Unique and Highly Capable Honda Ridgeline Named to Car and Driver Magazine List of the 2018 10Best Trucks and SUVs

January 10, 2018

TORRANCE, California, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — For the second consecutive year, the Honda Ridgeline has been named to the Car and Driver magazine list of the 10Best Trucks and SUVs as their choice in the Mid-Size Pickup category. For the awards, Car and Driver tested vehicles on the unique attributes for their respective segments, including ride and handling, safety features, technology, comfort, practicality and fuel efficiency. The 2^nd-generation Ridgeline – completely redesigned for the 2017 model year – excels in each of those areas due to its unique construction and extent of standard and available features.

The Ridgeline utilizes a highly rigid, aerodynamic and tightly sealed unitized body that delivers up to three times the torsional rigidity of competing body-on-frame trucks. The body together with the chassis, which features fully independent front and rear suspension systems with Amplitude Reactive Dampers, provide vastly superior ride comfort and handling precision along with the top-in-class cabin quietness.

Along with excellent drivability and NVH characteristics, the 2018 Ridgeline has the largest and most flexible cabin in its class along with robust cargo-hauling and towing capabilities, including a class-leading maximum 1,584-pound (718.5 kg) payload capacity (varies by trim) and up to 5,000-pound (2,268 kg) towing, the Ridgeline offers a higher degree of utility and versatility.

About Honda
Honda offers a full line of reliable, fuel-efficient and fun-to-drive vehicles with advanced safety technologies sold through over 1,000 independent U.S. Honda dealers. The Honda lineup includes the Fit, Civic, Accord and Clarity series passenger cars, along with the HR-V, CR-V and Pilot sport/utility vehicles, the Ridgeline pickup and the Odyssey minivan.

Honda has been producing automobiles in America for 35 years and currently operates 19 major manufacturing facilities in North America. In 2017, more than 93% of all Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the U.S. were made in North America, using domestic and globally sourced parts.

For More Information
Consumer information is available at automobiles.honda.com/ridgeline. To join the Honda Ridgeline community on Facebook, visit facebook.com/hondaridgeline. Additional media information including detailed pricing features and high-resolution photography of all 2018 Honda Ridgeline is available at hondanews.com/honda-automobiles/channels/ridgeline.

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SOURCE American Honda Motor Co., Inc.

DISH to work with the Google Assistant; bringing multi-language voice control to Hands-Free TV experience

January 10, 2018

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — DISH today announced that its customers will have the ability to watch Hands-Free TV™ using the Google Assistant in the coming months. This marks the first time that DISH customers with a Hopper, Joey or Wally can use voice to control their TV in multiple languages, including English and Spanish.

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“Throughout 2017, DISH took major strides toward building a suite of voice control options for our customers, including a new DISH voice remote,” said Niraj Desai, DISH vice president of product management. “We’re pleased to be working with the Google Assistant to offer our customers the ability to control Hopper’s video experiences through the Assistant on speakers and phones.”

Starting in the first half of this year, DISH customers with a broadband-connected Hopper DVR (all generations), Joey client (all models) or Wally single-tuner HD receiver can use the Google Assistant to control their TV when paired with the Assistant on speakers like Google Home, Android phones or iPhones.

The Google Assistant will be able to help you navigate, play, pause, fast-forward, rewind and search TV content based on channel, title, actor and genre. Below are examples of commands you will be able to ask the Assistant:

● “Change channel to ESPN”

● “Tune to channel 130”

● “Go to the History Channel”

● “Find the Big Bang Theory”

● “Search for Game of Thrones”

● “Search for home improvement shows”

● “Show me Tom Hanks movies”

● “Play This is Us”

● “Skip forward”

● “Rewind 30 seconds”

● “Pause”

● “Resume”

In addition to the Google Assistant, DISH’s voice control technology suite includes a recently released voice remote that ships at no extra cost with all Hopper DVRs.

