Family-owned industry Caribbean Produce has been recognized twice this month as distributor of the year and among Puerto Rico’s 100 outstanding companies, by the Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber (MIDA by its initials in Spanish), and the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC), respectively.
The Senate’s Women Affairs Committee recently recognized Doral Bank’s initiative to support the economic and professional development of Puerto Rican female entrepreneurs through its “Mujeres d Éxito” community program.
In an economy where electronic communications are a mainstay, it is essential to know how to develop strategies to maintain good cybersecurity practices.
The Puerto Rico Society of CPAs will be hosting a symposium on the newest accounting, auditing and internal control standards and findings, as well as other key topics for the profession on June 14, at the Conrad San Juan Condado Plaza.
Looking to show its commitment to environmental protection, Garnier recently acknowledged the work of a group of students from specialized high schools in Puerto Rico that participated in the “Ambientando con Garnier Green Team” competition.
Royal Isabela — the world-class golf and private membership club on the cliffs of northwest Puerto Rico — announced it will host its inaugural “Open Golf Championship” July 26-28, at the Links at Royal Isabela.
Aspiring to diminish the island's “brain drain” and empower students and young professionals as civic agents, Puerto Rican Minds in Action will sponsor its fourth “Empowerment and Retention of Change Agents Program” (PARACa, for its initials in Spanish) this weekend from the Botanical Garden in Caguas.
Wyndham Garden Hotel & Casino at Palmas del Mar announced Wednesday it has received a TripAdvisor “Certificate of Excellence” award. The accolade, which honors hospitality excellence, is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, and is extended to qualifying businesses worldwide. Only the top-performing 10 percent of businesses listed on TripAdvisor receive this prestigious award.
BBQ franchise Famous Dave’s, which opened its first restaurant in Puerto Rico earlier this year, announced Tuesday the start of a benefit campaign on behalf of the Children’s Hospital.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Tuesday kicked off National Homeownership Month by highlighting programs to help rural residents buy, refinance and repair homes.
Amgen employees from the Juncos plant and their families got together recently to clean up the coastline of the Cabezas de San Juan Natural Reserve’s beach in Fajardo.
Two days of culinary demos and educational activities took place in the U.S. Virgin Islands late last month, during the annual “Ultimate Flavors of the Islands” event at the Frenchman’s Reef and Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort in St. Thomas and sponsored by Banco Popular.
This isn’t like the competition we see on today’s popular entertainment television shows. No, it’s far more serious competition and recognition of small businesses that create jobs, produce revenue, lift local economies, support the local infrastructure and give back charitably to the communities where they live and work. It’s about the business of America.
Rock Solid Technologies Inc., a Puerto Rican software development company, recently acquired the “Virtual Kollector” software product from Knowledge Power Group Inc. that allows online government tax collections, and facilitates other transactions.
The three-day Puerto Rico Heineken International Regatta, which took place over Memorial Day weekend in Palmas del Mar in Humacao represented an economic injection of more than $1 million into area hotels and businesses, event organizers said.
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