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The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB) —Spanish: Banco Gubernamental de Fomento para Puerto Rico (BGF)— is the government bond issuer, intragovernmental bank, fiscal agent, and financial advisor of the government of Puerto Rico.
Both Matos and Gelabert went on to serve as Secretary of the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, under Governors Rafael Hernández Colón and Pedro Rosselló, respectively. Laura Vélez Vélez headed the agency from 2013—2015 during Alejandro García Padilla 's time as governor.
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
Oriental Bank Corporation, a British imperial bank founded in India in 1842; Oriental Bank, which merged with Consolidated National Bank of New York in 1909 to form National Reserve Bank; OFG Bancorp, or Oriental Bank, a financial holding company in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Oriental Bank of Commerce, a former Indian public sector bank; M Oriental ...
It is the second largest bank in Puerto Rico offering business and consumer financial services, including banking, trust and brokerage services. Westernbank International Division – an International Banking Entity under the Puerto Rico International Banking Regulatory Act; provides services to commercial and corporate customers, mainly ...
Lluberas returned to Puerto Rico with the new revolutionary flag of Puerto Rico adopted by the committee in 1895, the current flag of the island, to be flown at the coup. [18] The Mayor of Yauco, Francisco Lluch Barreras, learned of the planned uprising, and notified the island's Spanish governor.
Arecibo (/ ˌ ær ə ˈ s iː b oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation: [aɾeˈsiβo]) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida.
Plaza Las Américas is a shopping mall in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico, located at the intersection of Routes 18 and 22."Plaza", as it is known to many Puerto Ricans, was the first indoor shopping mall built in Puerto Rico. [3]