With an investment of $1.5 million, the Hospital Metropolitano recently inaugurated a comprehensive women’s health center called the D’ Mujer Health & Prevention Center, company officials announced. The new unit enables the medical facility to expand its range of services to address the health of Puerto Rican women, who in addition to having access to […]
Following three decades of operating in Puerto Rico from its headquarters in Salinas under the names of DuPont Pioneer and Dow AgroSciences, the company is starting a new phase of operations focused on the research and development of corn, sorghum and soybean seeds under Corteva Agriscience name. Through this effort, the company “strengthens its position […]
Marking its third year of operations in Puerto Rico, Market Tech Consulting has inaugurated a new contact center in Bayamón staffed by a 100% local workforce to provide commercial and service support to businesses and professionals. The new facilities entailed an investment of $1 million and house 187 work units that generate 300 direct local […]
In an effort to provide alternatives and new solutions that contribute to Puerto Rico’s economy and to attract different markets interested in investing and buying goods on the island, E&S Group Inc. is relaunching the EdictosySubastas.com digital platform. This is a system that collects, organizes, categorizes and presents detailed information about the different auctions that […]
The Puerto Rico Tourism Co.’s “Voy Turisteando” campaign that ran from April to August 2019 generated $52.2 million for the local economy and prompted a 43% increase in hotel room stays islandwide, agency officials announced. The campaign “exceeded” expectations, Tourism Co. Executive Director Carla Campos said. The promotional effort, which focused on a campaign centered […]
AT&T’s announcement that it plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Liberty Latin America drew reactions from members of the industry, including its main competitor T-Mobile. T-Mobile CEO John Legere, who is known for his outspokenness and for taunting his competitors, took to his Twitter […]
The AT&T brand has been a fixture in the Puerto Rico market for decades, during which it has been associated with both wireless and wireline services — a dominant carrier for when per-minute, long-distance calling existed — that changed the face of local telecommunications. The AT&T name has been around since the telephone was invented. […]
Liberty Latin America Ltd. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AT&T Inc.’s wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.95 billion. “This strategic and complementary acquisition is an exciting and unique opportunity to expand our business in one of our […]
Baby boomers in Puerto Rico have the lowest personal loan balances, carrying an average of $10,158 in the second quarter of 2019, according to data released by consumer and business credit reporting and marketing services firm Experian data. “While this balance is still twice the national average held by Generation Z, it’s 38% less than […]
The Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Caguas announced that 15 years after opening as the first hotel in the region, it will be unveiling a $7 million renovation of its facilities during the upcoming Christmas season. The hotel is betting on the progress of the local economy and the island’s human resources, Miguel Rivas, […]
Travel industry magazine Condé Nast Traveler announced the results of its annual Reader’s Choice Awards, and Puerto Rico was recognized as the #1 Caribbean Island on the list of “Top 5 Islands in the Caribbean & the Atlantic” for 2019. “Puerto Rico’s tourism continues to thrive in full force with revenue and passenger arrivals at […]
3A Press, a printing operation that supplies the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries, has expanded its operation in the town of Lajas, following a $7 million investment in equipment and machinery. During a tour of the facility, Department of Economic Development and Commerce Secretary Manuel A. Laboy, lauded the move of the company he described […]
Banco Popular and Visa announced the debut in Puerto Rico of contactless payment technology for their Visa credit card portfolio. As of today, all Popular Visa credit cards, newly issued or replaced, will feature this new proximity payment technology, which meets all the same security standards as traditional chip cards, including that each transaction is […]
Two years after Hurricane María battered Puerto Rico, local think tank Center for a New Economy has developed an innovative digital platform to help examine Puerto Rico’s economic growth after the storm. The new Federal Post-María Contracting Monitoring Dashboard gives reporters, academics, organizations, and individuals the ability to easily access all available data relating to […]
To continue promoting golf as a tourist attraction on the Island, Discover Puerto Rico, the island’s destination marketing organization, met with golf industry representatives to join forces and attract more visitors to Puerto Rico. Discover Puerto Rico made its promotional platforms available to the industry to promote each of the 17 golf courses on the […]
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