‘I love Puerto Rico tomatoes’ campaign takes SME win
October 27, 2014
Integrated communications campaign “I Love Puerto Rico Tomatoes” promoting the local tomato harvest for 2014, received top awards by the Puerto Rico Sales and Marketing Association during the recently held annual Marketing Excellence Awards Summit.
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OPEN Puerto Rico gets donation from executive Prouty
October 23, 2014
OPEN Puerto Rico received what it called “a strong vote of confidence” this week from Nicholas Prouty, CEO of Putnam Bridge Funding LLC, who made an undisclosed donation to help the organization continue its efforts to facilitate and promote transparency in Puerto Rico.
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Infiniti sponsors ‘World Stars of Classical Ballet Gala’
October 23, 2014
Luxury automaker Infiniti recently sponsored the presentation of the World Stars of Classical Ballet Gala at the Luis A. Ferré Fine Arts Center in Santurce.
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Mercedes-Benz unveils new C-Class 2015 models
October 23, 2014
Mercedes-Benz this week unveiled two C-Class models: C300 4MATIC and the and a C400 4MATIC for the Puerto Rico market, which are currently on display as part of the Puerto Rico International Auto Show at the Plaza las Américas mall in Hato Rey.
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Locally produced newscast to debut on WAPA America
October 22, 2014
Starting Oct. 27 U.S. Hispanics will be able to watch a new Spanish-language primetime newscast produced specifically for the U.S. market by Puerto Rico's WAPA Television.
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USDA grants $153K to Puerto Rico for housing repairs
October 20, 2014
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently granted Puerto Rico $153,345 to help rural families repair and rehabilitate their homes. The funding is included in a global $4.8 million the agency is doling out nationwide, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced.
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Doral employees urge to gov’t to end fight, spare jobs
October 17, 2014
A group of Doral Bank employees held a news conference Thursday, urging Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla to stop the government’s “attack” on their workplace, and “save their jobs.”
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Liberty Puerto Rico launches ‘Liberty Everywhere’
October 16, 2014
Liberty Puerto Rico recently launched its newest product, “Liberty Everywhere,” through which it vows to “transform the ways in which its customers access and use video content.”
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Bahía Beach Resort selects Claro as telecom provider
October 16, 2014
Telecommuncations company Claro Puerto Rico and the St. Regis Bahía Beach Resort and Golf Club announced an agreement by which the former will provide the residents of Bahía Beach its television and fiber optic broadband services with speeds of up to 150 Megas for Internet service.
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PR MBDA receives $100K for aerospace industry training
October 15, 2014
The Puerto Rico Minority Business Development Agency Center, a nonprofit run by the Puerto Rico Products Association, received funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce to establish a technical assistance program to help minority companies join the aerospace industry supply chain.
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Polytechnic Univ., MAPFRE team up for scholarships
October 14, 2014
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico recently signed an agreement with MAPFRE Foundation through which the global insurance company will provide an annual scholarship for post-graduate studies in Spain and five annual scholarships for students specializing in e-learning studies focusing on insurance.
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Puerto Rico strongly represented in IMEX America show
October 14, 2014
Starting today, a delegation of Puerto Rico’s tourism industry, led by Meet Puerto Rico, will participate in the fourth edition of IMEX America, the largest tradeshow for the international meetings, events and incentive travel industry in the U.S., held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Walmart ‘tells its story’ in new institutional ad campaign
October 8, 2014
Walmart Puerto Rico announced the launch of a campaign in which partners, suppliers, manufacturing, agribusiness representatives and nonprofit entities take part in relating the the “positive impact that the presence of this company on the island has had on their lives and their businesses.”
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Claro offering free IPTV service through Jan. ’15
October 8, 2014
Telecommunications provider Claro announced Tuesday it will provide its broadband-based ClaroTV paid television service free of charge until January 2015 to customers who sign up to its bundled package this month.
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AT&T, Univ. of USVI partner to curb texting while driving
October 7, 2014
The University of the Virgin Islands and AT&T recently held a joint event in the neighboring territory seeking to drive home the message with students that no text is worth a life or injury.
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