About DISH

DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity company. Since 1980, DISH has served as the disruptive force in the pay-TV industry, driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming Sling TV services. DISH operates a national in-home installation workforce, as well as an advertising sales group delivering targeted advertising solutions on DISH TV and Sling TV. In addition to its TV services, DISH has commenced buildout of a nationwide narrowband “Internet of Things” network that will apply capacity from its strategic spectrum portfolio. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is a Fortune 200 company.

For more information on DISH TV products and services, visit www.dish.com
For more information on Sling TV products and services, visit www.sling.com
For company information, visit about.dish.com

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Latin executives share their key to success

January 10, 2018

CHICAGO, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Sandra Rivera is a Vice President at technology giant Intel; Victor Arias is a Senior Partner for Executive Searches at Korn Ferry; and Juan Galarraga is a Senior Vice President at Target.

These Latinos have reached the pinnacle of success as executives, and their stories, along with those of 17 other executives, are a fundamental part of the investigative work underlying the guidelines and themes of the new book “Auténtico, The Definitive Guide to Latino Career Success,” published in English.

The two authors are successful Latino executives. Andrés Tomás Tapia is a Senior Partner and Inclusion Strategies Solutions Leader at Korn Ferry, a leadership and talent consulting agency. Robert Rodríguez is president of DRR Advisors LLC, a consulting firm specialized in recruitment, retention and development of Latino professionals.

Sandra Rivera says that she always emphasizes her Colombian descent in her work environment as an upper-level executive, to instill confidence and pride in other Latinos. She remembers that her parents always stressed that education is the only path to better opportunities.

Víctor Arias grew up in El Paso, Texas. The son of Latino parents, he only spoke Spanish at home. He says that he inherited the work ethic of his father, who always worked extremely hard to provide his children with things that he did not have growing up.

Juan Galarraga, born in Venezuela, came to the United States as an adult. This executive offers key points regarding how Latinos can adapt to the United States corporate world, something that is indispensable to triumphing in upper management.

The book contains important advice from other successful Latinos such as Darren Rebelez, President of IHOP; Jorge Figueredo, Executive Vice President of Human Resources at McKesson Corporation; and Yvonne García, the Global Head of Client Solutions at State Street Corporation.

Former Secretary of Housing and former Mayor of San Antonio, Henry Cisneros believes that “this book is a manual with immense value for Latinos who seek to reach their maximum productive potential.”

All discuss the complex dynamic of their identity as Latino, and how it has served them to advance as professionals in an extremely competitive world where there is pressure to assimilate into the dominant culture, and in the process risk losing their Latin-ness.

If you are interested in the book, please search on Amazon under “Auténtico, The Definitive Guide to Latino Career Success.”

Contact: Paula Otero
[email protected]

SOURCE Andrés Tomás Tapia and Robert Rodríguez

Goya Foods Offers $100,000 Culinary Arts & Food Science Scholarships To Students Nationwide

January 10, 2018

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Goya Foods, America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, will offer five $20,000 nationwide Culinary Arts and Food Science Scholarships, granted annually, to five students entering their freshman year of college with an undergraduate degree in culinary arts and/or a food science. One of the five scholarships will go to a student enrolled in the Culinary Arts program at County Prep High School in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Goya’s Culinary Arts Scholarship is available on a competitive basis to students entering an accredited two-year or four-year institution. Scholarships are in the amount of $5,000 awarded per academic year starting in Fall 2018 and are renewable for up to three additional years provided the student remains eligible to receive funding, totaling $20,000.

“We’ve always believed that through education and hard work, anyone can achieve a better future for themselves and their family,” says Peter Unanue, Executive Vice President of Goya Foods. “We encourage students across the country who have a passion for food and nutrition to apply for the scholarship to support their continued academic success.”

