The pristine, white-powdered sands and turquoise waters of Flamenco Beach — on Puerto Rico's island municipality of Culebra — have earned it a fifth place ranking among the world’s top 10 beaches included in Trip Advisor’s “2013 Travelers’ Choice Beaches Awards.”
Grupo Felcon, owner of the Mayagüez Ford dealership, has invested $5 million to build a new 20,000 square-foot dealership to continue building upon its more than two years of success in the western region, company officials said Wednesday.
Dish Network announced Wednesday the availability of the “Hopper Transfers” app, an exclusive feature for its Hopper with Sling Whole-Home High-Definition DVR service that lets customers move television recordings from the DVR to an iPad for viewing without an Internet connection.
Puerto Rico Ports Authority Executive Director Víctor Suárez said Tuesday the Federal Aviation Administration has been “rigorously evaluating” the proposed public-private partnership deal for the Luis Muñoz Marín International airport because “everything they express will become precedent.”
Talks are underway between the Ports Authority and the Puerto Rico National Guard to move the latter’s operations out of Isla Grande’s Fernando Ribas Dominicci and Luis Muñoz Marín International airports to Ceiba, to free up valuable space at the metropolitan area air transportation facilities.
Citing a study that concluded that legalizing slots in places other than casinos could represent multimillion losses for the industry and the government, as well as the elimination of hundreds of jobs, the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association blasted Tuesday a proposal by Rep. Rafael “Tatito” Hernández to get those machines online.
Medical device manufacturer Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. was on the receiving end of a warning letter from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration last week, in which it was cited over concerns relating to process validations, corrective and preventative actions, as well as document controls, at its Añasco plant.
Seaborne Airlines announced Tuesday new non-stop service from Luis Muñoz Marín Airport to three new airports in the Caribbean — Melville Hall Airport in Dominica, the Aime Cesaire Airport de Fort-de-France in Martinique, and the Pointe-a-Pitre International Airport in Guadeloupe — starting April 1.
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company is throwing its support behind the government’s most recent attempt to define a permanent identity for the island by establishing a 15-member committee under the Economic Development and Commerce Department that would be in charge of creating and adopting a “national brand.”
Puerto Rican Broadband service provider Aeronet was recently named the Wireless Internet Service Provider Association’s 2012 “Operator of the Year.”
Puerto Rico received $7 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds in 2009, but failed to create and retain jobs and renovate infrastructure as they were supposed to because hundreds of millions of dollars were used to cover the operational deficiencies of a handful of government agencies.
Coordinating events such as conventions, meetings, workshops, and social activities, is part of any company or professional organization’s day-to-day. Generally speaking, companies earmark a portion of their budget to develop these activities, either to motivate employees and members or to introduce their services to prospective clients.
The Puerto Rico Products Association expressed its support, but with reservations, of President Barack Obama’s proposal to increase minimum wage to $9 in 2015.
Saying the bank is “here to grow,” Santander Puerto Rico President Román Blanco-Reinosa outlined the financial institution’s strategy through 2015 — a plan that calls for achieving a net profit of $100 million in three years by focusing on five core business areas. When that vision is translated into numbers, it adds up to 100x35.
Government Development Bank President Javier Ferrer said the García-Padilla administration is “analyzing all types of measures” to address Puerto Rico’s critical fiscal problems fronted by the drained public retirement systems that are being closely watched by stateside credit agencies.
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