Looking to boost the island’s film industry, the Puerto Rico Film Commission announced the start of this year’s funding cycle for fiction feature films, which runs from today through Sept. 26.
Delta Air Lines, this year’s lead sponsor of Puerto Rico BloggerCon 2013, will host a panel of renowned bloggers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Spain to address the impact of social media on the travel and tourism industry.
Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport unveiled Wednesday its new website, which will feature a number of useful tools for both passengers and visitors, including flight searches and real-time status updates, said Agustín Arellano, CEO of Aerostar Airport Holdings, the company that manages the facility.
Puerto Rico climbed one more notch in this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum’s “Global Competitiveness Report,” landing in 30th place among 148 countries around the globe.
Starting next month, passengers arriving to Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport will have easier access to car rental companies, which will move their operations to the first level of the multi-level parking facility, Agustín Arellano, CEO of Aerostar Airport Holdings, airport administrator, said Tuesday.
A merchant must decide nowadays whether providing customers free access to the Web is good for business. Very much so, since connectivity is the backbone of the Internet. Let's look at it this way, our lives revolve around three digital windows: cellphone, computer and TV screens.
The Coaching Spot, a new company looking to offer Puerto Rico entrepreneurs the chance to rediscover the balance between their professional life and their image by focusing on creating growth opportunities through business development and support, will offer a seminar Thursday on available strategies.
The Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and Huertas Junior College recently signed an agreement that will facilitate transfers of students enrolled in the latter’s associate degree programs to the former’s bachelor’s degree programs.
Today’s generation lives in a multiscreen world, where people are connected all day, to the point that they are called “Generation-C,” due to their digital and participatory nature, their link to mobile devices and the type of relationships they develop through the Internet.
José Enrique Fernández-Bjerg, president and founder of Kinesis Foundation, recently became the only Puerto Rican appointed to the National Commission on College and University Board Governance, created by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges.
The Ashford Presbyterian Community Hospital, best known as the “Presby,” recently earned the “Mentor Hospital” distinction from the Health Research & Educational Trust, an affiliate of the American Hospital Association, the hospital announced.
In the next two months, the Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority (PRIFA) will open bids for construction projects totaling $62.5 million, agency Executive Director Grace Santana told members of the Association of General Contractors.
The Puerto Rico Highway and Transportation Authority closed Thursday $400 million in Bond Anticipation Notes financing with RBC Capital Markets that will benefit both the agency and the Government Development Bank, its Interim President José Pagán said.
Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said Thursday the government collected $495 million in General Fund revenue in July, the first month of the current fiscal year.
The Puerto Rico CPA Society and the Economic Development Bank have partnered to, among other things, identify financing sources and services to help promote local products and services companies with the goal of creating jobs and strengthening existing businesses, EDB President Joey Cancel-Planas said Thursday.
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