Colombia’s flagship airline, Avianca, will mark its return to the Puerto Rico market after a 12-year absence with a direct route between San Juan and Bogotá starting July 17, company and government officials confirmed Tuesday.
The Puerto Rico Justice Department’s Office of Monopolistic Affairs announced Tuesday it has filed a complaint against Supermercados Econo Inc. for violations to fair competition rules after failing to notify about recent changes in its grocery store chain’s composition.
The Puerto Rico State Department has a backlog of about 20,000 trademark and corporation registration applications pending review, which it is looking to eliminate this year, Secretary of State David Bernier said Tuesday.
Sabre Travel Network, a global technology company serving travel agencies and suppliers, has signed a multi-year agreement with Seaborne Airlines to market its fares, schedules and inventory to Sabre-connected travel agents, the company announced Tuesday.
Walmart Puerto Rico announced this week that as part of its efforts to strengthen local agricultural production, it recently signed agreements to buy large amounts of onions and oranges from local farmers.
Scotia Mortgage recently closed three loans in partnership with Habitat for Humanity to help the nonprofit organization’s goal of providing low-income residents with new homes.
Sprint Nextel confirmed Monday it has received an unsolicited proposal from DISH Network to acquire the company for $25.5 billion, saying “its Board of Directors will evaluate this proposal carefully and consistent with its fiduciary and legal duties.”
Thousands of last-minute taxpayers are expected to file their returns in Puerto Rico today, and the Treasury Department is responding by offering extended hours at 21 collections centers, and its headquarters in Puerta de Tierra, agency Secretary Melba Acosta said Monday.
Despite a U.S. State Department travel advisory warning Haiti-bound Americans about violent crime, infectious diseases and substandard medical facilities, several large tourism projects are proceeding as planned in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country.
The Puerto Rican Association of Financial Analysts will meet Thursday to discuss the island’s economic situation and projections for 2013 to 2015, group president Heidie Calero said.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced Monday the appointment of Carmen Kingston as general manager for the district of Puerto Rico, responsible for the 11 Sam's Club membership stores on the island.
Puerto Rico’s economy stands to make $200 million a year through the arrival of Southwest Airlines, which landed on the island for the first time Sunday morning, carrying more than 170 passengers from Orlando.
Cheddi Jagan International Airport is about to undergo a dramatic transformation that will enable Guyana’s only air link to the outside world to receive larger, heavier aircraft — boosting direct passenger traffic to and from Europe and North America.
In March 1913, a German daredevil named George Schmidt made local history when he flew his monoplane over Georgetown, dropping messages from the sky.
Following an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division that found violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime and record-keeping provisions, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico has agreed to pay more than $35 million in back wages and interest to 4,490 current and former employees of the territory’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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