A group of 14 kids between the ages of eight and 14 belonging to the Casa Juan Bosco in Aguadilla got a chance the chance to live an experience of a lifetime last weekend, when they had front-row seats during the first batting practices by the Major League Baseball players who represented Puerto Rico during the World Baseball Classic that wrapped up Sunday.
Driven by their commitment to contribute to the healthy development of Puerto Rican youth, the School of Landscape Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico visited the Centro AME of the Missionary Sisters of Christ the Savior in Arecibo to give a motivational speech about the challenges and benefits of developing athletic and academic gifts, as well as the effort it requires.
In recognition of its efforts to create a healthy, high-performing work environment, Triple-S will receive the American Psychological Association’s 2013 “Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award” at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. last week.
AT&T’s Hispanic/Latino Association, HACEMOS, hosted its annual HACEMOS National High Technology Day in 31 cities across the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico on Feb. 28, making the event’s 15th year.
Four Sizzler restaurants in Puerto Rico were among the nationwide chain’s top five in sales, while the local operation’s performance and overall cleanliness led it to a sweep during the recently held operators conference in California, where it picked up seven awards.
It is a fact that the success of a responsible company depends on its ability to transform to create a workforce committed to the organizations’ goals and projections. The Puerto Rico “Best Employers” study helps identify and acknowledge companies excelling in creating a healthy workplace while achieving their business goals. By combining these and other attributes, companies on this list become benchmarks for their industries.
The University of Miami School of Business Administration announced Wednesday a new scholarship program to support participants in its Puerto Rico Executive MBA program. Scholarships ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 will be available to qualified individuals who are admitted to the class beginning in October 2013.
In an effort to promote education and foster technological advancement for residents of the Municipality of Caguas, the Telecommunications Regulatory Board and the municipal government officially opened Wednesday the town’s first community center with free Internet access.
For more than three years, high-fashion shop Eco Boutique Renovable has been benefitting countless of underprivileged women in Puerto Rico through donations of previously owned clothing and accessories, meeting its goal of recycling and reusing quality items.
Friedman & Feiger, one of the top law firms in Dallas, Texas, recently celebrated the inauguration of its first office outside the continental U.S., with an informal Open House and ribbon cutting ceremony in Hato Rey.
Puerto Rican travel agency wholesalers AAA Tours, Good Quality Tours and Sorymar Tours are among some 270 companies from 39 countries that took part in the Colombia Travel Mart fair in Bogotá and Medellín last week.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department will begin a round of visits to San Juan metropolitan area businesses today to monitoring compliance of the Sales and Use Tax (known as IVU in Spanish).
Reliance on cloud computing services has become a growing trend among companies looking to cut down their costs by paying for what they consume — technologically speaking — while streamlining operations. In Puerto Rico, cloud computing related activity is already estimated at $300 million, and is expected to continue growing over the next decade.
Jani Clean, a Puerto Rican company specializing in janitorial products and services, was chosen as one of three small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America to receive the UPS Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for innovation and success.
The Ford Dealers Association of Puerto Rico donated $16,000 to the Alliance for a Drug-Free Puerto Rico, through the auction of a 2013 Ford Fiesta during the Antique Car Show held earlier this month.
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