Applicants of the Goya Culinary Arts Scholarship will be selected based on the standard requirements established by Goya and administered by Scholarship America^® including academic achievement, leadership, and financial need, as well as an evaluation of an essay explaining how Goya has enriched their family traditions. Among the criteria for consideration, students (1) Must plan to be enrolled in college full time starting in Fall 2018 in a degree seeking program within the U.S. as a Freshman at a two or four-year U.S. accredited institution to obtain their first undergraduate degree; (2) Must be majoring in Culinary Arts and/or Food Sciences; (3) Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 on a 4.00 scale; (4) Must be willing to complete 10 hours per month of community service while receiving funding; (5) Must be a U.S. Citizen or a legal permanent resident of the United States with a valid Social Security Number or have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

For more information and to apply, please log onto www.goya.com. Applications are due no later than February 15, 2018.

About GOYA: Founded in 1936, Goya Foods, Inc. is America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company, and has established itself as the leader in Latin American food and condiments. Goya manufactures, packages, and distributes over 2,500 high-quality food products from Spain, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico, Central and South America. Goya products have their roots in the culinary traditions of Hispanic communities around the world; the combination of authentic ingredients, robust seasonings, and convenient preparation makes Goya products ideal for every taste and every table. For more information on Goya Foods, please visit www.goya.com

About Scholarship America: Scholarship America mobilizes support for students getting into and graduating from college. Since 1958, Scholarship America has distributed $3.1 billion in scholarship assistance to 2 million students, funding both entry-level and multi-year scholarships and emergency financial grants. More information is available at www.scholarshipamerica.org.

For more information, contact:
Natalie J. Maniscalco
845.659.6506 / [email protected]

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SOURCE Goya Foods

Inside Rx En Español: Company Launches Spanish Language Website for Consumers Seeking Discounts on Prescription Medications

January 10, 2018

FRANKLIN LAKES, New Jersey, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Inside Rx, which administers a prescription savings program for the uninsured and underinsured, is helping more people access savings to prescription medications today with the launch of a Spanish-language version of the company’s website, https://insiderx.com/es. Inside Rx, a partially owned subsidiary of Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX), provides affordable access to brand and generic medications, delivering an average savings of 40 percent on select brand name prescription medications for the uninsured and those who experience high out-of-pocket drug costs.

“Managing one’s health condition can be difficult. Combining the high costs of these medications with a language barrier makes it even harder,” said Leslie Achter, CEO of Inside Rx. “By making our site available in Spanish, we hope to open the door to needed discounted medications to Spanish-speaking communities.”

The Inside Rx discount program instantly provides access to significant savings for more than 70 popular brand-name drugs that treat diabetes, asthma, heart disease, depression, gastrointestinal disorders, gout and other common illnesses. Benefiting from these discounts is easy for eligible patients who only need to present the discount card at one of 40,000 participating pharmacies in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, which includes national chains such as CVS, Kroger Family of Pharmacies and Walgreens. There is no membership fee to obtain the card, which can help patients save hundreds or even thousands of dollars a year.

Inside Rx offers important discounts for medications that treat chronic conditions, such as diabetes, which disproportionately affect the Hispanic population. According to American Diabetes Association, prevalence rates of diagnosed and undiagnosed Hispanics can be as high as 18 percent in some culturally distinct Hispanic groups, compared to 10 percent for non-Hispanic whites.

The Inside Rx prescription savings program provides access to deep discounts on select brand-name diabetes medications, including insulin, as well as medications that treat other conditions commonly associated with diabetes, such as high cholesterol and blood pressure. People using the Inside Rx card can save an average of $180 on featured brand insulin medications.

A complete list of the medications and participating pharmacies, as well as instructions for downloading the card and eligibility information, can be found in Spanish at https://insiderx.com/es.

About Inside Rx
Headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, Inside Rx provides affordable access to prescription medication for the uninsured and those navigating the changing healthcare landscape.

Powered by our parent company, Express Scripts, and working collaboratively across the pharmacy supply chain, Inside Rx delivers access to a broad list of branded medications that treat many common, chronic health conditions.

Visit www.insiderx.com, or follow us @Inside_Rx on Twitter, to learn more.

