Meet Puerto Rico establishes ‘Customer Advisory Board’
July 31, 2014
Meet Puerto Rico, the organization in charge of bringing groups and conventions to Puerto Rico, announced the creation of its new Customer Advisory Board, comprising 11 professionals representing a diverse mix of companies — from associations, corporations and third party planners.
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Ponce nonprofit gets $20K from Monsanto Fund
July 31, 2014
The Centro Madre Dominga Casa Belén in Ponce received a $20,000 donation from the Monsanto Fund to install a new computer system to provide training to the participants of the Center and optimize its administration, the entities recently announced.
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Oriental grants $1.4M loan to Bettina Cosmetics Inc.
July 29, 2014
Oriental Bank’s corporate banking division recently granted Puerto Rican company Bettina Cosmetics Inc. a loan exceeding $1.4 million, in keeping with its goal of supporting the island’s economic development.
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Shoe Carnival adds stores in Bayamón, Mayagüez
July 23, 2014
Shoe Carnival in Puerto Rico is going strong with its local expansion, adding two new stores to its footprint in time for back to school.
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Sam’s exports Café Yaucono, Arroz Rico to Florida clubs
July 18, 2014
Sam’s Club announced Thursday it will begin selling Café Yaucono and Arroz Rico to its stores in Florida as part of its program to export Puerto Rican products to areas with a large community from the island.
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LG G3 smartphone debuts in Puerto Rican mobile market
July 18, 2014
Following its strong debut in South Korea, LG Electronics (LG) will begin its global rollout of its G3 smartphone starting next week, in partnership with several carriers, including Claro, T-Mobile and AT&T in Puerto Rico.
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Yogen Früz opens location in Kmart San Patricio store
July 18, 2014
Frozen yogurt retailer Yogen Früz recently opened a new kiosk-type location at the main entrance of the Kmart store in San Patricio Plaza mall in Guaynabo, becoming the first of several planned inside the retailer, company officials said.
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Coca-Cola empowers, connects women entrepreneurs
July 17, 2014
With the presentation of the “Women Connection Lounge” at the recently held Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce convention, The Coca-Cola Company joined its #5by20 global program, which aims to empower women around the world by providing tools that contribute to their progress and improvement.
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USA Today readers pick P.R. best Caribbean wedding spot
July 17, 2014
Puerto Rico has nabbed the #1 spot as the ideal Caribbean location for destination weddings in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice poll, beating out locations such as St. Lucia, Aruba and Key West, Puerto Rico Tourism Company Executive Director Ingrid Rivera said Wednesday.
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USDA makes $33M available for farm labor housing
July 17, 2014
Agriculture Acting Under Secretary Doug O’Brien announced the availability of more than $33 million to provide safe and affordable housing for farm workers and their families through the Farm Labor Housing Program.
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PRHTA to host talk on boosting job performance
July 15, 2014
The Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association announced Monday the upcoming seminar, “Managing time and energy: fundamentals of high performance,” through which it seeks to help participants elevate job performance and daily life.
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TransCita increases fleet to 130 vehicles
July 14, 2014
What started as an entrepreneurial idea seven years ago to transport patients to medical appointments and treatments employing only four vehicles, recently increased its fleet of vehicles to 130 to provide non-emergency health transportation to services throughout Puerto Rico, company officials announced.
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PetSmart announces its 11th store in Puerto Rico
July 11, 2014
Pet specialty products retailer PetSmart announced the upcoming opening of its 11th store in Puerto Rico and the second location in Carolina.
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W.R. Recycling settles hazardous waste case with EPA
July 10, 2014
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal settlement with W.R. Recycling of Cabo Rojo, the owner and operator of an auto crushing and scrap recycling business, resolving alleged violations of federal hazardous waste law.
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Puerto Rico nat’l culinary team ‘Best in Caribbean’
July 8, 2014
The Puerto Rico National Culinary Team was crowned once again "Best Culinary Team in the Caribbean" at the Taste of the Caribbean competition held at the Hyatt Regency in Miami.
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