The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico announced Wednesday that, as part of its efforts to increase transparency and improve investor relations, it has made additional disclosure materials available on its website.
Puerto Rico’s mortgage bankers and housing developers raised a red flag Tuesday to warn about the potentially devastating effects of a recently enacted federal regulation that sets new parameters that could make it difficult for would-be island home buyers to qualify for loans starting next year.
Ciencia Puerto Rico, the world's largest online network of Puerto Rican scientists, has implemented new capabilities in the CienciaPR.org site to help mitigate the island’s scientific brain drain by adding resources to help the community stay connected.
Puerto Rico projects the image of a society that has achieved material progress but behind the curtain lies a stark reality: 45.6 percent of its people live in poverty compared with 15.9 percent in the U.S., according to a report released by the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (PUCPR).
Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Luis Sánchez-Betances announced Tuesday that the island will receive more than $34,000 as part of an agreement between other states, territories, and the federal government and Kmart Corp. to settle allegations that Kmart submitted false claims and false statements through its Kmart Pharmacy Centers to the federal government, state governments, and territories for payments relating to partial fills of prescriptions.
Puerto Rico Convention Bureau President Milton Segarra, announced the appointments of Minnette Vélez as director of marketing and Mari Waid as director of destination support services. These appointments come as part of a restructuring of the organization.
Seaborne Airlines announced Tuesday it will launch a new non-stop route from the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport to La Romana International Airport in the Dominican Republic starting Dec. 12th.
The Puerto Rico Products Association announced that Oct. 24 is the deadline for microentrepreneurs to apply for funding through the Antrocket crowdsourcing platform.
Prototypes, hybrid and futuristic cars, as well as other automotive novelties will be on display through Nov. 3 in Plaza Las Américas during the 15th edition of the Puerto Rico International Auto Show, which officially kicked off Monday.
A delegation of Colombian electrical industry executives traveled to Puerto Rico last week looking to establish business relationships with local companies and set the foundation for a possible expansion into the United States via this territory.
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed suit in federal court against Beneficiado de Café Las Indieras, doing business as Hacienda Remanso de Paz, and its president, Wilfredo Ruiz-Vargas, for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum wage and record-keeping provisions.
Now that our island’s government is bent on developing a vigorous small-business ecosystem in Puerto Rico, it’s prudent to take a look at one strategy that would specially help local micro-enterprises consider merchandise payment options, always a tricky and complicated issue. Quick tech solutions are readily at hand.
Puerto Rico corporations that close their books based on the calendar year, have until Friday (Oct. 25) to pay their estimated taxes, as per the recently enacted amendments to Law 117, Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Monday.
Starting today, Liberty Puerto Rico will offer HBO Go and MAX Go to all OneLink and Liberty customers who are subscribed to HBO and Cinemax at no additional cost.
Surprises abounded this fall when the 1,300-member Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association sponsored its first official mission to Cuba to learn about potential business opportunities there.
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