Media Contact:
Jennifer Luddy
[email protected]
(201) 269-6402

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SOURCE Inside Rx

California Labor Commissioner Cites Owner of Six Residential Care Facilities in Los Angeles Over $7 Million for Wage Theft

January 9, 2018

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has issued citations totaling $7,137,036 to the operator of six adult care facilities in Los Angeles for wage theft and other labor law violations. Adat Shalom Board & Care, Inc. was ordered to pay underpaid wages and penalties to 149 former and current employees who provided care to elderly residents 24 hours a day, six days a week. For years, the caregivers were paid less than $3 an hour for their work.

“Adult care facilities require caregivers to work around the clock, making workers in this industry vulnerable to wage theft and exploitation,” said Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su. “We encourage other residential caregivers to speak up and report wage theft if they are not paid for the work they do.”

The Labor Commissioner’s Office opened its investigation last June after receiving a report of labor law violations from the Pilipino Workers Center. The investigation uncovered that from July 2014 to July 2017, the caregivers at the six facilities in West Hills were:

Paid less than the minimum wage for each hour they worked.
Not paid overtime for working 24-hour shifts, six days a week.
Not relieved from their duties to take meal or rest breaks.
Provided pay stubs that withheld key information such as hourly rate of pay and total number of hours worked.

The live-in caregivers were responsible for monitoring and caring for elderly residents and hospice patients, many of them suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia. The caregivers were paid fixed amounts ranging from $1,500 to $1,800 per month, or $2.40 to $2.88 per hour.

The citations issued against Adat Shalom Board & Care include $2,272,343 for underpayment of minimum wages, $1,871,990 in overtime wages, $128,196 for meal period violations, and $2,689,907 in liquidated damages. When workers are paid less than minimum wage, they are entitled to liquidated damages that equal the amount of underpaid minimum wages plus interest. In addition to the money for the workers, $174,600 in civil penalties were levied for nonpayment of overtime and minimum wages, meal period violations as well as for failing to provide workers accurate itemized wage statements with their paychecks. The civil penalties collected will be transferred to the State’s General Fund, as required by law.

The Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, or the Labor Commissioner’s Office, is the division within the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) with wide-ranging enforcement responsibilities including, adjudicating wage claims, inspecting workplaces for wage and hour violations, investigating retaliation complaints and educating the public on labor laws.

In 2014, DIR and the Labor Commissioner’s Office launched the Wage Theft is a Crime multilingual public awareness campaign. The campaign defines wage theft and informs workers of their rights and the resources available to them to recover unpaid wages or report other labor law violations. Employees with work-related questions or complaints may contact DIR’s Call Center in English or Spanish at 844-LABOR-DIR (844-522-6734).

Members of the press may contact Peter Melton or Paola Laverde at (510) 286-1161, and are encouraged to subscribe to get email alerts on DIR’s press releases or other departmental updates.

The California Department of Industrial Relations, established in 1927, protects and improves the health, safety, and economic well-being of over 18 million wage earners, and helps their employers comply with state labor laws. DIR is housed within the Labor & Workforce Development Agency. For general inquiries, contact DIR’s Communications Call Center at 844-LABOR-DIR (844-522-6734) for help in locating the appropriate division or program in our department.

SOURCE California Department of Industrial Relations, California Labor Commissioner’s Office

TABASCO® Sauce Celebrates 150 Years Of Flavoring Food + Drinks Around The World

January 9, 2018

AVERY ISLAND, La., Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — In 1868 Edmund McIlhenny harvested his first tabasco pepper crop from which he created a piquant sauce to enliven the flavors in foods for family and friends. The creation of this simple sauce would unwittingly change the way the world eats forever. Today, 150 years later, the same three ingredients that made his TABASCO^® Sauce – tabasco peppers, salt and vinegar – are aged and bottled by Edmund’s family on Avery Island, the process virtually unchanged.

Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here: https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8241451-tabasco-celebrates-150-years/

The careful craftsmanship and versatility of TABASCO^®Sauce has made it a friend of chefs, home cooks, bartenders and food lovers for a century and a half. On the occasion of its 150^th anniversary, McIlhenny Company, the maker of TABASCO^® Sauce, will mark this historic milestone with a yearlong celebration dedicated to the people who have made “that famous sauce Mr. McIlhenny makes” a staple on tables, indispensable in kitchens and an essential ingredient in classic and contemporary recipes worldwide.

