InterCaribbean Airways, formerly known as Air Turks & Caicos, recently announced new air service schedules connecting San Juan to Puerto Plata and Samaná in the Dominican Republic, and for the first time, a flight connection between the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and Providenciales in the Turks & Caicos Islands, starting Jan. 20.
The Puerto Rico Products Association unveiled Monday its “agenda for Puerto Rico’s socio-economic prosperity,” which pursues a three-pronged strategy to promote, develop and optimize the local industry to effectively insert the island into a global and competitive economy.
The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program, funded by the General Motors Foundation, will accept applications for 2014 scholarships through Feb. 28, the company announced.
After a challenging year when Puerto Rico’s economy remained in contraction, members of the different key industries, trade associations and economists weigh in on what 2014 will bring to the island.
Moody’s Investors Service is set to conclude its review of Puerto Rico’s credit and fiscal situation in coming weeks, when it will focus on key issues of liquidity, budget performance and economic outlook, the New York-based agency said in a report released Thursday.
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for Puerto Rico’s manufacturing sector increased to 53.1 in November, remaining above the threshold level for the fourth consecutive month on a non-seasonally adjusted (NSA) basis, according to the report released Thursday.
Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla on Thursday submitted to the Public Buildings Authority board the appointment of engineer Ángel L. González-Carrasquillo as the new executive director of that government agency.
Puerto Rico's economy continued to be a hot button issue as growth continued to stall.
Dilemmas come in all forms and sizes when it comes to deciding how to push forward a brand in the environs of cyberspace.
The Verdanza Hotel, an independent full-service hotel, is entering its fifth year of operations with optimism and betting on a good peak tourism season that will fuel its projects in 2014, and beyond.
Nearly two decades after it was first unveiled with massive enthusiasm — only to be held up by a protracted legal battle that basically left it in shambles — the Cayo Largo hotel development project is finally expected to move forward in Fajardo starting next year, for an opening in 2017, this media outlet learned.
Frozen yogurt franchise Yogen Früz has increased its presence in Puerto Rico to 30 stores with the recent opening of two new locations at the Rexville Town Center in Bayamón and Galería Juncos, company officials confirmed.
The Puerto Rico Public Private Partnership Authority recently announced the appointment of several advisory firms for key projects in the pipeline, namely, the commuter train from Caguas to San Juan, a new women’s correctional facility, a new men’s correctional facility, and the conversion to natural gas of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority plants.
Making and selling artisan chocolates in Puerto Rico has become a competitive option for local small businesses, which are already dipping into a growing economic sector.
I was glad to see the story on H. Calero’s views on the IT industry. The communications and information technology (C&IT) industry has been the focus of attention in a number of studies at least going back to the 1999-2000 A.D. Little/Estudios Técnicos Inc. study on S&T based economic development strategies.
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