The U.S. Small Business Administration’s online portal is ready to accept nominations for its 2014 National Small Business Week Awards, including the annual “Small Business Person of the Year” award, the agency announced Thursday.
Sam’s Club Puerto Rico announced Thursday that as part of its commitment to Puerto Rican agriculture, it will begin selling papaya and goat cheese produced by farmers from the island’s mountain region at some of its local stores.
The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort recently received the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards 2013 for the second consecutive year, a recognition granted to 25 destinations in the Caribbean chosen by the trade magazine's readers.
Credit card processing firm TSYS announced Wednesday it has signed a long-term payments agreement with FirstBank Puerto Rico to provide payment processing for the bank’s consumer credit card portfolio.
The staff of technology firm Nagnoi recently joined the “Uniendo Cabezas por los Niños del CAP,” shaving their heads for charity. The goal was to help the organization exceed its goal of raising $50,000 for pediatric cancer patients.
The Compulsory Insurance Joint Underwriters Association this week launched a campaign to generate awareness among citizens about driving safely during the Christmas season through the “Safety on the road is in you. Think. Act. Live Safely" slogan.
Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera-Cruz, and Doral Bank announced Tuesday that 25 women with artistic abilities will participate in a free three-month educational program by the Art Workshop to further encourage and enhance the participants' artistic abilities and techniques.
To help raise funds for several initiatives through the Ricky Martin Foundation, Ford Puerto Rico recently donated a Ford Focus, which will be raffled in May 2014 and will be on display at Plaza Las Américas in Hato Rey until the end of December.
Paid television provider Dish Puerto Rico announced Monday it has added discount club chain Costco to its list of retailers selling the service on the island.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $30,000 to the Vieques Historical and Conservation Trust to fund surveys of old and decaying septic systems in five neighborhoods in the island municipality.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that one million people have been given the designation of a ‘trusted traveler’ through the Global Entry program launched five years ago, which provides arriving travelers with a quicker, more efficient and more secure entry process into the United States.
The highly anticipated facelift announced earlier this year for the Luis Muñoz Marín International airport has taken off at Terminals B and C, at a cost of $240 million, facilities operator Aerostar Airport Holdings confirmed Sunday.
For the first time in Puerto Rico, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, in coordination with the CPA Society, will be offering exams to be qualified as a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor.
Government officials celebrated Sunday the first successful harvest of rice in Puerto Rico in the last 30 years from seeds planted in the Lajas Valley in the summer.
The Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association announced Thursday details of the event through which it will officially welcome the holidays, the “Saborea Puerto Rico Winter Party.”
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