This fall, Congress has an important opportunity to create jobs and grow the economy by passing a long-term, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill.
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.”
After signing a contract to export human capital services with Fortis TCI, an electricity provider in the Caribbean, Puerto Rican company Rock Solid Technologies Inc., signed an agreement with the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company to create 100 new computer engineering jobs over the next 36 months.
Waffler Avenue, a local retail concept created by Puerto Rican entrepreneur Rey Ramón, will open this week in the San Patricio area of Guaynabo to offer its menu of Belgian waffles, specialty coffee and handcrafted chocolates.
The Puerto Rico Treasury Department has referred three tax evasion cases to the Justice Department against corporations who failed to pay more than $3.6 million, Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Wednesday.
Metropolitan area foodies have two new options in fine dining with the recent openings of a pair of restaurants featuring very different menus. While newcomer Bodega Las Tablas in Santurce offers authentic Spanish fare, Salt Gastrobar in Isla Verde serves up modernist cuisine, combined with innovative luxury cocktails.
Airport operator Aerostar Holdings recently invested $5 million on the purchase of five new jet bridges to be installed at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport’s Terminal D to serve Delta Airlines and U.S. Airways passengers, this media outlet learned.
Physical rehabilitation hospital HealthSouth of San Juan recently received a pair of awards — "Outstanding Performance in Clinical Excellence" and "Satisfaction to Patient" — during the company’s annual meeting and awards Banquet held recently in Boston.
The Puerto Rico Broadband Taskforce announced Tuesday the local launch of “EveryoneOn,” a national public service campaign aimed at promoting digital literacy skills and the importance of being connected online as a means of social, educational and economical development.
Puerto Rico will once again have a direct connection to Spain starting in May 2014, when Air Europa will take over the route that competitor Iberia abandoned earlier this year due to economic problems.
The towns of Yabucoa, Guayama and Guayanilla will receive a combined $138,982 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development's Housing Preservation Grant program to make housing repairs and improve housing conditions for limited income rural residents, the agency announced Tuesday.
Puerto Rico’s housing developers are ready to address the current needs that countries in Latin America have for housing by exporting their services, experience and knowledge about foreign markets, Homebuilders Association President Roberto Trápaga said Tuesday.
The seventh edition of Sapientis Week brought together an eclectic group of private sector representatives and school directors to exchange thoughts and leadership strategies that will support the transformation of Puerto Rican public education.
“Please make a final check that your mobile phone and other electronic devices are switched off before fastening your seatbelt...”
Group coupon purveyor Groupon announced Tuesday the debut of its Groupon iPad app in Puerto Rico, as well as other mobile updates that seek to make life easier for shoppers.
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