Sunday, December 8, 2019
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) has described Latin America and the Caribbean as “a laboratory for climate action,” as world leaders gather in Madrid, Spain for the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25).
But it is...
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Thursday, November 28, 2019
BLOG: Un nuevo informe de la CEPAL asegura que superar la pobreza en la región va más allá del crecimiento económico y debe incluir políticas redistributivas y fiscales que promuevan el verdadero bienestar entre los ciudadanos en áreas como la protección...
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America, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Over 10,000 Puerto Ricans who lost their jobs after Hurricanes Maria and Irma may benefit from newly extended federal aid. Only 307 people have applied.
Friday, November 30, 2018
On November 8, 2018, the Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources published a new regulation governing the administration of Puerto Rico's unemployment insurance program. The Regulation to Administer the Unemployment Insurance...
Monday, November 12, 2018
Puerto Rico Labor Secretary Carlos Saavedra Gutiérrez on Friday signed the new Regulation to Administer the Unemployment Insurance Program, which increases the benefits of unemployment payment and repeals dozens of regulations to facilitate the processes...
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
The Federal Emergency Management Agency was ordered to once again extend a housing program for survivors of Hurricanes Maria and Irma, whose homes in Puerto Rico were destroyed and are now living in U.S. and Puerto Rico hotels.
Federal Judge...
Friday, August 25, 2017
Puerto Rico has passed pension reforms that include making payments to the depleted defined benefit system from general revenues, and creating a defined contribution plan for active workers and new hires. These changes dealt principally with a systemwide...