Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group announced Monday it will add flat deck barge to its South Atlantic Puerto Rico service in March, increasing the rotation between Jacksonville, Fla., and San Juan to four sailings each week.
Sea Star Line, LLC announced last week it has entered into an agreement to lease two barges with combined additional capacity of 800 40-foot equivalent units.
Aurelio Alemán, president of First BanCorp, announced the appointment Wednesday of Donald L. Kafka as executive vice-president and chief operating officer.
For the seventh straight year, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, known as MassMutual, will offer $150,000 in scholarships to high-achieving college students across the country, including Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico's islandwide tourist map publisher, TravelMaps Inc., announced the purchase of the San Juan Guide, a locally owned pocket-sized guide with a 40-year history.
Puerto Rican health insurance provider Triple-S announced Thursday the availability of a new mobile “app."
In accordance with its practice of regularly reviewing ratings on Rating Watch, credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings announced Wednesday it will maintain its “Rating Watch Negative” status on $3.4 billion of outstanding Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority senior lien revenue bonds.
FirstBank announced Wednesday the approval of a $2 million loan to Deya Elevator Services Inc., a Puerto Rican firm that specializes in vertical transportation, namely elevators, linear transports and ramps.
The 2015 Puerto Rico Investment Summit has been scheduled for Feb. 26-27, less than a year after the first event in the series was held in April 2014, in collaboration with the Department of Economic Development and Commerce.
Forty years ago, as I prepared for a personal adventure that would change my life forever, I read an autobiography by U.S. Supreme Court Judge William O. Douglas called “Go East Young Man, The Early Years.”
Life Wireless, a cellular provider offering free phone service to eligible customers through the federal Lifeline program, has opened its first retail locations in Puerto Rico to better serve its fast-growing customer base.
The Puerto Rico chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals for America recently hosted its second annual "Women of ALPFA” event, which brought together a trio of female executives who spoke of their careers, keys to succeeding in the workplace, and how to balance work and personal lives.
TransCita, a non-emergency health services transportation company in Puerto Rico, recently announced the launch of its new gift card, available in denominations of $10, ranging from $40 to $150.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched its 2015 Emerging Leaders executive-level training series in 48 cities and communities across the country, including San Juan, which is joining the program for the first time.
Puerto Rico will receive up to $1,944,740 to design health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health care quality and lower costs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell announced Tuesday.
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