JetBlue confirms move to LMM’s Terminal A
March 14, 2012
JetBlue Airways confirmed Wednesday it will be moving into Luis Muñoz Marín’s vacant Terminal A at the end of May, upon reaching an agreement with the Puerto Rico Ports Authority. The agency had hinted late last year that such a move was in the works for the island’s largest air carrier.
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Telecom Board infighting unleashes unprecedented lawsuit linked to IPTV dispute
March 14, 2012
The tension that has been brewing in recent months among the Telecommunications Regulatory Board members over Puerto Rico Telephone/Claro’s cable franchise license petition escalated another notch late last week, when the agency sued Associate Member Nixyvette Santini in San Juan Superior Court.
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Ford partners with AutoGrupo to open $5M Bayamón dealership
March 14, 2012
Ford Motor Company spent nearly a year looking for a partner to re-enter the Bayamón region, ultimately picking AutoGrupo to plant its flag through a new $5 million dealership slated to open April 1, representatives from both companies announced Tuesday.
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Gov’t incentives spur use of solar heaters in P.R.
March 14, 2012
Some 11,200 solar heaters were installed in Puerto Rico during 2011 and 2012, following the injection of more than $20 million in American Recovery Act and Reinvestment Act funds into local product manufacturers, Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi and Energy Affairs Administration Executive Director Luis Bernal said Tuesday.
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Walmart planting flag in Toa Baja with $31M Supercenter
March 14, 2012
Joined by a contingent of municipal and central government officials, Walmart Puerto Rico announced Tuesday the construction of its future $31 million Supercenter store in Toa Baja, expected to open at the end of this year.
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FDA admonishes Warner Chilcott over birth control pill production in Fajardo
March 13, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a stern warning to pharmaceutical manufacturer Warner Chilcott Company, LLC in Fajardo for not taking sufficient corrective action related to its birth control pill production.
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Orgánica yogurts to be sold at SuperMax
March 13, 2012
Local yogurt maker Orgánica Yogurt Inc. recently signed an agreement with Puerto Rican grocer SuperMax to begin selling its thick, creamy yogurt products at seven of the chain’s 16 stores, company officials announced.
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Popular rolls ‘Finanzas en tus manos’ program to Culebra
March 13, 2012
Banco Popular’s institutional program “Finanzas en tus Manos” (“Your finances in your hands”) rolled into the island municipality of Culebra on its latest stop through an islandwide tour that will blanket 25 towns.
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Diageo offers $55K in scholarships for ‘Learning for Life’ initiative
March 13, 2012
British liquor producer Diageo has kicked off the recruitment of college students interested in participating in its “Learning for Life” program, an eight-week hands-on training on Puerto Rico’s service and tourism industry.
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JetBlue seeks OK to fly Washington’s Reagan National Airport, LMM route
March 12, 2012
JetBlue Airways filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation a "capital-to-capital" application for permission to launch new nonstop service from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to San Juan, a route that has been unattended for quite some time, the company announced Monday.
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PRIDCO assigns $1.6M to Inteco’s broadband development project
March 12, 2012
The Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company’s board approved a $1.6 million assignment to the Central Eastern Technological Initiative, to match federal funding granted by the U.S. National Telecommunication and Information Administration to expand broadband access to economically disadvantage communities in the region, Economic Development and Commerce José Pérez-Riera, who also heads Pridco, said Monday.
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P.R. consumers click their way into saving millions with ‘group coupons’
March 12, 2012
It’s no big secret that Puerto Ricans have changed their shopping habits in the wake of the tough economic times experienced in the last six years. So much so that using what was once taboo, a discount coupon, is becoming a daily occurrence due in part to the proliferation of online companies dedicated to offering everything from a manicure to furniture cleaning services at a fraction of the cost.
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Porsche World Roadshow makes island pit stop
March 12, 2012
The Porsche World Roadshow recently pulled into Puerto Rico, one of the iconic automaker’s top Latin American markets that despite maneuvering a prolonged economic downturn, continues to fuel regional sales.
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Treasury cuts $28.7M in refund checks to 31K taxpayers
March 12, 2012
The Treasury Department is keeping up the pace in processing this year’s tax returns, reimbursing more than $28.7 million to 31,494 taxpayers who have filed their planillas well ahead of this year’s April 17th deadline, agency Secretary Jesús Méndez said.
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Tsunami shelter developer strikes agreements to build prototype
March 9, 2012
Brahman Industries, the developer of a tsunami and flood shelter system known as the STATIM, announced Thursday it has entered into a collaborative agreement with Martínez Marine Design Inc and Creative Systems Inc. to validate the structure’s design and capabilities and move forward to producing and testing full-scale prototypes.
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