TABASCO^® Sauce is a uniquely global brand not only for its ubiquity, but also for its versatility. The iconic red-capped bottle with the diamond label is sold in more than 185 countries and territories and labeled in 22 languages and dialects. This instantly recognizable pepper sauce is just as at home in main street diners, hole-in-the-wall dives and the finest dining establishments as it is in the home pantries, kitchen tabletops and handbags of food lovers all over the world.

“My family and all of us at McIlhenny Company are truly humbled by the love we’ve seen for TABASCO^® Sauce that has brought us to this incredible anniversary,” said Anthony A. Simmons, president & CEO of McIlhenny Company and fifth-generation McIlhenny family member. “I don’t know if my great-great-grandfather ever dreamed that his backyard start-up would have given rise to an entirely new food category. One hundred and fifty years later, I’m certain he’d be pleased to have brought so much great tasting food to so many people in so many places all around the world. It’s exciting to imagine where TABASCO^® Sauce will go and how it will be used over the next 150 years.”

The 150th anniversary celebration will kick off in New Orleans with a limited engagement of TABASCO: A Burlesque Opera, a comedic burlesque dating to the late 19^th century that hasn’t been performed in its entirety in more than a century. Tickets for the show, produced by the New Orleans Opera Association, are available to the general public at http://neworleansopera.org/operas for performances scheduled for January 25-28, 2018.

The festivities will continue on January 28, 2018, as many of New Orleans’ most notable chefs and culinary institutions take part in the first ever TABASCO^® Week in partnership with the New Orleans Tricentennial Commission, which will commemorate the 300^th anniversary of the city of New Orleans this year. The official holiday will include TABASCO^® Brand chef partnerships, exclusive menus, special dishes and more.

From New Orleans, the birthday party hits the road to celebrate the role of TABASCO^® Sauce in the global kitchen. McIlhenny Company will invite fans in New York, London, Shanghai and beyond to events big and small, where they can taste the exciting and unexpected ways the world’s top chefs and creative cooks use the pepper sauce. Through the magic of 360˚ video, event attendees the world over will be transported to Avery Island, where heirloom tabasco pepper fields thrive, mashed peppers age in oak barrels and the TABASCO^® Sauce factory still produces every single bottle of the world’s most famous sauce.

For those eager to celebrate at home, TABASCO^® Brand has invited chef and bartender friends from around the world to spotlight classic dishes and drinks that have made the sauce an icon, as well as popular, and sometimes surprising, foods that continue to make TABASCO^® Sauce indispensable today. Recipes will be released throughout the year on TABASCO.com and on TABASCO^® Brand social channels alongside snapshots of the rich and storied role that this pepper sauce has played in the history of food, American and global culture.

To learn more about the 150^th anniversary of TABASCO^® Sauce, visit TABASCO.com or follow the conversation on social media with #TABASCO150.

About McIlhenny Company
McIlhenny Company produces TABASCO^® Brand products, which are sold in more than 185 countries and territories around the world and labeled in 22 languages and dialects. The 150-year-old company makes a line of pepper sauces, including its world-famous TABASCO^® Brand Original Red Sauce, Green Jalapeño Sauce, Chipotle Sauce, SWEET & Spicy Sauce, Habanero Sauce, Garlic Pepper Sauce, Buffalo Style Hot Sauce, and Sriracha Sauce.

SOURCE McIlhenny Company

California’s Convenience Stores Launch Program to Fight Human Trafficking

January 8, 2018

SACRAMENTO, California, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA) is proud to announce its partnership with In our Backyard™ (IOB) through their flagship program, Convenience Stores Against Trafficking (CSAT). By promoting January as National Trafficking Awareness Month, CIOMA enters this new partnership to help empower California’s convenience industry as a leader in combatting human trafficking across the state.

