Original Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com It’s been a year since Hurricane Maria upended Jennyfer Ortiz’s life. The single mother fled Puerto Rico with her two children after their house in the mountain town of Orocovis lost power. They have been using a government-funded program to pay for a...
Original Post www.nytimes.com MIAMI — Almost a year after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, more than 1,000 families who lost their homes remain in hotel rooms paid for by the government. Thursday, a judge’s ruling gave them two more weeks before that assistance runs out, though...
Original Post www.bedtimesmagazine.com Global Mattress, a mattress manufacturer and retailer headquartered in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, is expanding to the continental United States with the opening of six stores in Florida. The first store opened in July in Lake Mary. Three others are expected to open this...
Original Post www.centralfloridalifestyle.com Global Mattress offers ultra-premium, quality mattresses at more affordable prices both online and at its facility in Lake Mary. A good mattress can be the difference between a good night’s sleep that will result in a productive day or suffering from a terrible back...
Kissimmee, Florida (CNN)With no running water, no power and no school for her kids, Carmen "Millie" Santiago fled Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit the Caribbean last fall. Like thousands of evacuees, she landed here in central Florida. And, like hundreds, she's still stuck in...
Las bebidas y la comida unen sin duda a quienes viven lejos de la tierra donde nacieron. Y con esto en mente, una de las bebidas más icónicas de Puerto Rico se está expandiendo agresivamente para traer recuerdos y unir corazones en el sur de...
El propietario de la cadena de restaurantes Mesón Sándwiches, el puertorriqueño Felipe Pérez-Grajales, recibió la Medalla de Embajadores de Negocios de parte del gobernador del estado de Florida (EE.UU.), Rick Scott, según un comunicado difundido hoy. La distinción, otorgada durante la reciente apertura del tercer restaurante...
A Puerto Rican mattress sales chain is making its first expansion into the continental U.S. through Central Florida. Global Mattress currently has three stores under construction in Kissimmee, Orlando and Lake Nona, which are slated to open in 2018. This comes after the chain opened its...
El representante demócrata del Distrito 9 de Florida busca la reelección Orlando - Vamos4PR Action, la organización comunitaria que ha liderado los esfuerzos para que se haga justicia social con las cientos de familias puertorriqueñas desplazadas a la Florida Central, anunció que apoyará la candidatura a...
Registration is now open for six and 12-day overnight sessions running through June-July Central Florida’s own Camp Thunderbird, announced today that there are still open spots at several of its 2018 camp sessions, which offer a summer of possibilities, empowerment, and fun to children and adults...