Designer Aaron Stewart and his partner Fernando Rodríguez recently opened the Aaron Stewart Home Pop Up Store, at the posh Dorado Ritz Carlton Reserve’s Encanto Beach Club.
Some 730 children participating in programs run by several Puerto Rico nonprofits recently received gift cards from Payless ShoeSource as part of its “Shoes 4Kids” program, which seeks to help and deliver cheer to needy kids islandwide.
Wireless carrier T-Mobile recently delivered its traditional Christmas lunch to some 375 homeless people who seek assistance from nonprofit shelter La Fondita de Jesús in Santurce.
Some 60 GlaxoSmithKline employees recently partnered with Scuba Dogs Society and the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to clean up Piñones Beach through solid waste collection.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its “Light Duty Fuel Economy Trends” report, confirming Mazda Motor Corporation as the most fuel-efficient auto manufacturer in the U.S. With the highest fleet-wide adjusted fuel economy performance of 27.1 miles per gallon, and the lowest CO2 emissions of 328, Mazda led the EPA’s chart for model year 2012.
Puerto Rican mobile service provider Open Mobile has signed a multi-year agreement to renew existing services and to add services provided by Florida-based to better serve their LTE customers.
The Susan G. Komen Puerto Rico Financing Program recently awarded $382,244 to 24 nonprofit organizations for breast and health care, as well as quality treatment for Puerto Rican women.
Sports Authority, one of the largest full-line sporting goods retailers in the United States, announced Monday it will be hiring department managers for the company’s two newest locations in Plaza Las Américas and Plaza Carolina, which are set to open in early April 2014.
The Puerto Rico Consumer Affairs Department is unveiling today its new 3-1-1 consumer orientation service, through which citizens will be able to call to get general information about their rights as consumers, as well as on the complaint filing process, agency Secretary Nery Adames said. Through the hotline, consumers will also have access to details […]
Seaborne Airlines last week debuted its new service from San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to La Romana International Airport the Dominican Republic.
Under current economic conditions, Puerto Rico’s nonprofits must be able to measure the results of their efforts to justify their work effectively to their donors and society in general.
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico was recenlty chosen to host Honeywell Day, when company representatives from the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico visited the school and conducted several lectures on engineering and technology, as well as issues related to the needs and opportunities in the industry.
Following the successful completion of the implementation of sales process and service coordination systems at HIMA San Pablo to enable the hospital group enter the field of medical tourism, technology firm Fusionworks has expanded its own portfolio to assist other hospital groups do the same.
Portland, Ore.-based Banfield Pet Hospital, considered one of the world’s largest veterinary practices, announced the opening of its first Puerto Rico location, in the San Patricio sector of Guaynabo. The new hospital is located inside PetSmart and will open in February 2014.
Puerto Rico Trade and Export rolled out an initiative Wednesday to spur community economic development that is split into two programs: a Microenterprise Development Incubator and an Economic Incentive to Community Microenterprises, said agency Executive Director Francisco Chévere.
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