With over 11,000 storefronts along California’s roads and highways, convenience stores are in a unique position to stop trafficking on the front lines. CSAT will bring the latest resources and in-depth employee training in identifying and reporting trafficking to CIOMA’s extensive network of retail operators. By providing real-world training and in-store resources for victims, CIOMA and CSAT hope to provide victims pathways and opportunities to freedom from their captors that would not otherwise exist.

“We are very excited to launch our new partnership with CIOMA,” said In Our Backyard™ founder, Nita Belles. “Awareness is the critical first step in ending trafficking, and now CIOMA joins our goal of engaging the entire convenience store industry to promote safety and support for their communities by becoming members of CSAT.”

“With January being recognized as Human Trafficking Awareness Month, CIOMA could not be more proud of this partnership and the commitment to eradicate trafficking from our communities for good,” said Ryan Hanretty, Executive Director of CIOMA. “These small, family- and minority-owned businesses are engrained in their communities and truly care about their neighbors. Our members are ready to lead the fight against the heinous crime of human trafficking.”

In Our Backyard, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, links convenience stores and other rest stops across America in the fight against human trafficking through awareness, action, education, legislative advising, and advocacy for survivors. Its newest program, Convenience Stores Against Trafficking, raises public awareness of the issue in communities across America. CSAT engages convenience stores as trafficking prevention centers in local communities by training employees to recognize and report human trafficking.

CIOMA is the industry’s statewide trade association representing the needs of independent wholesale and retail marketers of gasoline, diesel, lubricating oils and other petroleum products; transporters of those products; and retail convenience store operators.

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SOURCE California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA)

Florida Power & Light crews deploy to Puerto Rico to help speed restoration efforts

January 8, 2018

JUNO BEACH, Florida, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) today announced 140 additional company lineworkers and support staff deployed to Puerto Rico to help restore power to areas impacted by Hurricane Maria’s landfall. Hundreds of thousands of people remain without electric service nearly four months after the destructive storm devastated the island.

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“As part of FPL’s commitment to helping restore electric service to our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico, our dedicated employees worked tirelessly throughout the holidays – both on the island and here at home – to prepare for this next wave of support,” said Eric Silagy, president and CEO of FPL. “Providing mutual assistance is a staple of the energy industry, and our thoroughly trained, well-equipped lineworkers are ready to hit the ground running once they arrive in Puerto Rico. We know just how difficult it is to be without power, which is why we are prepared to remain in Puerto Rico for as long as our assistance and expertise is requested.”

All of the island’s 3.5 million residents lost power due to Hurricane Maria in late September. FPL lineworkers and staff are part of a nearly 1,500-person contingent of electric workers from across the country. In late December, FPL began to transport vehicles and electric equipment via barges to Puerto Rico from the Port of Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County, Fla.

The company’s lineworkers and support staff will work with the 10-person FPL Incident Management Team (IMT) that has been working in Puerto Rico since Dec. 10. FPL employees represent one of seven IMT assigned to seven regions across the island in coordination with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and electric company contractors who already are restoring power. FPL’s IMT will continue to support power restoration in the region of Bayamon, just west of San Juan.

FPL’s support of power restoration in Puerto Rico began after the company completed its own restoration in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. In the days immediately following Hurricane Maria, NextEra Energy, FPL’s parent company, donated $100,000 and matched the same amount from employee donations to help those affected by the storm. Many employees also held fundraisers and supply drives to assist those impacted across the island.

“We feel a responsibility to help speed power restoration in Puerto Rico, partly because many of our customers and employees have strong ties to the island, but largely because it’s the right thing to do,” said Manny Miranda, senior vice president of power delivery for FPL. “Having completed the unprecedented restoration of more than 4.4 million FPL customers following Hurricane Irma, I am confident our highly skilled team of lineworkers, management and support staff will quickly begin making a difference for so many of our fellow Americans.”

