockdown and curfew that was to end Mar. 30 has been extended to April 12, an additional two weeks.
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Poll shows 80% of Puerto Rico residents are ‘very worried’ about COVID-19
Published 27 March 2020, 5:03 am
In their responses, 76% of participants said they were mostly concerned about personal or family contagion.
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AT&T gets additional spectrum to serve Puerto Rico/USVI during pandemic
Published 27 March 2020, 5:02 am
The Federal Communications Commission has granted AT&T special temporary authority for expanded network use.
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SuperMax, Ralph’s supermarkets install acrylic panes at registers
Published 27 March 2020, 5:01 am
Puerto Rico grocers are looking for ways to protect employees and customers.
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Puerto Rico bank Oriental will offer in-person branch services by appointment only
Published 27 March 2020, 5:00 am
Oriental will offer essential services at its 41 branches that remain open.
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