Operationally, FPL coordinated the delivery of thousands of power line poles and other equipment to Puerto Rico and accompanied Florida Gov. Rick Scott to the island in November. Since that time, FPL leadership has remained in Puerto Rico where it has been providing technical expertise and guidance to support the restoration effort. Gov. Scott has made the support of Puerto Rico’s citizens a top priority in the wake of Hurricane Maria, communicating regularly with Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, traveling to the island to offer the state’s assistance, and regularly meeting with and being briefed by FPL.

Mutual assistance throughout the energy industry plays a critical role in the restoration of power following severe weather events, such as hurricanes, ice storms and tornadoes. In September, crews from 30 states and Canada came to Florida to support power restoration efforts following Hurricane Irma. In fact, those workers, coupled with FPL’s more than $3 billion of investments over the past decade to build a stronger and smarter energy grid, helped shave days off the restoration.

In turn, FPL crews have traveled across the nation to help restore power following major weather events many times in the past, including the deployment of approximately 1,000 FPL personnel to the Northeast in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Recently, more than 300 men and women deployed to Maine and Connecticut to assist with restoration activity following an October Nor’easter.

Florida Power & Light Company
Florida Power & Light Company is the third-largest electric utility in the United States, serving nearly 5 million customer accounts or an estimated 10 million people across nearly half of the state of Florida. FPL’s typical 1,000-kWh residential customer bill is approximately 25 percent lower than the latest national average and, in 2016, was the lowest in Florida among reporting utilities for the seventh year in a row. FPL’s service reliability is better than 99.98 percent, and its highly fuel-efficient power plant fleet is one of the cleanest among all utilities nationwide. The company received the top ranking in the southern U.S. among large electric providers, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study^SM, and was recognized in 2017 as one of the most trusted U.S. electric utilities by Market Strategies International. A leading Florida employer with approximately 8,900 employees, FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized for its efforts in sustainability, ethics and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2017 list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.” NextEra Energy is also the parent company of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

Editor’s note: Link to b-roll of lineworkers leaving Palm Beach International Airport and traveling to Puerto Rico: https://fpl.sharefile.com/d-s456c76c106946178

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SOURCE Florida Power & Light Company

FIBRA Prologis to Host Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call January 26

January 8, 2018

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — FIBRA Prologis (BMV: FIBRAPL 14), the leading owner and operator of Class-A logistics real estate in Mexico, will host a webcast and conference call with senior management to discuss fourth quarter results, current market conditions and future outlook on Friday, January 26, at 9:00 a.m. CT/10:00 a.m. ET.

To access a live broadcast of the call, dial +1 877 256 7020 (toll-free from the United States and Canada), 01 800 926 9157 (toll-free from Mexico) or +1 973 409 9692 from all other countries and enter conference code 93296070. A live webcast can be accessed at www.fibraprologis.com in the Investor Relations section January 26.

A telephonic replay will be available January 26 – February 2 at +1 855 859 2056 from the U.S. and Canada or at +1 404 537 3406 from all other countries using conference code 93296070 and security code 31833. The replay will be posted in the Investor Relations section of the FIBRA Prologis website.

ABOUT FIBRA PROLOGIS

FIBRA Prologis is a leading owner and operator of Class-A logistics real estate in Mexico. As of September 30, 2017, FIBRA Prologis comprised 194 logistics and manufacturing facilities in six industrial markets in Mexico totaling 34.2 million square feet (3.2 million square meters) of gross leasable area.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which FIBRA Prologis operates, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact FIBRA Prologis financial results. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature. All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, acquisition activity, development activity, disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, our debt and financial position, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic climates, (ii) changes in financial markets, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties, (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust (“FIBRA”) status and tax structuring, (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings, (vii) risks related to our investments (viii) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters, and (ix) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the “Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores” and the Mexican Stock Exchange by FIBRA Prologis under the heading “Risk Factors.” FIBRA Prologis undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this release.

Non-Solicitation – Any securities discussed herein or in the accompanying presentations, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or the securities laws of any state and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act and any applicable state securities laws. Any such announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities discussed herein or in the presentations, if and as applicable.

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